44.html - few minor typos

2008-09-06 Thread Richard Toohey
(I reported these on www@ but they don't seem to have been picked up.) rtadvd(8) now revoces it's privileges and runs as it's own user _rtadvd. --- Should be revokes its ... and runs as its own scsi(4) probing makes better use of the TEST UNIT READY command to clear errors and allow

Re: make update stores twice the packages

2008-09-06 Thread macintoshzoom
Hi Ben Calvert, Ben Calvert wrote: On Aug 28, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: I don't think they are links, they are real copies. I am checking this with konqueror as su and it show clearly when the file is a link or a real file. That's not a good way to check. Try ls(1).

Re: make update stores twice the packages

2008-09-06 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:42:59 -0600, macintoshzoom wrote: Any advice here? Yep. Make sure brain is engaged before putting mouth in gear. For somebody who obviously doesn't know very much you're a quite offensive little prick. And in so much of a hurry you can't take the advice given by experts.

OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Siju George
Hi, Is there a simple tutorial or howto on setting up wireless for OpenBSD? Especially setting up OpenBSD as a WiFi hub? thanks Siju

Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Eric Faurot
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:59:00 +0530 Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there a simple tutorial or howto on setting up wireless for OpenBSD? Especially setting up OpenBSD as a WiFi hub? There is even better: manpages. man ifconfig man insert your device name here: ral, iwi... Eric.

Re : Formating errors on XkbBell man page [from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-09-06 Thread hyjial
Hi, After having spend some time reading man (1) code, the following proposal comes : Create a keyword for man.conf (5) - _ibuild for example - for lines like : ``_ibuild - a letter - - associated command -'' The letter would appear on the first line of the manpage file and would be

Re: 44.html - few minor typos

2008-09-06 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 07:05:02PM +1200, Richard Toohey wrote: (I reported these on www@ but they don't seem to have been picked up.) rtadvd(8) now revoces it's privileges and runs as it's own user _rtadvd. --- Should be revokes its ... and runs as its own scsi(4) probing makes better

Re: Re : Formating errors on XkbBell man page [from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-09-06 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 12:37:49PM +, hyjial wrote: Hi, After having spend some time reading man (1) code, the following proposal comes : i think you will find you have a better chance of things getting accepted if you submit a diff. if you can;t code, like me, there's not much point

ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Fraser
I stupidly screwed up my pf.conf, as a result ntpd -s which is invoked in /etc/rc (as a result of my /etc/rc.conf.local) could not resolve the names of the time servers. ntpd hangs and cannot be interrupted. The only way to continue is to do a hardware reset. I realize that it was my mistake but

Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Francisco Valladolid Hdez.
--- Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there a simple tutorial or howto on setting up wireless for OpenBSD? http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/en/wireless.simple.html Especially setting up OpenBSD as a WiFi hub? WiFi hub ? thanks Siju --- Therefore, if anyone is in

Re: Can OpenBSD run in 24 MB of RAM?

2008-09-06 Thread Andrew Daugherity
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've searched the FAQ and the Web for any guidance on what the minimum RAM is for OpenBSD, with and without X. I just acquired a Compaq Armada 1125 laptop that maxes out at 24 MB of RAM, and I'm wondering whether or not it's feasible

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Jan Stary
On Sep 06 13:08:33, Peter Fraser wrote: ntpd hangs and cannot be interrupted. The only way to continue is to do a hardware reset. Doesn't it time out eventually? As an aside, it was on my firewall. My firewall makes use of my dns which is on the inside of my network, but during the booting

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Fraser
The time out for ntpd is definitely more that 10 minutes. I didn't wait any longer. The text of the startup pf.conf in /etc/rc is RULES=block all RULES=$RULES\npass on lo0 RULES=$RULES\npass in proto tcp from any to any port 22 keep state RULES=$RULES\npass out

NYCBSDCon 2008 Registration Open

2008-09-06 Thread George Rosamond
We are proud to announce the release of the speaker's presentations and that registration is now open for NYCBSDCon 2008 at http://www.nycbsdcon.org NYCBSDCon 2008 will be held at Manhattan's Columbia University on October 11 and 12 in New York City. The speaker line-up is an impressive

Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Lars D. Nooden
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Eric Faurot wrote: There is even better: manpages. man ifconfig man insert your device name here: ral, iwi... It looks like the AR5424 is not supported: # dmesg |grep OpenBSD OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #1829: Thu Sep 4 14:55:31 MDT 2008 # dmesg |grep ath ath0 at

Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Pau
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-miscm=119611252029773w=2 2008/9/6 Lars D. Nooden [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Eric Faurot wrote: There is even better: manpages. man ifconfig man insert your device name here: ral, iwi... It looks like the AR5424 is not supported: # dmesg |grep

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread David Higgs
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Peter Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The time out for ntpd is definitely more that 10 minutes. I didn't wait any longer. The text of the startup pf.conf in /etc/rc is RULES=block all RULES=$RULES\npass on lo0 RULES=$RULES\npass in

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Peter Fraser
I had an error in my /etc/pf.conf, that stopped the dns requests from working Which in turn stopped ntpd from resolving the server names in /etc/ntpd.conf which in turn caused ntdp to hang the system. The fix for the problem was to correct my /etc/pf.conf file. My objection was that I had to do a

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Peter Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stupidly screwed up my pf.conf, as a result ntpd -s which is invoked in /etc/rc (as a result of my /etc/rc.conf.local) could not resolve the names of the time servers. ntpd hangs and cannot be interrupted. The only way

Re: ntpd can hang on boot

2008-09-06 Thread Frank Bax
Peter Fraser wrote: I stupidly screwed up my pf.conf, as a result ntpd -s which is invoked in /etc/rc (as a result of my /etc/rc.conf.local) could not resolve the names of the time servers. What version? http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/openbsd-misc/2007/11/16/420560

Wireless

2008-09-06 Thread OpenBSD
Hello Does somebody know a link or book, related to firmware, chips: Broadcom 4311, DWL-122, and RTL-8187? I have 1 Broadcom wireless card that is recognized by OpenBSD 4.3 as bwi0, but it needs a firmware; 1 DLink DWL-122, recognized as wi0, but it doesn't work always well; and 1 rtl-8187

Re: Stop in line 888 of Makefile

2008-09-06 Thread Doug Milam
ln /bsd /obsd worked after changing to noschg and rebuilding under securelevel -1. * * The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. --Mencken --- On Thu, 9/4/08, Doug Milam

Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial

2008-09-06 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
Hello Lars, From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Sep 6 22:43:40 2008 From: Lars D. Nooden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Eric Faurot [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED], misc misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD WiFi tutorial On Sun, 7 Sep 2008,

Re: dvorak keyboard not working still!

2008-09-06 Thread c666
[demime could not interpret encoding - treating as plain text] Thanks. Now I realize: I misunderstood how this works. On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:43:58 -0700 Ted Unangst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The man pages for the computer you're connecting from. There are no keyboard settings for connections