Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread Simon corecode Schubert
+++ Matthew Dillon [12/05/07 15:20 -0700]: : I've noticed that the root account password (according to the :installer) cannot contain punctuation; why is this? A major part of creating :good passwords is the use of punctuation and special characters. Are there :plans to reverse this or was

Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread Gergo Szakal
On Sun, 13 May 2007 11:38:04 +0200 Simon corecode Schubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, another task: update the installer to the latest bsdinstaller version. we're WAY behind and there are many features/fixes waiting for us. almost a MUST for the 2.0 release. What does it take? I *may* be

Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Sun, May 13, 2007 6:21 am, Gergo Szakal wrote: On Sun, 13 May 2007 11:38:04 +0200 Simon corecode Schubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, another task: update the installer to the latest bsdinstaller version. we're WAY behind and there are many features/fixes waiting for us. almost a MUST

Re: Development

2007-05-13 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Sun, May 13, 2007 8:00 am, km b wrote: On 5/13/07, Simon corecode Schubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: follow-fork-mode for gdb, or maybe even start/finish the amd64 port. just wondering whether anybody has done any work on amd64 port earlier? Matt had done some work before when he first

Re: Make buildworld fails ... (solved)

2007-05-13 Thread j s
On 5/11/07, Peter Avalos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:00:43PM -0700, j s wrote: I just 'cvsupped' the following *default release=cvs tag=DragonFly_RELEASE_1_8_Slip I'm running RELEASE DragonFly 1.8.0-RELEASE #0: make buildworld results in the following error.

Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread flu
Maybe I'll take a look at the installer source and track it down... Thanks for the input though Matt! Dahlgren - Original Message - From: Matthew Dillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:25 pm Subject: Re: Root password restrictions To: users@crater.dragonflybsd.org

Re: Development

2007-05-13 Thread flu
Thanks for the input everyone! Once I decide on what to tackle, I'll solicit some help / advice from you guys. I think firstly, a C++ wrapper for any DragonFly specific system libraries or system calls would be a good thing. This would also facilitate easier contribution by other C++ developers.

Re: Development

2007-05-13 Thread Dennis Melentyev
Just my 2 cents... While any new commiter is very valuable, I hardly can see any point in any DFLY-specific C++ libs. Thats more of Linux way - creating non-portable and OS-centric apps. Even more, I can hardly remember any of DFLY-specific libraries in our OS. What am I considering as a good

Re: no gcc 4.1after rebuild

2007-05-13 Thread arnuld
On 5/12/07, Peter Avalos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, let's try this...Make /etc/make.conf only have this line in it: WANT_GCC41=yes Then rebuild your sources. YIPPEYAA. it works :-) # setenv CCVER gcc41 # cc --version gives gcc 4.1.2 :-) It's too hard to figure out what is

Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
I've tried 2 different cards that use the ACX driver (one netgear, the other dlink) and neither of them are quite stable (same in windows) so this is not a DF problem. I need PCI or PCI-E card that supports 802.11g (dont need +) and runs rock solid in DF. What do you use? Petr

Re: no gcc 4.1after rebuild

2007-05-13 Thread arnuld
On 5/13/07, Peter Avalos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 03:42:05PM +, arnuld wrote: only one thing is left: how can i make my shell (tcsh) remember gcc 4.1 for *always*. i do not want to setenv at every boot. i have put CCVER=gcc41 into both /etc/mk.conf and

X problem and pkg_add problem

2007-05-13 Thread arnuld
i was unable to install X from pkg_add as pkg_add is not downloading anything. pkg_add www.pkgsrc-box.org/packages/stable/DragonFly-1.8/All/ just HANGS in there and doe snot do anything as my ADSL modem lights do not blink. ic an open that address in Firefox right now. so i built the whole X

Re: no gcc 4.1after rebuild

2007-05-13 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-05-13 17:56, arnuld wrote: On 5/13/07, Peter Avalos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 03:42:05PM +, arnuld wrote: only one thing is left: how can i make my shell (tcsh) remember gcc 4.1 for *always*. i do not want to setenv at every boot. i have put

Re: Development

2007-05-13 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-05-13 17:31, Dennis Melentyev wrote: 2007/5/13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the input everyone! Once I decide on what to tackle, I'll solicit some help / advice from you guys. I think firstly, a C++ wrapper for any DragonFly specific system libraries or system calls

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-05-13 18:20, Petr Janda wrote: Are these Atheros based cards supported? http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=988ProductName=GN-WP01GT http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=952ProductName=GN-WPEAG

Re: X problem and pkg_add problem

2007-05-13 Thread arnuld
On 5/13/07, Erik Wikström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-13 18:02, arnuld wrote: i was unable to install X from pkg_add as pkg_add is not downloading anything. pkg_add www.pkgsrc-box.org/packages/stable/DragonFly-1.8/All/ just HANGS in there and doe snot do anything as my ADSL

Re: X problem and pkg_add problem

2007-05-13 Thread Erik Wikström
On 2007-05-13 18:52, arnuld wrote: On 5/13/07, Erik Wikström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-13 18:02, arnuld wrote: i was unable to install X from pkg_add as pkg_add is not downloading anything. pkg_add www.pkgsrc-box.org/packages/stable/DragonFly-1.8/All/ just HANGS in there and

Re: Development

2007-05-13 Thread Matthew Dillon
: :On Sun, May 13, 2007 8:00 am, km b wrote: : On 5/13/07, Simon corecode Schubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : follow-fork-mode for gdb, or maybe even start/finish the amd64 port. : : just wondering whether anybody has done any work on amd64 port earlier? : :Matt had done some work before when he

Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread Gergo Szakal
On Sun, 13 May 2007 09:54:45 -0400 (EDT) Justin C. Sherrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is from memory, so it may not be accurate: the 2.0 version of the installer uses Lua, and has some FreeBSD-ports-oriented stuff in there now, since it was being worked on for pfSense. It's a very slick

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
Erik Wikström wrote: Btw, this seems to come up all the time: linux: syscall madvise is obsoleted or not implemented (pid=1643) What application is that? That I would like to know too. It seems kind of strange that it says linux: as if the application was linux. Petr

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Sepherosa Ziehau
On 5/13/07, Petr Janda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried 2 different cards that use the ACX driver (one netgear, the other dlink) and neither of them are quite stable (same in windows) so Can you give more detailed information? this is not a DF problem. I need PCI or PCI-E card that

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=988ProductName=GN-WP01GT Uses this chipset: AR5005GS http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=952ProductName=GN-WPEAG Uses this chipset: AR5004G

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Sepherosa Ziehau
On 5/14/07, Erik Wikström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-13 18:20, Petr Janda wrote: Are these Atheros based cards supported? http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Communication/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=988ProductName=GN-WP01GT

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Trevor Kendall
That I would like to know too. It seems kind of strange that it says linux: as if the application was linux. Run /usr/bin/file on the necessary file(s).

Re: Root password restrictions

2007-05-13 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Sun, May 13, 2007 9:26 pm, Gergo Szakal wrote: OK, I have looked at the sources, it looks like it calls a set of lua files for every operation, and each lua file called may (and usually does) call other lua files. How can I build a test CD with the new installer to see what needs to be

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
Sepherosa Ziehau wrote: On 5/13/07, Petr Janda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried 2 different cards that use the ACX driver (one netgear, the other dlink) and neither of them are quite stable (same in windows) so Can you give more detailed information? Connection seems to fluctuate between

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Sepherosa Ziehau
On 5/14/07, Petr Janda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sepherosa Ziehau wrote: On 5/13/07, Petr Janda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried 2 different cards that use the ACX driver (one netgear, the other dlink) and neither of them are quite stable (same in windows) so Can you give more detailed

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
Sepherosa Ziehau wrote: .. Best Regards, sephe Thanks a lot Sephe, I switched to onoe and I am waiting to see whats the stability like. Could you summarize the difference between amrr and onoe? One of my previous emails listed 3 different atheros chipsets, could you please tell me

Re: Which wireless card?

2007-05-13 Thread Petr Janda
How much of the debug do you want?