re changing from vista

2008-11-14 Thread peter
Dear sirs please can you help me i am totally confused i want to change from windows vista but i cannot understand which system to use i am not sure if freebsd will work with my hardware and software kind regards Peter ___ freebsd-questions

FreeBSD on Cisco IDS 4235

2008-11-23 Thread Peter
mode but still no luck. Other operating systems I tried: Debian - installs just fine FreeBSD 6.3 - installs just fine NetBSD 4 - installs just fine FreeBSD 7.1 FAILS, even at earlier stage than 7.0, on loader stage. Thanks in advance for your help. Peter

Re: network freebsd computers

2009-09-22 Thread Peter
Window's machines; however, not > with each other. > > Where can I find a go How-To on how to accomplish this? Hi, Maybe you are looking for this ? http://www.freebsddiary.org/nfs.php Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list h

cpdup always copying files even if they are the same [but diff user]

2009-10-23 Thread Peter
364783 76 cpdup.user.1 newserv:$ls -li cpdup.* 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 76 Oct 23 18:29 cpdup.root 13 -rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 76 Oct 23 18:29 cpdup.user 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 76 Oct 23 18:29 cpdup.user.1 The copying takes a lot longer when going from server to server and different users

RE: changing cron's From: address in emails

2009-10-24 Thread Peter
iH, Would this do it? server:$pwd /usr/src/usr.sbin/cron server:$grep -Ri "Cron Daemon" * cron/do_command.c: fprintf(mail, "From: %s (Cron Daemon)\n", usernm); Recompile cron? ]Peter[ **

xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Peter
omething similar, especially the xen type of setup or would one recommend a freebsd and virtualbox ? What dom0 have you found to work best with xen? Just looking for thoughts/ideas/experience. ]Peter[ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list htt

Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Peter
> Hi > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Peter wrote: >> iH, >>   Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. >> Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management >> and >> just because I've finally got _new_ hardware tha

freebsd partitions on a dos/fat slice?

2009-11-08 Thread Peter
g/reading a lot of data from it just fine - Curios why s1 is being detect as a 'fat' partition and not a fbsd slice. Have not tried to put this disk into a windows/another box... ]Peter[ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://l

Re: Remote re-installation of current FreeBSD system.

2009-11-14 Thread Peter
r, /tmp, /usr] and can't combine them into one huge one because your /home is on the same slice. ]Peter[ ___ 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"

stable/8/UPDATING - no mention of 8.0 release

2009-11-30 Thread Peter
ATING?view=markup It just confused me for awhile after I did a 'svn up' and did not see the release notes... [for the 7.X series, both stable/ and release/ mention the release in UPDATING] ]Peter[ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

Re: NFS exporting mounted msdosfs subdir

2010-01-10 Thread Peter
appropriate to ask the question on?) > > Cheers, > Balazs You will need to export '/usr/home/sbremal/usb_flash_drive' also since it is another filesystem, not just a subdirectory. [reason you can see the subdirectory, but not the actual FS mounted in there] ]Peter[ ___ 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 exec a process in a jail while being on the main host?

2008-04-16 Thread Peter
> For example, i have an already runing jail with some JID and i am logged > in on the main host (which runs the jail). > How can i run a new process inside the jail with a known JID w/o ssh-ing > into that jail or doing a lot of strange > manupulations? > > I am asking, because i have about 20 jai

tar --exclude not working

2012-02-28 Thread Peter
x27;./file' ? If I specify full path, it works as expected: pkbsd:$tar --exclude "home/peter/t/blah/file" -Jcvf /tmp/tar.test /home/peter/t/blah tar: Removing leading '/' from member names a home/peter/t/blah a home/peter/t/blah/dir1 a home/peter/t/blah/dir2 a home/pet

Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-09 Thread peter
I was looking at my Web log this morning, and a bunch of nonsensical entries like these caught my attention: 124.226.181.80 - - [09/Mar/2011:09:49:58 -0500] "GET http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.0" 301 294 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)" 123.10.97.102 - - [09/Mar/2011:

Re: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-09 Thread peter
My wife will turn into a pillar of salt if she looks at my Web logs? :) So this is normal behavior? The latest entry is: 188.134.62.20 - - [09/Mar/2011:12:15:04 -0500] "GET http://images.google.com/ HTTP/1.1" 200 13134 "-" "-" This entry says that my Web server handed the person a

Re: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-09 Thread peter
At 02:23 PM 3/9/2011, Bryan H. wrote: >On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:21 AM, wrote: >> >> My wife will turn into a pillar of salt if she looks at my Web logs? :) >> >> So this is normal behavior? >> >> The latest entry is: >> >> 188.134.62.20 - - [09/Mar/2011:12:15:04 -0500] "GET >> http://imag

Re: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-09 Thread peter
At 03:06 PM 3/9/2011, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Mar 9 10:40:23 2011 >> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:57:03 -0500 >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> From: pe...@vfemail.net >> Subject: Nonsensical Web Log Entries >> >> >> I was looking at my Web log this

Re: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-09 Thread peter
At 03:02 PM 3/9/2011, pe...@vfemail.net wrote: >At 03:06 PM 3/9/2011, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Mar 9 10:40:23 2011 >>> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:57:03 -0500 >>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> From: pe...@vfemail.net >>> Subject: Nonsensical Web

RE: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-10 Thread peter
I had to change fxp0 to xl0, but that tcpdump command is very cool, very instructive and very reassuring. Thank you. At 05:57 PM 3/9/2011, Michael J. Kearney wrote: >I don't know if I got through the last time but you ... could... add to but >not take away from your operational m

RE: Nonsensical Web Log Entries

2011-03-10 Thread peter
I'm still kind of confused about why Apache doesn't say "what in the world are you talking about" when these bizarre requests arrive, but there's no indication that anything untoward is occurring. Perhaps newer versions do. I'm using what's probably a really old installation. At 0

[OFFTOPIC] Solution for school lab

2011-10-30 Thread Peter
to turn into Windows only lab.I was thinking in for some Citrix solutions but I wonder if there is other way we can accomplish this task. Thanks in advance. Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

ADAPTEC issue ?

2011-11-26 Thread Peter
FreeBSD simplt to be incompatible with this machine(raid card). Peter Nov 26 04:05:32 pmgalleries01 kernel: 472 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x60]:(TAG_ENB|DISCENB) SCB_SCSIID[0x7] Nov 26 04:05:32 pmgalleries01 kernel: 450 FIFO_USE[0x0] SCB_CONTROL[0x68]:(STATUS_RCVD|TAG_ENB|DISCENB) Nov 26 04:05:32

Re: ADAPTEC issue ?

2011-11-26 Thread Peter
Sorry, I was inaccurate. Controller is Intel SRCU41L http://ark.intel.com/products/5985/Intel-RAID-Controller-SRCU41L Peter On 26.11.2011 11:01, Peter wrote: > Hello, > > I am running FreeBSD 9.0 RC2 > > pmgalleries01# uname -a > FreeBSD pmgalleries01 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-

Re: gpart, modified label does not show up in /dev/gpt.

2011-12-23 Thread Peter
f you mount /dev/da0p? its /dev/gpt/label disappears, and since all the partition are mounted already [/dev/gpt/ is empty], then /dev/gpt is maybe also removed...but /dev/gpt/bootpart is not mounted and should still show up. When you ran the

Re: gpart, modified label does not show up in /dev/gpt.

2011-12-23 Thread Peter
> Peter schreef: >>> Hello all. >>> >>> I just installed FreeBSD 9.0 RC2 and upgraded to 9.0 RC3. >>> >>> I used the standard GPT disk layout at install. >>> >>> Now i want to set labels for my disk, so that i can swap around di

Re: FreeBSD9 + PHP

2012-01-09 Thread Peter
't think the package has the apache module by default: pkbsd:#pwd /usr/ports/lang/php5 pkbsd:#make config [ ] APACHE Build Apache module That is unchecked. You'll have to select that and build the port. ...Or you can use the CGI version which is included in the packa

Re: ports vs packages

2012-01-10 Thread Peter
ess there is a really strong > argument as to why it shouldn't. > > -- > Alejandro Imass When I do pkg_add -r php I'm supposed to install apache as a dependency to that package ? Then people will ask why apache and all its glory is installed and we'll be back to this s

zpool device name/label changed after export/import of pool.

2012-01-16 Thread Peter
ONLINE 0 0 0 How do I change 'ada1p1' to read the gpt label? I've tried to offline it, then online it via gpt label, that didn't work: :#/sbin/zpool online data.zfs gpt/sam1tb cannot online gpt/sam1tb: no such device in pool yes, sam1tb is the

bridge firewall in virtualbox not passing traffic after upgrade to stable/9

2012-01-17 Thread Peter
etting static IP on vm1 and firewall vm em2, they talk without problem. ]Peter[ it can't be this hard. ___ 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: bridge firewall in virtualbox not passing traffic after upgrade to stable/9

2012-01-17 Thread Peter
get out, if I put them on the internal network, nothing gets out. > > internal networking works because without bridge and just setting static > IP on vm1 and firewall vm em2, they talk without problem. > > ]Peter[ > it can't be this hard. > Just a follow up with more inf

solved - bridge firewall in virtualbox not passing traffic after upgrade to stable/9

2012-01-17 Thread Peter
of stable/9. >> >> vboxnet is loaded, if I change the VMs to just bridge re0, they are able >> to get out, if I put them on the internal network, nothing gets out. >> >> internal networking works because without bridge and just setting static >> IP on vm1 and fire

email hosting - How do you do it?

2012-01-26 Thread Peter
uotas, vacation auto responders, etc. ? I've come up with posfixadmin as the answer so far, but am open to anything else or what do all the big guys use? ]Peter[ Been on qmail since before 5.0 [afaik], trying to get off it since 7.x, hoping 9.0 will finally be the upgra

Re: email hosting - How do you do it?

2012-01-27 Thread Peter
> > On 2012-01-26, at 5:51 PM, Peter wrote: > >> Hello, >> I've been on qmail/vpopmail combo forever and am looking to build a >> new, >> mail server. >> >> First choice so far is postfix, but almost all the virtual hosting >> 'howto

Re: network monitoring tool

2005-12-20 Thread Peter
--- Imran Imtiaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can anyone tell me which is the best network monitoring tool for unix > which can tell me that from which ip the traffic is comming and the type > of traffic and in which i can give a criteria like today which ip has > downloaded how much amount of da

unattended ports upgrade possible?

2005-12-27 Thread Peter
Is there any way to fully automate the upgrade of all installed ports? Typically ncurses screens prompt for compile options. Is there any way to instruct portupgrade to use default compile values? -- Peter

Re: Kernel Compilation...

2006-01-02 Thread Peter
--- Crispy Beef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Just joined this list. The last time I used FreeBSD was with > 4.6-RELEASE, so > a while ago now. I have just installed 6.0-RELEASE on my old laptop and > have > been configuring the system, am onto the kernel at the moment, have > fol

Re: Find Syntax

2006-01-02 Thread Peter
--- Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to find all files with a modification time older than three > weeks ago. find . -mtime +3w __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___

Re: Prompt for root password

2006-01-06 Thread Peter
--- JD Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a program that needs to write a file and I'd like to have it > ask for the root password and run as root, like many of the system > config > applications do. Do I have to write something special, or is there some > way to tell KDE (or GNOME)

Re: How to tell if IPF is running?

2006-01-18 Thread Peter
--- Gable Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy List... > I am trying to figure out if ipf is running for certain. FreeBSD > 6.0-RELEASE > . > > > > I added the following to /etc/rc.conf : > > ipfilter_enable="YES" > ipmon_enable="YES" > ipmon_flags="-Dsvn" > ipnat_enable="YES" > ipfs_ena

Re: How to tell if IPF is running?

2006-01-18 Thread Peter
--- Gable Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/18/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Switch over to pf. > > > > > > > > > Why do you suggest PF over IPF? All I can say is that I remember using ipf when I was on Open

Re: How to tell if IPF is running?

2006-01-18 Thread Peter
--- Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gable Barber wrote: > > On 1/18/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Switch over to pf. > >> > > Why do you suggest PF over IPF? > > > > Hope I am not starting a war here.

Re: How to tell if IPF is running?

2006-01-19 Thread Peter
--- Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter wrote: > > --- Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Gable Barber wrote: > >>> On 1/18/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Switch over to pf. > >&

Re: sshd question

2006-01-19 Thread Peter
ith a blank passphrase. It's hard to say from here but it may be that you are being prompted for the passphrase to unlock your private key. -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca __

wait(2) does not return after SIGCONT

2006-01-22 Thread Peter
Hello, I call waitpid() with the WUNTRACED|WCONTINUED options set in order to know when the child process receives SIGSTOP's and SIGCONT's. The SIGSTOP is not the problem, but I can't get the SIGCONTs to work. The appended code illustrates the problem: SIGCONTs to the child do continue the ch

Can FreeBSD play DVD movies?

2006-01-22 Thread Peter
I tried playing a DVD movie with mplayer today but the sound was just a hiss. Does anyone know why? Here is my version: MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team Here is the STDOUT: DVD successfully opened. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 3) 29.970 fps

requesting assistance: stale dependency

2006-01-23 Thread Peter
After upgrading ports I have a dependency issue and I am not sure how to respond. Can anyone provide assistance? # pkgdb -F ---> Checking the package registry database Stale dependency: abiword-plugins-2.4.2 -> gamin-0.1.5_2 (devel/gamin): New dependency? (? to help): Skip this? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]

Re: ppp and pf interacting badly?

2006-01-27 Thread Peter
ever the inter- face changes its address. The ruleset does not need to be reload- ed. This is especially useful with nat. -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca

Re: A strategic question

2006-01-27 Thread Peter
--- Jozef Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip a lot of blabbing] > I want to learn the ed line editor... What about vi, huh? __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca __

abw to pdf problem

2006-02-02 Thread Peter
have found a similar problem and it seems it is a ghostscript issue. Indeed, I did change around my ghostscript ports (ghostscript-afpl to ghostscript-gnu) because that is what portmanager suggested. Should I try to go back? Comments? Running 5.4 stable here. -- Peter

motherboard recommendations for 6.0

2006-02-03 Thread Peter
hen please make your point. Thanks a lot. -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

any issues with usb hard drives?

2006-02-03 Thread Peter
I'm wondering whether USB hard drives will work out of the box with FreeBSD. Anything I should be concerned about? -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yah

choosing a UPS

2006-02-03 Thread Peter
I am in the market for a UPS to effect automatic shutdown (via DB9) of a file server (which will run FreeBSD 6.0). I have noticed some large price fluctuations and I don't understand why. I am comparing units of equal strength, say 750 VA. Any comments on what I should be looking for? --

can't install kdelibs3 port after upgrading

2006-02-03 Thread Peter
re port installed and there is no other port with the string "pcre". Isn't portupgrade/portmanger supposed to help me here? Anyone? -- Peter ___

freebsd as ghosting server for windows boxen

2006-02-03 Thread Peter
What is the best way to use FreeBSD (6.0) as a centralized server to ghost windows client images over the network? I have been thinking of g4u and there is the commercial acronis. Any suggestions out there? -- Peter

how to set up partitions with bootable media

2006-02-04 Thread Peter
Hi. I would like to be able to boot up a system with a fresh hard drive and create partitions of various types (fat16/32, ntfs, ufs). I would like to be able to specify the partition size by sector. What tools are available for this task? -- Peter

how do I create partitions?

2006-02-05 Thread Peter
What tool allows me to boot on some media (cd, fd) and create partitions of various types (for FreeBSD, Windows 98/2000 at least) and sizes (in sectors)? __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___

Re: how do I create partitions?

2006-02-05 Thread Peter
--- Bj�rn K�nig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter schrieb: > > What tool allows me to boot on some media (cd, fd) and create > partitions > > of various types (for FreeBSD, Windows 98/2000 at least) and sizes (in > sectors)? > > You can use the "

RE: how do I create partitions?

2006-02-05 Thread Peter
s my image. I don't think the Windows tools you mention give you this control. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bj�rn K�nig > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:53 PM > To: Peter > Cc: freebsd-questions > Subject:

Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin

2006-02-06 Thread Peter
--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back > to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I > portupgrade? Remove fam by force and then install gamin. What is wrong with running 'pkgdb -F' ? It is there to

Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin

2006-02-06 Thread Peter
--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/6/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back > > > to

Is this important (compile message - bacula port)?

2006-02-07 Thread Peter
checking resolv.h usability... no checking resolv.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: resolv.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: resolv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? configure: WARNING: resolv.h: see the Autoconf documentation configure: WARNING: resolv.h: s

need help setting up a new partition

2006-02-08 Thread Peter
in FreeBSD. Any help is appreciated. -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

RE: need help setting up a new partition

2006-02-08 Thread Peter
--- Conrad Sabatier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 09-Feb-2006 Peter wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I have a dual-boot arrangement with Win2k (on the first and second > > partition) and FreeBSD 5.4 (on the third partition). I am willing to > >

RE: need help setting up a new partition

2006-02-08 Thread Peter
--- Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Conrad Sabatier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 09-Feb-2006 Peter wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I have a dual-boot arrangement with Win2k (on the first and second >

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2006-02-09 Thread Peter
Hello, I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with the Fluxbox window manager. I have installed a MySQL GUI but I cannot run it as root: (mysql-administrator-bin:814): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I logged in locally as a non-privileged user (who can open the program) and su'd to root. I then set my

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2006-02-09 Thread Peter
--- Eric Ekong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try ssh -X -C -l root localhost as the normal user of X > then run the program > > Eric > * Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 15:00]: > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:00:54 -0500 (EST) > > From: Peter <[E

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2006-02-09 Thread Peter
--- Eric Ekong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > forgot to say /etc/rc.d/sshd restart and then try again > > > * Eric Ekong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 15:37]: > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:37:06 -0500 > > From: Eric Ekong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

2006-02-09 Thread Peter
> grep Root /etc/ssh/sshd_config ~ > PermitRootLogin yes > * Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060209 15:31]: > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:31:33 -0500 (EST) > > From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Eric Ekong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >

Re: Using dd to Make a Clone of a Drive

2006-02-10 Thread Peter
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-02-09 18:48, Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> Bah! That's too slow for my taste. I would usually go for a newfs, > >> dump, and restore option. For instance, to create a copy of /usr on > a > >>

Re: Using dd to Make a Clone of a Drive

2006-02-10 Thread Peter
--- Bart Silverstrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 10, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On 2006-02-10 09:44, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> --- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> As lon

Re: Using dd to Make a Clone of a Drive

2006-02-10 Thread Peter
--- Ken Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter wrote: > > > > I intend to use g4u. I have done some preliminary testing and I am > quite > > confident that I can upload and download an image. I am now wondering > > about the situation where I need

Re: stale dependencies in pkgdb

2006-02-10 Thread Peter
--- Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:42 -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > Andrew writes: > > > > > I've run "pkgdb -F" as portupgrade suggests, deleting stale > > > dependencies, but they seem to keep reappearing. > > > > I'm not an expert on pkgdb, but I'm pretty

MBR blown away

2006-02-10 Thread Peter
option is fried. My current strategy is to use boot0cfg: # boot0cfg -B But I'm a little squeemish. I don't want to be locked out of FreeBSD (I barely use Windows but I still would like it back for Visio). Any guidance?

Re: MBR blown away

2006-02-11 Thread Peter
enu probably by looking at the MBR. AFAIK, the boot manager must be explicitly instructed to do that (sysintall must provide this instruction during a full install). > Did you use some utility to shrink the original two slices to fit in > the new one? Or was t

Re: MBR blown away

2006-02-12 Thread Peter
guessing the problem lies in individual slices' boot > sectors and not the MBR. just try and set the bootable flags in the > slices the way you think they should be and see what happens. In sysinstall I toggle bootable but it puts an 'A' which seems to mean auto-bootabl

Re: Flash Plugin for Firefox

2006-02-13 Thread Peter
--- Chris Maness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Chris Maness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >> What do I use for a flash plugin for Firefox? The auto plugin > >> installer do-dad choked (I guess it was expecting linux) > >> > > > > Try the www/linuxpl

automount external usb hard drive?

2006-02-14 Thread Peter
Hi, is it possible to have an external USB hard drive automounted once connected? I am designing a backup solution for some non-technical folks and this would help greatly. I will be running FreeBSD 6.0. Thanks in advance. -- Peter

Re: any issues with usb hard drives?

2006-02-15 Thread Peter
but it's been very reliable in 5.4 and 6.0. > > I would suggest using GEOM to label them so they have the same device > name in /dev regardless of what USB port they're plugged into. Any hints on how to get started? I am reading the GEOM secti

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

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
--- Ian Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:09 2006-02-21, manish jain wrote: > >Hi, > > > > I just purchased an APC 500 Back UPS (the > > basic model, not the pro/smart one). It does > > not have any serial/usb interface. Can I get > > apcupsd or any other daemon to work with it so > >

getting started with USB hard drive

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
) kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 kernel: da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device kernel: da0: 1.000MB/s transfers kernel: da0: 190782MB (390721968 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 24321C) Can anyone lend a hand? I am running 5.4-STABLE with a "pretty GENERIC kernel". Thanks.

Re: getting started with USB hard drive

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-02-21 11:44, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I picked up a USB hard drive and quite frankly I am not sure how > to > > use disklabel with it (what device I should use). Here are the > mess

Re: portupgrade log

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
--- Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > eoghan writes: > > > Im wondering if there is a log file generated by portupgrade and > > where i would find it? > > If you mean generated by portupgrade and separate from what is > printed to stdout/stderr, then not as far as I know. T

anyone using voip?

2006-02-21 Thread Peter
Hi, I'm looking for comments from people who are using a voip solution with FreeBSD. The archives of this group show mixed results. I see there is a skype port available. To me that implies that this is possible. What of hardware? USB phones? --

Re: anyone using voip?

2006-02-22 Thread Peter
--- Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter on 2006-02-21 22:07:11 -0500: > > > Hi, I'm looking for comments from people who are using a voip solution > > with FreeBSD. The archives of this group show mixed results. I see > > there is a skype port

gam_server driving me nuts

2006-02-22 Thread Peter
During a ports upgrade fam was replaced by gamin. Now my power supply fan keeps turning up and down. This is causing a lot of noise and is very annoying. I can't seem to kill the thing either; damn thing respawns. What are other people doing? __

trouble finding burner (k3b)

2006-02-22 Thread Peter
read its media. -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freeb

Re: changeing the port of the ftp server

2006-02-22 Thread Peter
--- ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't for the life of me figure out how to change the port of my ftp > server. My (crummy) ISP blocks port 21 and I would like to change the > default port of the ftp server in order to give access to the outside > world. Assuming the server is runni

Re: portupgrading only certain ports

2006-02-22 Thread Peter
--- "Steve P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to avoid upgrading two ports: kde and X. > > What are the command line options to portupgrade to accomplish this? > > For instance, I tried this and it failed: > #portupgrade -a -x 'kde*' -x 'x*' > > Where am I going wrong? > > I've read

setting up french keyboard

2006-02-23 Thread Peter
Hi. Does anyone know how I can set up my 5.4 system to output French characters? If so, how? -- Peter __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca

RE: setting up french keyboard

2006-02-24 Thread Peter
--- "Webster, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 22:19 > > To: freebsd-questions >

Re: Remove a Port and All Dependencies

2006-02-24 Thread Peter
is remove all ports that depend on the port in question (its dependants)? The OP wants to remove all ports that are *required* by the port (its dependencies). But furthermore, he wants to remove those that AREN'T NEEDED BY ANY OTHER PORTS. -- Peter

Re: release in cvsup supfile

2006-02-24 Thread Peter
--- "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey people, > > I notice that in my supfile, I have this: > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > I'm using FreeBSD 5.4. Should I change the tag to 5.4-RELEASE? I don't > want > ports that aren't going to work on 5.4. Is that a concern? No, tha

Re: release in cvsup supfile

2006-02-24 Thread Peter
--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/24/06, Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey people, > > > > I notice that in my supfile, I have this: > > > > *default release=cvs tag=. > > > > I'm using FreeBSD 5.4. Should I change the tag to 5.4-RELEASE? I don't > want > >

RE: gam_server driving me nuts

2006-02-24 Thread Peter
--- Zalander Drakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > During a ports upgrade fam was replaced by gamin. Now my >power > supply fan > >keeps turning up and down. This is causing a lot of noise and > is >very > >annoying. I can't seem to kill the thing either; damn thing > r>espawns. > >What

RE: setting up french keyboard

2006-02-26 Thread Peter
--- "Webster, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 10:34 > > To: Webster, Andrew; freebsd-questions > > Subject: RE: setting up french keyboa

RE: setting up french keyboard

2006-02-26 Thread Peter
--- Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "Webster, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- "Webster, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi. Does anyone know how I

RE: setting up french keyboard

2006-02-26 Thread Peter
can also achieve the same effect using a key-combination. I am using the fluxbox window manager. So the problem remains that what I see when I type is not what appears in a browser. For instance, the following character is an 'E' with a small "front slash" on top of it: É

Re: French accents test

2006-02-26 Thread Peter
I see the proper characters but when I reply in my yahoo account I get a question mark in a black circle for each character. This is a problem on my end no doubt. Here is a test of my own: éàïÉ -- Peter --- clue less <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the mailing list improperly

Re: A reason for major ports update?

2006-02-27 Thread Peter
--- Steve Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, call me the curious cat, but I just cvsupped my > ports tonight looking > for a patch to Xine to fix a problem with MKV > playback under KDE 3.5 and > got quite the shocker. There were about 101 ports > that said they needed to > be upgrad

simple question on portupgrade

2006-02-28 Thread Peter
- converters/libiconv (libiconv-1.9.2_2) - devel/gettext (gettext-0.14.5_2) - shells/bash (bash-3.1.10) # pkg_info -rx bash Dependency: libiconv-1.9.2_2 Dependency: gettext-0.14.5_2 This seems pretty silly. Am I missing somethi

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