Re: 3.7 problem: replacing xdm with kdm

2005-08-12 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:20:49AM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:37, Bernd Schoeller wrote: You might want to check out http://www.openbsdsupport.org/KDM.html Thanks for the pointer. I remember reading it a while ago, but I had forgotten about it since then.

Re: YENTA compliant PCI-PCMCIA adapters?

2005-08-03 Thread Stephen Marley
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:53:07PM -0700, Greg Thomas wrote: Does anyone know if the RICOH R5C485 chipset is YENTA compliant and/or will work with OpenBSD/i386? I haven't found a definitive answer Googling. I have a Senao 802.11b card I'd like to use in a desktop PC. Yes, works out of the

Re: openbsd rpc/xdr

2005-07-27 Thread Stephen Marley
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:55:51AM -0300, Gustavo Rios wrote: I did not meant alternatives to RPC approach? i mean alternatives to the standard implementation code of rpc. I don't feel like considering (as you self said) garbage like corba, rx, rxml-rpc I am considering rpc/xdr but a

Re: carp failover on DSL and Cable connection?

2005-07-26 Thread Stephen Marley
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 08:57:06PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: You could run ospfd (or quagga) on each host. (You'll need to use gif or gre tunnels to give a multicast capable link over the vpns). Make the dsl tunnel the lower cost route and ospf will change the routing tables to use the

Re: carp failover on DSL and Cable connection?

2005-07-25 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 10:37:29PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: I've read the carp manpage, but am not clear if carp is able to help in the following scenario: A box at a high availability colo site forwards some traffic to a company LAN using a VPN. There are two VPN connections it could

Re: carp failover question

2005-07-22 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:19:52PM -0400, stan wrote: At hte moment I'm having trouble getting failover to ork, when I fail one of the side (internal or external). The xarp manpage sasy that if I have net.inet.carp.preeempt set, and I do ifconfig carp0 down on the master, both sudes should

Re: carp failover question

2005-07-22 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 09:30:07AM -0400, stan wrote: fxp0: flags=8943UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 address: 00:90:27:43:79:0e media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT) status: active inet 205.159.77.11 netmask 0xff00 broadcast

Re: starting kde on boot

2005-07-21 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:04:49PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote: #based on a solution posted by S.Marley echo -n ' kdm'; (sleep 5; /usr/local/bin/kdm ${kdm_flags}) Don't do that. Use /etc/ttys if thats the effect you want. Any good reason not to? I posted the a solution using

Re: starting kde on boot

2005-07-21 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 08:03:49PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote: On 21/07/05, Stephen Marley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they do? I use xdm and I didnt use a sleep. Maybe its a kdm issue? Yes, it's a kdm specific issue. It seems all gettys need to be spawned before kdm kicks in otherwise

Re: keyboard issue kdm

2005-07-20 Thread Stephen Marley
STFA. I had the same problem and posted 2 solutions recently. -- stephen On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 09:49:51AM -0500, Qv6 wrote: Folks: Just installed OBSD and trying to use kde with kdm as login. On the kdm screen, the mouse works, but the keyboard will not. I have tried several

Re: getting dhclient to update bind forwarders IPs

2005-07-12 Thread Stephen Marley
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 09:38:43AM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote: For the other part, if you're running your own nameserver, why would you want to use forwarders at all? The use of forwarders is a good thing. It reduces the load on the root servers, and your DNS server gets to use closer

Re: Exceed XDMCP dispaly manager

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Marley
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:46:29PM +1000, Ioan Nemes wrote: Greetings, Is anybody using Exceed display manager to connect headless OpenBSD Not Exceed, but I have used Xmanager http://www.netsarang.com/ for this sort of thing. -- stephen

Re: Hidden restore space on laptop drives

2005-07-04 Thread Stephen Marley
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 08:31:31AM +1000, Rod.. Whitworth wrote: Does anybody here know how the space is hidden and how to unhide/rehide it so as to do what I want? Blue button-setup utility-Security-IBM Predesktop Area-Disabled -- stephen

Re: Problem starting kdm from /etc/rc.local

2005-06-30 Thread Stephen Marley
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 06:21:03PM +0100, Stephen Marley wrote: Firstly, I have no problems starting kdm from the command line or starting xdm from /etc/rc. However, if I start kdm from /etc/rc.local it won't take any keyboard input and I don't get text when I attempt switch virtual consoles

Problem starting kdm from /etc/rc.local

2005-06-28 Thread Stephen Marley
Firstly, I have no problems starting kdm from the command line or starting xdm from /etc/rc. However, if I start kdm from /etc/rc.local it won't take any keyboard input and I don't get text when I attempt switch virtual consoles (ctl-alt-del works to shutdown though). I get a some sort of

Re: SH programming

2005-06-26 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 09:32:36PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Peter Bako wrote: #!/bin/sh month=$1 day=$2 year=$3 dayscount=$(expr ($year - 1900) * 365) echo $dayscount exit This will generate a syntax error: `$year' unexpected error. I have tried

Re: log watching

2005-06-23 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 01:09:07PM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: Yes, I did 'make search' in /usr/ports. And now I ask about your experiences: which one is recommended, respectively not so suitable for a smaller server directly connected to the Internet ? LogWatch works just fine on openbsd. --

Re: Proxy arp needed for NAT?

2005-06-20 Thread Stephen Marley
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 04:23:51PM -0700, Michael Favinsky wrote: I was reading through the pf documentation and found the following example of NATing several internal IP addresses to two external IP addresses: nat on $ext_if inet from any to any - 192.0.2.4/31 source-hash Let's say the

Re: How do we disable console output temporarily.

2005-06-18 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 02:47:03PM -0700, John Draper wrote: But the pkill syslogd seems a reasonable thing to do, but how do I set it back again? One other problem I have is my ps don't work, but that problem is going to be fixed in my next scheduled upgrade. If ps doesn't work, there's a

Re: Upgrade to 3.7 and VPN no longer works

2005-06-18 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 01:34:06PM +1000, Dave Harrison wrote: I just upgraded my firewall to 3.7, but I've found my VPN is now not working. I keep seeing NAT detected messages, but both machines have real IPs so it doesn't make sense. The client machine is a 3.6 install, and the server

Re: Upgrade to 3.7 and VPN no longer works

2005-06-18 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 02:16:24PM +1000, Dave Harrison wrote: Stephen Marley wrote: Have you tried the -T option to isakmpd? Seems like the option I want ... but I can't see it in the man page on either my 3.6 or 3.7 machines, and isakmpd won't accept -T as a flag on either machine

Re: Theo gave an interview to Forbes Mag. about Linux

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 04:48:31PM +0200, J. Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: Theo gave an interview to Forbes Magazine, in which he stated: It's terrible, De Raadt says. Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than

Re: OSPFd over IPSEC (enc)?

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:51:53PM -0700, Michael Favinsky wrote: Can two 3.7 servers running OSPFd talk OSPF to each other over an IPSEC tunnel, or worded in another way, an enc interface? I have two sites with a WAN link and I want to use the Internet (VPN) as a backup route. The concept

Re: Carp and Single ADSL

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
to be the physical network side of things. I've searched the archives and google and couldn't find anything specifically dealing with my scenario (with the possible exception of Stephen Marley - who I think does something similar to what I want to do). Yes, just for the hell of it, my home firewall

Re: VPN Remote Services Connetivity

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:29:03AM -0500, dontek wrote: I have just configured a VPN tunnel between two OpenBSD firewalls / gateways following the VPN man page nearly word-for-word. All is working well... mostly: On either end, on machines behind the firewall, I can connect to any service

Re: Theo gave an interview to Forbes Mag. about Linux

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 10:42:36AM -0600, Abraham Al-Saleh wrote: I'm actually curious as to the apparent change of stance between interviews. In the last two interviews I've read, you've made it clear that you've never used it, and had no comment. Am I missing something? Just curious. You

Re: VPN Remote Services Connetivity

2005-06-17 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:17:08PM -0500, dontek wrote: Actually, I am just doing a vanilla ping, no source address option. When you say flows, do you mean pf flows (rules)? IPSec flows. Sort of like routes. Read vpn(8) again and see netstat -rnfencap for flows and netstat -rnfinet for normal

Re: SCSI Autoloaders - Does tar/dump change the tape if needed?

2005-06-14 Thread Stephen Marley
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 03:55:19AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I know that I could change tapes by hand using a SCSI-Autoloader but will tar/dump do it if they notice the current tape is full? It's maybe a lame question but I found no answer in all the manuals and I think about a

Re: Is /dev on mfs possible?

2005-06-11 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 11:27:55AM -0400, Jason Crawford wrote: What would be the biggest advantage of having /dev on mfs if it already does exist on disk? You can then mount / (which contains the original /dev) read-only. -- stephen

Re: STABLE to go

2005-06-10 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 03:40:05PM -0700, Romero Leite wrote: Hi misc@, I would like to find an easy and fast way to bring client machines (same arch) STABLE without any compilation (if fastest). I thought of using a fast machine where I would keep STABLE. Then, Whenever needed I would

Re: Can't find package!!!

2005-06-10 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 07:40:17PM -0300, Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I'd recorded all the packages from the OpenBSD's 3.7 repository into four CDs and copied the files to my computer, at home. The first wired thing I've noticed was that all the file names were uppercase. Does anyone know

Re: relationship passwd file - homedir(s)

2005-06-09 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:00:54AM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:16:48 +0100, Stephen Marley wrote: Still astonished that there is no command available on OpenBSD to sync passwd and user directories. I'm more astonished that you're administering Unix machines without

Re: i don't *mean* to be stupid. it just happens. need a refresher...

2005-06-08 Thread Stephen Marley
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:19:58AM -0400, Rick Barter wrote: I've obviously spent too much time away from the console lately. I am looking for a package and can't, for the life of me, remember how to find them. For packages, you'll usually find the file 'index.txt' in the appropriate

CARP and isakmpd ipsec

2005-06-06 Thread Stephen Marley
Is there a way to make a pair of carp hosts to renegotiate with an existing ipsec peer when a new carp master is elected? I tried it once and it didn't work out. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lladdr in ipconfig - what's the story?

2005-06-06 Thread Stephen Marley
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:44:26AM +1000, Steffen Kluge wrote: Can I simply pick the ifconfig binary out of snapshots/i386/base37.tgz, or must I upgrade the whole thing, including packages and ports? If I upgrade, will the installer detect installed packages and attempt to No, you'll need to

Re: Problems with CPU/ARCH specific compilation!?

2005-06-05 Thread Stephen Marley
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 05:48:14PM -0500, J Moore wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:53:30PM +0200, the unit calling itself Dunceor . wrote: The OpenBSD developers develop the OS for their needs, not everybody else's needs. You know, I've heard that for years... I'd like to know if

Re: Doble mounted /var using mfs

2005-06-03 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 06:52:24PM +0200, Schvberle Daniel wrote: Hi all, I'm runnig 3.7-release on i386 with a 512MB CF card acting as wd0 and I'm having a strange problem with mfs mounted /var. It gets mounted twice, while I have only one mfs /var line in fstab. ... Help please? /etc/rc

Re: flashdist-20050601 for OpenBSD 3.7

2005-06-02 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 09:30:14AM +0200, Rickard Dahlstrand wrote: I'm just taking this opportunity to tell you how much your work is appreciated. Although I have moved on to Damien's Flashboot mainly because of the ramdisk and remote update features, flashdist was what was needed to help me

Re: CARP i/f stuck in INIT when carpdev (dc) comes up

2005-05-28 Thread Stephen Marley
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 10:04:19PM -0400, Brad wrote: Did this work with a previous release or is this a new setup? I never did try it with anything other than a May -current. There was a recent change to dc wasn't there? When I get back in the office I can try it with something older. --

Re: My NIC go to sleep?

2005-05-26 Thread Stephen Marley
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 09:59:00PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm a newwbie on OpenBSD and I've installed it on a IBM P100 Computer. I have a Intel 82557 NIC inside. This NIC can be seen as fxp0. My problem is: When I don't use the comuputer during

CARP i/f stuck in INIT when carpdev (dc) comes up

2005-05-26 Thread Stephen Marley
I have some boxes with dc (quad Znyx), xl and some virtual gre interfaces. Using CARP with dc's as the carpdev, the carp i/f sticks in INIT state when I take the physical i/f down and up. I need to ifconfig up the carp i/f itself to get it to return to MASTER state. However, with the xl and gre

Re: OBSD 3.7 ports -- mysql

2005-05-24 Thread Stephen Marley
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 01:25:48PM +1200, Russell Fulton wrote: Hi Folks, I've just installed mysql from the ports on my 3.7 system. All went well (I did not see any errors) but so far as I can see only the client stuff was installed. The server is there in the ports tree under

Re: making ospfd populate the inet routes on two hosts

2005-05-19 Thread Stephen Marley
192.168.7.17 show neighbor - ID Pri State DeadTime Address Interface 192.168.7.180 2-WAY/DROTHER 00:00:30 192.168.7.18fxp1 192.168.7.18 show neighbor - ID Pri State DeadTime Address

Re: help /w syntax? the creation of vlan interfaces and subsequent automatic routes

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen Marley
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:01:03PM -0600, Whyzzi wrote: # cat /etc/ifconfig.vlan2 inet 10.117.254.2 255.255.255.248 vlan 2 vlandev fxp0 ^ Insert the word netmask. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]