Re: Cleaning system's old ibraries/files after update to next -release or -current

2020-07-15 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 03:44:18PM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2020-07-14, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Old versions of libraries are innocuous. They will simply be ignored. Until you run out of disk space, which is fairly easy in /usr if you installed a couple of releases ago and took

Re: XFCE menu does not load with keyboard shortcut

2020-06-24 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 07:33:20PM +0100, Ed Gray wrote: Hi, I have an issue with XFCE on OpenBSD 6.6 and current on an amd64 system. XFCE works fine except for accessing the applications menu with the Alt + F1 keyboard shortcut. Instead of loading the menu it gets highlighted in grey and

Re: OpenBSD in the news...from a long time ago

2020-06-13 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 10:27:11AM +0200, Philipp Buehler wrote: Am 13.06.2020 09:29 schrieb jungle boogie: Hi, Here's an old news clip about OpenBSD many folks haven't seen or have forgotten about. I don't know what year it's from or the hackathon that was taking place. Maybe someone can fill

Re: dmesg memory not match spdmem and bios

2020-06-11 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:57:24PM +, man Chan wrote: I just want to know why OpenBSD/i386 have the memory limit to 4G. Thanks for your reply.  It is the design of OpenBSD/i386 is 32 bits OS not the hardware limitation.  It is ok for me to run OpenBSD/amd64 on a i5 machine. Thanks The

Useful cwm patch [was: When will be created a great desktop experience for OpenBSD?]

2020-04-15 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 10:43:26AM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: I like cwm(1) but it's still a bit green and isn't getting enough attention, I had to insist to get this first patch committed: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech=149182817427598=2 This second one is still pending (no

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

2020-04-10 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:51:41AM +, Martin wrote: I'm looking for relatively cheap VPS with OpenBSD installation support and with ~1Tb of unfiltered traffic. In any words all in/out VPS ports must be opened by default. Any recommendations? Vultr is close to that. Last time I created a

newfs_ext2fs takes lots of time

2020-03-29 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
Hi, Have noticed that formatting large ext2fs partitions take an insane amount of time (about 8 hours for a 50GB partition on a USB stick for me). I know Linux does tricks here, by postponing stuff at filesystem creation and then doing it in the background after first mount. But it didn't

Re: Full disk encryption including /boot, excluding bootloader?

2020-02-18 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 04:09:57PM +0100, Julius Zint wrote: I'm not really in a position to reflash my machine but I would still be curious for details. There is no need to reflash your firmware if the system has a integrated and supported TPM 1.2 chip. The prototype uses a Static Root of

Re: experience setting up a low memory machine

2020-02-15 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 01:54:56AM +0100, Noth wrote: I wouldn't call 64Mb "small" for memory, it's tiny. Even 20 years ago 64 wasn't really enough. Not really, about 21 years ago I was learning to get XFree86 working, to break free from the console on a desktop with 24MB of RAM. Built that

Re: What are xxxterm users using today?

2020-02-03 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:45:56PM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: I used to use xxxterm, then xombrero, and really liked the minimal approach and keyboard driven navigation. Any other former users of this browser, what are you using today to achieve any of this functionality in your browser? Have

Re: Display flickers after upgrade to 6.6

2020-01-10 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:18:51AM -0700, Stanislav wrote: I have got weak flickering of XFCE too (after upgrade to 6.6). Mentioned setting the method for vblank does not fix it. Turning on/off compositor does not help too. Any ideas? Have you tried customizing xorg.conf? This

Re: OpenBSD and ext2fs (ext3)

2019-12-27 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 04:44:46PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 03:56:00PM +0100, Thomas de Grivel wrote: Hello, I have a few ext3 drives from an old gentoo which mount fine but do not fsck (something about the first alternate superblock not matching values) they mount

Re: Re-organising partitions without re-installation

2019-12-24 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 10:42:47PM +, rgci...@disroot.org wrote: December 24, 2019 4:42 AM, "Dumitru Moldovan" wrote: On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 10:56:20AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: So, a few years ago now, I deployed a router VM with OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64. Later that got upda

Re: Re-organising partitions without re-installation

2019-12-23 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 10:56:20AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: So, a few years ago now, I deployed a router VM with OpenBSD 6.1 AMD64. Later that got updated to 6.2, then 6.3, 6.4… Yesterday I updated it to 6.5, then 6.6… now I'm trying to run syspatch: I have a similar issue with my

Re: Running Windows inside vmm/vmd VM.

2019-11-22 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 07:42:39PM +0100, Karel Gardas wrote: not sure what's current status of vmm/vmd hence asking. Has anybody succeed with running Windows 10/Server 2019 inside the vmm/vmd VM? From https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq16.html#Introduction: Supported guest operating systems

Re: Best Practices for growing disk partitions on a server

2019-11-19 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 12:31:25PM +0200, Dumitru Moldovan wrote: On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 03:12:06PM -0800, Lev Lazinskiy wrote: This makes sense, but I was curious what the recommended approach is for a server that you cannot simply reinstall. A humble piece of advice from a fellow system

Re: Best Practices for growing disk partitions on a server

2019-11-19 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 03:12:06PM -0800, Lev Lazinskiy wrote: This makes sense, but I was curious what the recommended approach is for a server that you cannot simply reinstall. A humble piece of advice from a fellow system admin... Never ever build a system that "you cannot simply

Re: pkg_info -Q bug?

2019-11-19 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:15:05AM +0100, Antonio Bibiano wrote: Hello, I just wanted to add to this thread that I incurred in the same issue on a fresh 6.6 installation. I also tried with a different mirror in /etc/installurl and receive the same partial response from pkg_info -Q. What makes it

Re: pkg_info -Q bug?

2019-11-08 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 08:04:45PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote: On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 05:45:23PM GMT, Dumitru Moldovan wrote: Hi misc, I see pkg_info's man page says: -Q query Show all packages in $PKG_PATH which match the given query. Trying in 6.6 to find the Python module

pkg_info -Q bug?

2019-11-08 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
Hi misc, I see pkg_info's man page says: -Q query Show all packages in $PKG_PATH which match the given query. Trying in 6.6 to find the Python module "mysqlclient", I get the following puzzling results: $ pkg_info -Q mysql php-mysqli-7.2.24 php-mysqli-7.3.11 php-pdo_mysql-7.2.24

Re: Fan spinning constantly on Lenovo X1C and 6.6

2019-10-28 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 08:51:16AM +0200, Josh wrote: After upgrading from 6.5 to 6.6 following the procedure [1], my Lenovo X1C 6G is getting hot all the time. Fan is constantly spinning at 4000+rpm even even if its just editing a note in zim. If I let the laptop idling, it will take quite

Re: Bad fonts in pdf

2019-09-25 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 08:20:26AM -, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2019-09-19, openbsd-misc-nos...@riseup.net wrote: Here is screenshot: https://screenshots.firefox.com/LyKbRyGMRT3sDHbu/null I had this problem in the past, but can't remeber what font should I install? It might be

Re: 4GB RAM too little for Firefox?

2019-07-18 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:10:08PM +0200, Richard Ulmer wrote: I have a desktop from 2009 with 8GB of RAM and faced a similar issue with recent Firefox versions. For me, the problem was two-fold: 1. Recent Firefox versions start 8 rendering processes for my system with 2 CPUs. I limited

Re: 4GB RAM too little for Firefox?

2019-07-06 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 01:25:10PM +0200, Richard Ulmer wrote: Hi all, after having Firefox running for some time (ca. 30min to 2h) my system seems to become slow. I get frequent freezes for several seconds, mpv instances start crashing and things like switching tabs in Firefox become a pain.

Re: Modern browser for OpenBSD powerpc

2019-05-23 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Thu, 23 May 2019 10:31:58 +0200, Antal Ispanovity wrote: > 2019-05-23 8:19 GMT+02:00, John Gould : > > Can someone suggest a modern graphical browser for OpenBSD PowerPC? > epiphany, if you need JS Does it work for you? I was so enthused by the idea (and irony!) of WebKit browsers packaged

Re: Modern browser for OpenBSD powerpc

2019-05-23 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 07:19:25AM +0100, John Gould wrote: Can someone suggest a modern graphical browser for OpenBSD PowerPC? I'm trying to run several G5's and g4 mini's on 6.5 as desktop machines. The basic install works really well but there doesn't seem to be an up to date graphically

Re: Blind OpenBSD users

2019-05-15 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 11:02:47AM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: As far as I know, the only software we have for blind people (and not just people with very poor eye sight) is misc/brltty. The above might be true only for console applications. GNOME has support both for low vision users and blind

Re: Blind OpenBSD users

2019-05-13 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:05:08AM -0600, Aaron Bieber wrote: Hi misc@! I am looking to understand / enhance the OpenBSD experience for blind users. Do we have any blind users reading misc that can offer any insight into their usecases / pain points / work flows / wants? I am sure OpenBSD is

Re: Upgrade procedure (6.4 -> 6.5)

2019-05-08 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 08:15:16PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: On 5/7/19 8:32 AM, Dumitru Moldovan wrote: On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 05:05:11PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: Hi, Consus wrote on Fri, May 03, 2019 at 02:24:10PM +0300: Maybe it's a good idea to note this on the upgrade page

Re: Upgrade procedure (6.4 -> 6.5)

2019-05-07 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 05:05:11PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: Hi, Consus wrote on Fri, May 03, 2019 at 02:24:10PM +0300: Maybe it's a good idea to note this on the upgrade page? Something like "the upgrade procedure may leave some files behing; you can manually clean them up using sysclean

Re: Firefox bug: 66.0.3 disables all extensions

2019-05-06 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 10:13:39PM +0200, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2019 at 07:01:55PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: After upgrading Firefox today to 66.0.3 in -current, all my add-ons were inactivated. A quick search showed that this is a widespread problem,

Re: umb0 ucom0 umodem0 detached

2019-05-04 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On 03.05.2019 17:07, Malte Wedel wrote: Hello Misc, I have OpenBSD running on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon, 3rd Gen, everything is working great, except for the builtin 4G modem "umb0" which detaches and disappears from time to time and needs a reboot to become available again. I found this thread

Re: doas.conf and GUI applications

2019-04-05 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 10:10:52AM -0400, Bruno Dantas wrote: There are a handful of GUI applications (file manager, text editor, terminal emulator) that I go back and forth between running as regular user and running with doas root. […] Running GUI applications as root is a bad idea in

Re: video decoding and playback in OpenBSD

2019-03-26 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 06:05:58PM +0200, Mihai Popescu wrote: Hello, I am trying to find some hardware for an OpenBSD multimedia computer. I plan to attach it on a HDMI TV and play youtube on it, 1080p@30fps or more. No 4K involved. My thinking is to go for an AMD A8-6500 processor, but I am

Re: OpenBSD 6.4-stable + current "freezes" after 4h

2019-01-14 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:27:56 +0100, Marco Prause wrote: > > > Am 14. Januar 2019 16:40:48 MEZ schrieb Theo de Raadt : > >It sure looks like you have a pile of your own changes which are highly > >unconventional, > >and you are very far away from a stock OpenBSD configuration. > > Well,

Re: Polish localization

2019-01-08 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 02:52:21PM +, Radek wrote: Hello, I'm trying to set Polish locales in my new desktop (6.4/amd64, xenodm, WindowMaker). […] Don't know about the console, but to set (default) Polish keyboard in X you need to run "setxkbmap pl", eg. in your .xsession file. To

Re: Problem with installing OpenBSD 6.4 on VirtualBox

2018-11-13 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:51:09 +0100, jean-yves boisiaud wrote: > I 'm trying to install OpenBSD 6.4 on VirtualBox 5.1.38 on a LinuxMint host. > Please note that 6.0, ... 6.3 worked fine, only 6.4 failed. I've been running 6.4 with no issues on VirtualBox 5.0.x (initially) and now 5.2.x. But

Re: iridium-browser + unveil

2018-11-08 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 09:03:51 +0100, Stefan Wollny wrote: > > I changed the 'exec' command in /usr/local/bin/iridium like so: > - LANG=${_l} exec "/usr/local/iridium/iridium" "${@}" > + LANG=${_l} exec "/usr/local/iridium/iridium" "--enable-unveil" "${@}" > > With this change I can browse the web

Re: EuroBSD Con 2018 1 Free Ticket for Ansible Tutorial and LibTLS Tutorial Thursday

2018-09-19 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
Hi Tom, That is very generous of you... But are you sure those tickets are transmittable? If yes, I would like to attend the Ansible Tutorial. LibTLS is way over my head, as I can't program in C to save my life. Thanks a lot! On 09/19/18 08:24, Tom Smyth wrote: Hello, I have paid

Re: wifi gui manager

2018-08-26 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 06:38:11PM -0700, Chris Bennett wrote: > > Well, there are probably additional reasons too, but my father > > happily runs OpenBSD. Of course, he needs to be able to turn the > > computer off. > > I would recommend using doas(1) to grant

Re: how to find reason for computer pausing often?

2018-08-13 Thread Dumitru Moldovan
Derek Sivers wrote: > This past month or so, my Lenovo T440s laptop has started doing > strange 2-second pauses at random intervals, sometimes a few times > per minute. [...] > I know it isn't an OpenBSD problem, but any suggestions where you'd > look if it was you? Try changing SATA mode in