information about configurable load-time parameters

2013-06-11 Thread Meny Yossefi
Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 9.1 and looking for a way to pass a module parameters on load time. I came across the 'TUNABLE' macros which provided a decent solution. The question that remains is how to notify the user about those configurable load-time parameters ? I guess I'm l

when root partition is mounted in boot time?

2013-05-27 Thread saeedeh motlagh
other things are done (such as mounting other devices, running rc scripts, ...), then the root in unmounted and remount read-write. is it true? if not, what exactly happened for root partition in boot time and when is mounted? t ​hanks in advance *s.motlagh

Re: Delete files with time stamp on Samba Server

2013-05-20 Thread Leslie Jensen
2013-05-20 15:52, Miguel Barbosa Gonçalves skrev: On 20 May 2013 13:34, Leslie Jensen wrote: I have a remote Samba Server where Windows machines place backup files once a day. The format is backup_2013-05-03_13.45.44_.**zip Before the Windows client places the file it removes the file f

Re: Delete files with time stamp on Samba Server

2013-05-20 Thread Miguel Barbosa Gonçalves
On 20 May 2013 13:34, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > I have a remote Samba Server where Windows machines place backup files > once a day. The format is > > > backup_2013-05-03_13.45.44_.**zip > > > Before the Windows client places the file it removes the file from the day > before. > > In turn I do a b

Delete files with time stamp on Samba Server

2013-05-20 Thread Leslie Jensen
I have a remote Samba Server where Windows machines place backup files once a day. The format is backup_2013-05-03_13.45.44_.zip Before the Windows client places the file it removes the file from the day before. In turn I do a backup of the backup files once every week(Friday) to anothe

running iscontrol at boot time

2013-05-13 Thread David Newman
How to configure FreeBSD so that an iSCSI initiator will mount a filesystem on an iSCSI target at boot time? The /boot/loader.conf file has 'iscsi_initiator_load="YES"' but iscontrol does not run at boot time. I believe iscontrol needs to run after the kernel module is

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 May 2013 17:22:04 +0200, Fleuriot Damien wrote: > Allow me to add a bit of context here. > > > We're wrapping things up to obtain the PCI DSS certification which > is awarded for running through a long and annoying series of hoops. > This certification is rather important to our busines

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Joshua Isom
On 5/3/2013 10:05 AM, Fleuriot Damien wrote: Thanks for your response Markham, I'm afraid labor law is much too protective here for us to be able to "educate" users in this way;) Your idea to run a cron job every X minutes has merit though, I'll try and check into that ! If labor law's st

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Mikel King
of connection outages if they can reconnect to where the were when they were last on. Regards, Mikel King BSD News _ From: Fleuriot Damien [mailto:m...@my.gd] To: FreeBSD questions [mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] Sent: Fri, 03 May 2013 10:28:31 -0400 Subject: sshd - time out

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Arthur Chance
On 05/03/13 15:28, Fleuriot Damien wrote: Hello list, I'm facing this unusual demand at work where we need to time out idle SSH connections for security purposes. I've checked the following options from sshd_config but none seems to fit my needs : TCPKeepAlive ClientAli

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Fleuriot Damien
On May 3, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 05/03/13 15:28, Fleuriot Damien wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> >> >> I'm facing this unusual demand at work where we need to time out idle SSH >> connections for security purposes. >> >

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Fleuriot Damien
where the were when they were > last on. > > Regards, > Mikel King > BSD News > > > From: Fleuriot Damien [mailto:m...@my.gd] > To: FreeBSD questions [mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] > Sent: Fri, 03 May 2013 10:28:31 -0400 > Subject: sshd - time out idle

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Fleuriot Damien
am breitbach wrote: > Depending on the shell you are using, you may be able to set that to > auto-logout, or you > could set a cron job to run every 5 minutes and terminate tty's with > 5min > idle time. > > Honestly though, you will rarely find a good technical solution to a

Re: sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread markham breitbach
Depending on the shell you are using, you may be able to set that to auto-logout, or you could set a cron job to run every 5 minutes and terminate tty's with > 5min idle time. Honestly though, you will rarely find a good technical solution to a social problem--there's always a wor

sshd - time out idle connections

2013-05-03 Thread Fleuriot Damien
Hello list, I'm facing this unusual demand at work where we need to time out idle SSH connections for security purposes. I've checked the following options from sshd_config but none seems to fit my needs : TCPKeepAlive ClientAliveCountMax ClientAliveInterval Basically, I'm t

Re: loading ipfw at boot time

2013-04-28 Thread Joe
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:23:58 -0400, Joe wrote: I know ipfw can be loaded at boot time by adding statements to /boot/loader.conf. Problem is I dont know what the ipfw module names are. How do I find the ipfw names to use? There are two ways. The first is to do a &qu

Re: loading ipfw at boot time

2013-04-28 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:23:58 -0400, Joe wrote: > I know ipfw can be loaded at boot time by adding statements to > /boot/loader.conf. > > Problem is I dont know what the ipfw module names are. > > How do I find the ipfw names to use? There are two ways. The first is to do

Re: loading ipfw at boot time

2013-04-28 Thread Joe
Andreas Mueller wrote: Hello there. I know ipfw can be loaded at boot time by adding statements to /boot/loader.conf. Problem is I dont know what the ipfw module names are. How do I find the ipfw names to use? Not using ipfw by myself, but according to the handbook, the modules are loaded

Re: loading ipfw at boot time

2013-04-27 Thread Andreas Mueller
Hello there. > I know ipfw can be loaded at boot time by adding statements to > /boot/loader.conf. > > Problem is I dont know what the ipfw module names are. > > How do I find the ipfw names to use? Not using ipfw by myself, but according to the handbook, the modules are lo

loading ipfw at boot time

2013-04-27 Thread Joe
I know ipfw can be loaded at boot time by adding statements to /boot/loader.conf. Problem is I dont know what the ipfw module names are. How do I find the ipfw names to use? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Fbsd8
Jerry wrote: On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:23 -0500 Noel articulated: On 3/11/2013 7:49 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: Even though the system is now on DST the date command still displays EDT. Does the date command ever show DST? EDT = Eastern Daylight Time timezone not to be confused with EST = Eastern

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 08:49:45AM -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > Ran this little test. > Last night before turning off my system I used the date command to set > the date to 3/9 with the correct DST. This morning when I turned on my > system the time had advanced by one hour. S

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:23 -0500 Noel articulated: > On 3/11/2013 7:49 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > > Even though the system is now on DST the date command still > > displays EDT. Does the date command ever show DST? > > EDT = Eastern Daylight Time timezone > not to be

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 2013, Mar 11, at 4:49, Fbsd8 wrote: > Even though the system is now on DST the date command still displays EDT. > Does the date command ever show DST? EST = Eastern Standard Time EDT = Eastern Daylight Savings Time EDT = Daylight Savings. Your date command is showi

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Noel
On 3/11/2013 7:49 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > Even though the system is now on DST the date command still > displays EDT. Does the date command ever show DST? EDT = Eastern Daylight Time timezone not to be confused with EST = Eastern Standard Time timezone not to be confused with DST = dayligh

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-11 Thread Fbsd8
Ben Cottrell wrote: On Mar 10, 2013, at 19:18, Fbsd8 wrote: What is really needed is for the tzsetup program to state which east coast selections have day light saving included. Maybe a pr is in order. Nope, you pretty conclusively proved that you're using the right time zone setting.

Re: [Bulk] Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Ben Cottrell
On Mar 10, 2013, at 19:18, Fbsd8 wrote: > What is really needed is for the tzsetup program to state which east coast > selections have day light saving included. Maybe a pr is in order. Nope, you pretty conclusively proved that you're using the right time zone setting. Trust me. :

Re: [Bulk] Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Fbsd8
Mike Jeays wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:42:52 -0400 Fbsd8 wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: The next test is to check the clock in GMT. I expect it to be off, which means that the timezone rules are not the problem. If this is not the case, the diagnosis gets more interesting. And how do you

Re: [Bulk] Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:42:52 -0400 Fbsd8 wrote: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > > The next test is to check the clock in GMT. > > I expect it to be off, which means that the timezone rules are not the > > problem. If this is not the case, the diagnosis gets more interesting. > > > > > > And ho

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Fbsd8
Lowell Gilbert wrote: The next test is to check the clock in GMT. I expect it to be off, which means that the timezone rules are not the problem. If this is not the case, the diagnosis gets more interesting. And how do you purpose I check the clock in GMT?

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
mezone rules are not the problem. If this is not the case, the diagnosis gets more interesting. >> The real question is does New York State have day light saving time? > > Yes, it does. I lived there for many years. He's not making this up, folks. [On the other hand, the rules have c

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013, Fbsd8 wrote: date command shows Sun Mar 10 16:50:33 EDT 2013 Very odd that your clock would be off by *two* hours. The real question is does New York State have day light saving time? Yes, it does. I lived there for many years. -- Chris Hill ch

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Fbsd8
you run "date" does it show the time zone as EST or EDT? If you have python installed, you might also try: python -c 'import time; print time.localtime().tm_isdst' (it should be 1) Is the year correct? I mean, could it be thinking it's some different year, where the ti

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Ben Cottrell
quot;date" does it show the time zone as EST or EDT? If you have python installed, you might also try: python -c 'import time; print time.localtime().tm_isdst' (it should be 1) Is the year correct? I mean, could it be thinking it's some different year, where the time zone ru

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Fbsd8
Ben Cottrell wrote: On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:37, Fbsd8 wrote: day light saving time happened early sunday morning and the time shown by the date command is still one hour behind. I just did a clean 9.1 install from cdrom and selected the correct time zone for my location. The DST change

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread John Levine
>day light saving time happened early sunday morning and the time shown >by the date command is still one hour behind. I just did a clean 9.1 >install from cdrom and selected the correct time zone for my location. > >I don't see any entry for daylight saving time in tzsetup

Re: day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Ben Cottrell
On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:37, Fbsd8 wrote: > day light saving time happened early sunday morning and the time shown by the > date command is still one hour behind. I just did a clean 9.1 install from > cdrom and selected the correct time zone for my location. The DST change worked fi

day light saving time happened today

2013-03-10 Thread Fbsd8
day light saving time happened early sunday morning and the time shown by the date command is still one hour behind. I just did a clean 9.1 install from cdrom and selected the correct time zone for my location. I don't see any entry for daylight saving time in tzsetup I though the ED

Re: Boot-time hard drive errors

2013-02-25 Thread b w
gt; > Since I reconfigured the system to its current state, i.e. with the set > > of three drives listed above, whenever I reboot the system, about 50% > > of the time, when the boot process gets down to the point where it > > would ordinarily be printing out the message

Re: Boot-time hard drive errors

2013-02-24 Thread Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez
e I reconfigured the system to its current state, i.e. with the set > of three drives listed above, whenever I reboot the system, about 50% > of the time, when the boot process gets down to the point where it > would ordinarily be printing out the messages relating to ada0, ada1, >

Re: Boot-time hard drive errors

2013-02-24 Thread Simon
from time to time, that could also show up under stress testing. Make backup if you have important data before stress testing. -Simon On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:33:06 -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >I have a somewhat eclectic system, currently running (or at any rate, >trying to ru

Boot-time hard drive errors

2013-02-24 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
, about 50% of the time, when the boot process gets down to the point where it would ordinarily be printing out the messages relating to ada0, ada1, etc. suddenly I start to get a massive and apparently endless stream of error messages, apparently relating to one of the drives listed above, but the

Re: convert date and time to epoch in awk

2013-02-19 Thread bw.mail.lists
b> I want to write a script that parses the last, say, 10 minutes of a log b> file looking for a certain string, like 'error', or failed', and returns b> how many times it shows up. The script would be run by Nagios and if it b> returns > 0 an alert is raised. Each line of the log file starts w

Re: convert date and time to epoch in awk

2013-02-19 Thread bw.mail.lists
>> So, is there a way to compare two dates in FreeBSD's awk or convert a date >> to epoch? Or some other fast way to select the last 10 minutes from a log >> file? An example would be appreciated, if possible. > > > Converting a date to an epoch is easy with date(1) (note: awk can make a sys

Re: convert date and time to epoch in awk

2013-02-19 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:34:21 +0100, >> b w said: b> I want to write a script that parses the last, say, 10 minutes of a log b> file looking for a certain string, like 'error', or failed', and returns b> how many times it shows up. The script would be run by Nagios and if it b> returns > 0 an

RE: convert date and time to epoch in awk

2013-02-19 Thread dteske
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of b w > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:34 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: convert date and time to epoch in awk > >

Re: Quota as a boot time module

2013-02-16 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:32:32 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > I was reading the handbook quota section and it says quota has to be > compiles into the kernel. I thought it can also be loaded as a boot time > module? If I remember correctly, quota is still one of the few things you cannot load as

Quota as a boot time module

2013-02-16 Thread Fbsd8
I was reading the handbook quota section and it says quota has to be compiles into the kernel. I thought it can also be loaded as a boot time module? If so, how is it done. If so, I will also file a pr to get the handbook quota section updated. Thanks

Re: Issues with smartd starting up at boot time - delays sever start?

2012-11-14 Thread Karl Pielorz
--On 13 November 2012 11:14 -0600 Dan Nelson wrote: Can anyone think of a 'simple' fix for this? - Is there anything I can do to '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smartd' to make it run later in the startup process? Try adding "mail" to the REQUIRE: line, since sendmail has that in its PROVIDES: line.

Re: Issues with smartd starting up at boot time - delays sever start?

2012-11-13 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 13), Karl Pielorz said: > I've noticed on our systems (9.0-Stable, amd64) that starting smartd at > boot time massively extends the startup time of the box. > > I think I've traced this down to smartd, and our use of the '-M test' >

Issues with smartd starting up at boot time - delays sever start?

2012-11-13 Thread Karl Pielorz
Hi, I've noticed on our systems (9.0-Stable, amd64) that starting smartd at boot time massively extends the startup time of the box. I think I've traced this down to smartd, and our use of the '-M test' config option (which sends a test message, apparently forking to &

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2012-08-07 Thread jb
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Re: Waking system up from suspend-to-ram at specified time.

2012-07-30 Thread Piotr Czachur
Ian, Thank you for wind of hope :) 2012/7/30 Ian Smith : > On my Thinkpad T23, BIOS autostart (not autoresume) time setting also > works only from a cold start. WoL also worked from 'off' but not from > S3, but that was on 8.1-STABLE. What version are you running, and on &g

Re: Waking system up from suspend-to-ram at specified time.

2012-07-30 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 425, Issue 13, Message: 13 On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:37:48 +0200 Piotr Czachur wrote: > Dear users, > > Does FreeBSD support waking system up from S3 (suspend to RAM) state > at specified time? On Linux, it can be achieved using rtcwake command >

Waking system up from suspend-to-ram at specified time.

2012-07-28 Thread Piotr Czachur
Dear users, Does FreeBSD support waking system up from S3 (suspend to RAM) state at specified time? On Linux, it can be achieved using rtcwake command that uses RTC support in kernel. If it's not supported, maybe I can somehow enable waking from S3 using BIOS autoresume option? It powers m

Re: how to filter network by MAC and IP at the same time

2012-06-09 Thread Bill Yuan
he ipfw-rules - once > for the layer2-filtering part and 2nd time for the ip-filtering part. > > 1st enable filtering on ethernet demux/eth. output frame: > # sysctl net.link.ether.ipfw=1 > > then start your fw-script: > > # -- sniplet from fw-script -- # > iif="

Re: how to filter network by MAC and IP at the same time

2012-06-09 Thread Christian Hiris
hi Bill, afaik, in your case the packets checked twice against the ipfw-rules - once for the layer2-filtering part and 2nd time for the ip-filtering part. 1st enable filtering on ethernet demux/eth. output frame: # sysctl net.link.ether.ipfw=1 then start your fw-script: # -- sniplet from fw

Re: how to filter network by MAC and IP at the same time

2012-06-08 Thread Bill Yuan
will be block by the deny !!! how come ? On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Bill Yuan writes: > > > i am using freebsd 9.0 as a firewall and i want to filter the traffic by > > the mac and the ip at the same t

Re: how to filter network by MAC and IP at the same time

2012-06-08 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Bill Yuan writes: > i am using freebsd 9.0 as a firewall and i want to filter the traffic by > the mac and the ip at the same time, > > for example, i only allow my laptop can go throught the > firewalll when it's using IP > > for how to config the firewall rules?

how to filter network by MAC and IP at the same time

2012-06-07 Thread Bill Yuan
hi all, i am using freebsd 9.0 as a firewall and i want to filter the traffic by the mac and the ip at the same time, for example, i only allow my laptop can go throught the firewalll when it's using IP for how to config the firewall rules? I tried to configure the firewall by the

Re: keyboard latency from time to time

2012-05-10 Thread Matthias Apitz
deeper into this... "slow keys" is part of the X11 XKB-protocol (details in XKBproto.pdf or XkbGetSlowKeysDelay(3) man page; in the ports there is ports/x11/xkbset utility and with this one can set the "Slowkeys acceptance delay" (time in ms the X server awaits a key is hol

The biggest mag^ic ga^me since the beginning of time, which is making the entire world go crazy

2012-04-21 Thread gbmovie
In the following text, you will find many many names. You can choose only… 5… no more… no less. You have only one sh^ot to choose them. The second time it will not work, the mag^ic will be gone. The names you have chosen will give you the answers to some questions you have been dealing with for

Re[2]: How to set Password Change Time in FreeBSD

2012-04-12 Thread Jun Li BJ Zhao
Dears, The following is my testing according to the mail "Re: How to set Password Change Time in FreeBSD": 1. I added passwordtime=2m to /etc/login.conf, run the command cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf, and then created a new user test. In /etc/master.passwd, field 6 of test was zero. Passwo

real-time priority jackd

2012-04-12 Thread Eugene Tryfonides
Hello there, i really want your help on this matter.So. i create a group audio and fix conf file at /etc/security/limit.d/limits.conf i can open jackd as root with real-time prio but not as regular user. Thank you. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: How to set Password Change Time in FreeBSD

2012-04-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 12/04/2012 10:15, Jun Li BJ Zhao wrote: > To force local user in FreeBSD system changing their password periodically, > I want to set Password Change Time. I tried the following two ways, but > both failed. Could you please give me the correct operations? Thanks a lot! > > Me

How to set Password Change Time in FreeBSD

2012-04-12 Thread Jun Li BJ Zhao
Dears, To force local user in FreeBSD system changing their password periodically, I want to set Password Change Time. I tried the following two ways, but both failed. Could you please give me the correct operations? Thanks a lot! Method 1: Added passwordtime=2m to /etc/login.conf, then run the

Re: keyboard latency from time to time

2012-04-09 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, July 25, 2011 a las 05:10:47PM +0200, Matthias Apitz escribió: > > Hello, > > I run a 9-CURRENT from end of October on an Acer D250 laptop; which in > general runs very fine; from time to time (say once a month) I encounter > the following situation within KDE3

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-02 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On Apr 2, 2012, at 7:32 AM, "Dave" wrote: > On 1 Apr 2012 at 19:05, Jerry wrote: > >> On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:50:42 +1000 >> Da Rock articulated: >> >>> Given that the other tech in question asked me to help him, and he >>> is a Winblows nut like yourself, I think this premise can be >>> dismiss

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-02 Thread RW
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:18:19 +0100 Dave wrote: > fbsd8 > > How do you connect to your TW ISP? Just a Cable modem of some sort, > or is there a Router involved somewhere? It makes a whole world of > difference If you read the rest of the thread you'll see that that the problem was solve

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-02 Thread Dave
On 1 Apr 2012 at 19:05, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:50:42 +1000 > Da Rock articulated: > > > Given that the other tech in question asked me to help him, and he > > is a Winblows nut like yourself, I think this premise can be > > dismissed out of hand. I won't even bother to qualify the r

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-02 Thread Dave
On 1 Apr 2012 at 10:21, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 01 April 2012 08:57:00 Da Rock wrote: > > > > > > Did they come to your location and run a test to their equipment? > > > My neighbor had a recent cable outage of an existing cable on our > > > block that was too low and a moving

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:50:42 +1000 Da Rock articulated: > Given that the other tech in question asked me to help him, and he is > a Winblows nut like yourself, I think this premise can be dismissed > out of hand. I won't even bother to qualify the rest, I wouldn't want > to ruin your delusion. No

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Da Rock
ck to whatever it is that you are semi capable of doing, which will also save your employer monies spent on time wasted. Unless of course this happens to be your own unit, in which case run down the block and find a 12 year old and have him/her fix it for you. Given that the other tech in question

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Jerry
so go back to whatever it is that you are semi capable of doing, which will also save your employer monies spent on time wasted. Unless of course this happens to be your own unit, in which case run down the block and find a 12 year old and have him/her fix it for you. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: o

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Da Rock
On 04/02/12 04:10, Fbsd8 wrote: Well here is the results of my attempts to connect to Time Warner cable network. After 4 calls to their call center which was in the Philippines where all the people just read a scripted answer FAQ and only had the ability to remotely reset the modem. I

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Da Rock
On 04/02/12 02:29, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:27:36 +1000 Da Rock articulated: Until it loses that configuration and you're expected to delete it and re-enter the connection details... Or until elephants fly, or whatever. No. This is the common mantra for any Windows net technician.

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:10:52 -0400 Fbsd8 articulated: > Well here is the results of my attempts to connect to Time Warner > cable network. > > After 4 calls to their call center which was in the Philippines where > all the people just read a scripted answer FAQ and only had t

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Fbsd8
Well here is the results of my attempts to connect to Time Warner cable network. After 4 calls to their call center which was in the Philippines where all the people just read a scripted answer FAQ and only had the ability to remotely reset the modem. I finally requested to talk to the top

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:27:36 +1000 Da Rock articulated: > Until it loses that configuration and you're expected to delete it > and re-enter the connection details... Or until elephants fly, or whatever. > Explain why it would be so hard to configure various functions as > file sharing and some o

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
better > luck setting up networks with Microsoft; however, why is it that he is > apparently the only FreeBSD user who is exhibiting these problems? I > suppose it is conceivable that he alone uses the northern Ohio Time > Warner cable system. I find that rather hard, although not impos

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Da Rock
his FreeBSD machine. That, in itself, is certainly not surprising. I have always had better luck setting up networks with Microsoft; however, why is it that he is apparently the only FreeBSD user who is exhibiting these problems? I suppose it is conceivable that he alone uses the northern Ohio Ti

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Jerry
Microsoft; however, why is it that he is apparently the only FreeBSD user who is exhibiting these problems? I suppose it is conceivable that he alone uses the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. I find that rather hard, although not impossible to believe. Further more, is this one branch of t

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 01/04/2012 14:35, RW wrote: > I had a modem that did something similar, it issued a temporary private > ip address and the replaced it with a routable address. It's fairly sad that they don't use the officially mandated[*] 169.254.0.0/16 netblock which is what DHCP clients/servers are supposed

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread Outback Dingo
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:35 AM, RW wrote: > On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:52:26 -0400 > Fbsd8 wrote: > >> Da Rock wrote: >> > On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: >> >> Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable >> >> system. Having

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread RW
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:35:41 +0100 RW wrote: > The difference here is that the DHCP server is in a different address > block to the DHCP server, That should be: "the temporary address is in a different address block to the DHCP server" ___ freebsd-que

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-04-01 Thread RW
On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:52:26 -0400 Fbsd8 wrote: > Da Rock wrote: > > On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: > >> Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable > >> system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their > >> dhcp server ha

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Da Rock
On 04/01/12 14:06, Outback Dingo wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Sunday 01 April 2012 08:57:00 Da Rock wrote: Did they come to your location and run a test to their equipment? My neighbor had a recent cable outage of an existing cable on our block that

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Outback Dingo
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday 01 April 2012 08:57:00 Da Rock wrote: >> > >> > Did they come to your location and run a test to their equipment? My >> > neighbor had a recent cable outage of an existing cable on our block >> > that was too low  and a m

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sunday 01 April 2012 08:57:00 Da Rock wrote: > > > > Did they come to your location and run a test to their equipment? My > > neighbor had a recent cable outage of an existing cable on our block > > that was too low and a moving van hit it. > > Apparently the Windows system works, so I'

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sunday 01 April 2012 06:52:48 Fbsd8 wrote: > Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. > Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has > an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my > Freebsd 8.2 b

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Da Rock
On 04/01/12 11:22, Al Plant wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 10:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Al Plant
Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 10:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Da Rock
On 04/01/12 10:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Fbsd8
Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my Freebsd 8.2 box functions because

Re: Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Da Rock
On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my Freebsd 8.2 box functions because it worked fine

Access to Time Warner cable network

2012-03-31 Thread Fbsd8
Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my Freebsd 8.2 box functions because it worked fine under att service which I just

Re: boot time error(?) involving snd_hda

2012-03-23 Thread Robert Huff
Erich Dollansky writes: > the kernel module sound.ko should be loaded automatically when > snd_hda is loaded. Can you check if this module exists on your > machine? Yes, as "/boot/kernel/sound.ko". > sound.ko is loaded whenever snd_hda is loaded on my 8.3 > machine. Can you do a kld

Re: boot time error(?) involving snd_hda

2012-03-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following > lines in your kernel configuration file: > > device sound > device snd_hda > > Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, > place the following line in loader.conf(

boot time error(?) involving snd_hda

2012-03-23 Thread Robert Huff
see this: To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device sound device snd_hda Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loade

Re: Find run-time dependancies recursively for FreeBSD port

2012-03-21 Thread Rick Miller
> Yes it does. pebcak, thanks. -- Take care Rick Miller ___ 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"

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