Re: Broken links on faq

Your URL is wrong, try http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq1.html On 03/12/14 22:55, Maurice McCarthy wrote: Just for info, many of the links on http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq1.html are broken

Re: Ralink mystery usb mini WiFi adapter

It's Advertised as an EP-N8508. It is most likely a rebrand, which uses the rtl8188cus (very low cost chip) This should be supported by the urtwn driver. Just need to recognize the USB device number. In this case it's idVendor 0x148f idProduct 0x7601. This makes me wonder, if there is a method

Re: long file names with tar

The exact error message is always helpfull. Nevertheless, see man 1 pax and search for ustar GNU tar uses a extended tar format to store longer pathnames. Ben On 05/07/14 11:05, Robert Connolly wrote: Why does BSD tar complain about long file names, and GNU does not?

Re: Intel driver doesn't get automatically selected by Xorg

I see you compile the kernel by yourself, GENERIC.MP is what you want. - Ben On 05/07/14 15:40, Manuel Pages wrote: Dear Tomaš, thank you so much for your support, thanks to you I felt encouraged to finally update my BIOS. It solved the driver problem (and by the looks of it, improved fan

Re: Updating sets

On 05/07/14 21:41, Manuel Pages wrote: 1. Know your mirror: A person who wants to do that should find out the policies of making snapshots for a particular mirror. Depending on the architecture, mostly once a day. Which is enough! I mean the OpenBSD userland. Package snapshots take a little

Re: Improve zenitys loading time when not in gnome

Try xclip. It saves a paste if you have your URL already in the clipboard. URL=$(xclip -o) if [ x$URL = x ]; then echo You must enter a url. exit 1 fi ... On 05/08/14 15:37, Nils R wrote: David Coppa schrieb am 08.05.2014 15:26: On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Nils R m...@hxgn.net

Re: immutable-ish version control repo?

On 07/18/14 04:27, Adam Thompson wrote: I'm looking for a distributed VC system where even remote clients with full(?) write access cannot, or at least would find it fairly difficult to, alter history? (1) With DVC it's easy to alter history and it's easy to get the original state back.

Re: minimums for /usr/ports, /usr/xenocara, and /usr/src

Here are the newest numbers i can provide for a full build from source. /usr/src 900MB /usr/xenocara 700MB /usr/obj 900MB /usr/xobj 500MB /usr/ports 600MB /usr/ports/pobj can't be big enought... On 08/15/14 05:09, Joel Rees wrote: I'm trying re-learn how to bring a new install up to -stable,

Re: Thanks for ksh

Is this because of the newest bash-shellshock (CVE-2014-6271)? Nevertheless. Thanks for doing things right. On 09/25/2014 01:48 PM, Craig R. Skinner wrote: All the highly skilled work invested in the project, keeping ordinary users secure, is appreciated.

Re: Disk /dev/X is user root, group wheel, permissions brw-r-----.

how about MAKEDEV(8)? cd /dev ./MAKEDEV all Greetings Ben On 12/04/2014 09:29 AM, Ezequiel Garzon wrote: chgrp operator /dev/X Thanks. I tried it but I now get Disk /dev/X is user root, group operator, permissions brw---. Clearly I can just let it be, but it's puzzling,

Re: Libressl and python2.7

try $ python2.7 Python 2.7.8 (default, Dec 12 2014, 14:59:33) [GCC 4.2.1 20070719 ] on openbsd5 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. import ssl ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION On 12/21/2014 11:11 AM, Alan Cheng wrote: Hi, How can I use libressl with a python2.7 programm on

Re: Libressl and python2.7

) but found that module does not provide any crypto related functions. Is there more modules to be imported or anything? Thanks! Alan Benjamin Baier program...@netzbasis.de编写： try $ python2.7 Python 2.7.8 (default, Dec 12 2014, 14:59:33) [GCC 4.2.1 20070719 ] on openbsd5 Type help, copyright, credits

Re: usbhidctl(1) and usbhidaction(1)

On Thu, 7 May 2015 14:40:59 +0200 ludovic coues cou...@gmail.com wrote: I wanted to know if anyone get either usbhidctl(1) or usbhidaction(1) working and if so for which usage. I use it for volume control and for locking the screen. got this in my .xinitrc usbhidaction -d -c ~/.usbhid.conf -f

Re: Sluggish/laggy browser behaviour

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:48:41 +0200 Stefan Sperling s...@stsp.name wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 08:58:54PM -0500, Yass Amed wrote: This problem is NOT specific to this model or any other machine (as far as I experienced). This issue was present on a few towers and still is on an

Re: Sluggish/laggy browser behaviour

I can pretty much confirm this on an X220i, I have sort of come to terms with it, but it is definitely noticeable (in chromium and firefox). X220 here. Also, when I play clips on YouTube, playback sometimes hangs for half a second. That is with a snapshot from today. To be safe, I also

Re: SPARC minimum hardware specification

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 23:18:40 +0200 Erling Westenvik erling.westen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 04:09:58PM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 09:14:30AM BST, Karel Gardas wrote: Following this: http://unixhq.com/websgt/sunblade150.pdf -- it's 5.5 bells (is

Re: Any books about OpenBSD ARM programming?

On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:27:59 +0200 Piotr Kubaj pku...@riseup.net wrote: On 06/29/15 03:46, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 05:26:10PM +0200, Piotr Kubaj wrote: Hi all, I'm mainly a FreeBSD user but want to learn OpenBSD. I'm also interested in basic electronics, like

Re: Advices for a new laptop (Free Battery)

On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 20:58:32 +0100 Domovoy wrote: > Thanks again for the advices, buying that x220 right now! Everybody who bought a x220 or any other Lenovo laptop shipped between February 2010 and June 2012 you better check your battery. You might get a new one, because

Re: library missing after upgarde to current snapshot

On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:06:21 +0300 Joseph Oficre wrote: > Hello! > today i've upgraded my system to 10 september snapshot. And pkg_add -u > shows: > root:/home/usf# pkg_add -u > quirks-2.121 signed on 2015-09-08T18:55:21Z > Can't install libiconv-1.14p3 because of libraries >

Re: doas and home directory of target user

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:41:57 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > I have this rule in doas.conf: > > permit nopass user1 as user2 > > As user1, I try this at the command line: > > doas -u user2 whoami > > and it tells me I am user2, as I expect. And > >doas -u user2 ls

Re: wifind(8) find your wifi

On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 00:26:12 +0800 Ray Lai wrote: > Hi all, > > I got tired of configuring my wifi every time I had to move my laptop. > Here's a script a whipped up. It scans the wifi for known networks and > writes the strongest one to /etc/hostname.if. Then it runs netstart.

Re: simultaneous sound as many users

On Sat, 2 Apr 2016 01:42:03 +0700 Roman Gorelov wrote: > My sndio configuration is default, OBSD 5.9. > When I run a media file in e.g. mpv, and pause it without closing, and > try to listen to smth in chrome _as another user_, there is no sound: You need to share the

Re: ntpd commandline expansion

On Sat, 7 May 2016 13:13:49 -0700 Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Luke Small wrote: > > I often use virtualbox to run openbsd-amd64 and lately I haven't been able > > to "ntpd -s" and make it update the clock, which may have

Re: Audio quality

On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 00:40:57 -0400 Pavan Maddamsetti wrote: > Hey, > > Just thought I would take a moment to appreciate the OpenBSD audio > subsystem. I don't know if it is just me, but instead of using my > phone to listen to Youtube I plugged the headphones into my

Re: touchscreen on advantech PPC-3100

On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 11:37:10 +0100 Marko Cupać wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:47:27 +0100 > ludovic coues wrote: > > > xtsscale might help with the calibration process > > Thank you, hope I get to this part. Right now it appears I don't have > any

Re: USB printer

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:47:51 +0900 Tuyosi T wrote: > does anyone find good URL about printing with USB printer by cups ? file:///usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/cups-2.1.4 Greetings Ben

Re: FDE on BeagleBone Black

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:48:35 +0200 "L.R. D.S." wrote: > Also, as a side question, I remember some discussion here on misc or tech, > about no > support for binary packages on armv7 port. Is it still right, I'll have to > compile > all by myself? I'm already feeling the

Re: Why not use malloc S by default?

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:44:48 +0100 "minek van" wrote: > So why isn't "S" enabled by default? It is the "most secure" solution for the > malloc settings, no? > Or are there still programs that will crash when "S" is used? > What are those? Adding new printer on the CUPS

clang(1) not picking up headers from /usr/include

Hello, what am I doing wrong? clang(1) from ports claims to look under /usr/include by default [0] but for me it doesn't work unless -I/usr/includes or C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include is defined. After that I even hacked around in InitHeaderSearch.cpp[1] but no luck so far. Greetings Ben [0] $

Re: Bioctl rounds doesn't appear to affect the passphrase time?

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:02:18 +0100 Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On 6.1 i386 with syspatch 004 I am running: > > time /sbin/bioctl -c C -l /dev/vnd0a -r31 softraid0 > > I guess I am simply seeing my passphrase input time and the round has > a marginal affect? Perhaps more on

Re: Bioctl rounds doesn't appear to affect the passphrase time?

On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:34:54 +0100 Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:13:20 +0200 > > > > > I started by trying very high values with a simple password and > > > expected to have to wait a long time but it was always around 7 > > > seconds? > > very high as

Weird timing with hw.smt=0

Anybody seen this, too? Can't be twice as fast _without_ hypertreading. Greetings Ben $ sysctl hw.smt hw.smt=1 $ time sha256 -tt& time sha256 -tt& time sha256 -tt& time sha256 -tt& [1] 50365 [2] 71708 [3] 79327 [4] 63724 SHA256 time trial. Processing 10 1-byte blocks...SHA256 time

Re: clearing the disk cache

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:42:46 +0200 Maximilian Pichler wrote: > I'm doing some performance tests that include reading files from disk > and want to make sure that each test takes place under similar > conditions. > > In particular, how can one clear the disk cache? (I want to make sure > that the

Re: Atom CPU is clear of L1TF

On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 07:10:14 + Rupert Gallagher wrote: > While Intel Core and Xeon are affected by L1TF, Atom CPUs (c3000) are clear > of it. Applying the patch to Cores and Xeons basically turns those CPUs into > Atoms. It is a shame that the self-appointed "most secure OS" does not run

Re: newaliases vs makemap

On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 19:54:12 -0700 Joshua Taylor Eppinette wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 05:59:58PM -0700, Scott Vanderbilt wrote: > >In /etc/mail/aliases, there is the following note: > > > >#>> The program "newaliases" must be run after > >#>> NOTE >> this file is

Re: Resize keydisk (softraid) partition...

On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 21:00:58 +0200 Zbyszek Żółkiewski wrote: > > > Wiadomość napisana przez Marcus MERIGHI w dniu > > 07.09.2018, o godz. 18:09: > > > > $ dd bs=8192 skip=1 if=/dev/rsd99z of=backup-keydisk.img > > $ dd bs=8192 seek=1 if=backup-keydisk.img of=/dev/rsd99z > > thanks for

Re: kernel (6.2 amd-64 mp) relinking failed on cloned disk

On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:16:14 -0500 Z Ero wrote: > Does this mean that a machine specific hash / checksum required to > validate / execute the kernel relink is not working or what? It compares /bsd with checksum in /var/db/kernel.SHA256 if it does not match kernel

Re: Modern browser for OpenBSD powerpc

On Thu, 23 May 2019 07:19:25 +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: ulpt vs kernel relinking

I cooked up a diff like this once, but I dont really use it any more. diff --git a/libexec/reorder_kernel/reorder_kernel.sh b/libexec/reorder_kernel/reorder_kernel.sh index d8b8a2d24a..b59faca992 100644 --- a/libexec/reorder_kernel/reorder_kernel.sh +++ b/libexec/reorder_kernel/reorder_kernel.sh

Re: chrome with multiple profiles possible?

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:03:29 -0500 Allan Streib wrote: > Per the man page I have tried to launch chrome with an alternate data > directory hoping to achieve separate profiles. > > $ chrome --user-data-dir=~/.config/chromium_a > > >

Re: sndioctl and USB HID keyboard

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:07:26 +0200 Alessandro De Laurenzis wrote: > Greetings, > > Latest -current here: > > OpenBSD theseus.atlantide.priv 6.7 GENERIC.MP#140 amd64 > > Of course, mixerctl doesn't work anymore for volume control. > > I have a Logitech wireless keyboard whose multimedia keys

Re: [/ is full] How to delete junk in /dev ?

On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 10:19:30 +0200 Olivier wrote: > Hi, > > I am running OpenBSD from a long time(T410 / Amd64) ; and 6.6 from the > release. I did not monitor the size of / in the past... > Until today :( > > Please, how to identify junk to remove in /dev below : $ find /dev/ -type f

Re: OpenMoko

On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 04:12:03 + () m brandenberg wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2020, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > static const struct urng_type urng_devs[] = { > >{ { USB_VENDOR_OPENMOKO2, USB_PRODUCT_OPENMOKO2_CHAOSKEY }, > > {64, 5, 0, 100, 5000} }, > > Interesting. That's what

Re: VMM Debian guest serial setup help needed

On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:36:46 -0400 George wrote: > Hi guys, > > I apologize if this maybe out of topic even though it is truly related > to VMM than Debian. > > I am trying to setup a VMM Debian based guest but I'm not able to get it > to work. I found some description on the web about which

Re: VMM Debian guest serial setup help needed

On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:50:06 -0700 Aaron Miller wrote: > On Fri, 2020-06-12 at 17:46 -0400, George wrote: > > On 2020-06-12 11:17 a.m., George wrote: > > > On 2020-06-10 4:15 p.m., Benjamin Baier wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:36:46 -0400 > > > &

Re: base LoC & committers

On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:49:13 +0100 Salvatore Cuzzilla wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > just out of curiosity, I was asking myself: > > - approx how many LoC do we have in *base*? > - & how many committers are actually contributing to it? > > when I think about some other OS with a kernel of almost

Re: base LoC & committers

Part 1: sum of base (src) commits so far in 2020 is 7582. Part 2 to figure out which committer has the most commits in 2020 is left open as excercise for the reader. Hint it's ~740 commits. > On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 15:53 +0100, Benjamin Baier wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:49:13 +010

Re: Hardware UUID discrepancies (dmidecode vs. sysctl) on amd64 multiboot system

On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 12:36:42 -0500 Bruce Lilly wrote: > I have a multiboot system with several OSes on the same hardware. > > Summary: OpenBSD UUID reported by dmidecode and from sysctl differ > significantly w.r.t. byte ordering. Multiple OSes report the same dmidecode > UUID, and most other

Re: The simplest full cray data core with 3 cpu's and a physics hack that makes it work

GPT-3 gone wild, or what? Definitely to late for Aprilfools-day.