Re: Is AMD64 page out of date about W^X?

2007-09-29 Thread Rob Waite
But it does work on certain ia32e chips... I think the last line should read... some (earlier) ia32e chips do not have W^X support. At least to give some information so that people can research their chip further. - Original Message - From: Steve Shockley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: OpenNTPD not syncing anymore with recent i386 snaphots?

2007-09-29 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 00:30:39 -0400, Martin Gignac wrote: Hi, I recently installed two OpenBSD systems from an i386 snapshot dated September 13th; one in a VMware machine and one on actual physical hardware. A couple of days later I noticed that both servers were *not* date/time

Re: files in root directory

2007-09-29 Thread Woodchuck
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Chris Nolan wrote: Hello, I read through the FAQ and searched the archives but couldn't find an answer to this question. In /src/distrib/sets/lists/etc/mi, why does openbsd include the .cshrc and .profile files in the root directory? Thanks for any insights! This is

OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

2007-09-29 Thread Karel Kulhavy
Some (cute) girl yesterday who doesn't understand computers at all pointed at my laptop and asked where did you get this damned cool sticker? It was the wireframe Puffy. People also tend to stare at Puffy when I use my laptop on the bus. I think this confirms that the stickers are really good

Strange system freeze...

2007-09-29 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
Hello, I'm under OpenBSD 4.0 running on an AMD Sempron, dmesg at the end of this mail. I'm getting strange system freezes quite regularly. It typically occurs while I'm running Firefox (1.5.0.5), my window manager is 'mwm'. A while back these freezes used to occur even at the console, I figured

Re: OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

2007-09-29 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Karel Kulhavy wrote: Personally, the feeling or message I am getting from these stickers is we're not sloppy, we want to do everything well, including graphics design. In marketing terms, it makes an impression that OpenBSD has a good corporate identity

Re: arc0: unable to query firmware for sensor info

2007-09-29 Thread stephan
enable acpi so the interrupt routing in the MP case can be fixed up, broken MP BIOSes are sadly reasonably common now. I'm not sure I get you, cause I did enable acpi which makes bsd.mp hang. Stephan

Re: OpenNTPD not syncing anymore with recent i386 snaphots?

2007-09-29 Thread Martin Gignac
Hi Maurice, Can you check whether this is fixed when you add 'weight 1' to each server line in ntpd.conf? Yup, that did it. :-) There were some changes in ntpd a couple of weeks ago (new correction keyword to compensate the offset of radio clocks and some changes in the parser) and the

Re: OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

2007-09-29 Thread Gregg Reynolds
On 9/29/07, Otto Moerbeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Karel Kulhavy wrote: Personally, the feeling or message I am getting from these stickers is we're not sloppy, we want to do everything well, including graphics design. In marketing terms, it makes an impression that

Is install42.iso lagging behind cd42.iso and individual packages?

2007-09-29 Thread Martin Gignac
Hi, Yesterday evening I downloaded the install42.iso, cd42.iso and all *.tgz packages from the i386 snapshots directory on the ftp.openbsd.org website. All files had a timestamp of Sept. 24. I then ran them through MD5 to make sure they matched the expected checksum. This morning I performed two

[Correction]:Is install42.iso lagging behind cd42.iso and individual *file sets*?

2007-09-29 Thread Martin Gignac
As someone kindly pointed out I was using the term packages when I should have used file sets. -Martin

Re: OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

2007-09-29 Thread Greg Thomas
On 9/29/07, Karel Kulhavy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some (cute) girl yesterday who doesn't understand computers at all pointed at my laptop and asked where did you get this damned cool sticker? It was the wireframe Puffy. People also tend to stare at Puffy when I use my laptop on the bus. My

Re: Java 1.5 issue - lazy binding

2007-09-29 Thread Stijn
Otto Moerbeek wrote: On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Stijn wrote: Hi, I've built Java 1.5 as explained on: http://openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#javaplugin; After the make install I created the symbolic link to use the Java-plugin in firefox. ln -s

Re: Is install42.iso lagging behind cd42.iso and individual packages?

2007-09-29 Thread Adriaan
On 9/29/07, Martin Gignac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Yesterday evening I downloaded the install42.iso, cd42.iso and all *.tgz packages from the i386 snapshots directory on the ftp.openbsd.org website. All files had a timestamp of Sept. 24. I then ran them through MD5 to make sure they

To whom can I direct email for artwork use permission pls?

2007-09-29 Thread Tito Mari Francis EscaƱo
I plan to prepare and produce a DVD version of 4.2 when available this November, complete with the packages, and I'd like to use some artworks as graphics, if not a basis for a custom-made one, for the DVD. Therefore, may I pls know to whom can I direct email to ask for permission to use them?

Re: Is install42.iso lagging behind cd42.iso and individual packages?

2007-09-29 Thread Martin Gignac
For the installation file sets you can use the download script from http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=threadid=22727 Besides using these sets to create your own ISO you alternatively can use them in the environment friendly USB-mediazine method as described in

Re: 19 inch rack (DEC-StoageWorks) available in Munich

2007-09-29 Thread Robert Urban
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo Martin, Martin Reindl wrote: Robert Urban [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks, is anybody interested in a SWXSC-CB 19 StorageWorks rack? I'm giving it away. For more info, see:

Re: files in root directory

2007-09-29 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 09:48:08PM -0400, Chris Nolan wrote: | Hello, I read through the FAQ and searched the archives but couldn't find an | answer to this question. In /src/distrib/sets/lists/etc/mi, why does openbsd | include the .cshrc and .profile files in the root directory? If you log in

Re: files in root directory

2007-09-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Paul, hi Chris, Paul de Weerd wrote on Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 10:01:28PM +0200: On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 09:48:08PM -0400, Chris Nolan wrote: Hello, I read through the FAQ and searched the archives but couldn't find an answer to this question. In /src/distrib/sets/lists/etc/mi, why does

Extracting images from camera and providing same filename for USB printers

2007-09-29 Thread Antti Harri
Hi, the rather long subject line says it all so here is an 'attach' script for the OpenBSD's hotplug daemon. I hope you enjoy! http://users.openbsd.fi/iku/files/opensource/hotplug-1.1.tar.gz See the README and the script's header part for more details. PS. I'd appreciate feedback (AND