Re: doas

2024-09-05 Thread Carl Trachte
man page online link: https://man.openbsd.org/doas On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM Rob Schmersel wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 13:59:49 -0400 > openbsd_fr...@mail2tor.com wrote: > > > Gentlemen! How do I doas my regular user. > > > > How do I learn the syntax? > > > > Thanks. > > > > read the man

Re: axen - need working USB NIC using axen to test driver change

2020-05-03 Thread Carl Trachte
On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:12 PM gwes wrote: > Currently axen.c has its PHY address hardwired to 3. > I have a StarTech which has the PHY at 0. > The driver currently searches for all PHYs connected to the MII > and then ignores the result. > I want to test my fix on devices which work now. > > Can

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-11 Thread Carl Trachte
Off topic (durability): I've owned a couple X220 ThinkPads now and I don't disagree with the Cappuccino report - fans are a real weak point on the ThinkPad - and they break at the worst times - usually when travelling. Basically, the laptop get squished a little, the fan stops working, and you ha

Re: image view and manipulation

2016-07-03 Thread Carl Trachte
feh is lightweight (relatively). I use it from xterm, then use keyboard chords and dropdown menus to manipulate images (usually view, zoom, rotate, and save as) once they're up on screen. CBT On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 5:34 PM, jsg wrote: >Hi folks > Can some of you recommend what packages o

Re: HUAWEI dongle

2015-12-19 Thread Carl Trachte
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Read, James C wrote: >>> Read, James C wrote: >>> > I just installed 5.8, I know my dongle is detected and correctly >>> > switched to the right mode because >>> > >>> > a) I can see in dmesg output that the device is detected and >>> > labelled ugen0 >>> >>> See

Re: Wireless connection mystery two OpenBSD machines suddenly cannot connect

2015-12-12 Thread Carl Trachte
from the command line ifconfig down I think this resets the device IIRC ifconfig up nwid wpakey At this point you should within a few seconds get an associated conneciton - if not there's another problem. On my thinkpad the little antenna light blinks then stays on constant when it'

Re: CD's arrived

2015-10-14 Thread Carl Trachte
Tucson, Arizona On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Ralph Siegler wrote: > On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:51:28 +, M Wheeler wrote: > >> CD's arrived today UK. Thanks again. > > Just arrived just north of Chicago, IL USA (pre-ordered Sept 15) Many > thanks!

Re: lynx is gone?

2015-03-04 Thread Carl Trachte
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:15 PM, L.R. D.S. wrote: >>1) lynx has some amazingly insecure code > > So, remove Xombrero from base too, he segfault everytime > and is much more insecure due to ECMAscript engine of WebKit. > >>curl > > Please guys, a browser is different from a http/ftp downloader. A >

Re: Realtek RTL8192SE wireless card support in OpenBSD 5.5

2014-10-20 Thread Carl Trachte
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Dylan Socolobsky wrote: > Hello. > > I just decided to give OpenBSD 5.5 (amd64) a go in my netbook, > everything is working flawlessly so far, except for the Wireless > Network. I did install "rsu-firmware" which did nothing. > > My netbook has a Realtek RTL8192SE

Re: [Bulk] Re: a half-baked analysis of the verification chicken-and-egg problem, and request

2014-08-13 Thread Carl Trachte
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Eric Furman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014, at 05:36 PM, Worik Stanton wrote: >> On 13/08/14 22:13, Eric Furman wrote: >> [snip]> >> > The most absolutely best way any one can contribute to OBSD >> > is to BUY CD'S. Buy some cd's and then buy some more. >> > Buy the

(off topic) Booth at SCaLE

2014-01-26 Thread Carl Trachte
The project has a booth at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) as it has in the past, I will be available to sit the booth and help out. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale12 I've fallen out of touch with my previous contact and cannot get a hold of him. If anyone can point me in the rig

Re: Request for Funding our Electricity

2014-01-18 Thread Carl Trachte
On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Kent R. Spillner wrote: > I notice a lot of people have suggested "use an emulator," as if that had > never occurred to the OpenBSD developers before, but nobody has volunteered > to verify that the available emulators are good enough to actually replace > real

Re: One thinkpad still wanted

2013-12-19 Thread Carl Trachte
Sorry for top post. I am using a second hand X201 right now, but I don't want to part with it. I can kick in $100 for the one Marcus proposed if that's the way the (OpenBSD) project and project leadership want to go. Please contact me off list for any money transfer arrangements. Thanks for you

Re: Are there OpenBSD users who are not IT professionals?

2013-11-19 Thread Carl Trachte
OpenBSD has one of the fastest easiest installs of any operating system out there. The doc is clean and excellent. I've never heard "less is more" as an OpenBSD philosophy, but it is my philosophy and part of why I like OpenBSD. I'm a geologist who does programming in high level, dynamic langua

Re: What should we look before buying a laptop?

2013-08-27 Thread Carl Trachte
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > >> > In my experience, now that video is out of the way, the thing to look >> > out most for is getting a well supported built-in wireless card. >> > That's starting to become difficult

Re: Wireless Connection Problem - Verizon MiFi2200

2010-09-30 Thread Carl Trachte
On 9/28/10, Anders Langworthy wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Carl Trachte wrote: >> "ifconfig iw0 scan" detects the mifi device and identifies it: >> >> nwid "Verizon MiFi2200 BB2F Secure" chan 11 bssid <6 part id> 82db 54M >&

Re: Wireless Connection Problem - Verizon MiFi2200

2010-09-28 Thread Carl Trachte
On 9/28/10, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:19 AM, Carl Trachte wrote: >> On 9/28/10, Anders Langworthy wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Carl Trachte wrote: >>>> "ifconfig iw0 scan" detects the mifi device and identifies i

Re: Wireless Connection Problem - Verizon MiFi2200

2010-09-28 Thread Carl Trachte
On 9/28/10, Anders Langworthy wrote: > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Carl Trachte wrote: >> "ifconfig iw0 scan" detects the mifi device and identifies it: >> >> nwid "Verizon MiFi2200 BB2F Secure" chan 11 bssid <6 part id> 82db 54M >&

Wireless Connection Problem - Verizon MiFi2200

2010-09-28 Thread Carl Trachte
Hello. I am having difficulty establishing a connection to the internet through the subject device which serves as our internet connection at home. Computer: Lenovo T43 Thinkpad running OpenBSD 4.6 (I will be upgrading to 4.8 later this year); iwi wireless driver; I downloaded the firmware and in

Re: selling bsd in cd for profit??

2010-02-26 Thread Carl Trachte
On 2/26/10, Martin SchrC6der wrote: > 2010/2/27 Richard Toohey : >> "No problem"? Maybe not (I don't know) a legal/licence problem, but you > are >> biting the hand that feeds / killing the golden goose. > > It's not nice, but legal. And people doing this should wear asbestos here. > > Best >

Re: creating instalation CD

2010-01-21 Thread Carl Trachte
On 1/21/10, Yamidt Henao wrote: > *Hi, > > I try make instalation CD, from OPENBSD machine, I read the > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Release, but in the step: > # cd /usr/src/etc > # make release > show me message > make: don't know how to make release. Stop in /usr/src/etc. > > Can A

Re: Announcing: JigglyPuffBSD

2010-01-19 Thread Carl Trachte
On 1/19/10, Jason Dixon wrote: > I'm proud to announce the rebirth of JigglyPuffBSD. Catering to the > distinguished *BSD user, JigglyPuffBSD aims to meet the demanding > requirements of today's enterprise architectures. With support for a > broad range of buzzwords, it excels in B.S. and P.O.S.

Re: OpenBSD's Songs

2010-01-01 Thread Carl Trachte
On 1/1/10, Jean-Francois wrote: > Hello list, > I just would like to thank once the work around the songs and arts for the > project, it really is kind of awesome every-time, and is I believe, an > important part in the project. > > Regards The evolution of the fish was my favorite 4.6 sticker.

problems with X on 4.6 (mtrr?)

2009-12-26 Thread Carl Trachte
Hello, first post. I am writing to request help with X. I had been running OpenBSD 4.5 on a Dell L733r; X worked well. In the fall I purchased the new OpenBSD 4.6 cd set. Since then, I have not been able to get X going. The error I'm seeing is mtrr invalid argument. Googling the problem sugge