Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine
Hi, 2) please advice me If I buy this machine is that a wise decision or refurbished machines are of high risk ? You have to ponder the fact that notebook are always fragile machines: - they are moved around often, so more subject to miss handeling (a notebook is more likely to fall from your lap than a desktop is likely to fall from your desk) - they are compact, less ventilation, more subject to over heating = component aging faster - they use smaller components, so less robusts I would always buy a new machine if I can. I hope you have a waranty that comes with your refurbished machine. Bests, olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: jail/system crash with mount_unionfs
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:37:40AM -0400, Jim typed: As you can see, there is a work around, so I'm not that /bothered/ by this, but it'd be nice to know what's up. Am I doing something wrong? If not, can anyone replicate this? Should I file a bug report? according to the manpage, unionfs is still buggy in 7.2: BUGS THIS FILE SYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. I'm using nullfs to do what you're trying and it just works. regards, Ruben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Out of memory during request for 32 bytes
Apache web server on 7-STABLE running nagios and OTRS. My problem is I cannot understand what I should increase to satisfy those memory-hungry Perl scripts? Out of memory during request for 32 bytes, total sbrk() is 17192960 bytes! Out of memory during request for 4072 bytes, total sbrk() is 17192960 bytes! Global $r object is not available. Set: PerlOptions +GlobalRequest in httpd.conf at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/CGI/Carp.pm line 553. Global $r object is not available. Set: PerlOptions +GlobalRequest in httpd.conf at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/CGI/Carp.pm line 553. -- per ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Strange behaviour on Gnome with FreeBSD-7.2
Hello, This message was earlier posted to freebsd-gnome, from where there was no response. I am consequently re-posting to freebsd-questions in hope of something better. I had FreeBSD-7.2 on my system a few days back, but had to reinstall it afresh last week. In the new install, I did not install any packages from the distribution media. Instead I built everything from ports. The previous installation used gnome packages from the distribution media itself. There is one problem that I faced with the old installation and am facing with the new installation as well. Upon startx, all font sizes (application, desktop, document, fixed, window title) are always one unit less (in size) compared to what they are set. The moment I right-click on the desktop and select 'Change desktop background', the font sizes get incremented to the correct values everywhere. With the new installation, I am facing additional - and much more serious - problems, maybe on account of something I have missed. 1) Window applications which normally remember their size and position (eg, Nautilus) have lost this capability. Now I have to resize and reposition these windows each time I exec gnome-session from .xinitrc 2) Resizing/repositioning windows happens in slow, jittery movements with the display getting wavy till the window is dropped into its desired size/position 3) Scrolling up and down a window (eg in Firefox3, Nautilus) using the mouse or the scrollbar is painfully slow, with the display again getting highly wavy. If anybody has any clue what could possibly be wrong with my setup, I would be grateful to find out what. Thanks in advance -- Regards Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Out of memory during request for 32 bytes
do uname -a if you are on 32-bit arch you may add kern.dfldsiz=2147483648 kern.maxdsiz=2147483648 to /boot/loader.conf but most likely you'll need to edit /etc/login.conf On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Apache web server on 7-STABLE running nagios and OTRS. My problem is I cannot understand what I should increase to satisfy those memory-hungry Perl scripts? Out of memory during request for 32 bytes, total sbrk() is 17192960 bytes! Out of memory during request for 4072 bytes, total sbrk() is 17192960 bytes! Global $r object is not available. Set: PerlOptions +GlobalRequest in httpd.conf at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/CGI/Carp.pm line 553. Global $r object is not available. Set: PerlOptions +GlobalRequest in httpd.conf at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/CGI/Carp.pm line 553. -- per ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine
I need an advice from FreeBSD users. I would like to buy a refurbished notebook from IBM. Model IBM T60I heard T60 series are excellent ? i heard too. but my T23 is :) Please see this URL and apecifications of the notebook http://www-304.ibm.com/shop/americas/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/default/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425958881storeId=1langId=-1categoryId=2576396dualCurrId=73catalogId=-840 I want to know 1) whether this notebook go well with FreeBSD-7.x versions ? should work. buying used older machine is actually low risk route. newer are usually less compatible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine
My loader.conf includes a few thinkpad-specific bits, like: # Intel wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN driver options. legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1 if_iwn_load=YES # Autoloaded modules. acpi_ibm_load=YES snd_hda_load=YES i needed only last 2 lines on my T31. Anyway acpi_ibm is really useful, like dev.acpi_ibm sysctl node - setting manual/automatic fan speeds etc. It is not obvious from the webpage you pasted if the T60 you are going to buy uses an Intel or ATI VGA chipset. I generally opt for Intel VGA At least intels are really supported with open sources. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine
You have to ponder the fact that notebook are always fragile machines: - they are moved around often, so more subject to miss handeling (a notebook is more likely to fall from your lap than a desktop is likely to fall from your desk) - they are compact, less ventilation, more subject to over heating = component aging faster - they use smaller components, so less robusts And the newer notebook is - the more cheaply it's made.. If you have old and new laptop, most probably new one will break first ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
FTP Server for individual client spaces
I run a small engineering company* that exchanges large files (CAD, etc.) with clients, and I want to keep the docs off my email server by setting up a stand alone FTP server where each client can upload and download its relevant files. As such, my own users/employees should be able to reach every client’s FTP space but each client should only be able to reach his own. As my users finish a doc, they place it in that client’s FTP directory and the client can log in and get it. As such, I don’t want any form of unauthenticated FTP. I’ve tried different combinations of group names and directory permissions without success, but chrooting users doesn’t seem to solve my problem either, and my two favorite BSD books – Tiemann et. al. (Unleashed) and Lucas (Absolute) take the same approach the man pages do, in my opinion, which guides you either into an all anonymous system, or a system suitable for organizations such as software distributors in which clients/users authenticate but then all access the same directory (/pub for example). I could use some help conceptualizing this. Is the solution ftpchroot? If so, it’s not clear how I can chroot each potential client into his own directory, as my understanding is that all chrooted users wind up at the same place (like /var/ftp/pub). Or is the solution that each client gets access to his own home directory; if so, how do I ensure my staff has access to each client’s home directory? Lastly, I’ve also been reading up on PureFTP, which seems to have some advanced configuration potential (including LDAP authentication, something else that interests me) but it’s not clear that using an alternative product is indicated here. This seems like something other organizations must have dealt with, so I must be missing something fundamental. Can someone point me in the right direction? Finally, I’m aware FTP has inherent security liabilities as passwords cross the net in clear text, but I’m not convinced casual users on Windows boxes will be able to manage fun stuff like SSH connections or alternative software, like SCP. In my experience, the “modern” windows user accesses FTP sites using Internet Explorer, which is tremendously underwhelming. As such I am choosing a stand alone box on which no other services are running (mail, X, etc.). Am I right? Or is there some better method that won’t be too complex for the casual Windows user? Thanks advance for the pointers. Randy -- www.therandymon.com *Actually, this is all hypothetical, but I’m learning server admin so I can cross this bridge when the time comes, and having a lot of fun, naturally, since right now my screw ups don’t count! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FTP Server for individual client spaces
On Friday 10 July 2009 16:10:24 RS Wood wrote: I run a small engineering company* that exchanges large files (CAD, etc.) with clients, and I want to keep the docs off my email server by setting up a stand alone FTP server where each client can upload and download its relevant files. As such, my own users/employees should be able to reach every client’s FTP space but each client should only be able to reach his own. As my users finish a doc, they place it in that client’s FTP directory and the client can log in and get it. As such, I don’t want any form of unauthenticated FTP. [snip] Is the solution ftpchroot? If so, it’s not clear how I can chroot each potential client into his own directory, as my understanding is that all chrooted users wind up at the same place (like /var/ftp/pub). Or is the solution that each client gets access to his own home directory; if so, how do I ensure my staff has access to each client’s home directory? I haven't tried this, but man ftpd.conf suggests something along the lines of: chroot chroot /some/path/%u where the second chroot is the ftp class, and %u will be expanded to the username. Make sure all your external users are in ftp class chroot (by putting their usernames in /etc/ftpchroot), and make /some/path group-owned and group-readable by a group all your staff are in (the group ownership of a directory automatically propagates to new directories created below it). Let us know how it goes! Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FTP Server for individual client spaces
RS Wood wrote: I run a small engineering company* that exchanges large files (CAD, etc.) with clients, and I want to keep the docs off my email server by setting up a stand alone FTP server where each client can upload and download its relevant files. As such, my own users/employees should be able to reach every client’s FTP space but each client should only be able to reach his own. As my users finish a doc, they place it in that client’s FTP directory and the client can log in and get it. As such, I don’t want any form of unauthenticated FTP. I’ve tried different combinations of group names and directory permissions without success, but chrooting users doesn’t seem to solve my problem either, and my two favorite BSD books – Tiemann et. al. (Unleashed) and Lucas (Absolute) take the same approach the man pages do, in my opinion, which guides you either into an all anonymous system, or a system suitable for organizations such as software distributors in which clients/users authenticate but then all access the same directory (/pub for example). I could use some help conceptualizing this. Is the solution ftpchroot? It works for us, for the users who still need FTP access: # cp /sbin/nologin /sbin/ftp-only # echo /sbin/ftp-only /etc/shells # adduser homedir == /ftp/username shell == /sbin/ftp-only I then: # cd /ftp/username # rm -r .* # echo username /etc/ftpchroot Now, you can create staff accounts in the same way, but set their home directory as /ftp. They'll be able to traverse the entire FTP tree from there. Just ensure that the /ftp directory structure is owned by a group that your staff accounts are in, and that all of the sub directories are modded with appropriate permissions. If so, it’s not clear how I can chroot each potential client into his own directory, as my understanding is that all chrooted users wind up at the same place (like /var/ftp/pub). Or is the solution that each client gets access to his own home directory; Yes, each to their own home dir. if so, how do I ensure my staff has access to each client’s home directory? I'm assuming that your staff will be using FTP as well. Simply assign their home directory to the root FTP directory. Lastly, I’ve also been reading up on PureFTP, which seems to have some advanced configuration potential (including LDAP authentication, something else that interests me) but it’s not clear that using an alternative product is indicated here. This seems like something other organizations must have dealt with, so I must be missing something fundamental. Can someone point me in the right direction? Finally, I’m aware FTP has inherent security liabilities as passwords cross the net in clear text, but I’m not convinced casual users on Windows boxes will be able to manage fun stuff like SSH connections or alternative software, like SCP. Provide them a link to a client software that uses SFTP. I use WinSCP (portable), which defaults to SFTP, and provides the server, username and password fields as soon as it is launched. Hope I didn't miss anything ;) Steve smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: FTP Server for individual client spaces
In the last episode (Jul 10), Steve Bertrand said: RS Wood wrote: Finally, I'm aware FTP has inherent security liabilities as passwords cross the net in clear text, but I'm not convinced casual users on Windows boxes will be able to manage fun stuff like SSH connections or alternative software, like SCP. Provide them a link to a client software that uses SFTP. I use WinSCP (portable), which defaults to SFTP, and provides the server, username and password fields as soon as it is launched. WinSCP is good. Other nice free SFTP clients are FileZilla (has Windows, OS X and Unix versions) and muCommander (Java so it will run on anything). http://www.winscp.net/ http://www.filezilla-project.org/ http://www.mucommander.com/ -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Xorg - how can I configure this thing??
Hello. 6. Make sure the following 2 lines are in /etc/rc.conf: hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES That's not necessary if you (re)configure X server without HAL. Just pointing, since lots of people recommends anybody with input problems to add those lines. It's still possible to run X server without HAL, even the newest one. -best regards, Jakub Lach -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Xorg---how-can-I-configure-this-thing---tp24417470p24428745.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FTP Server for individual client spaces
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 03:10:24PM +0100, RS Wood typed: I run a small engineering company* that exchanges large files (CAD, etc.) with clients, and I want to keep the docs off my email server by setting up a stand alone FTP server where each client can upload and download its relevant files. As such, my own users/employees should be able to reach every client???s FTP space but each client should only be able to reach his own. As my users finish a doc, they place it in that client???s FTP directory and the client can log in and get it. As such, I don???t want any form of unauthenticated FTP. Do your employees need access through the same ftp server? You could serve them any other way (e.g. internally export the entire ftp tree as an NFS or CIFS share). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
dump hangs on 7.1
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 r...@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz (2496.26-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0x1067a Stepping = 10 AMD Features=0x2010NX,LM AMD Features2=0x1LAHF Cores per package: 4 real memory = 3484745728 (3323 MB) avail memory = 3405537280 (3247 MB) ACPI APIC Table: DELL PE_SC3 FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3 /sbin/dump -0uanL -f - / | ssh dump_ima...@xxx.net dd of=/var/ftp/dump_images/mx1-root-test dump has completed only once. Several other dumps have all gotten under way, target file is created and increases until the hang. CTRL-C gets back to shell,eg: DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Jul 10 10:25:33 2009 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/da0s1d (/usr) to standard output DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 1713942 tape blocks. DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] ^C DUMP: Interrupt received. DUMP: Do you want to abort dump?: (yes or no) Killed by signal 2. DUMP: Broken pipe DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. Hangs always in Pass IV Plenty of google hits for dump hang freebsd 7.1 but I can't find one with a solution. Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine
On Fri 10 Jul 2009 at 07:10:20 PDT Wojciech Puchar wrote: You have to ponder the fact that notebook are always fragile machines: - they are moved around often, so more subject to miss handeling (a notebook is more likely to fall from your lap than a desktop is likely to fall from your desk) - they are compact, less ventilation, more subject to over heating = component aging faster - they use smaller components, so less robusts And the newer notebook is - the more cheaply it's made.. If you have old and new laptop, most probably new one will break first ;) In my experience, electronic parts fail within a year of manufacture if they're going to fail at all. Heat-related problems are mainly of two kinds: bad solder joints and parts that are drawing more current than they're spec'd to do. Both kinds of problems usually shake out in the first year. Mechanical problems, otoh, are the bane of portable devices. If I were buying a used notebook, I'd take a close look at the hinges, switches, keyboard and any other moving parts. I'd factor in the cost of a new harddrive as it's very likely to need one -- if not now, soon. I've also had numerous problems with the sockets for the AC adaptor plug. I think that design was intended for stationary devices, not devices that you're holding on your lap and moving around a lot while they're plugged in. (Not to mention tripping over the cord!) After a while they seem to come loose and the plug no longer makes good contact. In one case, I had to open up the machine and resolder the socket to the board. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
question about a driver - Gigabit - HP NC362i
hello all any chance of the following NIC working with the latests freeBSD release: Embedded HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port Gigabit Server Adaptor FreeBSD's hardware release notes dont look very promising thanks João Pagaime ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Why this flash drive not detected in devd?
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:41:28PM -0500, Sagara Wijetunga wrote:
Roland Smith writes:
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 11:22:16PM +0800, Sagara Wijetunga wrote:
Hi FreeBSD community
This is FreeBSD 7.2 on i386.
sysctl -a | grep dev.umass
dev.umass.1.%desc: Imation Flash Drive, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 3
dev.umass.1.%driver: umass
dev.umass.1.%location: port=6 interface=0
dev.umass.1.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x0718 product=0x0081 devclass=0x00
devsubclass=0x00
release=0x0103 sernum=14925B00 intclass=0x08 intsubclass=0x06
dev.umass.1.%parent: uhub4
Following added to /etc/devd.conf:
1. Imation Flash Drive, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 3
attach 200 {
match vendor 0x0718;
match product 0x0081;
match serial 14925B00;
action touch /tmp/Imation-Flash-Drive-detected;
};
Could I know why the flash drive is not detected on attach?
The USB subsystem isn't currently equipped to notify devd (technically,
the devctl_notify function isn't used in the USB stack). So the only
notification you'll get is when devfs creates a device. Since there is
no predictable link between a USB device and a disk device, info from
the USB stack would be less then usefull.
You can check this by reading from /dev/devctrl (when devd is not
running, since this device can only be opened by one program at a time)
just after you plugged in the device. For my usb thumbdrive I get:
cat /dev/devctl
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=pass2
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=da0
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=da0s1
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=msdosfs/RFS1
While sysctl gives:
dev.umass.0.%desc: vendor 0x3538 USB Mass Storage Device, class 0/0, rev
2.00/1.00, addr 2
dev.umass.0.%driver: umass
dev.umass.0.%location: port=4 interface=0
dev.umass.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x3538 product=0x0042 devclass=0x00
devsubclass=0x00 release=0x0100
sernum=0004E1 intclass=0x08 intsubclass=0x06
dev.umass.0.%parent: uhub4
So for now, you'll have to match on the creation of da* devices, or
labels if you use those.
Roland, thanks for the reply.
Here is my side info on FreeBSD 7.2:
cat /dev/devctl
? at port=6 vendor=0x0718 product=0x0081 devclass=0x00 devsubclass=0x00
release=0x0103
sernum=14925B00 on uhub4
The ? means Unknown device detected. See devctl(4). This is _not_
noticed be devd, I think
+umass1 vendor=0x0718 product=0x0081 devclass=0x00 devsubclass=0x00
release=0x0103
sernum=14925B00 intclass=0x08 intsubclass=0x06 at port=6 interface=0
vendor=0x0718
product=0x0081 devclass=0x00 devsubclass=0x00 release=0x0103
sernum=14925B00 intclass=0x08
intsubclass=0x06 on uhub4
Note that while + denotes a device creation event, it is for umass1,
not for a disk device.
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=pass4
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=da4
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=da4s1
!system=DEVFS subsystem=CDEV type=CREATE cdev=msdosfs/
I have few questions:
1. Above shows info we need available under '?' and '+' lines. What
we need is vendor, product and sernum. Can these be accessed in
addition to cdev?
Not currently. The hooks into the USB subsystem are missing.
But even if they were there, that info is not very usefull in
itself. You also need to know the disk device number that the USB drive
gets! If there were hooks in the USB system, you would get _multiple_
events in devd:
1) USB device plugged in. (serial no etc...)
2) pass device created by devfs
3) da devices created by devfs
4) msdodfs/ devices created by devfs.
So you would need to remember the first event until the device creation
happens. Devd itself has no facilities for that. Sure, you can cobble
something together with tempoeary files etc., but that would be fragile.
And as I've said before, there is no one-on-one link between a USB
device that gets plugged in and the disk device that is assigned to it!
2. Is this issue been fixed in FreeBSD 8.0?
I don't know. The USB stack was rewritten for 8.0. Ask on the -current
or -hackers list.
3. Can you or someone think of a patch against FreeBSD 7.2 to provide
vendor, product and sernum in addition to cdev? It's very big help
someone could extend to us to release Tomahawk Desktop
As I explained above, this would not accomplish what you want.
Again, maybe you should check out sysutils/hal.
Roland
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Asus P5VD2-MX SE mobo and Xorg
it-kbuff-fbsd# uname -a FreeBSD it-kbuff-fbsd 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 r...@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Can't seem to make it go. Complete contents of xorg.conf below, but symptoms first: I can start X, via 'startx' but the screen hangs - mouse and keyboard are not responsive. I have to ssh in from another machine to kill Xorg. I've installed xfce4, and the box is up to date - I csuped ports yesterday and updated everything. I've looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but don't see anything that looks like a real failure. I've even tried launching xorg and xfce4 as root - no joy. xorg.conf, at /home/kbuff, seems to show the correct video card, so any suggestions welcome. Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ EndSection Section Module Load extmod Load record Load dbe Load glx Load dri Load dri2 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/sysmouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option PrintVGARegs # [bool] #Option PrintTVRegs # [bool] #Option I2CScan # [bool] #Option VBEModes # [bool] #Option NoAccel # [bool] #Option AccelMethod # str #Option ExaNoComposite# [bool] #Option ExaScratchSize# i #Option SWCursor # [bool] #Option ShadowFB # [bool] #Option Rotate# [str] #Option VideoRAM # i #Option ActiveDevice # [str] #Option BusWidth # [str] #Option Center# [bool] #Option PanelSize # [str] #Option ForcePanel# [bool] #Option TVDotCrawl# [bool] #Option TVDeflicker # i #Option TVType# [str] #Option TVOutput # [str] #Option DisableVQ # [bool] #Option DisableIRQ# [bool] #Option EnableAGPDMA # [bool] #Option NoAGPFor2D# [bool] #Option NoXVDMA # [bool] #Option VbeSaveRestore# [bool] #Option DisableXvBWCheck # [bool] #Option MaxDRIMem # i #Option AGPMem# i Identifier Card0 Driver openchrome VendorName VIA Technologies, Inc. BoardName P4M890 [S3 UniChrome Pro] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: question about a driver - Gigabit - HP NC362i
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 07:33:37PM +0100, João Pagaime wrote: hello all any chance of the following NIC working with the latests freeBSD release: Embedded HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port Gigabit Server Adaptor FreeBSD's hardware release notes dont look very promising Looks like a quite good chance of it working. That controller is apparently based around Intel's 82576 controller chip, which should be supported by the igb(4) driver. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Matlab running on linux wrapper
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Re: Matlab running on linux wrapper
Daniel Underwood wrote: Will binaries running on the linux binaries wrapper run slower due to having to be run on the linux layer? It depends. In most cases, it will just run as fine as on Linux, sometimes it is even faster. The Linux compatibility is no emulation, it just translates syscalls, so you shouldn't notice a performance-hit in 99% of cases... but of course there are corner cases where it could be that the performance of your Linux-binary on FreeBSD is not 100% as fast as Linux. See the Handbook for a deeper understanding of how the Linux compatibility is working :) Cheers, steinex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: question about a driver - Gigabit - HP NC362i
Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 07:33:37PM +0100, João Pagaime wrote:
hello all
any chance of the following NIC working with
the latests freeBSD release:
Embedded HP NC362i Integrated Dual Port Gigabit Server Adaptor
FreeBSD's hardware release notes dont look very promising
Looks like a quite good chance of it working.
That controller is apparently based around Intel's 82576 controller chip,
which should be supported by the igb(4) driver.
And found in if_igb.c:
{ 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_82576, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},
{ 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_82576_FIBER, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},
{ 0x8086, E1000_DEV_ID_82576_SERDES,PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0},
So it might work. And if it doesn't because of some minor problem it might
be fairly straightforward to get it going as Intel has a driver developer
who is plugged into the community.
-Mike
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Re: Asus P5VD2-MX SE mobo and Xorg
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:00, Kurt Buffkurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: it-kbuff-fbsd# uname -a FreeBSD it-kbuff-fbsd 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 r...@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Putting in hald_enable=YES and commenting out moused_enable=YES fixed the issue. All these newfangled ways of doing things get confusing at times. Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FixIt CD Tool Availability - SOLVED
Michel Talon wrote: Drew Tomlinson wrote: The command 'gmirror label root ad8a ad6a' does not return an error but no device is created in /dev/mirror The command 'zpool create data raid1z ad14d ad12d ad8d ad6d' gives me an error about the ZFS library being unavailable. Are these tools supposed to work when using the Fix It CD? If not, does 7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso have these tools? One can load kernel modules from the fixit cdrom, but as far as i remember this requires some manipulations. What i do is, from the fixit prompt: chroot /mnt2 to go to the full system available on the cdrom under /mnt2. But then required things are missing, so i do further: mount -t devfs devfs /dev because access to /dev is frequently required, and for commodity set -o emacs (to have shell history and editing) export PAGER=more (to be able to access man pages) After that one has a more or less standard environment. Sometimes one needs a writable filesystem, for example for accessing internet (dhclient, resolv.conf, etc.) mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp does that. It would be nice to have a shell script on the fixit cdrom doing similar things automatically when one accesses fixit. In your case i suspect appropriate kernel modules were not loaded and commands failed silently. For the archives, the above works. I don't know what I did wrong the first day I tried. However after walking away for a few days and then starting over, the commands above gave me a functional FixIt environment. Thanks! Cheers, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Attempting ZFS Only Install of 7.2
I'm following guides at: http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/ http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook http://menelkir.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/howto-install-freebsd-under-zfs-including-root-part-2/ If I understand correctly, only the first link is about setting up ZFS using gptzfsboot and not a UFS partition so I used it as my primary guide. I've gone through the steps below but can't do the one to copy zpool.cache to my zpool(s). Although the 'zpool import' and 'zpool export' succeed, I can not find zpool.cache (not even using 'find / -iname zpool.cache' anywhere to copy. I've tried rebooting once after skipping this step and got stuck at the boot prompt. Upon rebooting with the LiveDVD and entering FixIt, I did not have any zpools anymore. Not knowing what else to do, I started over from creating zpools. And now I'm here again. The only step left is to copy zpool.cache and I can't. What must I do to ensure that my zpools will survive reboot? I've included my exact steps below for reference. My system has 4 drives. I booted from the LiveDVD, entered the FixIt shell, and partitioned them as follows using gpart: ad6 - 750 GB ad6p1 - 128KB freebsd-boot ad6p2 - 512MB freebsd-zfs ad6p3 - 512MB freebsd-swap ad6p4 - 465GB freebsd-zfs ad6p5 - 233GB freebsd-ufs ad8 - 500 GB ad8p1 - 128KB freebsd-boot ad8p2 - 512MB freebsd-zfs ad8p3 - 512MB freebsd-swap ad8p4 - 465GB freebsd-zfs ad12 - 500 GB ad12p1 - 1024MB freebsd-swap ad12p2 - 465GB freebsd-zfs ad14 - 500 GB ad14p1 - 1024MB freebsd-swap ad14p2 - 465GB freebsd-zfs I used gptzfsboot from the 8.1-Beta1 iso and used a USB key mounted at /tmp/da0 to copy it to the system. Basically I did: gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /tmp/da0/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad6 gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /tmp/da0/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad8 Next I chrooted into /dist to make a more normal for me environment. To get a good environment I performed these commands: 1. chroot /dist 2. mount -t devfs devfs /dev 3. mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp 4. set -o emacs Next I created two zpools: kldload zfs.ko zpool create root mirror /dev/ad6p1 /dev/ad8p1 zpool create data raid1z /dev/ad6p4 /dev/ad8p4 /dev/ad12p2 /dev/ad14p2 Because /root exists, the root zpool was mounted there. However /data doesn't exist and can't be created because FixIt is a read-only file system and thus the error. But in both cases, the zpool was created. Now to unmount zfs:root from /root: zfs umount root To stop zfs automounting for now, I set mount properties on the two zpools: zfs set mountpoint=none root zfs set mountpoint=none data Next I created zfs filesystems for usr and var: zfs create data/usr zfs create data/var I mounted my destination filesystems under /mnt as so: mount -t zfs root /mnt mkdir /mnt/usr mkdir /mnt/var mount -t zfs data/usr /mnt/usr mount -t zfs data/var /mnt/var Next, copy contets of LiveDVD system to destination filesystems: cd / cp -Rv bin boot etc lib libexec root sbin tmp usr var /mnt (Note: I excluded 'rescue' because on the LiveDVD it's 478MB and thus, too large for my 512MB root filesystem. I don't know why it's so big on the LiveDVD because its only around 7MB on a running 7.2 system I checked. I'm excluding and hoping my next 'make world' resolves this.) mkdir /mnt/dev Create/edit /mnt/boot/loader.conf as follows: zfs_load=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=zfs:tank And now I'm at the part where I'm stuck at copying the zpool.cache file. Help? Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
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Subversion URL for FreeBSD souce...
List, What's the right URL for a subversion checkout of the freeBSD source? For example, svn checkout svn://somewhere/RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE While I use subversion for personal projects, I've never checked out the FreeBSD sources with it. A kick in the right direction would be great :) Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Subversion URL for FreeBSD souce...
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Modulokmodu...@gmail.com wrote: List, What's the right URL for a subversion checkout of the freeBSD source? For example, svn checkout svn://somewhere/RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE While I use subversion for personal projects, I've never checked out the FreeBSD sources with it. A kick in the right direction would be great :) http://svn.freebsd.org/base/release/7.2.0/ -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Prevent reboot-after-panic behavior?
I'm trying to figure out a strange panic issue (see: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-July/201842.html). The problem is I generally need to run it overnight in order to reproduce it. By the time I get back to it, the machine has auto-rebooted, losing precious info in ttyv0. I cannot simply analyze a dump because the dump fails (see other thread for that info - possibly a separate issue). I am working on getting the dump to succeed, but in the meantime: Is there a way to turn off the auto-reboot behavior? I found this link: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=438372 But it is about turning it *on* and is somewhat old. Is there a way to change the behavior without recompiling the kernel? Thanks -John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Prevent reboot-after-panic behavior?
Hi. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:25 AM, jwjwde...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to figure out a strange panic issue (see: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-July/201842.html). The problem is I generally need to run it overnight in order to reproduce it. By the time I get back to it, the machine has auto-rebooted, losing precious info in ttyv0. I cannot simply analyze a dump because the dump fails (see other thread for that info - possibly a separate issue). I am working on getting the dump to succeed, but in the meantime: Is there a way to turn off the auto-reboot behavior? I found this link: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=438372 But it is about turning it *on* and is somewhat old. Is there a way to change the behavior without recompiling the kernel? If you don't have debugging enabled in the kernel (KDB, DDB), no. If you do, you can set the following sysctl to disable automatic reboot on panic: debug.debugger_on_panic: 1 HTH. -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
