Re: META: Does this list have no moderators?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, 4 Jun 2016 22:26:45 +0100 Gareth Nelson wrote: > I'm sure we're all aware of the individual i'm thinking of when I say > their posts are both inappropriate and annoying. > > The individual in question should be

Re: /usr/ and wxallowed

> Sorry, no, I should have been clearer. Man, so much confusion in this thread. All are mixed in usage: partition, mount point, filesystem, mount options, etc. Aren't they different anymore? I was reading about wx_ stuff since I will install a new snapshots, but this thread is too damn unclear.

Re: /usr/ and wxallowed

> >> You can add it at any point. It just means that binaries in /usr > >> which do PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC mappings will succeed (with a warning, > >> of course). > >> > >> Over time, these semantics will probably change. > > > > If you would like the protection then I don't see any need to

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

On 2016-06-06, Alan Corey wrote: > The hard drive I stick in when I want some operating systems on one > has XP Pro and OpenBSD 5.2. OpenBSD 5.2 doesn't have libpci even in > ports so that rules out flashrom unless I want to try to build libpci > from sources (or a

Re: No slip anymore?

Hello, You may try to get a linux/other BSD distro including slip or add slip from sources over an openBSD installation. or use pppd from ip networking as mentionned. > > From: Roderick > Sent: Wed Jun 08 08:20:15 CEST 2016 > To:

Re: No slip anymore?

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Roderick wrote: > If you have a very old laptop with a comfortable keyboard, then > minix is a good alternative to use the laptop for example as a > typewriter (and much more than that). Does your typewriter with 32 MB of RAM have Ethernet? I remember

Re: Joining bridge(4) changes broadcast?

On 08/06/16(Wed) 14:52, Masao Uebayashi wrote: > This is suboptimal with respect to performance, but "correctly work-around" > the problem, that is, bpf against an bridge'ed interface receives duplicate > frames. (It happens for not only broadcast but also unicast.) No way. > > diff --git

Re: No slip anymore?

On Wed, 8 Jun 2016, Theo de Raadt wrote: now please go back to minix. Small memory footprint (kernel is 600 kB; full OS is 25 MB). If you have a very old laptop with a comfortable keyboard, then minix is a good alternative to use the laptop for example as a typewriter (and much more

Re: No slip anymore?

> > But don't fear, if you only have a serial port, you can > > still use pppd for IP networking. > > Yes, it is an alternative, but slip is not only simple for dealing > with its commands, but a very simple protocoll (see for example minix > man page). I wonder why its prensense in OpenBSD was

Re: No slip anymore?

On Sat, 4 Jun 2016, Chris Cappuccio wrote: I think modern computers, even on sticks, generally come with wireless and/or ethernet interfaces? The Lenovo Stick has Wlan (and Bluetooth). But it is an exageration to use it to comunicate with a very old laptop (without wlan) immediately near it.

Re: Joining bridge(4) changes broadcast?

This is suboptimal with respect to performance, but "correctly work-around" the problem, that is, bpf against an bridge'ed interface receives duplicate frames. (It happens for not only broadcast but also unicast.) diff --git a/sys/net/if.c b/sys/net/if.c index 9b53bf1..5209281 100644 ---