Re: 'Serious' crypto?
Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: ... I don't think you could get support cover with a 4 hour on-site response from Soekris... OTOH, given the price difference, one could afford to keep a whole spare system on hand. ___ 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
VHS to file codec recommendation
Dear list, I've built a system to digitize content from VHS video tapes. The setting consists of a 2 GHz P4 with a BrookTree based video grabber card (supported by bktr driver) and a C-Media sound card (supported by cmi driver). The video card does only have mono sound input, so I'm using the sound card's line in for stereo audio. A proper cable from a SCART to a Cinch connector and a 3,5mm TRS connector has been created. I can already play on screen and through speakers with this command: mplayer tv://0 on:driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0:norm=PAL:noaudio:input=2 I am intending to use mencoder for the whole process. Which codec would you recommend for encoding? I'm searching for a solution that doesn't introduce too much loss of quality (as the tape's quality usually is considered bad enough), and the resulting files should not be too big. If possible (but not needed), they should be playable by hardware DVD players (given the situation when a digitized video is put into a ISO-9660 image on a DVD). Can you give an example for the proper encoding parameters (frame rate, audio rate, resolution and so on)? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
disabling uhid driver
Hello, I'm attempting to use a usb connected CyberPower UPS on generic kernel FreeBSD 7.1: ~ FreeBSD epicenter 7.1-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p8 #0: Fri Oct 2 07:10:41 UTC 2009 r...@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 ~ The UPS uses an hid interface and apparently the uhid driver is preventing the ugen driver from attaching to this device. It keeps connecting and disconnecting (from messages): ~ May 26 14:16:42 epicenter kernel: uhid0: CPS CP425HG, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2 on uhub1 May 26 14:17:04 epicenter kernel: uhid0: at uhub1 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected May 26 14:17:04 epicenter kernel: uhid0: detached May 26 14:17:07 epicenter root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0764 product 0x0501 bus uhub1 May 26 14:17:08 epicenter kernel: uhid0: CPS CP425HG, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2 on uhub1 May 26 14:17:11 epicenter kernel: uhid0: at uhub1 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected May 26 14:17:11 epicenter kernel: uhid0: detached ~ I use no other hid devices. Is there some way, short of recompiling the kernel, to disable uhid, for this device or entirely? I hope to configure the nut utility which utilizes ugen and libusb. Thanks for any suggestions! johnea ___ 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: VHS to file codec recommendation
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:47:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: Dear list, I've built a system to digitize content from VHS video tapes. The setting consists of a 2 GHz P4 with a BrookTree based video grabber card (supported by bktr driver) and a C-Media sound card (supported by cmi driver). The video card does only have mono sound input, so I'm using the sound card's line in for stereo audio. A proper cable from a SCART to a Cinch connector and a 3,5mm TRS connector has been created. I can already play on screen and through speakers with this command: mplayer tv://0 on:driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0:norm=PAL:noaudio:input=2 Use the '-dumpstream' and '-dumpfile foo.dump' options to save output to disk. I am intending to use mencoder for the whole process. Which codec would you recommend for encoding? If you want to stick to mencoder, use x264 with mp3 audio. I've got the following in ~/.mplayer/mencoder.conf: [hqmovie] profile-desc=High-quality movie encoding. ovc=x264=1 oac=mp3lame=1 x264encopts=subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3 x264encopts=weight_b:qp=18:threads=auto idx=1 Ecoding the movie is done with: mencoder -profile hqmovie -o foo.avi foo.dump I'm searching for a solution that doesn't introduce too much loss of quality (as the tape's quality usually is considered bad enough), and the resulting files should not be too big. Bad tape quality will mean bigger files, I'm afraid. You could try some of the filtering options of mencoder. See the VIDEO FILTERS section of mencoder(1). Which filter to use is a bit of trial-and-error depending on the quality of the material you've got. Use mplayer to cut a short but relevant section from your material, and experiment on it with different filter parameters. Start with e.g. '-vf pp=de/-al' or '-vf hqdn3d'. Using the 'decimate' filter might reduce filesize as well. Using the 'unsharp' filter might help as well. If possible (but not needed), they should be playable by hardware DVD players (given the situation when a digitized video is put into a ISO-9660 image on a DVD). In that case you should stick to MPEG2 video with AC3 audio. This will not be the smallest file, though. This combo should work on all players, I believe. Other than this, the capabilities of hardware players varies greatly. Using Ogg Theora video with Ogg Vorbis audio in a Matroška container usually gives the smallest files for me, when encoding good quality material; ffmpeg2theora -v 8 -a 2 foo.dump mkvmerge -o foo.mkv foo.ogv rm foo.ogv Hope this helps. :-/ Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpllvDoIVjiG.pgp Description: PGP signature
benchmark graphs, which software to use?
Dear Mailing List, I don't know how to create images like these: http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/p3.png http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/os-mysql.png Which software should I use? Thanks in advance, -- Adam PAPAI ___ 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: benchmark graphs, which software to use?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/2010 19:41:15, Adam PAPAI wrote: Dear Mailing List, I don't know how to create images like these: http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/p3.png http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/os-mysql.png Which software should I use? gnuplot Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwBZPwACgkQ8Mjk52CukIz3RQCdGu0wzNSnGPxzeIczOtfst1PL CScAn08ism9uebDqMRRnSmQr1N/8Pphn =sIaY -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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
Upgrading default Apache1.3 to Apache22 port??
Hi guys, after Google'ing around a bit I managed to stumble across this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html http://www.freebsddiary.org/portupgrade.php what I am trying to achieve is to upgrade the currently install Apache 1.3.x port over to the Apache22 port. The Apach1x got installed through some ports which I built which if am not mistaken was either Cacti or Munin. Anyhow, previously when running these guys and more on Linux I've always used Apache2x so it would be great to do the same here If I attempt to deinstall Apach1x the system tells me that I have to do the same for all the dependencies too, which is not what I want. Is there a way to upgrade cleanly and smoothly?? Many thanks, Kaya ___ 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
fonts qstns.
guys, given the depth and wide scope of knoweldge on this list, i'm hoping that somebody can clue me in on font stuff... BUT: the fonts i'm interested in have to work with openoffice. first, i'm looking for a font that is apropos for long manscripts. printed. books rather than newspapers or other ink+paper material. to me, GEorgia works quite nicely for my book JOURNEY. but am wondering if there is such a thing as a semi-bold [or darker than usual regular] typeface. i hope you're all sitting down now; i'm ready to pay for this font. --hope nodybody fell over :) thanks in advance, gary, who is almost done with his final copyedit. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 97/100% Guaranteed Novel ___ 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 : Possible to run Linux distro in a jail?
I have this link to a French Blog : http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Emprisonner_une_debian_dans_un_FreeBSD This describe how to jail a Linux Debian in FreeBSD. I hope this will help you. I haven't used it. Thanks to its author : Baptiste Daroussin. I translated it in English : # mkdir /home/jails/debian # mkdir /home/jails/debian/dev # mkdir /home/jails/debian/proc # mkdir /home/jails/debian/sys # kldload linux # kldload linprocfs # kldload linsysfs # kldload lindev # mount -t devfs none /home/jails/debian/dev # mount -t linprocfs none /home/jails/debian/proc # mount -t linsysfs none /home/jails/debian/sys We are using /home/jails/debian for the root of the Linux Debian. We will load all the necessary devices (nota : lindev appeared in Freebsd 9-CURRENT and has MFCed in 8-STABLE, it is not obligatory). We could do the install with debootstrap, but I prefered to use an openvz template : # fetch http://download.openvz.org/template/precreated/debian-5.0-x86.tar.gz And I unpack it in my jail : # tar xvfp debian-5.0-x86.tar.gz -C debian --exclude dev* --exclude proc* --exclude sys* To correctly start my jail, at least 1 service must be started in the jail (I failed to build a persistent linux jail only). By default the startup script of jails try to launch /etc/rc that we will create and launch /etc/rc.shutdown to stop it. # echo /etc/init.d/cron start /home/jails/debian/etc/rc # chmod 755 /home/jails/debian/etc/rc # echo /etc/init.d/cron stop /home/jails/debian/etc/rc.shutdown # chmod 755 /home/jails/debian/etc/rc.shutdown In /etc/rc.conf we configure the startup of the jail : jail_debian_rootdir=/home/jails/debian jail_debian_hostname=debian jail_debian_ip=192.168.1.3 jail_debian_interface=nfe0 jail_debian_devfs_enable=YES jail_debian_devfs_ruleset=devfsrules_jail jail_debian_flags=-n debian We start the jail : # /etc/rc.d/jail start debian And voilà : #jls JID IP Address Hostname Path 15 192.168.1.3 debian/home/jails/debian #jexec debian uname -a Linux debian 2.6.16 FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #3: Sun Jan 10 20:39:38 CET 2010 i686 GNU/Linux #jexec debian cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.4 Here a beautiful Debian Linux jailed in FreeBSD But be careful, not everything works perfectly : sysklogd don't run cause to /dev access. But 99% is functional. --- En date de : Ven 28.5.10, Yuri y...@rawbw.com a écrit : De: Yuri y...@rawbw.com Objet: Possible to run Linux distro in a jail? À: freebsd-questions freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Vendredi 28 mai 2010, 20h16 When I googled linux in a jail I got some references but no particular howto. Since currently VirtualBox is broken (hangs OS after a while), is it really possible to install Linux into a jail as a virtual machine? Yuri ___ 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: Upgrading default Apache1.3 to Apache22 port??
On 29/05/2010 23:52, Jerry wrote: On Sat, 29 May 2010 23:23:10 +0300 Kaya Samansamank...@netscape.net articulated: Hi guys, after Google'ing around a bit I managed to stumble across this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html http://www.freebsddiary.org/portupgrade.php what I am trying to achieve is to upgrade the currently install Apache 1.3.x port over to the Apache22 port. The Apach1x got installed through some ports which I built which if am not mistaken was either Cacti or Munin. Anyhow, previously when running these guys and more on Linux I've always used Apache2x so it would be great to do the same here If I attempt to deinstall Apach1x the system tells me that I have to do the same for all the dependencies too, which is not what I want. Is there a way to upgrade cleanly and smoothly?? If it was me, I would use 'pkg_delete' to remove the existing 'apache' port. pkg_delete -dfv apache* Make sure to update your ports tree, then cd to the www/apache22 port and run make config to insure you have it configured correctly. Then, portmanager www/apache22 -l -f to install the new version and insure that all dependencies are properly updated. I have done similar before and its worked well. Thanks Jerry!! It seems to have worked I just go into the config and check it; only that part seems missing?? Maybe it's in a different place then /etc in FreeBSD and I haven't worked it out yet. Even apache22 daemon is not in /etc/rc.d. Oh well am sure will all be fine more Google'ing I think for me :-) Regards, Kaya ___ 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: Upgrading default Apache1.3 to Apache22 port??
Kaya Saman wrote: [snip] It seems to have worked I just go into the config and check it; only that part seems missing?? Maybe it's in a different place then /etc in FreeBSD and I haven't worked it out yet. Even apache22 daemon is not in /etc/rc.d. Oh well am sure will all be fine more Google'ing I think for me :-) FreeBSD has a slightly different layout than Linux or Solaris. The configs and startup scripts belong in /usr/local/etc and /usr/local/etc/rc.d respectively. To invoke the startup script on boot up, simply place apache22_enable=YES into the /etc/rc.conf file. The manual method using apachectl will still work at a command prompt. This is very general and you will find most things you install will operate this way. -Mike ___ 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: Upgrading default Apache1.3 to Apache22 port??
On 30/05/2010 02:01, Michael Powell wrote: Kaya Saman wrote: [snip] It seems to have worked I just go into the config and check it; only that part seems missing?? Maybe it's in a different place then /etc in FreeBSD and I haven't worked it out yet. Even apache22 daemon is not in /etc/rc.d. Oh well am sure will all be fine more Google'ing I think for me :-) FreeBSD has a slightly different layout than Linux or Solaris. The configs and startup scripts belong in /usr/local/etc and /usr/local/etc/rc.d respectively. To invoke the startup script on boot up, simply place apache22_enable=YES into the /etc/rc.conf file. The manual method using apachectl will still work at a command prompt. This is very general and you will find most things you install will operate this way. -Mike ___ 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 Thanks Mike!! :-D Yeah I can see what your saying now as I'm SSH'd into my server. It's really similar to the extra repos I have on my Solaris boxes as they're totally odd places which is normal for them but perhaps not so normal for the newcomer or unsuspecting! This is cool now, all I need to do is sort out the MySQL database and Cronjob for Cacti then get that working. Thanks so much, Best regards Kaya ___ 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
FireFox problem ?
uname -a FreeBSD mybsd.zsoft.com 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #9: Sat Mar 27 15:06:39 CST 2010 r...@mybsd.zsoft.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 pkg_version -vIL= | grep -i firefox firefox-3.5.9,1needs updating (index has 3.5.9_1,1) Sometimes when i close one page tab, firefox will exit automatically ! Sincerely! - e^(π⋅i) + 1 = 0 -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/FireFox-problem---tp28719810p28719810.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: FireFox problem ?
In the last episode (May 29), zaxis said: uname -a FreeBSD mybsd.zsoft.com 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #9: Sat Mar 27 15:06:39 CST 2010 r...@mybsd.zsoft.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 pkg_version -vIL= | grep -i firefox firefox-3.5.9,1needs updating (index has 3.5.9_1,1) Sometimes when i close one page tab, firefox will exit automatically ! Please make sure you are running the most recent version before reporting problems. 3.5.9_1,1: date: 2010/05/18 14:17:31; author: beat; state: Exp; lines: +1 -0 - Fix crash when closing tab after recent cairo update - Bump PORTREVISION -- 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
FreeBSD 8.1-BETA1 Available
http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4797 ___ 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
text editor
Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. Put dd on the first line of sequence number you want to start deleting and dd on the last line of the block and hit enter and the block of lines are deleted. OR Put cc on first line and cc on last line of black to copy and enter I on line where you want the copied block to be inserted after. Also same for mm meaning move block. Is there any editors with a function like this? ___ 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
sh script writing help
In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use to continue this on the next line so I can see it on the screen and still have the command function? I tried \ with no luck. thanks ___ 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: sh script writing help
In the last episode (May 30), Aiza said: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use to continue this on the next line so I can see it on the screen and still have the command function? I tried \ with no luck. \ should work just fine: $ echo long line \ split onto two long line split onto two $ -- 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
