a few questions about rebuilding a system?

2003-10-19 Thread Sweetleaf
and other src with the -j4 option on a single proc. machine or is this only for buildworld? Thanks and have a good night. -- Sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Freebsd on a usb pen drive ,, bootable?

2004-02-05 Thread Sweetleaf
press F1 enter or anything really. Has anyone done this before, i could sure use some help with this. Thanks and have a great day. -- Sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

tac for freebsd !! ?

2004-02-20 Thread sweetleaf
I am trying to install some window fonts per... http://www.paulandlesley.org/linux/xfree4_tt.html The problem is that tac is not installed and i cant find it in the packages or ports. Is tac even available for freebsd 5.x? # tail +2 fonts.scale | tac fonts.dir tac: Command not found. I am

how to update release with just security patches

2003-02-01 Thread sweetleaf
I just installed FreeBSD 4.7 and need some guidance ,examples, on tracking the 4.7 stable release. This is a production server so i just want to find out how to get it up2date with security patches etc... for the stable 4.7 release. The cvs commands in the faq are confusing so i would

need some advice on MTA

2003-02-04 Thread sweetleaf
I am looking for an alternative MTA to replace sendmail on my freebsd 4.7-rel box. My question is i have searched google quite extensively and found : Qmail Courier Postfix I would like some opinions as to which of the 3 above is better in regards to security, authentication features,

where can i find the security errata and patch section?

2003-02-04 Thread sweetleaf
I coming from openbsd, and have security question about patching. On openbsd we can review the up2date errata and if there is a security issue for which a patch exists, we can download the individual patch and use the. patch -p0 command to patch the src. and then just rebuild the binary

mozilla 1.4 spell checker

2003-07-14 Thread sweetleaf
Does anyone have a binary ,XPI, of the spell checker @ mozdev.org .for mozilla 1.4 natively running on freebsd 5.1? The only ones i can find for freebsd and mozilla 1.4 are linux, solaris etc... but no freebsd. Thanks in advance. ___ [EMAIL

mozilla 1.4 spell checker !!! anybody have a binary?

2003-07-15 Thread sweetleaf
Anybody have a mozilla 1.4 spell checker binary or a port. Mozdev does not have a freebsd xpi for mozilla 1.4 and i cant seem to get it to compile from src. Thanks in advance. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

spell checker for mozilla 1.4

2003-07-20 Thread sweetleaf
Is there a spell checker xpi or port for mozilla 1.4? The only ones i have found were for linux and solaris. I tried patching the mozill 1.4 src with the spell checker patch and then running the port but the freebsd patches and spell checker patches seem to have issues with each other.

How can i make dial up PPP easy? !!!

2003-07-20 Thread sweetleaf
I am trying to setup a friends computer with freebsd 5.1. He has used windows for the last 5 years and has never used a unix based computer...so i need to make things as easy and point and click as possible. He uses a dial up isp everyones internet for internet service and i dont have any

Re: spell checker for mozilla 1.4

2003-07-21 Thread sweetleaf
peter lageotakes wrote: Have you check out spellchecker.mozdev.org? Under downloads there is a version for FreeBSD 5.0/Mozilla 1.2.x Pete --- sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a spell checker xpi or port for mozilla 1.4? The only ones i have found were for linux and solaris. I

help with ide cd burner

2003-07-22 Thread sweetleaf
I am trying to use xcdroast with my ide burner but it cat see it. I think i need to enable scsi emulation ...well according to some links on google but anyway i cant find how to do this in the handbook. Would someone please inform on how to achieve this. Thanks in advance. ps: both my

setting up arson...help please!

2003-07-23 Thread sweetleaf
Anybody have arson working with a IDE Burner via SCSI emu in freebsd 5.1? I added SCSI emulation to my kernel: # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device

looking for a mp3 player.

2003-07-25 Thread sweetleaf
looking for a good mp3 player with a nice gui and if possible a EQ. I was also looking for one that plays the other audio formats too like the vorbis and such. Thanks in advance, Sweetleaf ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Problem with NVIDIA drivers

2003-07-25 Thread sweetleaf
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:54:24 -0400 Marc LeMaire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I've installed the nvidia drivers from the ports. I've followed the instructions, and all the files are in their directory. But when I'm trying to start X, the machine crash and reboot. I've looked into the

some linux advice !!!

2003-09-05 Thread Sweetleaf
to be 100% compatable with redhat*** which would make the best host OS foundation to support my freebsd guest install. Thanks in advance. The system for this project is a: AMD Athlon 1800+ 256 DDR-2100 80 gig ata/100 -- Sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same

cant get netscape or mozilla installer to run.

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
I am running the latest 5.1 rel with linux emulation. I downloaded the mozilla and netscape installers from their own sites and am having problems when trying to run the ./netscape-installer or the mozilla-installer. the error i am getting a error that it cant find libgtk-1.2.so.0. i ran a find

Re: Re: cant get netscape or mozilla installer to run.

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
Thanks, i will try that. perhaps mozilla can be built from src... and run in a freebsd native env. I guess the steps for the latter would be just download the mozilla src code and compile it, could it be that easy or is it a headach? just out of curiosity, which do you guys thinks is better...

recommendations

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
any good email clients that can use a socks proxy or http proxy? looking for something rich with features as i am comming from outlook. Thanks and have a great day. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

cat get sylpheed-claws 0.9.0 to make on freebsd-5.1

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
After i run ./configure ...successfully i suppose there were no error messagesi try to run make but the process stops with the following: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/local/include/glib12 -D_THREAD_SAFE -DLOCALEDIR=\/usr/local/share/locale\ -g -O2 -c mgutils.c -fPIC -DPIC -o

Re: Re: recommendations

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14 Jun 2003 01:00:30 -0400 Subject: Re: recommendations On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:47, SweeTLeaF wrote: any good email clients that can use a socks proxy or http proxy? looking for something rich with features as i am comming from outlook. You're

Re: Re: recommendations

2003-06-13 Thread SweeTLeaF
I tried that one, it did not have a spell checker. -Original Message- From: Steve Sapovits [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SweeTLeaF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:20:53 -0400 Subject: Re: recommendations On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:09:40 -0500 SweeTLeaF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yea i

Re: Re: recommendations

2003-06-14 Thread SweeTLeaF
. -Original Message- From: Kevin Golding [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SweeTLeaF [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:45:18 +0100 Subject: Re: recommendations In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], SweeTLeaF [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes -Original Message- From: Steve Sapovits [EMAIL PROTECTED

help installing sun java on freebsd -5.1

2003-06-16 Thread sweetleaf
I am running netscape v.7.0.2 that i d/l from netscape.com under the linux emulation on freebsd-5.1. I would like to use the chat features a yahoo and be able to do online banking which requires java. Netscape redirected me to suns page to d/l the java below:

running netscape 7.0.2 linux version on freebsd-5.1, help?

2003-06-16 Thread sweetleaf
I just downloaded Netscape 7.0.2 from Netscape.com linux version and am running it under linux emulation on freebsd-5.1. The problem i am encountering , and i encountered the same issue with the latest mozilla. under linux emulation, is that when i exit Netscape or restart the system i am

Re: Mouse wheel Not working in 5.0/5.1

2003-06-16 Thread sweetleaf
I had the same problem with my logitech scroll mouse. I fixed it with the following in my XF86Config: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/sysmouse Option Emulate3Buttons true

Re: running netscape 7.0.2 linux version on freebsd-5.1, help?

2003-06-16 Thread sweetleaf
Because the ports are older and have bugs that have been fixed in the current release/s. On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:21 -0400 Jud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:00:31 -0500, sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just downloaded Netscape 7.0.2 from Netscape.com linux version

Re: television cable internet service

2003-06-17 Thread sweetleaf
I am using openbsd on comcast. Like some other, i too had a windows box ready for the technician,with a nic already there, once he was able to get a live connection and left i just switched to my openbsd/pf router. There is some stuff you need to do, such as punching a hole through your filter

recommendation for system resource monitor.!!!

2003-06-17 Thread sweetleaf
seeking recommendation for a good system resource monitoring app that works well with window maker or blackbox. I have looked through the ports and the ones i found say the port/s is broken. I would like one that shows cpu, ram , swap, file system ...such as / 90% /tmp 30% and network load. I

help setting up DVI output on Geforce 4 and freebsd-5.1

2003-06-18 Thread sweetleaf
would appreciate any information on how to make this possible. Thanks in adv/ sweetleaf ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how much space for /

2003-06-18 Thread sweetleaf
When i installed freebsd-5.1, i stayed close to the recommended partition sizes in the handbook. The faq. said 100 megabytes would usually be enough for the / partition. I decided to install freebsd with 300M for the / partition just to be on the safe side. The only thing i have added since the

Re: how much space for /

2003-06-19 Thread sweetleaf
/imap.fastmail.fm/nealhamilton 148 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.fastmail.fm 24 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/INBOX 14 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/Sent 132 ./root/.sylpheed/imapcache/imap.myrealbox.com/sweetleaf/Trash 2

how many partitions on a slice?

2003-06-20 Thread sweetleaf
I choose to use the entire disk during freebsd install. Ok, that creates 1 really large slice correct? Now within this slice how may partitions cam there be? I tried setting up /root /tmp /home /var /usr /sandbox/ /private /storage . after adding sandbox and attempting to add /private and

good browser and java combo?

2003-06-20 Thread sweetleaf
I was wondering what browsers and java seem to work the best. I need to do online banking and would like to use java applets such as the chat.yahoo.com. I have tried both mozilla and netscap with suns current java-runtime and have found them to be extermetly unreliable. I wanted to switch from

Re: good browser and java combo?

2003-06-20 Thread sweetleaf
their business. They take, take and take but give nothing in return. I say change the license and make them shell out millions on inferior proprietary operating systems such as slowaris. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 06:14:22 -0400 Jud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:01:03 -0500, sweetleaf

Re: good browser and java combo?

2003-06-20 Thread sweetleaf
not share netscrape or mozilla code and works with java? Thanks in ./adv On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:27:09 -0300 Han Hwei Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try galeon or skipstone. Han Hwei Woo http://www.argosy.ca/~hhw - Original Message - From: sweetleaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Mozilla Firebird ?

2003-07-12 Thread sweetleaf
Is there a port for the current mozilla firebird mail client? Does anybody have a binary of a recent build that will run on freebsd 5.1 natively ...that you will share? I read about building it from src, but it looks more complicated then ./configure make ,,,make install and therefore is out

Re: Mozilla Firebird

2003-07-12 Thread sweetleaf
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 03:43, Julien Gabel wrote: Is there a port for the current mozilla firebird mail client? Does anybody have a binary of a recent build that will run on freebsd 5.1 natively ...that you will share? I read about building it from src, but it looks more complicated then

Re[2]: cant find libc.so.4

2002-09-27 Thread SweeTLeaF
Hello Jacob, Friday, September 27, 2002, 12:52:58 AM, you wrote: JR On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:34, SweeTLeaF wrote: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libc.so.4 not found where can i get this lib and do i just add it to the ldd path? JR I may be corrected, but I think librarys work like

Re[2]: cant find libc.so.4

2002-09-27 Thread SweeTLeaF
Hello Giorgos, Friday, September 27, 2002, 4:28:06 AM, you wrote: GK On 2002-09-27 01:51, SweeTLeaF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been looking on all the ftp/s and have noticed that 5.0-current has the .tbz format so i guess there is difference in the 5.0 DP1 and 5.0-current. I was wanting

Re: Question on Multi OSes

2002-09-27 Thread SweeTLeaF
wanted but i don't have the money for it now so i need to find out how to achieve this with the freebsd boot manager. -- Best regards, SweeTLeaFmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body

updating rc releases

2002-09-27 Thread SweeTLeaF
Hello , If 4.7RC2 was installed, could it be cvs updated to the 4.7 release when its available? -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

packages for rc2

2002-09-27 Thread SweeTLeaF
deps. errors. did not even install the wm package. i sure was hopping the official 4.7 rel. was going to be a couple days early..just in time for the weekend. :) -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

4.7rc2 packages

2002-09-28 Thread SweeTLeaF
Hello questions, Anyone know where rc2 packages are? The rc1 packages dont work on my rc2 install and i looked on several ftp's and cant find any for rc2. thanks. -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

VMware 3.2

2002-10-01 Thread SweeTLeaF
I was wondering if its possible to run VMware 3.2 on Freebsd? Is there a port, package tool etc... to make this happen? Thanks gentlemen / ladies -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

grub boot loader or freebsd boot loader

2002-10-03 Thread SweeTLeaF
had issues booting BSD so i just wanted to know my best approach before starting. Ps. Have they said when the 4.7 release is coming rescheduled to? -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

Xfree and dvi ports?

2002-10-01 Thread SweeTLeaF
Hello , Is it possible to use the DVI out port on Geforce-4 card? I have a pine geforce 4 that has both analog and dvi output, the analog is woking fine but i would like to use the dvi port with my digital planar flat screen. Thanks and have a great day. -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF

VMware2 ports

2002-10-01 Thread SweeTLeaF
be greatly appreciated -- Best regards, SweeTLeaF mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

help with ln linking Please!

2002-10-07 Thread SweeTLeaF
I am in the /usr/root dir ln -s desktop /root/Desktop/tmp Now i was exspecting to see all the contents for /usr/root/desktop when i viewed the /root/Desktop/tmp dir. but that did not happen. Now when i go to /root/Desktop/tmp ...i see the link for desktop but when i do a ls desktop to try

RE: help with ln linking Please!

2002-10-08 Thread SweeTLeaF
many sys links or something. again thanks On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 00:16, Peter Leftwich wrote: On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, SweeTLeaF wrote: I am in the /usr/root dir ln -s desktop /root/Desktop/tmp You should be using `ln -s /root/Desktop/tmp /usr/root/desktop` The manpage is super unclear

vmware

2002-10-09 Thread SweeTLeaF
I am wanting to try VMware to emulate XP and have a few questions for those who are using it. Currently i am booting between , freebsd, redhat and XP. These OS's are already installed on their own native partitions. This is my first question, I want to use freebsd as my host OS for vmware:

Re: vmware

2002-10-09 Thread SweeTLeaF
2 won't run XP, etc on an athlon The highest OS I've tested it with is windows 98. the higher os's do something ssid or something or other (advanced cpu instructions) which cause the guest os to puke. SweeTLeaF wrote: I am wanting to try VMware to emulate XP and have a few questions

Help with Geforce 4 and DVI output

2003-02-11 Thread sweetleaf
Is is possible to get a Geforce 4 card to use it's DVI output in X? I would like to get my Geforce's DVI output connected to my flat panel's DVI input. If anyone has this working i sure would appreciate some guidance on configuring this. Thanks in advance OS: Freebsd 4.7 To Unsubscribe:

php support?

2003-02-18 Thread sweetleaf
I am needing to setup a groupware phprojekt server that uses php. I really don't want to use apache for security and performance reasons; therefore I am searching for a fast and secure https server that will work. The question about php is.if a web server supports cgi will it work with

swap / file system encryption

2003-02-18 Thread sweetleaf
Is it possible to encrypt the swap in freebsd? I am new to freebsd, having used openbsd for sometime and was just wondering if this feature is available in freebsd. I would also like to know if freebsd supports encrypted file systems? Thanks and have a wonderful night. To Unsubscribe: send