boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Mitiouchev
Hi! Last night was like a nightmare... I was compiling DF kernel.. I really like it. I do it all the time. When I typed F12, which on my hax0r (;-P) keyboard means make installkernel it ran and... I saw a LOT OF errors from kernel, in h4x0rized (;-P) red color on my beutiful DF console (R.I.P.).

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 25.09.2006 um 08:33 schrieb Vladimir Mitiouchev: It was complete mess, but i recovered about 90% of system and 100% of my private data. I smiled, and did a coffee brake. Than reboot... The same. So, fdisk -b /dev/ad0, disklabel -B /dev/ad0s2... Reboot and.. Missing operating system. IMHO,

how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread David Aubril
Well, I just joined the list, and I am sorry to start with such a question. I was wondering how to install gnome from the binary set. I looked at the packages that have just been uploaded in the test repository, but there is no package called gnome or gnome-base. So, with the binary set of

Re: Is fc-cache broken on -current?

2006-09-25 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 03:05:44PM -0700, walt wrote: Can anyone confirm this error with the latest fontconfig from pkgsrc? # fc-cache -v /usr/pkg/xorg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF /usr/pkg/xorg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF: caching, 22 fonts, 0 dirs /usr/pkg/xorg/lib/X11/fonts/TTF: failed to write cache

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Petr Janda
You can try installing gnome-session. It will pull all its dependencies and afterwards you should have a nearly complete gnome desktop. I believe. Ive never tried it but I think it might be worth a shot. Petr David Aubril wrote: Well, I just joined the list, and I am sorry to start with such

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Sun, September 24, 2006 2:50 pm, David Aubril wrote: Well, I just joined the list, and I am sorry to start with such a question. I was wondering how to install gnome from the binary set. I looked at the packages that have just been uploaded in the test repository, but there is no package

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Mitiouchev
2006/9/25, Markus Hitter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: IMHO, a good measure when running in development OSs is to have at least two independant installations. One installation for compiling and testing new stuff, another one in known good shape for recovery. Once the test OS runs a few days to your

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Mitiouchev
2006/9/25, Gergo Szakal [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Check the IDE cable and try setting the block mode to Large in BIOS. It's all about geometry, i think. IDE cable is tested, 40-wires but *working*. Changing block mode do not help. Q: Where can i found working LBA geometry for my 200GB disk? BIOS says

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:12:31AM -0400, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: Set PKG_PATH to 'ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/All' And pkg_add all the dependencies listed here: http://pkgsrc.se/meta-pkgs/gnome You can cut-and-paste yourself a list

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 03:54:37PM +0200, Geert Hendrickx wrote: On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:12:31AM -0400, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: Set PKG_PATH to 'ftp://packages.stura.uni-rostock.de/pkgsrc-current/DragonFly/1.6.0-RELEASE/i386/All' And pkg_add all the dependencies listed here:

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread David Aubril
Hum. In fact, there is no gnome-session binary package. So, I pkg_added a whole bunch of things ( gdm, gnome-desktop, gnome-menu, gnome-panel, etc. ). But still no gnome-session. Well, i can try to build the rest from pkgsrc2006Q3, but if you say that they are broken on dragonfly... Justin

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Mon, September 25, 2006 9:54 am, Geert Hendrickx wrote: Huh? Or just pkg_add the gnome meta-pkg... Yes - except there isn't a binary for that. In that case, he could build from source, but it would take forever, and probably bomb out at some point because it would hit a package it couldn't

Re: how to install gnome ?

2006-09-25 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 05:51:06PM +0200, David Aubril wrote: Hum. In fact, there is no gnome-session binary package. So, I pkg_added a whole bunch of things ( gdm, gnome-desktop, gnome-menu, gnome-panel, etc. ). But still no gnome-session. Oh, that was the old tree. I've killed it now, it

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread walt
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Vladimir Mitiouchev wrote: I got it working! system boot and give me a shell. Recovered almost all stuff from /etc and others.. Now doing make installworld. Q: Is there any simple solution to reinstall all my pkg's? Not so fast! I think you should explain how you fixed

DRI with ATI graphics chip

2006-09-25 Thread Thomas Schlesinger
Hi, I've seen, there's a drm module in the source code. I use an ATI Mobility X600 PCIe chip in my notebook. I've loaded the radeon.ko module and have an empty directory /dev/dri, but the Xorg.0.log tells me: [..] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1,

Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
Followed the advice here: http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2006-05/msg00148.html and tried to pass thru the traffic of the whole dormitory but it does not seem to pass packets (even with PF disabled). With OpenBSD 3.8, I have done the same (/etc/bridgename.bridge0 and same PF

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Mitiouchev
2006/9/25, walt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not so fast! I think you should explain how you fixed the problem and share with us any valuable lessons you learned from your adventure. Did you find the plastic knife to be of any use? I ran LiveCD. Did some lost+found recovering to get base system

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Bill Hacker
Gergo Szakal wrote: Followed the advice here: http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2006-05/msg00148.html and tried to pass thru the traffic of the whole dormitory but it does not seem to pass packets (even with PF disabled). With OpenBSD 3.8, I have done the same

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
Bill Hacker wrote: OK - do you mean to: - route, NAT, DHCP share a connection for (all those folks)? - firewall/filter for them? - proxy some service(s)? - electronically vampire-tap their traffic? Or what? FWIW, a 'bridging' arrangement is often one of the hardest-working ways to do

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Bill Hacker
Vladimir Mitiouchev wrote: *snip* PS2 Thanks God i wasn't running softupdates! Muhh... don't be too sure... 'Softupdates' have saved me far more grief than they have ever contributed to. Lot's of folk misunderstand what they do - and how quickly they can post if all the kit is properly

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread walt
Gergo Szakal wrote: ..and I am also sick tired of OpenBSD. I confess in advance that this is a mild troll Is your sickness caused by technical problems, or perhaps some kind of difficulty with politics or personalities?

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
walt wrote: Gergo Szakal wrote: ...and I am also sick tired of OpenBSD. I confess in advance that this is a mild troll Is your sickness caused by technical problems, or perhaps some kind of difficulty with politics or personalities? Both (don't wanna explain here, it would be OT). And that

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Vladimir Mitiouchev
2006/9/25, Bill Hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PS2 Thanks God i wasn't running softupdates! 'Softupdates' have saved me far more grief than they have ever contributed to. Lot's of folk misunderstand what they do - and how quickly they can post if all the kit is properly configured. Can You write

Re: DRI with ATI graphics chip

2006-09-25 Thread Tiv
Thomas Schlesinger wrote: Hi, I've seen, there's a drm module in the source code. I use an ATI Mobility X600 PCIe chip in my notebook. I've loaded the radeon.ko module and have an empty directory /dev/dri, but the Xorg.0.log tells me: [..] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0

looking for pkgsrc user ...

2006-09-25 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
I am looking for an experienced pkgsrc user (not a pkgsrc committer) on DragonFly who also has experience with DragonFly's previous packaging system. This is for an interview article. Please email me off-list. Thanks.

Re: looking for pkgsrc user ...

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: I am looking for an experienced pkgsrc user (not a pkgsrc committer) on DragonFly who also has experience with DragonFly's previous packaging system. This is for an interview article. Please email me off-list. Thanks. As soon as the interview gets finished, post here,

Re: boot problem, disk mess.. thinking of suicide.

2006-09-25 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Vladimir Mitiouchev wrote: 2006/9/25, Bill Hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: PS2 Thanks God i wasn't running softupdates! 'Softupdates' have saved me far more grief than they have ever contributed to. Lot's of folk misunderstand what they do - and how quickly they can post if all the kit is

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread walt
Gergo Szakal wrote: walt wrote: Gergo Szakal wrote: ...and I am also sick tired of OpenBSD. I confess in advance that this is a mild troll Is your sickness caused by technical problems, or perhaps some kind of difficulty with politics or personalities? Both (don't wanna explain here,

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
walt wrote: Your technical skill has been obvious all along Hehe, you haven't read through my posts carefully enough then. :-P you demonstrate political ability as well. Kinda belongs to my profession.

Re: DRI with ATI graphics chip

2006-09-25 Thread Joseph Garcia
Thomas Schlesinger wrote: Hi, I've seen, there's a drm module in the source code. I use an ATI Mobility X600 PCIe chip in my notebook. I've loaded the radeon.ko module and have an empty directory /dev/dri, but the Xorg.0.log tells me: [..] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Gergo Szakal
Argh, I tracked down the problem to pf itself. With this ruleset it works: -- int_if=sk0 ext_if=sk1 intnet={xxx.xxx.118.64/26,xxx.1xxx14.118.224/27} tcp_opts=flags S/SA modulate state # Options: tune the behavior of pf, default

Re: Bridging again

2006-09-25 Thread Tiv
Gergo Szakal wrote: Argh, I tracked down the problem to pf itself. With this ruleset it works: -- int_if=sk0 ext_if=sk1 intnet={xxx.xxx.118.64/26,xxx.1xxx14.118.224/27} tcp_opts=flags S/SA modulate state # Options: tune the

Re: DRI with ATI graphics chip

2006-09-25 Thread Thomas Schlesinger
Am Montag, 25. September 2006 23:57 schrieb Tiv: snip Hi there Thomas --- Sorry, but to my understanding, anything ATI newer than Radeon 9200 series (Rv280) does not have the native kernel level support for DRI/DRM under Xorg running on any BSD or linux. Ok, I've thought the free

Re: EuroBSDCon registration Open

2006-09-25 Thread Bill Hacker
Massimiliano Stucchi wrote: Hi all, we finally made it, the registration for EuroBSDCon 2006 - Milan is now open to everybody. Please register as soon as possible to ensure a seat for you at the event ! go to http://www.eurobsdcon.org/register/ and complete the registration process. It is