do I *really* need xorg 7.x?

Seems every time I try to install a pkg or make a port lately, I get this: ===>Verifying install for /usr/local/libdata/xorg/libraries in /usr/ports/x1 1/xorg-libraries /usr/X11R6 exists, but it is not a symlink. Installation cannot proceed. This looks like an incompletely removed old version

xorg 7.3 "module vesa does not exist"

I thought I followed the upgrading instructions explicitly. vesa, i810, mouse and keyboard modules all don't exist. Path problem, or am I missing some key component? Or wipe my system and start over? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

port xyz: the grey screen with all the checkboxes is wrong and won't come back

Obviously, 'make clean' doesn't reset the configure screen. Don't know why. I recall there was a faster way to fix this than 'portsnap extract' but I'll be damned if I can remember, and the ports section of the handbook doesn't even mention configure dialogs... I'd love to add a snippet to the h

cp --verify?

I don't see a --verify switch on cp, so I presume it does not. Is there an automated way to ensure a copy has gone well byte-for-byte without writing a script to filter diff? I want to be relatively sure my family pics are in the destination and not currupted before I wipe my flash card - got bur

Re: port xyz: the grey screen with all the checkboxes is wrong and won't come back

> > You're not talking about "make configure", are you? > I tried 'make configure', but that just throws the same error back at me: 'blah can't continue because of conflicting options'. Is there a make configure clean? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freeb

Re: port xyz: the grey screen with all the checkboxes is wrong and won't come back

so where, phyisically, on the disk, does the data from make config go then? I looked in /. after make clean, and it's as clean as fresh snow... Steve On 10/28/07, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 10:13:24AM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > Ob

apache: you don't have acess to /

I just rsync'd a bunch of directories from an old backup on top of my web root, which was functional a minute ago. Ok, so I admit that was stupid. Suddenly, 'no acess to / on this server'. No problem, I just chmod -R 775, right? Only that didn't work, now I'm pretty much stuck Best, Steve _

Re: Ports with GUI configs

ran > currently @ work > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff

permissions for www acting strangely

Few weeks ago, I installed apache22. Just wanted to put up some family photos. Whenever I tried to connect, got a "apache doesn't have permisson to acess ~/. on this system or somesuch". The only way to get around it appeared to be a chmod 777 on my pic folder (no luck with 775!). Now I restore

launch x app from non-x tty?

Is there a way to log in from ssh and pop up a program on the local xterminal? I tried, and got complaints that there was no x, so I presume they are locked in tty0, which is a good thing, usually... Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

cups & openoffice...bad mojo?

Save me! The wife can't print, so I've been spooled to the couch! Originally installed OO around 2.0. Wouldn't print. Finally found some esoteric blog somewhere that said link /usr/local/bin/lpd to /usr/local/sbin/lpd - voila! prints. When I upgraded X to 7.3, OO got upgraded to 2.3, and it st

arbitrary build can't find libs - right way to do this?

I'm trying to compile a non-port application for the first time ever. The associated library built and installed just fine - I can see them right in /usr/local/lib and usr/local/include/libnamefoo.h However, when I run ./configure for the application, it clearly can't find the libs. So my questio

Re: arbitrary build can't find libs - right way to do this?

On Nov 20, 2007 4:16 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:34:29PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > I'm trying to compile a non-port application for the first time ever. > > The associated library built and installed just fine - I c

Re: arbitrary build can't find libs - right way to do this?

On Nov 20, 2007 5:33 PM, Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd love to (submit a port), but how do I make a port if I can't even > > get it to work the first time myself? > > configure --includedir=/usr/local/include doesn't work; > > export CPATH =/usr/local/include doesn't w

Re: arbitrary build can't find libs - right way to do this?

> > Steve Franks wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2007 4:16 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:34:29PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > >>> I'm trying to compile a non-port application for the first time ever. > >>>

how to compile and install a new driver

Hi, I found this thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html to a driver I need for my system. (1) The file extension (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) is .diff, not .c, so what exactly do I do with it to compile it? (2) Assuming I can get it

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

On Nov 27, 2007 3:11 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:48:28PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found this thread > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html > > to a drive

ataidle - causing apache & cvs timeouts

I'm running ataidle on my personal server to save electricity. However, every time it has to spin up a drive whatever I'm accessing (apache, cvs, etc) gives an error instead of waiting for the disk. If I then access it again after a couple seconds once the disk is active it works fine. Any idea h

using dd to duplicate disks/partitions of slightly different sizes - works?

I've got two 160GB disks. Different manufacturers, so different # bytes. One is FreeBSD, the other blank. I'd like to backup my system for the fastest possible recovery after a crash - move the plug and power up. I have gmirrored before, but I just wanted to do a quick dd, since I don't want to

copying just / (not /tmp, /usr, etc) (rsync -x failed)

I have / on one slice, and [usr,tmp,var] on others. I want to move just / to a new disk, which seemed to be what rsync -x ("do not cross filesystems") was intended for. It failed, however, as df shows 20k blocks in /, and rsync filled up the target slice with 50k blocks, so obviously it blew righ

is there a port to 'copy' audio from one soundcard to another in realtime?

Say I have multiple usb audio devices, and I want to make a simple 'mixer' - anyone know how to do that? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mai

kill -KILL fails to kill process

Which I thought was impossible. Neophyte question, no doubt, but googling was less than helpful (which probably means I'm fubar, no doubt). Anyway, I have a certain common X app (xmms) that likes to hang (since my last buildworld, it seems) when when it's right about to open a file-choosing dialo

Re: kill -KILL fails to kill process

> If you can't kill a process (even with SIGKILL), it means > that the process currently can't be put on the run queue, > because only processes that are able to run can receive > signals. Given that, such a situation usually has one of > these three reasons: Clearly and I/O block is my specific

any supported NTSC-output cards?

I'm just curious. My friend set up one of those TIVO clones with ubuntu. I'm really not into the fancy/pretty dressing, but hooking up the 'ol freebsd server to the TV would be kind of nifty in the bling department. Also, if a card & drivers exist, experience getting mplayer to stick the video o

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 installation problems.Please help!

> "Write failure on transfer! > (wrote -1 bytes of 1425408 bytes)" > "Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from acd0" I'm a bit of a n00b too. There's a whole host of things that have given me that issue - bad cd drive, scratched disk, etc. More importantly, I've seen sysinstall never act

can't add interfaces to bridge

I'm getting the following error - ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid argument Given the following commands (which work for my tap interface with qemu on 7.1, but apparently not with two regular network cards on 6.3): sudo kldload if_bridge sudo ifconfig ath0 down sudo ifconfig rl0 down sudo ifconfig

Re: can't add interfaces to bridge

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2008 20:52:43 Steve Franks wrote: >> I'm getting the following error - ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid >> argument >> >> Given the following commands

'Atheros L2 - 10/100 controller (wired)' shows up in pc-bsd7, but not freebsd 7.1-stable

I'm not surprised, just curious if there's actually a tweak, or if the pcbsd guys haven't moved the patch upstream. I find kde so annoying that I put 7-stable back on the machine, and my onboard lan disappeared again... Best, Steve ___ freebsd-questions

compat/linux program claims "no write access to ~"

Sounds like a bogus error to me. I just downgraded amd64 to i386, reinstalled a linux program and it claims it can't write to ~ now. I'm running it, and I have no reason to think it wouldn't run as me. ~ is 775 anyway. Also, running the linux program as su or sudo gives the same error. Any ideas

how to break portsnap

I've googled high & low but I cannot find much other that "this cannot happen" replies. I've got a dual boot to amd64 and i386. The amd64 hasn't been able to portsnap fetch or cron since march. The i386 I just installed, and it portsnap's fine, so it's not a firewall or related issue. I've chec

Re: how to break portsnap

them, thanks. Steve On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 2:17 PM, RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:56:37 -0700 > "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've googled high & low but I cannot find much other that "this cannot >>

Re: how to break portsnap

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Barry Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Franks >> Sent: 07 October 2008 21:57 > >> I've googled high & low but I cannot find much other that "t

kqemu runs 2x faster on i386 than amd64!?

I'm not comparing apples-to-apples exactly, but both my disks are in the same system, both are running 7-stable from within the last few months, so it's pretty close. Also, the i386 is a direct replacement of the amd64 to fix this and other problems, so the software & settings set is pretty identi

Re: kqemu runs 2x faster on i386 than amd64!?

Guess I should've mentioned the target is 32-bit win2k... On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not comparing apples-to-apples exactly, but both my disks are in > the same system, both are running 7-stable from within the last few &g

Re: kqemu runs 2x faster on i386 than amd64!?

> "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Guess I should've mentioned the target is 32-bit win2k... > > If the target isn't the same as the host, I think it's going to have > to use (at least partial) emulation instead of direct

immediate reboot switching window (alt-tab) to google earth

I figured I'd make my pain public, but I doubt we're ever going to find the cause, because there's no crashdump (and yes, unplugging a mounted usb stick causes a real panic and dump so it is configured correctly) - immediate freeze for 60 seconds, then skipped the panic & went straight to the reboo

dvdstyler failure on vanilla 8RC1

Thought I'd try this out today, but it won't build. I'm not the sort to fool with make.conf, or /usr/include or /usr/local/include, so everything should be suitably vanilla as far as building ports. Here's the hiccup: [st...@fyre /usr/ports/multimedia/dvdstyler]$ sudo make install clean ... if

bridge wlan and tap

I know everyone's busy with the release.  This is not a showstopper, but it relates to networking, which is pretty central to a working bsd box... I read in some obscure post that I can't bridge from a wlan to tap because the wlan can only handle one MAC?  Kindof thought every card has only one ma

bridge wlan and tap

I know everyone's busy with the release. This is not a showstopper, but it relates to networking, which is pretty central to a working bsd box... I read in some obscure post that I can't bridge from a wlan to tap because the wlan can only handle one MAC? Kindof thought every card has only one ma

ad0 mountable after sysinstall, but invalid from boot mgr / mbr (7.2-R)

Just did an install on a disk. Never seen this before, but I made my own partitions instead of 'a' for automatic, and they came up as ad0s1c-g, instead of ad0s1a-e. Sysinstall (7.2 release) seemed to progress & complete just fine. When I try to boot the disk, I get "invalid partition", then "boo

dvdauthor can't find fribidi headers?

Seems as dvdauthor is broken on 8-rc1...anything I might have done? Steve [st...@fyre /usr/ports/multimedia/dvdauthor]$ sudo make install clean ===> Building for dvdauthor-0.6.14_4 Making all in doc gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/dvdauthor/work/dvdauthor-0.6.14/doc' gmake[1]

korean & english on same box?

My Korean mother-in-law is visiting USA for the first time. I don't know the first thing about what it will take to make it so she can email home, so I'm hoping someone on the list is familiar with this? I can start firefox for her, so my installation could theoretically stay in english, but I hav

Re: korean & english on same box?

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Steve Franks wrote: > My Korean mother-in-law is visiting USA for the first time.  I don't > know the first thing about what it will take to make it so she can > email home, so I'm hoping someone on the list is familiar with this? > I can sta

x input method question

I'm trying to type hangul/korean in any X app. No luck so far. I'm on a paired-down desktop on xfwm, and I've installed nabi and scim-hangul, but neither one seems to do anythingI'm on 8-RC1 if it makes any difference...I'm actually an english speaker, so the nabi www pages are a little hard

7.2 equiv for usbconfig on 8.0?

How do I reset my usb on 7.2 when I insert a card in the internal flash reader? usbconfig works great on 8, but I have systems I cannot upgrade at the moment... Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

buildkernel w/o symbols?

So I'm an idiot, and I couldn't figure out how to label, except sysinstall autos, and now I have a puny 512MB rootfs, which I can't make installkernel from 8-rc1 to 8-stable, the only 'big' thing I can find on the drive is the symbols in /boot/kernel... Is there a right way out of this mess? Than

Re: 7.2 equiv for usbconfig on 8.0?

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 04:53 PM 1/5/2010, Steve Franks wrote: >> >> How do I reset my usb on 7.2 when I insert a card in the internal >> flash reader?  usbconfig works great on 8, but I have systems I cannot >> upgrade at the moment...

OT: how to get make to run a script before each build

I'd like to keep track of how many times I've run make for a given source. I'm sure someone knows how to get make to run a script before doing anything else, but using the regular build rules (aka. only if a source file has changed). Of course typing any permutation of this question into google g

Re: OT: how to get make to run a script before each build

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 01:15:52 Steve Franks wrote: > > I'd like to keep track of how many times I've run make for a given > > source. I'm sure someone knows how to get make to run a

tsocks not working with firefox

Hi. I'm setting up a ssh tunnel to a secure server for my surfing. If I configure firefox to use the appropriate proxy directly (i.e. localhost:8080 in socks under firefox preferences) it works as expected. I have set up /etc/tsocks.conf to send everything to localhost:8080 as in all the example

really dumb question: can I install Linux USB drivers under linux compat?

Am I crazy? Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

where to get linux/parport.h

ort.h anywhere, so I assume a direct equivalent is unavailable. Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail

freebsd equiv of libdl.a (load shared libs)

I assume if I link a native FreeBSD app against this, fireworks will be the only result. I further assume since I got no error from gcc, that some freebsd header actally points to the exact functions expected in libdl.a, so they are in there somewhere Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff

Re: freebsd equiv of libdl.a (load shared libs)

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am porting a linux app which is looking for libdl.a (which I > understand from googling is related to loading of shared libs). The > app makes a libusb-based shared lib. FreeBSD uses shared libs, so I

Re: Auto Mounting USB Sticks and CD's

> I have a FreeBSD 7.0 install, and I am running the Gnome Desktop (2.22) > I was hoping that someone had a nice HOWTO or could paste their config files. > I want my usb sticks to auto mount when I insert them like they do on PC-BSD It seems a discussion of amd (amtools port) is missing from th

howto autologin (yes, I know, risky...)

I know it's a shockingly bad idea from a security perspective, but I'm giving a system to a family member that's not going to be spending much time on the net, so I think it's an acceptable risk. It's an isolated desktop/user system, and I'd like it to boot straight to xfce, just like the OLPC I j

equivalent of linux "fxload" app? (hotplugging cypress firmware over usb)

app from sourceforge, but there's a bunch of linux includes missing. Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

umass causes panic on 7 amd64

I've got an 7.0 amd64 system that plugging in any umass device will cause it to immediately crash. You can plug in any ugen, ucom, or ums with no ill effects and they work fine. Modern man cannot live without the usb flash device. Anyone have any ideas? I have 7.0-rc1 i386 on a laptop that also

[?OT?] strndup exists in FreeBSD?

I'm getting an undefined reference to strndup, so clearly there's a header somewhere with it - doesn't seem to be in my default libc, however on 7.0-amd64? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/list

Re: [?OT?] strndup exists in FreeBSD?

> While it seems like a cool function name, what's the point of having it? > If you know how much you want to copy, it's trivial to allocate a buffer > large enough and strlcpy() into it. If you don't know how much you want > to copy, then strdup() is ok anyway :) Granted. It's just one more

cutecom requires sudo to work, but minicom works without - permissions?

I have two terminal programs - cutecom and minicom, both built from ports with no tweaks. Minicom will fire up and hit the serial port just fine, but cutecom can't open it except with sudo. I tried tweaking devfs.conf (as well as a straight chmod on /dev/cuad0), and it doesn't seem to rectify th

devd.conf help

I have the following in devd.conf for several ugen devices, and it works fine, but I'd like to have it work for cuaU devices, and for some reason it doesn't. Anything look wrong? attach 101 { device-name "cuaU[0-9]+"; action "/bin/chmod -h 666 /dev/$device-name"; }; Thanks, Steve

driver for Atheros L2 10/100 lan?

Anyone know if this is in the works? Not an issue, my second NIC works fine, but I'd like to use the onboard one day... Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

wine, amd64, and fc-7

Anyone try to get an rpm of wine working under linux compat? Did you have to install fc-7 instead of fc-4? Is fc7 ready for primetime? Someone said it had issues awhile back. Looks like all the 64-bit linux guys run wine, why don't we? Of course, I'd prefer a native FreeBSD port over an rpm if

Re: wine, amd64, and fc-7

> run windows if you need windoze apps Noo! I'll never turn! I've been quite happily, actually, moving my installed base of systems in the other direction. (I thought I'd get a more serious response from the fbsd higher-ups, Wojciech). Seriously, though, I t

Re: qemu coredumps on any network activity

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Atanu Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am seeing the same problem, did you ever get to the bottom of this? > > Atanu. > I switched to using a "tap" bridge instead. I hav

configure: how to tell what options were used

I think I'm having problems with a port due to a sub-port having incorrect configure options. Anyone know how to find out what those might have been? I'm not seeing a standard way to find that out... Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mail

correct #define in source to specify FBSD vs. linux?

On and on I charge porting linux engineering tools. Major pita. I see a bunch of #ifdef __APPLE__ lines to pull in alternate headers; what's the equiv for FreeBSD? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/ma

growisofs: "inapropriate ioctl for device"

I get the following from growisofs -Z/dev/acd0=image.iso: :-( unable to CAMGETPASSTHRU for /dev/acd0: Inappropriate ioctl for device My burner was previously installed in my 6.3 amd64 system without issues. dmesg reports (after growisofs fails): ... acd0: DVDR at ata0-master UDMA33 ... acd

need to lcase/tolower/strlwr a directory hierarchy, is there an intrinsic util?

Just found strings(1), the util, thought there might be something like that for lcase/tolower/strlwr? Would definitely pretty up my old photos directories from my win32 days... Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

Re: fxload (ports/misc/ezload for usb firmware loading)

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:28 AM, bridd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I saw your thread > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-usb/2008-April/004753.html > via googling for FreeBSD fxload equivalents. Did you get any further > with it? > > I'm wondering, because I've got an m-aud

intrusion? find is thrashing my disk every time I boot.

I'm really no security expert. I don't leave the system up 24/7, and I'm on a US DSL connection with a bunch of windows boxes. Seems to be a recent phenomena, I've started experiencing disk thrashing I can hear across the room. ps and top report cvslockd has been responsible for the thrashing (w

make a symlink to a webpage?

I know this is browser-specific, so let's just say firefox - how do I make a link to a page that I can execute directly? This is not the type of thing that's easy to google for. I tried copying some of the ".url" links from my win32 box and opening them with firefox, but that was just wishful t

Re: IBM HDs vanish on warm-boot?

rm-boot. Some other setting in bios than ACPI? Grateful for any answer, /Roger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -

mount -awf, but fsck -y still says "no write"

I really don't feel like reinstalling tonite. I had a bad powersupply and crashed. Starts up in single user of course, because /var is fubared. In the past a mount -awf then an fsck -y did the trick, but now I get NO WRITE in big letters as the first output from fsck, and it never fixes anythin

sata: setfeatures settransfermode taskqueue timeout

I'm getting this error alot, on shutdown. smartmon reports all my drives are healthy with 0 errors, I've replaced the controller and upgraded to a 500W powersupply. At random one of my 4 sata drives will give a "disconnected" error in dmesg and dissappear, usually when you acess it for the first

Re: sata: setfeatures settransfermode taskqueue timeout

FAILURE - device detached subdisk8: detached ad8: detached [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ On 7/19/07, Derek Ragona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 11:58 AM 7/19/2007, Steve Franks wrote: >I'm getting this error alot, on shutdown. smartmon reports all my >drives are healthy with 0 errors,

quickie: howto? window manager & xterms, but no kde/gnome/xfce

I'm not totally opposed to what comes up in X if you start with no .xinitrc, but it's a tad ugly. I'd ideally like to have a nifty window manager, like one of those new 3d ones, but I find no point in running kde/gnome/xfce - I launch everything (firefox, etc.) from a prompt anyway. So howto? I

ad8: FAILURE - device detached

I'm really stumpped. I have new sata cables, new disks, new controller card. Is my installation just corrupted somehow? The following happens sometime between 5 minutes and 2 hours after I boot, and I occasionaly get a painc on shutdown (was always before new cables) Steve ums0: Logitech Track

Re: What hardware can cause crashes?

audio card. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. > > ytriffy. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Stev

6.2 not compatible with new sata drives ?!

I know it strains credibility, but I can't see what else the problem could be. I got 2 new 160GB drives last month, and my system has been unstable ever since. I have swapped cables, purchased a brand-new sata150 controller (as opposed to the year old sataII), and the results are always the same.

is the rtw (ral81xx) driver coming to freebsd?

Looks like the open/net bsd guys have the "rtw" for the realtec 8185 wireless card, which is not supported by ral or ural - I presume it's not that hard to port to freebsd. Not that I have any spare time, but if someone's willing to jumpstart me, and it's not already being worked on, I'd be intere

pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

occasionally I feel like a total idiot asking a really dumb question, but I'm pretty much out of ideas and I've wasted hours messing with PKGROOT, changing the 'options' in sysinstall, and I can't seem to get things I can see right in 6-stable. I'd just fetch it myself, but it has about 100 depend

Re: pkg_add -r from 6-stable instead of 6.2-release

I think I was missing the '/latest'. Thanks for the example. Sometimes that's key. Steve On 8/7/07, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2007 12:39:36 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:15:11AM -0700, Steve Franks wr

Re: 6.2 not compatible with new sata drives ?!

On 8/5/07, Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I got 2 new 160GB drives last month, and my system has been > >> unstable ever since. I have swapped cables, purchased a > >> brand-new sata150 controller (as opposed to the year old > >> sataII), and the results are always the same. > > > > What m

Re: OT:: anybody on-list use "PC-BSD"? or "bSD-PC"?

gt; > Kurt > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Eng

Highpoint rr2300 on pci-e not recognized

Anyone got this to work? I suspect it's due to it being in a pci-e slot, but maybe not, since it does show up in dmesg. Hipoint makes their own freebsd drivers, so I figured 'slam-dunk', but no such luck. dmesg: ... pci2: on pcib2 pci2: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) ... rr2310_00: Rocket

Re: cheap (supported) wifi card

On 8/9/07, Don Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > I recently purchased a new HP dv9500t laptop. Unfortunately, the > Intel 4965AGN wireless card it came with isn't supported (yet). I > tried to use ndisgen, but it caused a panic (both 6.2 and > 7.0-current). I'm afraid you are in big tr

Re: cheap (supported) wifi card

;00173FAFD030 ver. 4000" > printed on it. But the part number just says FD7050. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > thanks... > don > -- > Don Hinton > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebs

Re: SATA to PCI cards

; Puzzles, trivia teasers, word scrambles and more. Play for your chance to > > win! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_hotmailtextlink > > > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/

ath pccard ok on 6.1 600mhz laptop, same card *no* dmesg at all on 6.2 hp laptop

ernal minipci slot. Shouldn't have bought the $400 laptop. What can I say, I used to be a windows user ;) This is my last windows machine to fall to bsd, at least it is if I can get a NIC in it to work. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http

update: "Danger Will Robinson" dmesg [ath pccard... ok on 6.1 600mhz laptop, same card *no* dmesg at all on 6.2 hp laptop]

; Steve On 8/25/07, Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I don't have any dmesg, because I don't get one at all with my > ath0 card that I'm currently typing this on my old dell 600mhz laptop. > I also have a wi0 card that works on the 600mhz machine, but it gives

dmesg: "this is a bug" [ath pccard... ok on 6.1 600mhz laptop, same card *no* dmesg at all on 6.2 hp laptop]

I sent this out over the weekend to no replies. Since dmesg specifically states "this is a bug", I assume someone would want to know about it. I can reproduce the problem. Steve -- Forwarded message ------ From: Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Aug 25, 2007

fastest way to ghost/image multiple machines?

I'm interested in how to specify a release and a bunch of packages, and squirt it to multiple machines. Or perhaps I'd like to spec the current binary contents of my machine (sans config files) so I could rebuild it from scratch later, without backups, or perhaps install another machine with my cu

cron jobs not done during sleep

Correct me if I'm wrong, but cron doesn't keep track of the last time something was done, does it? Which is to say if my system is crashed, was asleep, or powered off when a job is supposed to happen, it will not happen the next time the system is successfully operational, will it? It's not obvio

anyone have a favorite laptop?

The freebsd laptop page is a nice resource, but it's a bit heavy on specifics (i.e. I have a laptop I want to install on), not so good generally (want to buy a laptop). So anyone have realworld advice? I'm not against something used in the 1GHz+ range. Thanks, Steve

Re: How can I manually turn off the HDD?

t to look at. It programs the HDD to spin down after a specified timeout. -- Daniel Rudy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: NTFS-3G driver problem

Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/696 - Release Date: 2/21/2007 3:19 PM ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to &

defrag

How come I never hear defrag come up as a topic, and can't find anything related to defrag in the ports tree? Is it really not an issue on UFS? Can someone point me to an explantion if so? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list h

Re: defrag

;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Steve Franks wrote: >> How come I never hear defrag come up as a topic, and can't find >> anything related to defrag in the ports tree? Is it really not an >> issue on UFS? Can someone point me to an explantion if so?

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