pserver unavailable for anoncvs.freebsd.org

2004-07-18 Thread Ralph Hempel
I've been messing around with building ports directly from cvs. The examples in the anoncvs section of the Handbook indicate that the pserver access method is available for: anoncvs.freebsd.org ie setenv CVSROOT :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ncvs Should allow a cvs login using anoncvs

pserver unavailable for anoncvs.freebsd.org

2004-07-20 Thread Ralph Hempel
RESEND: If this is the wrong list, which one is more appropriate. Perhaps freebsd-doc? I've been messing around with building ports directly from cvs. The examples in the anoncvs section of the Handbook indicate that the pserver access method is available for: anoncvs.freebsd.org ie

RE: pserver unavailable for anoncvs.freebsd.org

2004-07-20 Thread Ralph Hempel
Note that you can determine which ports you update with cvsup as well. Would the base system be enough? Using cvsup on base is fine, but I thought that to use cvsup on things like perl that I had to have the whole ports/lang tree (just ports, not source) on my machine. Ralph

RE: SSH Client - (newbie need help)

2004-07-23 Thread Ralph Hempel
Im a newbie to FreeBSD and I need to run an SSH client to connect to the Solaris server at my University. I was previously using Putty on WinXP, however there appears to be a bug in the current putty port which causes it to crash before exchanging keys if the servers key is not cached. Is

RE: One OR MORE of source and destination addresses?

2004-08-03 Thread Ralph Hempel
I just took a look at the code: if (q != NULL) { /* should never occur */ if (last_log != time_second) { last_log = time_second; printf(ipfw: install_state: entry already present, done\n); } return 0; } What if I just hack the printf ... line out of there? Would that

RE: One OR MORE of source and destination addresses?

2004-08-03 Thread Ralph Hempel
Bill, Thanks for the feedback. I've been programming embedded systems for almost 20 years, so I have a natural aversion to apparently simple changes that make things work :-) The nicest high-level code I've ever seen in the source to Tcl - if only all code looked like that. I've been playing

RE: ADSL internet + router

2004-08-13 Thread Ralph Hempel
Am about to get an ADSL internet connection... there are two devices available, an ADSL modem and a router... the modem should not have a problem to work (I have one at office), but have a doubt with the router and don't know which device aquire... I have my local network configured with

RE: 4.10 Install failure.

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Hempel
I am havign some trouble installing FreeBSD 4.10 on my PC. I downloaded an ISO image (and verified the checksum) from the Canadian FreeBSD FTP site. After burning the image to CD, I checked the checksums, which were the same. When I put the CD in the drive and attempt to

RE: root access to ftp, telnet -- CP/M?

2004-08-16 Thread Ralph Hempel
Matthew, Thanks for your concern. Once there is anything on the computer, I will certainly close those security holes. Right now it is only a means to learn about FreeBSD and document the steps necessary to build a machine that will fit my needs. I opened ftp and telnet access to root as

RE: What mouse? (was: Samsung Cordless Mouse)

2004-08-17 Thread Ralph Hempel
Can anybody recommend a good mouse? My criteria are: - Middle button easy to use. The current crop of mice has the middle button integrated with the roller, and that makes the middle button either heavy or easy to confuse with the roller. - Preferably cordless. Cord mice tend to

RE: How to Build a Custom Port Tree

2004-08-20 Thread Ralph Hempel
I am a newbie to FreeBSD I'm using an old machine right now with limited disk space, so I don't want to install the entire ports collection. I want to build a custom port tree, and I'm finding the docs to be a bit silent on this account as I guess nowadays disk space is usually

RE: parts of ports

2004-09-01 Thread Ralph Hempel
Hi, is there a way to install only parts of the ports tree to set them up ? The ports tree takes 237M up :( Have only 600M hd space available included swap. The purpose is to setup a firewall/router/proxy VERY secured :) Thanks in advance for your help. mess-mate You can read this

RE: parts of ports

2004-09-02 Thread Ralph Hempel
it. Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of messmate Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:15 AM To: freebsd-questions-en Subject: Re: parts of ports On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:59:38 -0400 Ralph Hempel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

RE: Find Command Syntax

2004-09-22 Thread Ralph Hempel
OK, I'm trying to understand the difference. According to the manual -ctime is change of file status and -mtime is last modification time. I think I understand what modification means (changing the contents of the file) but what is change of file status? In my particular situation,

RE: photoshop

2004-10-25 Thread Ralph Hempel
What is the best aplication on freebsd for editing pictures ? I know this one! If you want something Photoshop-like and are using a GUI, then gimp If you want something from the command line, thein ImageMagick Cheers, Ralph ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]