Re: text editor
On 28 Aug 2012 at 22:41, Robin, Michael wrote: What is VIM? Where could it be downloaded? What is CLI? I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting option even though it have a lot of hot keys. My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. CLI is command line interface, what you're calling a command prompt. I came late to Windows, having run FreeBSD exclusively for quite a few years before trying out the Dark Side. As a result, my text editor of choice on Windows is gvim. I'm currently running 7.2, and it integrates with the right-click context menu. I believe it has all the functions you need. If you've never used anything in the vi family there's a steep initial learning curve, but once you get past that it should do the job well enough to satisfy all but the most dedicated emacs users. Check out: http://www.vim.org/ I hope this helps. -- Jerry Dunham Moderator, Texas Great Dane Rescue jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]
On 25 Aug 2012 at 11:28, Gary Kline wrote: tx for the datapoint. Datapoint is a computer company, and TX is correct, since it's in San Antonio. We marketed the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200. (That will likely start an argument, though it wasn't really intended to.) -- Jerry Dunham Moderator, Texas Great Dane Rescue jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: AAAARRRgghhh-h-h. [[tooo tired]]
On 24 Aug 2012 at 17:52, Gary Kline wrote: been here the whole day since around 09.00. one question since the guy who did my kvm switch used too-short cablesthey were ~4ft instead of 6. my question: Do any of you know if I can just buy kvm cables... of say 6ft? it's a trendnet TK-409K. KVM cables are generally pretty standard critters, though there are several types. You could probably just do a Google search, but I can tell you that NewEgg has a variety of them. -- Jerry Dunham Moderator, Texas Great Dane Rescue jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: Greybeards (Re: Netbooks BSD)
On 20 Oct 2010 at 10:32, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) wrote: On 20.10.2010 09:47, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: El d?a Tuesday, October 19, 2010 a las 07:29:46PM -0700, Gary Kline escribi?: PS: I really _was_ current on hardware stuff. Back in the VAX 780 days :-) I booted my first UNIX V7 tape on a PDP-11 around 1982, I think. Gotcha beat :) UNIX V6, PDP-11/34, RK05 disk cartridge, 1975. The whole runtime fit on one RK05. The sources took a second one. I guess I'm just a kid, then, since I wasn't exposed to computers until 6 years later (my excuse was being born in 1975). CP/M-80 and MP/M-80 with intel asm, was where I started my hairpulling... Anybody else got nightmares about 8 inch floppies? ;) Well, I used to design 8-inch floppy drives. Fortunately, the nightmares have subsided and I'm just left with this twitch ... this twitch ... this twitch ... -- Jerry Dunham Moderater, Texas Great Dane Rescue jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: web based file sharing
On 27 Mar 2009 at 9:13, Terry wrote: Just looking for a way to give easy access over the internet to some files for multiple users. Web based would be ideal as they all know how to open a browser. Internally files are shared using samba. Has any one come across any thing ? I use: http://www.4shared.com and am happy with them. There are many other choices in the cloud. -- Jerry Dunham jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: OT:KVM Switch
On 27 Aug 2008 at 22:46, David Christensen wrote: Mark Busby wrote: Looking at a Trendnet KVM TK-407K switch. It shows to work with linux. Has anyone had success using it with FreeBSD? I hate to waste time and money, even with the option of resale on eslay. Thanks for your time. I don't recall the model numbers, but a couple of TrendNet KVMs I bought for a company I used to work for turned out to be flakey. At least they were cheap and not too painful to throw away. I've had good luck with my IOGear Miniview GCS 78 -- 8-port VGA, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse. I've used several IOGear KVMs with great success, from 2-port to 8-port. In fact, I'm using a 4-port IOGear MiniView as I type this. -- Jerry Dunham Volunteer, Etosha Rescue Adoption Center Volunteer, American Black Tan Coonhound Rescue [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: KVM over IP (Was: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard) ...
On 10 Apr 2007 at 18:24, Tamouh H. wrote: We've used StarTech KVM Over IP switches with both windows and BSD with no major issues. They're pretty much the most reasonably priced ones out there. I've also had excellent success with fairly inexpensive IOGear MiniView KVMs. In fact, I'm typing this through one right now. I've used 2-port, 4-port and 8- port, and have never had an issue, running both FreeBSD and Windows through them. I've used a Cat5 extender (from StarTech, IIRC) with the 8-port version with no problem. By contrast, some 2- and 4-port LinkSys KVMs I tried a few years ago were consistently flakey. I did try a StarTech KVM once, and it had some problems that retired it to the spare equipment cabinet. It was not the model Tamouh had success with, but a wired model that was set up to handle both PS/2 and USB keyboards and mice. (Most seem to be one or the other.) It seemed like a good idea at the time. -- Jerry Dunham Volunteer, Etosha Rescue Adoption Center Volunteer, American Black Tan Coonhound Rescue [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: English only, please (was: Pooomooocyyyy ;()
On 17 Jan 2006 at 10:09, Bob Johnson wrote: On 1/15/06, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, if someone posts a question in something besides English and then begins to rant and flame people for not responding, then it is not acceptable. But, just starting a question here in another language is not so onerous. On the contrary, I think the policy should be that if you are going to flame someone on this list, you MUST do it in a language other than English. That makes it easier to ignore. Perhaps it could be required that flames be in Klingon. I doubt that there are too man Klingons on the list who would be offended by having their language be the official language of flames. Besides, it seems an appropriate language for flames by its nature, and the limited number of native speakers would certainly limit the number of flame messages. Now, as for enforcement -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound on Dell D600 laptop
On 12 Jan 2006 at 12:37, Doug Poland wrote: On Thu, January 12, 2006 12:15, Li, Qing wrote: Has anyone successfully gotten the sound to work on the Dell D600 laptop running FreeBSD 6.0? If you've done it, could you please share your tricks with me. I've got a C600 laptop working with sound. Not sure if it's the same, but I added the following line to my /boot/loader.conf snd_maestro3_load=YES The C600 and D600 are quite different critters. That doesn't guarantee that your suggestion WON'T work, but it wouldn't be surprising if it failed. I don't recall what sound architecture the D600 uses, but it was a complete redesign following the last of the C-series. If you need more information on the D-series I can probably find out. -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New Logo
On 1 Nov 2005 at 22:13, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Sounds a bit high-handed to me, don't you think? You're asking us how it sounds to you? [Make my bikeshed mint green.] -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New Logo
On 2 Nov 2005 at 1:33, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo Yes, there are others on the list who are behaving just as badly as you. Your opinion, they probably wouldn't agree. So, you believe that all others behaving badly would agree that you are the worst? You certainly have confidence in your ability behave worse than all the rest. I submit that you haven't quite succeeded, but I give you credit for trying. [No, perhaps I'd prefer an ice blue bikeshed.] -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Logo
On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this time with a kind of Pokemon kind of look to it. It might make for a nice antenna ball. You could put a smiley face on it, but then Jack in the Box might sue for infringement. For those in parts of the world not fortunate to have a Jack in the Box on every other street corner, see: http://www.jacks-gear.com/ [On third thought, I think I'd like my bikeshed in flame red.] -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Latitude C640, very hot!
On 22 Jun 2005 at 19:21, Doug Poland wrote: Tobias Fendin wrote: I've got a Dell Latitude C640, with FreeBSD 5.4 stable. It works well, except for this: After a cuple of hours up and running it gets really hot. My fingers almost gets burned when I touch the harddirve, memory etc! According to `sysctl hw.acpi.thermal.tz0.temperature` the cpu-temperature is usually about 50-60 degrees C. Which I consider i normal, but is it normal for the rest of the devices to be so hot? Is there someone else who has the same problem which I do with a simular computer? I have a C600 that gets very hot too. On a buildworld, it get's up to 180f before fan kicks in. The bottom is too hot to touch. Yes, it's normal for these machines to get very hot to the touch. As long as the fans come on appropriately and the CPU temp stays in the normal range you should be okay (if a bit warm). We had customers complain that they'd used the machines on their knees and gotten blistered. The only answer is, Don't do that. I know that's not very satisfactory, but it's a good machine otherwise and you just have to know its shortcomings. I understand that the newer D-series machines are better, but I'm no longer with Dell Portables Engineering and don't have access to data on them. -- Jerry Dunham M3 Design, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (512) 218-8858 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Obese mail messages (was: Re: drivers)
On 30 May 2005 at 10:03, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Monday, 30 May 2005 at 9:39:04 +0930, Tim Aslat wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2005 08:42:26 +0930 Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nowhere is a good place to send 10 MB of illegible log output. Please don't. I agree. Do you really expect people to read this? It's incorrectly coded, and it's far too long. Many people pay for their mail; you have cost me personally $2.00 to download this message. Knowing what kind of setup you have Greg, I can believe that. Although it has opened up a rather large can of worms. Can the list maintainers restrict message sizes to less than a meg? I honestly can't imagine any possible reason for sending an attachment larger than 500K (shar files, etc) to a public mailing list. Is it worth looking into doing this, or am I barking up the wrong metaphor? I suppose it's reasonable. On the other hand, in my recollection this is the first time this has happened. If this is the first time it's happened, then setting a 1 MB (or 2 MB) limit won't affect many people, nor will it affect anyone you don't want to affect. I think a limit is quite reasonable. If someone on the list has something really large to send, he or she can always offer it first, and then only those truly interested will reply and can get it directly, off list, saving the rest of the list membership the time and expense. -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: PS/2 mouse problem via kvm switch
On 9 Sep 2004 at 7:34, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:14 PM I have problem with ps/2 scroll mouse when connecting via Nova View KNV102 kvm switch. The mouse doesn't work. It just moved to the top-right of the screen and stuck there. Have you ever thought of contacting Rextron and asking them to fix this? Lots of KVM switches work fine with FreeBSD. I can tell you that Compaq had to release a software update for it's 4110 series KVM switches to correct this problem. (the 4110 isn't sold anymore) Their new KVM's don't do this. Most other people's KVM switches don't do this. Why are you blaming FreeBSD for this problem when other KVM switch manufacturers have obviously dealt with it. Maybe you should sell yours on Ebay and buy a different brand. FWIW, I tried several brands of small KVMs and found that many work most of the time but occasionally have problems with the rodent, this with both Windows NT and FreeBSD. This occasionally seems to correspond to particular workstations more than OSes or mice (though I didn't test rigorously), and in this case seemingly identical workstations (Dells) differ. I did not try Nova View. When I found a brand of KVM that didn't offer this feature of occasional flakiness I stuck with it, and now have about 10 IOgear KVMs, mostly MiniView SEs of two, four or eight ports. Note that we're a small business and none of these are what you'd call enterprise class KVMs, a market where Avocent, Raritan and Minicom are the primary players. We'll be going there soon. The only issue I've seen that seems to be FreeBSD-related has been that some FreeBSD machines seem to like to have the KVMs set to them when they boot, though that doesn't seem to be consistent and I've not taken the time to pin it down. After booting they're fine. -- Jerry Dunham M3 Design, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (512) 218-8858 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: The fan club (was: Re: [Going further OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day)
with the air. Other fan generalities: ball-bearing fans normally last longer than sleeve-bearing fans, but are usually noisier. Blade design is quite critical to noise level, but it's difficult to tell by looking at a blade whether it will be noisy. This is a complex issue, so exceptions abound. YMMV. -- Jerry Dunham M3 Design, Inc. Round Rock, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] (512) 218-8858 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
