Re: rc.conf and loader.conf

2012-10-26 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:37:09 +0200 (CEST), Trond Endrestøl wrote: However, I like to keep the lines in the /etc/rc.conf file in the same order as they appear in the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file, and place local stuff (from /usr/local/etc/rc.d) in alphabetical order at the bottom of the file.

rc.conf and loader.conf

2012-10-25 Thread Ashkan Rahmani
hi, what is the best order of items in rc.conf and loader.conf? actually items order is important? Best regards, Ashkan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: rc.conf and loader.conf

2012-10-25 Thread Devin Teske
On Oct 25, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Ashkan Rahmani wrote: hi, what is the best order of items in rc.conf and loader.conf? actually items order is important? order does not matter (unless you have duplicates -- in which case later assignments override previous ones). -- Devin

Re: rc.conf and loader.conf

2012-10-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:47:29 +0330 Ashkan Rahmani ashkan...@gmail.com wrote: hi, what is the best order of items in rc.conf and loader.conf? actually items order is important? as you know already, the order does not matter at all. But there some modules which cannot coexist. I prefer

Re: rc.conf and loader.conf

2012-10-25 Thread Trond Endrestøl
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:47+0330, Ashkan Rahmani wrote: hi, what is the best order of items in rc.conf and loader.conf? actually items order is important? Order is not important, as explained by someone else on the list. However, I like to keep the lines in the /etc/rc.conf file in the same

RE: mps driver overwrite using loader.conf

2012-02-09 Thread Desai, Kashyap
. When I added /boot/loader.conf with mps_load=YES, I see my new driver available at /boot/kernel/mps.ko is getting loaded on FreeBSD-9-RELEASE, but on FreeBSD-10-CURRENT it always use inbuilt mps driver. Any Idea if this is expected behavior ? Any change in FreeBSD-10 is causing this behavioral

loader.conf options

2011-07-17 Thread wayne mitchell
hey am trying to configure my new system (FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE GENERIC amd64 - on an intel core 2 duo) and find all possible settings to tweak i can tell from documentation that there are many options possible with /boot/loader.conf as well as others though i cannot find any definitive list i am

Re: loader.conf options

2011-07-17 Thread Warren Block
possible with /boot/loader.conf It's often counterproductive to change settings, but you'll find a much longer list in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Do not change them there, just override by setting them in /boot/loader.conf. ___ freebsd-questions

Kernel loading very slowly with specific (wrong?) loader.conf

2011-04-12 Thread Leon Meßner
Hi, when you use the following loader.conf: # cat /boot/loader.conf hint.sio.1.flags=0x20 comconsole_speed=115200 boot_multicons=yes and have no /boot.config, then booting the kernel is extremely slow. It writes about one character per second on the screen. Also i dont actually have a serial

Can RAID driver be loaded from loader.conf?

2011-02-09 Thread Toomas Aas
Hello! I'm preparing for a migration from single SATA disk attached to onboard SATA controller to 3ware 9750-4i RAID system. In preparation, while the system is still running on single disk, I downloaded the latest tws.ko driver from LSI website and added it to loader.conf: tws_load=YES

Re: Can RAID driver be loaded from loader.conf?

2011-02-09 Thread Dan Nelson
and added it to loader.conf: tws_load=YES Further plan is to install the controller and new disks into the system alongside with the existing disk, create partitions on new disk and copy over all the contents using dump and tar. After that remove the existing single disk. Is it safe to assume

8.0-R failing to parse DHCP root-path or loader.conf/rc vars (Diskless NFS/PXE)

2010-04-27 Thread Brian A. Seklecki (CFI NOC)
All: DHCP: option root-path 192.168.224.67:/export/tftpboot/root-db; loader.rc: set vfs.root.mountfrom=nfs set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw set boot.nfsroot.path=/export/tftpboot/root-web set boot.nfsroot.server=192.168.224.67 loader.conf: mfsroot_load=NO nfsclient_load=YES

Loader.conf mfs statements

2010-03-04 Thread Fbsd1
Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing. In its loader.conf file i see these statements geom_uzip_load=YES mfs_load=YES mfs_type=mfs_root mfs_name-/mfsroot tmpfs_laod=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/mdo Where do I find documentation on the meaning of these statements

Re: Loader.conf mfs statements

2010-03-04 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:48:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing. In its loader.conf file i see these statements geom_uzip_load=YES mfs_load=YES mfs_type=mfs_root mfs_name-/mfsroot tmpfs_laod=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/mdo Where do I find

Re: Loader.conf mfs statements

2010-03-04 Thread Fbsd1
Daniel Bye wrote: On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:48:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing. In its loader.conf file i see these statements geom_uzip_load=YES mfs_load=YES mfs_type=mfs_root mfs_name-/mfsroot tmpfs_laod=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/mdo Where do I find

Can loader.conf give you NATD support?

2010-02-08 Thread John
The natd man page says it is still necessary to create a customer kernl with options IPFIREWALL options IPDIVERT Is that still true, or can it be accomplished vi a loader.conf? Thanks! -- John Lind j...@starfire.mn.org ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Can loader.conf give you NATD support?

2010-02-08 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, John wrote: The natd man page says it is still necessary to create a customer kernl with options IPFIREWALL options IPDIVERT Is that still true, or can it be accomplished vi a loader.conf? It's a kernel option, so you probably can't do it at runtime. Consider using pf

Re: Can loader.conf give you NATD support?

2010-02-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
a loader.conf? It's a kernel option, so you probably can't do it at runtime. It's a loadable module (ipfw_nat.ko) nowadays, so you probably can do it at runtime... Consider using pf instead of ipfw. pf does NAT without needing natd or those kernel options. Heartily seconded. pf and ipfw fulfil

Re: Can loader.conf give you NATD support?

2010-02-08 Thread John
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 08:39:14AM -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, John wrote: The natd man page says it is still necessary to create a customer kernl with options IPFIREWALL options IPDIVERT Is that still true, or can it be accomplished vi a loader.conf? It's

specifying nfs root in loader.conf with vfs.root.mountfrom

2010-02-05 Thread Erik Norgaard
. There are, as I see two solutions to this: Compile the kernel with BOOTP and BOOTP_COMPAT options to allow the kernel o rerequest root-path option set with dhcp. Or, configure the root path in loader.conf: (from defaults/loader.conf) #vfs.root.mountfrom= # Specify root partition in a way

options IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT or loader.conf?

2010-01-25 Thread John
I guess I can either pre-buuild a kernel with options IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT, or I can load them via loader.conf. Why would I not always do the latter? Is there any advantage to pre-linking them? Thanks! -- John Lind j...@starfire.mn.org

loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread gahn
Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G# Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of hw.physmem is not changeable. Any guru

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread Kevin Kinsey
gahn wrote: Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G# Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? Yes, but, would it make a difference? Interestingly, the sysctl indicates

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM, gahn ipfr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G                # Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? Yes, but if your purpose

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
2009/4/10 Fernando Apesteguía fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM, gahn ipfr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G                # Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
gahn wrote: Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G# Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of hw.physmem is not changeable

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread gahn
Thanks for the detailed information. Best --- On Fri, 4/10/09, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: From: Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: loader.conf To: ipfr...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd general questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date

Re: loader.conf

2009-04-10 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G# Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? # mean commented out. leave it as is or delete. you don't have to specify it unless you

loader.conf fbsd 7-release

2008-12-16 Thread Gary Hartl
Hi all; I need to add something to loader.conf which according to me should be in /boot Has something changed so that it wouldn't be there anymore. Or do i just create it and it will parse it out at boot. I need to add accf_http_load=YES to correct a problem with apache22 giving me

Re: loader.conf fbsd 7-release

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:19:54 -0500, Gary Hartl gha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all; I need to add something to loader.conf which according to me should be in /boot Has something changed so that it wouldn't be there anymore. Or do i just create it and it will parse it out at boot. No, you're

Re: loader.conf fbsd 7-release

2008-12-16 Thread Adam K Kirchhoff
On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 13:19 -0500, Gary Hartl wrote: Hi all; I need to add something to loader.conf which according to me should be in /boot Has something changed so that it wouldn't be there anymore. Or do i just create it and it will parse it out at boot. I need to add

Re: loader.conf issues

2008-12-04 Thread Valentin Bud
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Weldon S Godfrey 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a quick search for this and didn't see anyone seeing this. I am running 7.0-PRERELEASE amd64 This is my loader.conf: vm.kmem_size_max=16106127360 vm.kmem_size=1073741824 kern.maxvnodes=80 However

Re: loader.conf issues

2008-12-04 Thread Weldon S Godfrey 3
: I did a quick search for this and didn't see anyone seeing this. I am running 7.0-PRERELEASE amd64 This is my loader.conf: vm.kmem_size_max=16106127360 vm.kmem_size=1073741824 kern.maxvnodes=80 I've always changed those variables in /etc/sysctl.conf ed However, this is what happens

loader.conf issues

2008-12-03 Thread Weldon S Godfrey 3
I did a quick search for this and didn't see anyone seeing this. I am running 7.0-PRERELEASE amd64 This is my loader.conf: vm.kmem_size_max=16106127360 vm.kmem_size=1073741824 kern.maxvnodes=80 However, this is what happens after reboot: store1# sysctl -a | grep kmem vm.kmem_size_scale

loader.conf issues

2008-07-29 Thread Troy Kocher
Listers, For some reason my kernel setting aren't being recognized. . tao# more loader.conf geom_vinum_load=YES kern.ipc.semmni=256 kern.ipc.semmns=512 kern.ipc.semmnu=256 kern.ipc.semmap=256 kern.ipc.shmall=32768 kern.ipc.shmmax=1 On reboot shmall shmmax have to be set manually. What

Re: loader.conf issues

2008-07-29 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Troy Kocher wrote: Listers, For some reason my kernel setting aren't being recognized. . tao# more loader.conf geom_vinum_load=YES kern.ipc.semmni=256 kern.ipc.semmns=512 kern.ipc.semmnu=256 kern.ipc.semmap=256 kern.ipc.shmall=32768 kern.ipc.shmmax=1 On reboot shmall shmmax have

Re: loader.conf issues

2008-07-29 Thread Troy Kocher
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Vincent Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Troy Kocher wrote: Listers, For some reason my kernel setting aren't being recognized. . tao# more loader.conf geom_vinum_load=YES kern.ipc.semmni=256 kern.ipc.semmns=512 kern.ipc.semmnu=256 kern.ipc.semmap=256

Stuck on loader.conf

2008-02-16 Thread joseph blase
but forgot to take out the console=comconsole on /boot/loader.conf. As of of now I had lost connection via com port and worst stuck on boot at loader.conf section. Though erasing the whole OS would just take a minute, I look at this as an opportunity to learn how to approach, in case on a real production

Re: Stuck on loader.conf

2008-02-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
to take out the console=comconsole on /boot/loader.conf. As of of now I had lost connection via com port and worst stuck on boot at loader.conf section. 1) connect the console back, boot single user and fix loader.conf 2) boot from install/live cd, mount root partition and fix loader.conf

Re: module loads from kldload, but gives Unsupported file type from loader.conf

2008-01-06 Thread Joshua Isom
On Jan 5, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Steve Franks wrote: I successfully built snd_hda on my 6.3amd64 system, so I placed it in loader.conf (snd_hda_load=YES), when I boot, dmesg shows: kldload: Unsupported file type If I sudo kldload snd_hda, dmesg shows: kldload: Unsupported file type kldload

module loads from kldload, but gives Unsupported file type from loader.conf

2008-01-05 Thread Steve Franks
I successfully built snd_hda on my 6.3amd64 system, so I placed it in loader.conf (snd_hda_load=YES), when I boot, dmesg shows: kldload: Unsupported file type If I sudo kldload snd_hda, dmesg shows: kldload: Unsupported file type kldload: Unsupported file type pcm0: Intel 82801G High Definition

loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 sysutils/fusefs-kmod installs to /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko and a fuse_load=YES will not work because of this. But, mv/cp/ln'ing it to /boot/kernel gets nuked if you rebuild/install the kernel. How to get around this? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The fusefs rc script will run kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko. You don't need to add anything to loader.conf . Secondly, you should add kernel modules to the /boot/modules dir not /boot/kernel. Thanks but I use a handwritten /etc/rc

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Rob Messick
- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The fusefs rc script will run kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko. You don't need to add anything to loader.conf . Secondly, you should add

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Dec 10), Aryeh M. Friedman said: sysutils/fusefs-kmod installs to /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko and a fuse_load=YES will not work because of this. But, mv/cp/ln'ing it to /boot/kernel gets nuked if you rebuild/install the kernel. How to get around this? The loader also

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Tino Engel
Aryeh M. Friedman schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The fusefs rc script will run kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko. You don't need to add anything to loader.conf . Secondly, you should add kernel modules to the /boot/modules dir not /boot/kernel. Thanks but I

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You could make a softlink... Thats what raised the question I was doing ln -s /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko /boot/kernel/fuse.ko -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Tino Engel
Aryeh M. Friedman schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You could make a softlink... Thats what raised the question I was doing ln -s /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko /boot/kernel/fuse.ko And it did not work? ___

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tino Engel wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You could make a softlink... Thats what raised the question I was doing ln -s /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko /boot/kernel/fuse.ko And it did not work?

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Rob Messick
in /boot/kernel, installkernel will wipe it out when you install a new kernel. That's why there is /boot/modules for kernel modules. installkernel shouldn't touch that. Change to: ln -s /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko /boot/modules/fuse.ko or add this to /boot/loader.conf: module_path=/boot/modules

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Tino Engel
Aryeh M. Friedman schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tino Engel wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman schrieb: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You could make a softlink... Thats what raised the question I was doing ln -s

Re: loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Antony Mawer
On 11/12/2007 2:54 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: You could make a softlink... Thats what raised the question I was doing ln -s /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko /boot/kernel/fuse.ko Remember that this is the loader which will be loading the module, so if /usr is a separate partition then this will

loading modules not in /boot/kernel from loader.conf

2007-12-10 Thread Aryeh Friedman
I have had bad experiences with loading modules anywhere except /boot/loader.conf and even so there is some hacking in the rc to make it work fine for example: (sleep 5;ntfs-3g ) is the last line in the rc Remember that this is the loader which will be loading the module, so if /usr

unable to boot due to error in loader.conf

2007-07-02 Thread Tamouh H.
Hello, Since people were talking about modifying kern.hz , I went the extreme and added kern.hz=10 to loader.conf , obviously the system didn't load properly. It panics during boot process. This is 5.4-Stable, I've tried all other boot modes and the only option available is Escape to Loader

Re: unable to boot due to error in loader.conf

2007-07-02 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Tamouh H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since people were talking about modifying kern.hz , I went the extreme and added kern.hz=10 to loader.conf , obviously the system didn't load properly. It panics during boot process. This is 5.4-Stable, I've tried all other boot modes and the only option

RE: Cannot su or have root access after changing loader.conf

2007-06-12 Thread Aminuddin Abdullah
Loader.conf with the following statement disable all su or root access: kern.dfldsiz=1G kern.maxdsiz=1G kern.maxssiz=131072 When I add the above 3 lines, all access to su or even single user boot is restricted without any error messages. Is this a bug or 1G is not supported

problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf

2007-04-05 Thread freenity
Hi I have a problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf, I wanted to enable a boot splash picture. So when I rebooted, I coudnt boot :s After selecting the booting type (normal boot or something) It showe loading kernel text = 0x. mem=0x. and then it freezed. I can reboot it pressing

Re: problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf

2007-04-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:44:24PM -0300, freenity wrote: Hi I have a problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf, I wanted to enable a boot splash picture. So when I rebooted, I coudnt boot :s After selecting the booting type (normal boot or something) It showe loading kernel text = 0x

Re: problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf

2007-04-05 Thread freenity
yes i tried to load /boot/loader.conf but it says that there was syntax error while loading vesa module, the same problem happened with /boot/defaults/loader.conf I didnt edit /boot/loader.conf =) Is there any way I can edit those files? Im on winxp now, is there any program that can read/write

Re: problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf

2007-04-05 Thread Eric
freenity wrote: yes i tried to load /boot/loader.conf but it says that there was syntax error while loading vesa module, the same problem happened with /boot/defaults/loader.conf I didnt edit /boot/loader.conf =) Is there any way I can edit those files? Im on winxp now, is there any program

Re: problem after editing /boot/defaults/loader.conf

2007-04-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:58:41PM -0300, freenity wrote: yes i tried to load /boot/loader.conf but it says that there was syntax error while loading vesa module, the same problem happened with /boot/defaults/loader.conf I didnt edit /boot/loader.conf =) Then you were really doing something

How to bypass loader.conf at boot

2006-08-17 Thread Nguyen Tam Chinh
Hi all, I edited the /boot/loader.conf to add values for kern.maxdsiz and kern.dfldsiz. Unfortunately my server can not boot after that (the values are too big). How can I bypass the loader.conf parameters at boot? Or how I can change these values interactively? The server is located in a data

Re: How to bypass loader.conf at boot

2006-08-17 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 17/08/06 21:22 +0400, Nguyen Tam Chinh wrote: | Hi all, | | I edited the /boot/loader.conf to add values for kern.maxdsiz and | kern.dfldsiz. | Unfortunately my server can not boot after that (the values are too big). | How can I bypass the loader.conf parameters at | boot? Or how I can

Re: How to bypass loader.conf at boot

2006-08-17 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Nguyen Tam Chinh wrote: Hi all, I edited the /boot/loader.conf to add values for kern.maxdsiz and kern.dfldsiz. Unfortunately my server can not boot after that (the values are too big). How can I bypass the loader.conf parameters at boot? Or how I can change these values interactively

Re[2]: How to bypass loader.conf at boot

2006-08-17 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Hello Odhiambo, Thursday, August 17, 2006, 7:47:20 PM, you wrote: * On 17/08/06 21:22 +0400, Nguyen Tam Chinh wrote: | Hi all, | | I edited the /boot/loader.conf to add values for kern.maxdsiz and | kern.dfldsiz. | Unfortunately my server can not boot after that (the values are too big

Re: some questions about fsck, loader.conf

2006-03-16 Thread RW
On Wednesday 15 March 2006 07:31, Dan Nelson wrote: In rc.conf I have enabled fsck_y_enable=YES to allow unattended fsck fixes after improper shutdown but I have noticed there are some problems remaining as shown by a read only fsck. Does the above switch not fix all problems or is it

Re: some questions about fsck, loader.conf

2006-03-16 Thread Chris
On 17/03/06, RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 15 March 2006 07:31, Dan Nelson wrote: In rc.conf I have enabled fsck_y_enable=YES to allow unattended fsck fixes after improper shutdown but I have noticed there are some problems remaining as shown by a read only fsck. Does the

some questions about fsck, loader.conf

2006-03-14 Thread Chris
Hi I tried verbose_loading=YES in loader.conf and expected the /var/run/dmesg.boot to be more detailed but there was no change, what does this switch do if it doesnt change the bootup dmesg output? In rc.conf I have enabled fsck_y_enable=YES to allow unattended fsck fixes after improper shutdown

Re: some questions about fsck, loader.conf

2006-03-14 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 15), Chris said: I tried verbose_loading=YES in loader.conf and expected the /var/run/dmesg.boot to be more detailed but there was no change, what does this switch do if it doesnt change the bootup dmesg output? I think you want boot_verbose=YES. verbose_loading only

loader.conf != limits?

2006-02-27 Thread Randy Schultz
Hey all, I've been running some code with larger data sets and needed to up some kernerl parameters. I added this to loader.conf: kern.maxdsiz=1073741824 kern.dfldsiz=1073741824 kern.maxssiz=134217728 The odd thing is limits shows: Resource limits (current): cputime

Re: loader.conf != limits?

2006-02-27 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Feb 27), Randy Schultz said: I've been running some code with larger data sets and needed to up some kernerl parameters. I added this to loader.conf: kern.maxdsiz=1073741824 kern.dfldsiz=1073741824 kern.maxssiz=134217728 The odd thing is limits shows

Re: loader.conf != limits?

2006-02-27 Thread Randy Schultz
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Dan Nelson spaketh thusly: -}In the last episode (Feb 27), Randy Schultz said: -} I've been running some code with larger data sets and needed to up -} some kernerl parameters. I added this to loader.conf: -}kern.maxdsiz=1073741824 -}kern.dfldsiz=1073741824

loader.conf question

2005-10-21 Thread makisupa
Got k3b installed and trying to sort out some issues. This is a 6.0RC1 with a custom kernel box. In /boot/loader.conf i pass a 'load_atapicam=YES'. This is the only argument there...but its not working. Once booted if I simply 'kldload atapicam' everything works like a charm -- scanbus, k3b

Re: loader.conf question

2005-10-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
makisupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Got k3b installed and trying to sort out some issues. This is a 6.0RC1 with a custom kernel box. In /boot/loader.conf i pass a 'load_atapicam=YES'. This is the only argument there...but its not working. Once booted if I simply 'kldload atapicam

Re: loader.conf question

2005-10-21 Thread makisupa
That was a serious id10T error THanks, mak (i must need more coffee) On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 09:47 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: makisupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Got k3b installed and trying to sort out some issues. This is a 6.0RC1 with a custom kernel box. In /boot/loader.conf i

sysctl options loader.conf or sysctl.conf

2005-08-03 Thread dick hoogendijk
I'm a bit confused about whcih options needs to be set where. I know i.e. that hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 needs to be set in /boot/loader.conf while others are set in /etc/sysctl.conf. I need to know where I can find info on the rules about this. Now I'm dependant on what I happen to read somewhere. I

Re: sysctl options loader.conf or sysctl.conf

2005-08-03 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
dick hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm a bit confused about whcih options needs to be set where. You're not alone. I know i.e. that hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 needs to be set in /boot/loader.conf while others are set in /etc/sysctl.conf. I need to know where I can find info on the rules

Re: sysctl options loader.conf or sysctl.conf

2005-08-03 Thread Charles Swiger
On Aug 3, 2005, at 11:21 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote: I'm a bit confused about whcih options needs to be set where. This changes over time. A lot of options once needed to be set in the loader.conf before the kernel started up, but the system is getting more flexible and some of those can

Re: sysctl options loader.conf or sysctl.conf

2005-08-03 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:48:04 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote: Since sysctl.conf is read in only when going multi-user and that sounds like something you'd want always, I'd put it in loader.conf. Not so. I tried /boot/loader.conf but vfs.read_max still was default after

Articles, Tutorials hardware setting in loader.conf

2005-05-24 Thread vdm . fbsd
article or tutorial starting fron those files? 2) Trying to solve a problem with my touchpad mouse I had to add hw.psm.flags=0x100 into /boot/loader.conf. I tried hard googling to find a complete explanation on those commands that I understand prevent from rebuilding kernels with specific options

Re: Articles, Tutorials hardware setting in loader.conf

2005-05-24 Thread Roland Smith
) Trying to solve a problem with my touchpad mouse I had to add hw.psm.flags=0x100 into /boot/loader.conf. The meaning of the flags for the psm driver is explained in the psm manpage. Execute 'man psm' from the console or xterm. I tried hard googling to find a complete explanation on those commands

Re: Articles, Tutorials hardware setting in loader.conf

2005-05-24 Thread Greg Barniskis
touchpad mouse I had to add hw.psm.flags=0x100 into /boot/loader.conf. I tried hard googling to find a complete explanation on those commands that I understand prevent from rebuilding kernels with specific options, but I only met fragmentary stuff not a complete view on the subject. Have you

Re: Disable loader.conf when booting? Can't boot because of it ..

2005-05-05 Thread Alan Jay
On Thursday 31 March 2005 08:36 am, Daniel Johansson wrote: Hi, I really need some help here. I'm running a raid0, with vinum, and read the errata about adding geom_vinum_load=YES to loader.conf because vinim_start=YES in rc.conf paniced my system when booting. I'm running 5.3-RELEASE

Disable loader.conf when booting? Can't boot because of it ..

2005-03-31 Thread Daniel Johansson
Hi, I really need some help here. I'm running a raid0, with vinum, and read the errata about adding geom_vinum_load=YES to loader.conf because vinim_start=YES in rc.conf paniced my system when booting. I'm running 5.3-RELEASE and the errata mentioned that one too. So I added gvinum

Re: Disable loader.conf when booting? Can't boot because of it ..

2005-03-31 Thread wizlayer
On Thursday 31 March 2005 08:36 am, Daniel Johansson wrote: Hi, I really need some help here. I'm running a raid0, with vinum, and read the errata about adding geom_vinum_load=YES to loader.conf because vinim_start=YES in rc.conf paniced my system when booting. I'm running 5.3-RELEASE

sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?

2004-12-12 Thread Robert William Vesterman
got my sound working by doing a kldload snd_driver. I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line: snd_driver_load=YES So that I wouldn't have to kldload snd_driver every time. After rebooting, xmms acted like it was playing the song - no error message, equalizer lights happily jumping

Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?

2004-12-12 Thread Adam Smith
is installed. I did some research (mostly in the FreeBSD handbook), and eventually got my sound working by doing a kldload snd_driver. I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line: snd_driver_load=YES So that I wouldn't have to kldload snd_driver every time. After rebooting, xmms

Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?

2004-12-12 Thread Adam Smith
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 05:39:02PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz said: I use /usr/local/etc/rc.d/START.sh taht conatins the following: echokldload snd_driver kldload snd_driver Or you could put it in your kernel, and then it would all work the way it's supposed to! -- Adam Smith

Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?

2004-12-12 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Sunday 12 December 2004 08:10 pm, Adam Smith wrote: On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 05:39:02PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz said: I use /usr/local/etc/rc.d/START.sh taht conatins the following: echokldload snd_driver kldload snd_driver Or you could put it in your kernel, and then it

Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?

2004-12-12 Thread Michael C. Shultz
. I did some research (mostly in the FreeBSD handbook), and eventually got my sound working by doing a kldload snd_driver. I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line: snd_driver_load=YES So that I wouldn't have to kldload snd_driver every time. After rebooting, xmms acted like

/boot/loader.conf not fixing vinum issue

2004-11-15 Thread Mac Mason
works on 5.3, but it can cause a system panic at boot time. As a workaround you can add vinum_load=YES to /boot/loader.conf. So I did that. And it doesn't fix it. Using gvinum seems like a really bad idea at the moment, given that it's only about half-done. What should I try next

Re: [Vinum-devel] loader.conf variables for vinum

2004-09-06 Thread Joerg Wunsch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with FreeBSD 4.x] As Bob Van Valzazh wrote: Short answer: don't set vinum.autostart Long answers: 5.x contains code to discover all attached disk drives whereas 4.x does not. Hence 4.x needs to be told were to look for disks (that's the vinum.drives setting).

loader.conf variables for vinum

2004-09-02 Thread FreeBSD Daemon
Dear list, I am using 4.10R and want to set up a mirrored / using vinum. I am confused by the note in section 17.9.1 of the handbook stating that the following paragraphs only apply to 5.x and refer to 17.9.5 for 4.x configuration. Do I have to set just vinum_load, vinum.drives, and

Re: [Vinum-devel] loader.conf variables for vinum

2004-09-02 Thread Bob Van Valzazh
Short answer: don't set vinum.autostart Long answers: 5.x contains code to discover all attached disk drives whereas 4.x does not. Hence 4.x needs to be told were to look for disks (that's the vinum.drives setting). Vinum.autostart just tells 5.x to run the discovery code. Bob On Thu,

Corrupted 'loader.conf' file

2004-05-09 Thread Henry cyngiel
Hi Has anyone noticed that the '/boot/defaults/loader.conf' on '5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso' is corrupted ? At the some moment It doesnt look like the *.iso itself got corrupted. I've downloaded that from www.bigpond.com.au site. Sincelery Henry