Re: two ata-related problems
Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se wrote: So, yes, FreeBSD 8.1 *should* be able to recognize an ATAPI Zip drive. No great urgency -- I won't need it during the install and no specific plans even after that -- but any ideas how to go about tracking this down? ___ 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: 8.1: Cron ignoring crontab updates
Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org wrote: On 09/03/10 09:19, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com wrote: You have to SIGHUP cron, not restart it. # killall -HUP cron Isn't crontab(1) supposed to do that, without separate intervention? From man cron Additionally, cron checks each minute to see if its spool directory's modification time (or the modification time on /etc/crontab) has changed, and if it has, cron will then examine the modification time on all crontabs and reload those which have changed. Thus cron need not be restarted whenever a crontab file is modified. Note that the crontab(1) command updates the modification time of the spool directory whenever it changes a crontab. OK, I had the mechanism wrong. The main point is, it should not require manual intervention by an administrator to get cron(8) to notice when crontab(1) has revised a crontab. The one thing I can think of, short of a bug, is that a change made less than 1 minute before the newly-added or -removed event might not be noticed in time. ___ 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: vmware-guestd6: error during make install
El día Friday, September 03, 2010 a las 12:53:35PM -0700, Rob Farmer escribió: Assuming you aren't in a US export restricted country (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria) I should be able to give you a legal copy. ... Rob, Thanks for this. Btw: It's a pity that I'm not in Cuba, I'm living in the cold and rainy Germany :-) Meanwhile I have updated the port emulators/open-vm-tools to version 253928 which compiles, installs and works just fine in my system. The vmware driver for Xorg gives you a lot of very high resolutions which hides all the Win shit behind the FreeBSD VM. I could also solve the sound problem. In VMware you need the driver snd_es137x. I need this for Skype. I still have to figure out how my USB video cam will work, the rest works now again as it was working in the real laptop. Thanks again for your help matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the zionistic pirates of Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con los piratas sionistas de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre! ___ 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: Which of these NICs will work?
On 03/09/2010 18:32:49, Robert Huff wrote: Ryan Coleman writes: Any thoughts? I need/want to get a multi-port NIC for my new system but I haven't purchased the guts for the server yet. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEN=100010064+600013872+600016290QksAutoSuggestion=ShowDeactivatedMark=FalseConfigurator=IsNodeId=1Subcategory=27description=Ntk=CFG=SpeTabStoreType=srchInDesc= Basically, this machine will have two external (real-world) IPs and one network LAN (10.0.1.0/24) address, finding three-NIC motherboards is not exactly possible so this is my alternative. Intel network cards have a very good reputation; I have been running a dual-port Pro/1000 GT for years and the thing is still a rock. Others will have a better opinion on performance issues. The Intel employee who maintains the driver is frequently seen on current@ and occasionally on questi...@. Nice guy, very responsive. I second all the other respondents praise of the Intel cards. Intel is a safe choice of NIC -- basically you can be sure that it will not only be supported, but it will work very well. Of the other branded NICs there, unfortunately it is impossible to say much about them based on the manufacturers name. The important thing is the chipset. If the chipset is supported then you can be 99% certain the card will work. (The other 1% are manufacturers who do stupid things to the card firmware.) Unfortunately that is the sort of useful information that vendors almost never tell you on a website. Probably because they think all those letters and numbers will scare people away. They're right of course: that sort of cheap card tends to use chipsets from people like RealTek, many of whose products attract a wholly justified level of opprobrium. [Definitely avoid things that use the rl(4) driver. Stuff that uses re(4) is passable for some uses.] Also working well is quite subjective. It depends on the sort of traffic patterns and load levels you need to deal with. Cheaper NICs will not be able to cope with sustained mega-bit levels of traffic and complicated networking layouts, but they will be fine for occasional light use in a desktop box. 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 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Benchmark tool
Hi, I am looking for a tool (or a configuration setup) that will allow me to benchmark (performance test) couple of firewall based on pfSense, and eventualy to compare them with other software / hard solution. Any idea, clue, link will be highly appreciated. Thanks Gregober --- PGP ID -- 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz ___ 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: Need to run a Command Once on Boot. FreeBSD8.1
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Jason jhelf...@e-e.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:50:48PM -0500, Martin McCormick thus spake: Robert Bonomi writes: /etc/rc.local maybe? contrary to the 'rc.d' way of doing things, but 'simple'. :) Thanks so much to both people who answered. I thought there was more to it than that but I may be thinking of the rcx.d directories in Linux. If you don't watch out, you can be scratching your head all day trying to figure out why the job isn't getting done. I use and like both FreeBSD and Linux but some things are easier in one than the other. Again, many thanks. man 5 crontab has: @reboot Run once, at startup But this will always run every reboot, no? I think there used to be something along the lines of rc.early which could do what he wants. Then you can schedule a task to delete rc.early once it's served it's purpose:) Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group ___ 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 -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!. -- Lucky Dube ___ 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
Updating KDE4
From the UPDATING file: 20100902: AFFECTS: users of KDE4 AUTHOR: k...@freebsd.org KDE SC ports has been updated to 4.5.1. A number of files were moved between packages, manual intervention into update procedure is required: # pkg_delete -f kdehier4\* kdelibs-4\* kdebase-4\* kdebase-runtime-4\* kdebase-workspace-4\* # rm -rf /usr/local/kde4/share/PolicyKit/policy # cd /usr/ports/misc/kdehier4 make install clean # portmaster -a I don't use 'portmaster'. I am assuming that 'portupgrade -a' would accomplish the same thing. Would that be correct? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Which of these NICs will work?
based on 10+ exprience and working with a dozen models, I recommend intel cards: - Intel explicitly supports freebsd. - the cards are highly stable - have best performance among all other cards on freebsd and if you look for best performance, buy a card based on 82575 or 82576 controllers. On 9/3/2010 8:28 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Any thoughts? I need/want to get a multi-port NIC for my new system but I haven't purchased the guts for the server yet. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEN=100010064+600013872+600016290QksAutoSuggestion=ShowDeactivatedMark=FalseConfigurator=IsNodeId=1Subcategory=27description=Ntk=CFG=SpeTabStoreType=srchInDesc= Basically, this machine will have two external (real-world) IPs and one network LAN (10.0.1.0/24) address, finding three-NIC motherboards is not exactly possible so this is my alternative. I'm looking for FreeBSD 7-9 support. Rather run 8.1-RELEASE (same as my other two machines right now). Thanks, Ryan ___ 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
FreeBSD8.1 AMD64 UFS2 file system size issues.
Hello. I am having a problem with a fresh install onto a = raid5 file system that is 9TB in size. during the initial install, the syste= m shows the correct disk size and partition sizes, but after it has complete d and rebooted it shows the the large partition as only 1TB. I am using a 3w= are raid controller and even when I look at the boot message, it shows that = the entire drive is of the correct size. On initial install, this is= how I have setup the drive. Total disk size: Sep 4 12:17:51 fi= leserv kernel: da0: 9536640MB (19531038720 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1215= 750C) 1G da0s1a /nbs= p;UFS 4G da0s1b nb= sp; swap 2G da0s1d =/varUFS2+S 36G da0s1e n= bsp; /usrUFS2+S remainder da0s1f nbs= p; /bigUFS2+S Upon completion of insta= ll and a reboot, The drive partitions show up as this: Filesystemnbs= p; 1K-blocks Used Avai= l Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0s1a1012974 2= 72248 65969029% = / devfs = ; 1 1 = ;0 100% n= bsp; /dev /dev/da0s1f 1094909108 4 10= 07316376 0%/big /dev/da0s1enb= sp; 36558732 1486022 32148012 4%n= bsp; /usr /dev/da0s1d2026030 n= bsp; 5501863398 0% nb= sp; /var It was my understanding that UFS2 supports drive s= izes well above what I am trying to use. Is there something that I am doing = wrong? Thanks, -Troy ___ 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
proper way to setup laptop with apache22
I'm setting up a laptop with apache, just to play, basically. But apache doesn't like the fact that it can't resolve the lappy's hostname to an IP number and it will not load. The laptop gets its IP # via DHCP so it changes at various locations. I could use the localhost name IP #, which should work. My laptop is named 'laptop' (laptop.mydomain.com) Is there a way to have the system utilize it's assigned IP #? Or do I have to change my apache config to localhost ? 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: Directory Encryption?
2010-08-23 18:04, Timm Wimmers skrev: Am 23.08.2010 16:36, schrieb Chris Maness: What is a good tool to encrypt a directory? I need an application that is also readily available for Apple OSX, and that does not get mangled when transferring via rsync. How about openssl'? Encrypt a TARed directory: $ tar cjf - /path/to/source/folder | \ openssl enc -e -bf -out OUTFILE.tgz.enc -pass pass:MYSILLYPASS Decrypt: $ openssl enc -d -bf \ -in OUTFILE.tgz.enc \ -out OUTFILE.tgz \ -pass pass:MYSILLYPASS There are also ways to encrypt with keys, see manpage. Or A single file Encrypt and decrypt: # openssl aes-128-cbc -salt -in file -out file.aes # openssl aes-128-cbc -d -salt -in file.aes -out file Note that the file can of course be a tar archive. tar and encrypt a whole directory # tar -cf - directory | openssl aes-128-cbc -salt -out directory.tar.aes # Encrypt # openssl aes-128-cbc -d -salt -in directory.tar.aes | tar -x -f - # Decrypt tar zip and encrypt a whole directory # tar -zcf - directory | openssl aes-128-cbc -salt -out directory.tar.gz.aes # Encrypt # openssl aes-128-cbc -d -salt -in directory.tar.gz.aes | tar -xz -f - # Decrypt * Use -k mysecretpassword after aes-128-cbc to avoid the interactive password request. However note that this is highly insecure. * Use aes-256-cbc instead of aes-128-cbc to get even stronger encryption. This uses also more CPU. http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml#crypt ___ 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: proper way to setup laptop with apache22
On 9/4/10 5:59 PM, Jim Pazarena wrote: I'm setting up a laptop with apache, just to play, basically. But apache doesn't like the fact that it can't resolve the lappy's hostname to an IP number and it will not load. The laptop gets its IP # via DHCP so it changes at various locations. I could use the localhost name IP #, which should work. My laptop is named 'laptop' (laptop.mydomain.com) Is there a way to have the system utilize it's assigned IP #? Or do I have to change my apache config to localhost ? Hi, You can enter (assuming 'lappy' is the hostname): 127.0.0.1 localhost lappy in /etc/hosts and set the ListenAddress directive in Apache to bind to that IP. Regards, -- 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
Re: proper way to setup laptop with apache22
On 9/4/10 6:34 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On 9/4/10 5:59 PM, Jim Pazarena wrote: I'm setting up a laptop with apache, just to play, basically. But apache doesn't like the fact that it can't resolve the lappy's hostname to an IP number and it will not load. The laptop gets its IP # via DHCP so it changes at various locations. I could use the localhost name IP #, which should work. My laptop is named 'laptop' (laptop.mydomain.com) Is there a way to have the system utilize it's assigned IP #? Or do I have to change my apache config to localhost ? Hi, You can enter (assuming 'lappy' is the hostname): 127.0.0.1 localhost lappy in /etc/hosts and set the ListenAddress directive in Apache to bind to that IP. Oops. Listen 127.0.0.1:80 Too much SSH config-ing for me lately. :) -- 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
PDF to HTML translations
What PDF to HTML translators, other than pdftohtml, am I likely to be able to find in ports? I went looking for pdf2html, expecting to find that there, but no luck. Before I spend hours sifting through, still without knowing whether I missed something that should be obvious, I figured I'd ask here whether anyone knows of something off the top of his/her head. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpcfXqERGvTX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: PDF to HTML translations
On 9/4/10, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: What PDF to HTML translators, other than pdftohtml, am I likely to be able to find in ports? I went looking for pdf2html, expecting to find that there, but no luck. Before I spend hours sifting through, still without knowing whether I missed something that should be obvious, I figured I'd ask here whether anyone knows of something off the top of his/her head. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Chad, There might be several out there, one that I know from the top of my head is OpenOffice.org, with the pdf import option then use export to pdf? Have not used it to do the task, but I believe it can do the job. An other option without ports is to use google(gmail) and use the option (View as HTML)? Hope this helps in some way. Regards, Antonio ___ 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: PDF to HTML translations
What PDF to HTML translators, other than pdftohtml, am I likely to be able to find in ports? I went looking for pdf2html, expecting to find that there, but no luck. Off the top of my head: OpenOffice graphics/xpdf (via pdftotext -htmlmeta, simplistic) graphics/poppler-utils (pdftohtml) I'm guessing there are others, too. Or maybe, you could use Adobe's service. From: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html Adobe PDF Conversion by Email Attachment If the Adobe PDF file is on local media, such as a hard drive, CD-ROM, or internal server, it can be submitted as a MIME attachment to an e-mail message. All converted Adobe PDF documents will be sent back to the sender as MIME attachments. For plain text, mail the attached PDF to pdf2...@adobe.com. For HTML, mail the attached PDF to pdf2h...@adobe.com. b. ___ 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: PDF to HTML translations
On 9/5/10, b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com wrote: What PDF to HTML translators, other than pdftohtml, am I likely to be able to find in ports? I went looking for pdf2html, expecting to find that there, but no luck. Off the top of my head: OpenOffice graphics/xpdf (via pdftotext -htmlmeta, simplistic) graphics/poppler-utils (pdftohtml) I guess that you could also use converters/pdf2djvu + djvutoxml from graphics/djvulibre[-nox11]. b. ___ 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 on Compaq mini CQ10 anyone?
I just got one and was wondering if anyone was running FreeBSD on it and how well does it work out of the box. All comments are welcome. Best Regards. Gonzalo Nemmi ___ 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
gmirror load broken in 8.1 memstick
Fixit# gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/ad0s2a appeared to work properly. (I didn't write down the exact message, but it said something about the metadata having been written successfully.) However: Fixit# gmirror load gmirror: Command 'load' not available. and it did not create /dev/mirror/gm0 or even the /dev/mirror directory. How do I fix 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
