Adaptec starfire (sf) network card, the good old device timeout error, and a new error breaking connectivity

2009-02-01 Thread Sandro
Hello all, I have a mini-itx machine that acts as a router for a small office with a couple of servers behind it, and it runs openbsd. I previously had issues with this sf card, and while I'm very tempted to replace it, I'm trying to hold off for at least the summer, when I'm going to be able to

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Khalid Schofield
On 31 Jan 2009, at 06:36, Predrag Punosevac wrote: Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. I happen to use 4-5 different computer on the daily basis for my work. I use my laptop, desktop, and a file server at work as well as

relayd.conf use $ext_if or interface name?

2009-02-01 Thread bofh
Hi, Looking at relayd.conf, and it appears to need hard coded IP addresses instead of just an interface name. Is it possible to use an interface name? My box is on verizon's fios, and the dhcp address can change ever hour. They also block incoming 80. I am looking at having httpd listen on

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sat, 31.01.2009 at 14:04:32 +, Dieter open...@sopwith.solgatos.com wrote: ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit. are you sure? I can fetch files that are well over 4GB and burn them on DVD. These files are called as ISO files, but I don't know exactly

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 12:12:50PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote: I can fetch files that are well over 4GB and burn them on DVD. These files are called as ISO files, but I don't know exactly what's inside See

Re: relayd.conf use $ext_if or interface name?

2009-02-01 Thread demonsonly
Description of your setup was not very detailed. Assuming that a) you have one box at home, b) you want to run a webserver on it, c) have no redirection possibility on the other side of your providers port-80-filter, d) you are using pf. If you do not want to change your httpd setup to port 8080

fetch package dependencies

2009-02-01 Thread Dorian Büttner
Hi all, is there an easy way to fetch a package along with it's recursive dependencies? Scenario is: eee904ha does not have network access at all right now. In order to proceed installing useful things, let's say firefox, I'd like to suck packages onto a usb stick and installl from there. I

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 02:04:32PM +, Dieter wrote: i kinda like cpio for fast backup of filesystems... for large media files (think anime movies) -- I think its generally best to just burn them on a iso.. ISO files have a 2 GB filesize limit, so large files don't fit. I use pax -w

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 13:01:52 +, Matthew Szudzik mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu wrote: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GiB_.28or_2_GiB_depending_on_implementation.29_file_size_limit Thanks for the heads-up, but Some operating systems can handle files up to 4GB on an ISO 9660

Re: Survey on the usage of IPv6

2009-02-01 Thread Sean Kamath
On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:50 AM, Michiel van Baak wrote: On 18:50, Fri 30 Jan 09, Claudio Jeker wrote: For an IPv6 related paper we are currently working on, Claudio and I are doing a small online survey on the use of IPv6 among OpenBSD developers and users. It would be nice if you could

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Pierre Riteau
On 1 fivr. 09, at 18:11, Toni Mueller wrote: On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 13:01:52 +, Matthew Szudzik mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu wrote: See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#The_4_GiB_.28or_2_GiB_depending_on_impl ementation.29_file_size_limit Thanks for the heads-up, but Some operating

Re: Survey on the usage of IPv6

2009-02-01 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:50:47 +0100 Claudio Jeker cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com wrote: For an IPv6 related paper we are currently working on, Claudio and I are doing a small online survey on the use of IPv6 among OpenBSD developers and users. It would be nice if you could spare 10-15 minutes of

Re: VT: black text on black background

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Lukowicz
On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Nick Guenther wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Matt Lukowicz mlukowic...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, whenever I kill the X server (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace), I get black text on a black background. I know that this bug has been re-fixed in OpenBSD 3.5, but I amstill getting

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 06:34:31PM +0100, Pierre Riteau wrote: The 4GB file limitation is for files *INSIDE* an ISO file system, not for the ISO itself. Exactly! It's OK to have a DVD crammed to the brim with 4.7GB of data, as long as the individual files on the DVD are each under the filesize

Re: Serial console only works if set tty com0 is specified in boot.conf

2009-02-01 Thread Fred Crowson
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Tom tdmurp...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm having a strange problem. I wanted to get a serial console working, but not necessarily divert the console to the serial port at boot time, so what I did was just edit /etc/ttys as specified in FAQ part 7.7 and

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:36:49 -0500 Predrag Punosevac punoseva...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, I am seeking advice about the backup strategies and possible use of CVS to accomplish this task. Just a suggestion but, given that 1. you want the latest revs available to use on any of several

Ralink RT2860 PCI cards?

2009-02-01 Thread Mark Zimmerman
Greetings: I am looking for a Ralink RT2860 PCI (not mini pci) card. Any recommendations? Nobody puts the chipset in their ads. -- Mark

KDE installation problem

2009-02-01 Thread Jean-François
Hi all, I have a problem while installing KDE on my computer since the graphic mode used by default is not supported by my screen. I tried few things but it looks like I need to use first start of kde kdestart with some option that makes it run at some graphic mode. Since this occurs at the

Re: Ralink RT2860 PCI cards?

2009-02-01 Thread Kevin Steves
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:33:46PM -0700, Mark Zimmerman wrote: : I am looking for a Ralink RT2860 PCI (not mini pci) card. Any : recommendations? Nobody puts the chipset in their ads. this is a Planex GW-DS300N: ral0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 Ralink RT2860 rev 0x00: irq 10, address

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sun, 01.02.2009 at 18:34:31 +0100, Pierre Riteau pierre.rit...@gmail.com wrote: You seem to be mistaken. yes. Thanks to all of you, and note to self: Don't post when tired and distracted... Kind regards, --Toni++

OT: Various compromise web informations source for new attack in progress in a timely fashion.

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Hi, Anyone can provide me a list of may be 5 or more good sources of sites that actually would provide somewhat up to date informations of new compromise sources of attacks and possibly details as to how to remove them. I see regular new source of attacks and at time customers get compromise

Re: Ralink RT2860 PCI cards?

2009-02-01 Thread demonsonly
Longshine LCS-8031N Note: Manufacturers PDF says Complies with PCI 2.3 but the information on the products packaging is not consistent (depending on the language it is PCI 2.2 or 2.3). I think it is a PCI 2.3 device. So you might want to make sure your mainboard actually supports PCI 3,3V. I

Re: KDE installation problem

2009-02-01 Thread Hannah Schroeter
Hi! On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 11:00:56PM +0100, Jean-Frangois wrote: I have a problem while installing KDE on my computer since the graphic mode used by default is not supported by my screen. I tried few things but it looks like I need to use first start of kde kdestart with some option that makes

Re: Backup strategies

2009-02-01 Thread (private) HKS
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Jason Dixon ja...@dixongroup.net wrote: There have been plenty of comments about distributed rcs systems. I have no complaints there at all, but I wanted to mention Bacula as a solid backup software option. We use it for our production needs in the office and

Hardware or 4.4 vm problem?

2009-02-01 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Hello, I seem to have a problem where 4.4 hangs writing to swap. I can run: stress --vm 5 --vm-bytes 5M --vmhang 5 --timeout 1m under 4.3 but under 4.4 the machine hangs. Here's the background. I'm ran nothing but bind (+ cron etc.) on a 586 with 48M of RAM (machine A, the problem machine).

Re: Is it possible to increase wscale multiplier?

2009-02-01 Thread Dieter
[ replying here because gmail is broken ] How high is too high? I have a utility that sets recv buf size to 100,000,000 and it works fine on FreeBSD and NetBSD. (Not tested yet on OpenBSD.) Necessary when the other end has buggy network code and insufficient send buf. Could you

Re: OT: Various compromise web informations source for new attack in progress in a timely fashion.

2009-02-01 Thread Marti Martinez
The type of profile information you're describing sounds like stuff that snort is pretty good at identifying. As such, I'd suggest you look into snort's database of attack signatures and see if it provides a decent starting point for you. Take care, Marti On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Daniel

Re: Ralink RT2860 PCI cards?

2009-02-01 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
I am looking for a Ralink RT2860 PCI (not mini pci) card. Any recommendations? Nobody puts the chipset in their ads. The OpenBSD driver works with a edimax card, I have had several of those cards and they worked well Sam Fourman Jr.

Re: OT: Various compromise web informations source for new attack in progress in a timely fashion.

2009-02-01 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Marti Martinez wrote: The type of profile information you're describing sounds like stuff that snort is pretty good at identifying. As such, I'd suggest you look into snort's database of attack signatures and see if it provides a decent starting point for you. Thanks Marti, but the issue is

Re: OT: Various compromise web informations source for new attack in progress in a timely fashion.

2009-02-01 Thread bofh
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Daniel Ouellet dan...@presscom.net wrote: The issue is more when for example a computer have been compromise by an attack, and it's obvious that in turn it's attacking others in some cases. It can be block, but then identifying what the compromise situation

Re: fetch package dependencies

2009-02-01 Thread BadMagic
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:01:03PM +0100, Dorian B?ttner wrote: Hi all, is there an easy way to fetch a package along with it's recursive dependencies? Scenario is: eee904ha does not have network access at all right now. In order to proceed installing useful things, let's say firefox, I'd

Disk stop when unused

2009-02-01 Thread Jean-François
Dear All, Is there any way to autostop the HDDs after some time of idleness ? Under Linux it seems difficult since the hdd is needed to be ready/working all the time even when the system is idle. It seeC9s 2 other points make the use of thois function not really possible. Since I will use a SSD

Re: KDE installation problem

2009-02-01 Thread Jean-François
Hi, Thanks a lot for your answer. It does'nt work on me for two reasons : - startkde does'nt finish the job, it awaits in graphic mode for some answers from my side but I don't see anything. Being lost with 'graphic mode not supported in front of me' I can't end the process at all and need to

Re: Is it possible to increase wscale multiplier?

2009-02-01 Thread Claudio Jeker
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:26:52PM +, Dieter wrote: [ replying here because gmail is broken ] How high is too high? I have a utility that sets recv buf size to 100,000,000 and it works fine on FreeBSD and NetBSD. (Not tested yet on OpenBSD.) Necessary when the other end has