KDE and yahoo IM
Does anyone have yahoo instant messenger working on KDE desktop?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How to restore a lost root password...
Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DSA - JCR Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to restore a lost root password... Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a How to about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the how to i get a message to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode. Is there a way to restore/modify it, or not? Some ideas? Thanks in advance Juan Coruña Desarrollo de Software Atlantico ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
restrict FreeBSD users to their home directory
How do it configure FreeBSD to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports missing their packages.
It's my understanding that a port maintainer has to install the port for real any time a change is made to the port make files or a update to the source of the software to test and verify the changes work as wanted. Creating the package after this is just one command and a ftp upload to the package server. Why are maintainers being given approval to apply their changes without creating the required package? This is just lax management on the part of the people who do the authorizing of the changes. Missing packages increases user frustration level and makes FreeBSD look like its being mis-managed. An alternate solution to this problem is to allow users to upload missing packages to the package server direct or to a staging ftp server so port/pkg management staff can review first and them populate the production package server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD
Mikhail Teterin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sent by Glyn Millington: My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far it works flawlessly for me. This has two problems: 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy. No it doesn't. The MS version of Firefox is running here under Wine with no problems and definitely no Windows. Why do you think it needs a Windows install? 2. The solution is only suitable for i386 -- not for amd64, which is what I'm using. Ah well, there you have me! Glyn ___ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glyn Millington Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:41 PM To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Danielisz Laszlo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD What is not clear is do you run wine/firefox from the command line or from within KDE or gnome? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Perrin Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD? Ok now that you have all let off steam about the off topic of desktop verses ms/windows lets return the meaning of the original poster. I spent this weekend playing with kde4 as root and had problems with it not working. Could not change the displayed time to from 20.00.00 to 8:00PM When I changed the resolution from the default to 800x600 and the refresh rate to 60.0 many of the applications did not auto fit to the new setting and the change would not carry over between logons. Some times the desktop just froze up and had to do alt-ctrl-backspace to force return to command line. When I changed the font type and size to use, the change would not carry over between logons. Could not find a way to remove items from the menu. Some icons would not display at all. Koffice was missing. Not all the application use the new window format which has the option to return to menu that launched it. Only has x out to return to desktop screen. Bottom line is imho kde4 is not stable, is not ready for general use. Needs more development and testing. Should only be contained in the development ports category. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XFCE4
What port names need to be installed to create a XFCE4 desktop environment? I was looking for a mega port like kde3 has but could not identify one. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xfce decktop time display
Using Xfce4 and the time is displayed in military time 2200. Want to change this to regular AM/PM displayed time. 10pm Been through the manual and all the menus and can not find knob to change the time setting. Thanks for any help you can give. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
irc usenet clients for xfce
What irc, pop mail, and usenet clients from gmone or kde or x would you recommend to use on xfce? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
recommendation word processer for xfce
Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recommendation word processer for xfce
I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. -Original Message- From: mdh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce OpenOffice.org 3. There's a port. - mdh --- On Thu, 11/6/08, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: recommendation word processer for xfce To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:40 PM Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recommendation word processer for xfce
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7 .1-release/Latest/openoffice.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Where did you get the package from or what name did you use for the package? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Barber Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. There is a package available. I installed it yesterday. Look at the ftp site. -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [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: recommendation word processer for xfce
Top posting is how Microsoft outlook works. Nothing I can do about it. sorry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sahil Tandon Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:18 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. Please don't top-post. OpenOffice packages are available via the FreeBSD FTP sites. -- Sahil Tandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [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: FreeBSD network ISP provider
Pieter Donche wrote: I installed FreeBSD 7.0 already on a system at my office (from CDs) and set up internet connection while installing using the office LAN (and its DHCP service). I installed FreeBSD also on my laptop at home (with no network connection). (with X windows; startx gives me twm ..) I want to install KDE3 from /usr/ports/x11/kde3 Tried as described: # cd /usr:ports/x11:kde3; make install clean I had hoped everything necessary would be found in the disk. But not: It returns errors because it tried to fetch packages from ftp sites ... an soon stops.. So I still need Internet connection? At home, I have an Internet connection via a Broadband Modem and an account at an Internet Service Provider. This was set up in WindowsXP succesfully (with IP 10.0.0.something, netmask 255.255.255.0, no gateway, 2 DNS server IP addresses provided by the ISP). When making the connection to my ISP I have to enter my username at the ISP provider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and my password) But how do I set up that in FreeBSD ?? In the Post-installation section during Setup, at the question 'Would you like to configure any Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devides?) answering Yes shows the correct on-board netwerk interface (Broadcom BCM570xx PCI Gigabit ethernet card) I tried DHCP, but no success (which was to expect) Then I get the screen to fill in Host, Domain, Gateway, Name server IPv4 address, netmask ... What do I have to enter (Name server, netmask I can guess) for IP?, host?, domain? and where will come in my username/password for my ISP connection Thanks for hints. Is there any document describing such a connection? pieter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is step by step instructions in the installer guide at www.a1poweruser.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gconf error in Pidgin Abiword application on xfce Desktop
I installed the package of the Generic instant messenger application (Pidgin)on xfce desktop. It seems to work fine, but in the log it gives this message text. GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory) Inspection shows that the directory '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/' is present, but its empty. Aiza in this case is the user name. There is also in empty directory '/var/tmp/orbit-aiza'. The package install of the word processing application Abiword also generates this same error message, but it is displayed as a startup error popup window when Abiword is launched from the xfce menu. I tried creating am empty 'ior' file but that had no effect. Question is: How can I correct this error? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Console size and scrollback buffer.
James Williams wrote:
Hello List,
[On FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2, i386.]
1) How can I change the number of rowsxcols of the console? I'd like
to use the maximum rows/cols available for the 1440x900 screen.
2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)?
IOW, what is the equivalent of the vga=0x365 Linux kernel option?
3) How I can set the scrollback buffer size (if that's the name) of
the console -- the equivalent of Shift+{PgUp,PgDn} on Linux?
I played around with vidcontrol but was not quite successful.
Thanks in advance.
-James.
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try adding this in /etc/rc.conf
vidcontrol -h 200
# -h = Set the size of the history scrollback buffer in number of lines.
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trouble getting x11 xdm to work
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security settings, existing pid file, xdm not being xdm but an aliased command or shell script sooner up in the path - that's just from the top of my head. I installed xorg as a package. Then installed xfce package. Made no config changes to xorg or the xdm config files. At this point i suspect the port of xorg as not being configured correctly. That the default xdm config files have statement error causing xdm not to function. So the big question is has anybody installed the release 7.1 package version of xorg and was able to get xdm to function without any config file changes? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command xdm anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second That's why. xdm can't get the display. Set on to off in /etc/ttys for ttyv8, kill -HUP 1 and if the message does not stop, reboot the machine. Then start by running xdm from the command line (as root) and inspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log if no screen comes up. I all ready did that (run xdm from the command line) getting no /var/log/xdm.log. Inspecting Xorg.0.log shows nothing related to xdm. When issuing the xdm command from root and then doing (ps ax command) I do not see xdm listed. What am i to see happen from running xdm from the root command line? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything useful is written there. With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure The init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8 msg has stopped. When I start xdm from root command line nothing happens. NO error log msgs, nothing. F1 thru F12 just issue the freebsd console logon prompt. My understanding is when /etc/ttys contains this statement ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure followed by a kill -HUP 1 command to reread tyys file the following should happen. F1 thru F8 virtual consoles work as normal (ie: freebsd console logon prompt). F9 thru F12 virtual consoles will show the xdm logon screen. To make xdm the system default logon method have to add xdm_enable=YES to /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Then only the xdm logon screen will be seen on all virtual consoles F1 thru F12. A ctrl+alt+backspace key sequence is the only way to force a return to the freebsd console logon prompt for the Fx virtual console being used. Is this the correct interpretation of how xdm is designed to function?? I can not find in man xdm or xorg website or handbook an explanation of how it's suppose work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disabling boot messages
Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Desktop image of Beastie
I picked up this attached jpg of beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. Does any one know where i can get a darker version of the image? Or if you have a beastie background image you would care to share. I sure appreciate you help. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot splash screen, was Disabling boot messages
Daniel Bye wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:40:29PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done? It can - see the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#INSTALL-SPLASH Dan Thank you for the pointer to the boot splash screen. That was exactly what is was looking for. The documentation on activating the boot splash screen is not up to date. It was written for Freebsd 3.1 and seems to have bugs and undocumented functions. The FAQ says; FreeBSD have a feature to allow the display of “splash” screens during the boot messages. The splash screens currently must be a 256 color bitmap (*.BMP) or ZSoft PCX (*.PCX) file. In addition, they must have a resolution of 320x200 or less to work on standard VGA adapters. If you compile VESA support into your kernel, then you can use larger bitmaps up to 1024x768. The actual VESA support can either be compiled directly into the kernel with the VESA kernel config option or by loading the VESA kld module during bootup. To use a splash screen, you need to modify the startup files that control the boot process for FreeBSD. You need to create a /boot/loader.rc file that contains the following lines: include /boot/loader.4th start and a /boot/loader.conf that contains the following: splash_bmp_load=YES bitmap_load=YES This assumes you are using /boot/splash.bmp for your splash screen. If you would rather use a PCX file, copy it to /boot/splash.pcx, create a /boot/loader.rc as instructed above, and create a /boot/loader.conf that contains: splash_pcx_load=YES bitmap_load=YES bitmap_name=/boot/splash.pcx *** end of faq First the /boot/loader.rc already contains these statements include /boot/loader.4th start So nothing needs to be done to it. Secondly. /boot/loader.conf statements splash_bmp_load=YES bitmap_load=YES are doing the same thing. you only need one or the other, not both. Thirdly: If you move a 320x200 resolution image named the default name of splash.bmp to /boot and reboot the system you will get this error, module_ register_init: mod_load (splash_bmp) error 2 But if you rename that splash.bmp file to something like splash320x200.bmp and make your loader.conf look like this bitmap_load=YES bitmap_name=/boot/splash320x200.bmp you no longer get the module_ register_init: error 2 message at boot time and your splash image will show up centered on a white background screen. You still see the boot messages through boot options menu and the timed wait count down. If you want a full screen splash image, the easiest way is to load vesa in the loader.conf vesa_load=YES bitmap_load=YES bitmap_name=/boot/splash640x400.bmp In both these cases you still see the boot massages through boot options menu and the timed wait count down. There are 2 another loader.conf options you may be interested in. Loader_logo=beastie This will replace the default FREE BDS words next to the boot menu with the beastie logo like in releases in the past had. beastie_disable=YES Will stop the boot options menu from being displayed. You will still get the timed wait count down. While the splash screen is displayed during the booting process you can hit any keyboard key to return to the boot message display. Now for the undocumented behavior. First your boot splash screen becomes the system default screen saver. Secondly this new default screen saver cycles through steps of changing intensity of the image, from bright intensity to a very dark intensity. Adding a saver= option to /etc/rc.conf will disable the boot splash screen as the default system screen saver and the saver= selection will be used. This post is for the archives so others can benefit from finding this post in a search of questions archives. Would also like to find out to get this info used to update the FAQ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Xfce console
Bernt Hansson wrote: Hello list When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox, windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the Virtual directive helps but then I have to set the reolution every time xfce is started. The other WM's get really strange resolutions if Virtual is commented out, like 2880x1400 and such. Is it a driver or xfce issue? %uname -a FreeBSD testbox 7.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug 28 14:13:44 CEST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 xorg.conf Section Device Identifier his radeon 3870 Driver radeon # BusID PCI:1:0:0 Option DDCMode 1Driver specific option Option PanelSize 1280x1024 Driver specific option EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen 1 Device his radeon 3870 Monitor Hitachi CM752ET DefaultDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 24 Modes 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 Virtual 1280 1024 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you try ctrl-Alt-backspace on the blank screen to return to the command line. I think what you are seeing is the xorg screen. Try while in xfce ctrl-alt-f1 to switch from desktop to virtual console. and then alt f9 to return to desktop? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Desktop image of Beastie
I picked up this jpg of Beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. http://www.a1poweruser.com/beastie.JPG Does any one know where i can get a darker version of this image? I tried to use gimp to make the image darker, but had no luck due to my lack of understanding of what I was doing. I sure appreciate you help. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1
On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatchpatch_id=2283group_id=2663 [ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass. How can i get make install to apply this patch while compiling the port? This is the contents of the patch file From: Nicolas Pierron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: r???: Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root password. URL: http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/slim/trunk ChangeLog: 2007-12-16 Nicolas Pierron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Add a variable to run system command without root password. * app.cpp: Add the test for reboot, halt and suspend. * cfg.cpp: Add the new variable with the default value set to false. * slim.conf: Add an example of the command. --- app.cpp |5 + cfg.cpp |1 + slim.conf |5 + 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+) Index: slim.conf === --- slim.conf (revision 150) +++ slim.conf (working copy) @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ console_cmd /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T Console login -e /bin/sh -c /bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login #suspend_cmd/usr/sbin/suspend +# Let normal users have access to systems commands. If the value is true, +# then the root password is requiered to start a system command. +# Valid values: true|false +# root_password false + # Full path to the xauth binary xauth_path /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth Index: cfg.cpp === --- cfg.cpp(revision 150) +++ cfg.cpp(working copy) @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ options.insert(option(login_cmd,exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session)); options.insert(option(halt_cmd,/sbin/shutdown -h now)); options.insert(option(reboot_cmd,/sbin/shutdown -r now)); +options.insert(option(root_password,true)); options.insert(option(suspend_cmd,)); options.insert(option(sessionstart_cmd,)); options.insert(option(sessionstop_cmd,)); Index: app.cpp === --- app.cpp(revision 150) +++ app.cpp(working copy) @@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ case Panel::Console: cerr APPNAME : Got a special command ( LoginPanel-GetName() ) endl; return true; // --- This is simply fake! +case Panel::Suspend: +case Panel::Halt: +case Panel::Reboot: +if (cfg-getOption(root_password) == false) + return true; default: break; }; ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1
Greg Larkin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fbsd1 wrote: On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatchpatch_id=2283group_id=2663 [ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass. How can i get make install to apply this patch while compiling the port? Hi Fbsd1, Since you've already found a unified diff of the change that you want to incorporate into the port, you can submit a PR (problem report) using the form here: http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. Just follow the instructions on that page, and your patch will be submitted to the PR system. The port maintainer reviews your PR, makes the necessary change and possibly updates the port's revision number. You then use portupgrade or some other means to install the new version of the port with the incorporated patch. Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin I submitted PR like you suggested, But i am in need of more immediate results. What changes to the port files do i need to make to get the port to complie in the patch file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Free usenet nntp servers
In the past (alt.binaries.warez) contained monthly posts of a list of Free usenet nntp servers. I dont have access to a nntp server so I can't search foe the list. Does any one here know of a Free usenet nntp server I can access? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestions for PII 400 boot failure
Vinny wrote: Hi, A friend of mine is trying out FreeBSD and ran into a booting problem. Here is his message: Well, that's discouraging. I have put together an old PII 400 with three 20GB drives and a CDROM that I'd like to run BSD on. Half a GB of RAM I figured would be respectable. Downloaded the ISO files, burned CDs of them and when I try to run them it starts to boot and then freezes tighter than a muskrat's arse. Three lines coming on the screen and it ends with Starting the_ and just hangs. I've got a PIII 1000 here that I use as a file server and the boot disks run fine on that. Just won't boot off the PII 400. Weird. Really, really weird. I tried five different CDROMs in case it was the actual drive but same thing. I tried using version 6.3 instead of release 7.0 and same thing. That system doesn't like BSD/Linux whatever. I use GParted as a partition manager all the time which is bootable and same thing on that machine. It just don't like booting to that OS. Any suggestions? Thanks Vinny Excerpt from Installers guide www.a1poweruser.com PC BIOS The first thing your PC does after being powered on or when rebooting is the motherboard BIOS ROM chip gets control and it interrogates all the hardware ports on the motherboard to determine what I/O devices are attached. This is called the POST process. As part of this POST process the user changeable BIOS values stored in a CMOS chip on the motherboard are read and used to configure the PC’s hardware. These BIOS values are changed using the BIOS setup utility. The most common BOIS chip in use today is manufactured by Award. If your PC does not use an Award BIOS chip then you have to read the manual that came with your PC for details. This summary screen information is very helpful in debugging FBSD hardware problems, because it tells you what your PC hardware is and how the IRQ numbers are assigned. IRQ stands for interrupt request. An interrupt is the doorway the I/O device uses to tell the CPU that it wants its turn at getting some processing cycles. This is how the CPU shares service time among all the devices attached to the motherboard. Starting Award BIOS setup utility During the power up/reboot POST process you will see in the lower left corner of the monitor screen the message ‘Press DEL to enter setup’. While this message is showing press the keyboard delete key and the Award BIOSs setup utility main menu displays on the screen. First time changes to PC BIOS Navigate around the menus using the keyboard arrow keys looking for the following options. Your PC BIOS may not have all of these. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It’s a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM. plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. Disable or set to auto any BIOS option to assign IRQ numbers to PCI expansion slots. Disable any ISA expansion slots. Operating system type=, set to ‘other’ or any Unix type of operating system, don’t set to MS/Windows. Disable all power management options. boot sequence=, set this option to (CDROM,C) Since you are installing FBSD from CDROM you must tell the PC what I/O device to boot from. Follow the BIOS menu instructions to save your changes and exit. The PC will reboot it self. Keep in mind that some older CDROM drives and older legacy PC BIOS do not support booting off CDROM. Generally with PCs manufactured after 1999 this is not a problem. If you do run into this, you have a really old PC and you will need to create boot floppies to boot from. This is outside the scope of this document. Please read the FBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES Legacy BIOS also are incompatible with the larger hard disk sizes and the faster 66 and 100 UDMA drives. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using diff
Trying to use diff program to create a patch. Output gos to console and does not create the patch file. If it do diff original updated patch.file The patch.file does not look like a normal patch file. What am I doing wrong here? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem about ppp -nat
Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: Hi All, I have just subscribed to freebsd-questions and I have a question about ppp -nat. I have 2 computers. One is running FreeBSD-7.0R, the other is running WinXP. The host running FBSD7.0R has been connecting to the outside world using user-ppp without any problem for very long. Now I want to share internet access to the other host behind NAT through this FBSD host. My FBSD machine has 2 interfaces i.e. tun0 (connecting to ISP) with dynamic IP (of course) fxp0 (for internal LAN) with static IP of 192.168.1.10 My WinXP machine has 1 interface (internal LAN) with static IP of 192.168.1.11 Previously I have a router acting as a gateway for all machines behind NAT. But now I want FBSD machine to work as a gateway. I have never done this before. I tried some googling with reading ppp(8) and ipfw(8). And I tried masquerading but it didn't work. I have plenty configuration files. But the relevant configurations are listed here. /etc/rc.conf # enable IP forwarding gateway_enable=YES # previously I ran web-server, just disable it or comment it out, not sure why! #apache_enable=YES On the host running WinXP, I set its gateway and DNS server to the IP of ppp host i.e. 192.168.1.10. I then inserted the following line as the first rule in /etc/ipfw.rules. /sbin/ipfw add allow all from any to any via fxp0 (I know this rule is dangerous, but just for testing.) I then issue the ppp command. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ppp -background -nat myisp FBSD host (running ppp) can access anywhere but WinXP host can't. I learned from some site explaining that ppp itself has the capability of IP masquerading. And it does not require natd(8). So I don't mention about natd here. Anyone have a clue or who have done the correct configurations, please point me out. Thank you in advance. Pongthep ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to run dhcp so you can assign ip address on the LAN so the down stream xp box can gain access to the public internet through your gateway freebsd box. There is a detailed step by step instructions in the install guide at www.a1poweruser.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg?
Mike Price wrote: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you mean the ip address to get from your isp? You have to purchase an permanently assigned ip address from your ISP. If you mean ip address on a private Lan. You do that in your gateway dhcp server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
These applications have predefined ports they use to start up the bi-directional packet conversation. But them unsolicited packeted come in from other pc nodes to share data using a wide range of high port numbers. IPFW, IPF, and PF don't seem to have a rule option to allow packs in/out based on program name that started the conversation. I thought i read in openbsd pf manual that pf state processing will allow applications like limewire to function normally by accepting the inbound high number port to pass through the firewall. I have inclusive firewall rule set which means only packets matching the rules are passed through. The inbound hight port numbers are blocked by design. How do other firewall users code rules to allow limewire to work? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
dick hoogendijk wrote: My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. Is this your FreeBSD POV or more windows oriented? The program does not use fixed ports, so the services are hard to block. In essence, the program gets the user to bypass security measures from the inside. I have never needed a block on limewire. Firstly, all main conmputers run solaris and therefore also limewire on solaris and secondly, all windows machines are virtual. So -IF- one of them is infected I just put a recent snapshot ;-) Limewire is a windows only application. So how can you say it runs on solaris which is a flavor Unix? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Limewire package install error
Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml How am i to get these mis-matched package names to fulfill the limewire dependent name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Limewire package install error
Andrew D wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml How am i to get these mis-matched package names to fulfill the limewire dependent name? You do realise you don't have to install it using a pkg. you can 'make install' it in /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk16 :) You do realize that I don't want to full around with compiling port source. That is the whole reason behind the package system. I am looking for answer to error in the package install of limewire and it's dependent diablo-jdk. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# - internal-ip port port# tcp rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# - internal-ip port port# udp How about explaining just why this is going to allow p2p limewire work? I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
APseudoUtopia wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Well, what port does limewire use? You need to figure out what port each application uses, then open the port in your firewall rules. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. Limewire starts off with a proto igmp multicast packet to the limewire master server where all the other users online computers are listed. Really need someone who has firewall rule for limewire using ipf or pf to share their knowledge. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-28 07:24: Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# - internal-ip port port# tcp rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# - internal-ip port port# udp How about explaining just why this is going to allow p2p limewire work? Read the handbook on ipfilter. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. Change port# to port range, then. Or you can skip the firewall. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I checked the ipfilter online handbook and can not find anything about rules for igmp packets, p2p or limewire. I know what a rdr statement does but can not see how it can be applied to a p2p application which does NOT use dedicated port numbers. The only way i can run limewire is to disable my firewall and that does not make me happy. I think the conclusion is that all 3 of the freebsd firewalls are unable to monitor packet exchange of p2p applications. These firewalls were designed before p2p applications were developed and their (p2p) inherent design is to defeat standard firewall designs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So on the Limewire Advanced - Firewall config page enter a port number, such as 6346 in both the Listen on Port and the Manual Port Forward boxes. Then after your NAT rule in pf.conf enter something like the following: rdr on $ExtIF proto tcp from any to any port 6346 - 192.168.10.2 port 6346 and a corresponding filter pass rule: in both the Listen on Port and the Manual Port Forward boxes. 192.168.10.2 is my desktop machine where I use Limewire. It works just fine. Thank you for the solution to this problem. I was un-aware Limewire had it's own firewall configuration options. In Limewire version 4.18 Tools/Options/Advanced/Firewall I entered the same port number in both the Listen on Port and the Manual Port Forward option fill in boxes. Then in IPF rules added these 2 lines. pass out quick on $oif proto igmp from any to any keep state pass out quick on $oif proto tcp from any to any port = flags S keep state Each XP box on the lan running Limewire gets it's own unique port number and the corresponding firewall rule. No need for NAT RDR rules. Limewire works fine and my firewall is tight as every. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating
G magicman wrote: And incomplete yes i agree that the doc does need to be updated and examples (more) need to be added. --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Dean Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dean Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:07 AM I was just setting up ipfilter and ipmon on a FreeBSD 7 server, and noticed that the ipmon and syslog information under the ipfilter section of the handbook is incorrect. The section reads: -snip- 31.5.7 IPMON Logging Syslogd uses its own special method for segregation of log data. It uses special groupings called facility and level. IPMON in -Ds mode uses security as the facility name. All IPMON logged data goes to security The following levels can be used to further segregate the logged data if desired: LOG_INFO - packets logged using the log keyword as the action rather than pass or block. LOG_NOTICE - packets logged which are also passed LOG_WARNING - packets logged which are also blocked LOG_ERR - packets which have been logged and which can be considered short To setup IPFILTER to log all data to /var/log/ipfilter.log, you will need to create the file. The following command will do that: # touch /var/log/ipfilter.log The syslog function is controlled by definition statements in the /etc/syslog.conf file. The syslog.conf file offers considerable flexibility in how syslog will deal with system messages issued by software applications like IPF. Add the following statement to /etc/syslog.conf: security.* /var/log/ipfilter.log The security.* means to write all the logged messages to the coded file location. To activate the changes to /etc/syslog.conf you can reboot or bump the syslog task into re-reading /etc/syslog.conf by running /etc/rc.d/syslogd reload Do not forget to change /etc/newsyslog.conf to rotate the new log you just created above. -snip- In trying to configure this I found that ipmon -Dsa doesn't log to security, but logs to local0 instead. Reading the man page for ipmon does in fact state this. However it also list the -L option as being able to change this default behavior, I tried ipmon -DSa -L security, it excepts this, but doesn't actually change the logging to use security. It still only outputs to the syslog using local0, I also tried using ipmon -DSa -L local7 as well, still outputs to local0. It was easy enough to modify my syslog.conf to output the local0.* as well as security.* to the /var/log/security file. However it would be greatly appreciated if someone that actually understands what's going on here could get this info updated. It would have saved me some time, as well as I am sure some other people in the future. Of course it's always possible I am missing something simple here that is causing this discrepancy, please do inform me if I did. It's probably worth mentioning that I am starting ipmon using the rc.conf file with ipmon_enable=YES and ipmon_flags=-DSa, just in case the /etc/rc.d/ipmon script actually changes the default behavior of ipmon in some way, though I didn't see anything in it that should. And ps wwaux | grep ipmon does display the process running with the flags exactly as stated on the ipmon_flags line of the /etc/rc.conf file. Thanks, Dean Weimer Network Administrator Orscheln Management Co I wrote that whole firewall handbook section. How is the following for complete replacement of the 31.5.7 IPMON Logging section? 31.5.7 IPMON Logging Syslogd uses its own special method for segregation of log data. It uses special groupings called ‘facility’ and ‘level’. IPMON in –Ds mode uses local0 as the ‘facility’ name. All IPMON logged data goes to local0. You have to manually configure the /etc/syslog.conf file by adding the statements to direct the Local0 'facility' to the log file name recording the log records. FBSD keeps all of its syslog files in /var/log/ directory. First allocate the new named log file for the IPFMON logged data. touch /var/log/ipfilter.log # will allocate the file The syslog function is controlled by definition statements in the /etc/syslog.conf file. You will have to edit the /etc/syslog.conf file. Add the following statement to syslog.conf: local0.* /var/log/ipfilter.log The local0.* means to write all the logged messages to the coded file location. To activate the changes to /etc/syslog.conf you can reboot or bump the syslog task into re-reading /etc/syslog.conf by kill –HUP pid. You get the pid (IE: process number) by listing the tasks with the ps ax command. Find syslog in the display and the pid number is the number in the left column. Don’t forget to change /etc/newsyslog.conf to rotate the new named IPFILTER log you just created above. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail
Re: update packages or reinstall
Glen Barber wrote: Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X session. I attempted to upgrade to 7.1 from 6.3-STABLE yesterday, and to make a long story short, am now running 6.4-RELEASE. If you do decide to go with 7.1, I'd test drive it first, before committing that machine to that OS. So far, I've had no problems with 6.4-* on any of my machines. Regards, I installed 7.0 from scratch and its rock hard. 7.1 release may be 6 months or longer away from being released and its not completely tested yet or ready for production. Make backups of your data on 6.4 you want to move forward and install 7.0 from scratch. Nothing is better that a brand new system to add your ports to. Use pkg_add -r command to add your ports. ___ 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: Double Posts
Gabe wrote: Its a conspiracy. Is it safe to say that it is in fact gmail related? -Original Message- From: Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Double Posts On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:38:17 -0500 Gary Hartl gha...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have any clue what I would be getting two of every message posted to the group? It started yesterday and nothing has changed on my end (that I am aware of) I'm using outlook 2008, picking up from gmail. Thanks Gary Consider yourself lucky. I have been reading horror stories on the GMail forum regarding users losing email. In any event, if it just started and you did not change MUAs, it is almost guaranteed to be a Google (GMail) problem. By the way, are you using IMAP or POP? Hmm, this disappearing e-mails issue: I experienced it today. 2 test mails from my gmail account, to a mailing list where I am member, I see the mails sent to a gmail server from the logs of my mailing list server, but the mails failed to show up on my gmail account, Completely!! I canceled my gmail account because its so un-reliable. Goggle should not enter the field of online email. They have a good search engine but their email system is the worse i have ever seen. ___ 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: general question about setting up gateway
Richard Yang wrote: hi, i am trying to use freebsd as my home network gateway to the internet. any good reference i should know besides what's in the handbook? thanks rich ___ 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 The Freebsd Install guide www.a1poweruser.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
recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition
I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk What tools do you suggest to use? ___ 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: local copy of handbook
Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Dec 17 13:27:42 UTC 2008 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARGON18 amd64 now i cannot see local copy of handbook, i had look at FreeBSD Documentation Primer but that seems overkill and geared towards contributing documentation http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ also I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also csup didn't help here is my csup file *default tag=RELENG_7 *default host=ftp2.tw.freebsd.org *default prefix=/usr *default base=/var/db *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all doc-all csup updates the source each time, but now i am not sure about doc!! hints and help ? Masoom Shaikh Minimal install does not include the handbook. Thats why its called a minimal install. Normal install you get handbook. The following link to the handbook's first page tell you where to ftp your copy from. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html ___ 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: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail
Pieter Donche wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box# ps -jaxw | grep sendmail smmsp 26649 1 26649 266490 Is??0:00.00 sendmail: Queue run...@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) root 26651 1 26651 266510 Ss??0:00.04 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) The machine is listening on port 25 freebsd7box# netstat -na | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN But telnettting the freebsd box with its own ip address at port 25 from the root account of the box freebsd7box# telnet 143.129.75.1 25 Trying 143.129.75.1... telnet: connect to address 143.129.75.1: Connection refused The only thing that works is freebsd7box# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ... How do I make the FreeBSD7 box accept connections to port 25 from all of the internet ?? ___ 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 Your problem is not with sendmail but with your understanding of how email works. You need your own registered domain name pointing to the ip address assigned by your isp that is used by your freebsd system running your public sendmail program. Or if you use your isp domain name for your email then you need to add the fetchmail program to your freebsd system to get your eamil from your isp and hand it off to sendmail for queing on your system. The 'Freebsd install guide' at www.a1poweruser.com has section explaining this subject in detail. ___ 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: FreeBSD USB Install
Brian McCann wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Brian McCann bjmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Well this just got a LOT more frustrating and interesting. I made a stick following those directions using a new stick...worked fine, booted off of it...did some work on it...somehow the filesystem got very corrupted in one of various things I was doing to it (I think it was when I accidentially unplugged it before running a sync and umount). I figured it'd just be easier to start over and build it again from scratch. So...I try to newfs it (newfs -U -L FreeBSDStick /dev/da1s1a, and newfs fails with cg 0: bad magic number . Now I'm really getting pissed. So...I run a dd (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m), and do the whole thing over...here's the console output: umm# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m dd: /dev/da1: short write on character device dd: /dev/da1: end of device 3830+0 records in 3829+1 records out 4016045568 bytes transferred in 4324.380202 secs (928699 bytes/sec) umm# fdisk -BI /dev/da1 *** Working on device /dev/da1 *** fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found fdisk: Geom not found: da1 umm# bsdlabel -B -w da1s1 umm# newfs -U -L FreeBSDStick /dev/da1s1a /dev/da1s1a: 3827.9MB (7839640 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048 using 21 cylinder groups of 183.77MB, 11761 blks, 23552 inodes. with soft updates super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: 160, 376512, 752864, 1129216, 1505568, 1881920, 2258272, 2634624, 3010976, 3387328, 3763680, 4140032, 4516384, 4892736, 5269088, 5645440, 6021792, 6398144, 6774496, 7150848, 7527200 cg 0: bad magic number So now I'm getting seriously ticked off. Anyone have any ideas what the heck could be causing this? This thumb drive was working fine with FreeBSD! I'm trying a dd on a thumb drive w/o specifying a block size / BS...we'll see what that does...but I'm still open to suggestions since I'm just about out of ideas. Thanks! --Brian To the list of things tried...add formatting the USB stick with the HDD Low Level Format Tool (http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/). Still no joy... For those following along at home, I found the cause of my problems. It apparently all came down to the machine I was making the stick on. Any machine that had an Intel SCB2 motherboard in it, would screw it up. I switched to using a different newer machine, re-did the directions at http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 , and all my problems with it went away. YAY!!! Thanks to all those who provided input. Long live FreeBSD! --Brian Your link to the instructions is dead. ___ 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
Bios chip update suggestions
I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? ___ 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: Bios chip update suggestions
matt donovan wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com mailto:fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailto: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 mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org if bios does not allow booting from usb a update won't either The current bios allows booting from usb-hard drive, floppy, cdrom, zip, all which are external drives. This desktop was mfg before usb memory sticks can on the market. So the desktop does not have support for booting from usb memory stick. Freebsd 7.0 can find and use the usb memory stick for writing and reading data. Just need to update bios containing option to boot from usb memory stick. ___ 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: FreeBSD 7.1 Install -- acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)
patrick wrote: (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) and so on. Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system find the disk controller? I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. ... time passes ... Booting in safe-mode doesn't have the TIMEOUT - READ_BIG messages, but instead I get an interrupt storm detected. The LiveCD didn't work because when I boot with ACPI disabled, no disks are detected which means that I cannot mount the LiveCD. :( Has anyone found a way to work around this sort of issue before? Thanks, Patrick ___ 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 Change your Bios. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It’s a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM or finding the hard drive. plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. Disable or set to auto any BIOS option to assign IRQ numbers to PCI expansion slots. Operating system type=, set to ‘other’ or any Unix type of operating system, don’t set to MS/Windows. Disable all power management options. Open your box and check that the cdrom reader device is not slave on ribbon with no master. Freebsd assumes the motherboard primary ide controller has hard disk on master nipple and cdrom or another hard disk on slave nipple. The motherboard secondary ide controller can not have empty master nipple with an device on the slave nipple. If this is what you have, move the slave device to the master nipple and change the device jumper pin to indecate master. ___ 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
reread newsyslog.conf without reboot
How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out rebooting the system? ___ 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: Bios chip update suggestions
Chris Whitehouse wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The bios doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you could download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty around - create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image and bios update program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from the floppy and run the update. Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard and don't interrupt the update. Chris ___ 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 What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not work on a non-windows operating system. ___ 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
Apache/php
I have php code on home page to count how many times it is accessed from
the internet. Problem is pages deeper in website can jump back direct to
home page and this again gets counted.
Is there any way to give the php counter routine intelligent so it will
bypass bumping the counter on accesses coming from pages in the site?
I looked at the php variables but nothing jumped up that looked usable.
Am I wanting to do something that is imposable?
?php
$counter_file = '99.00-IG_visitor_count.php';
clearstatcache();
ignore_user_abort(true); # prevent refresh from aborting file operations
$fh = fopen($counter_file, 'r+'); # use 'r+' so file can be read and
written.
if ($fh)
{
if (flock($fh, LOCK_EX)) # don't do anything unless lock is
successful
{
$count = chop(fread($fh, filesize($counter_file)));
$count++;
rewind($fh);
fwrite($fh, $count);
fflush($fh);
ftruncate($fh, ftell($fh));
flock($fh, LOCK_UN);
} else echo Could not lock counter file '$counter_file';
fclose($fh);
} else echo Could not open counter file '$counter_file';
ignore_user_abort(false);## put things back to normal
echo brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;
nbsp;nbsp;You are the $count visitor since 2/15/2009;
?
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bootable 7.1 USB disk versus flash drive versus internal ide hard drive
Is there a differences between a usb external hard drive and a usb flash drive boot loader pgm? When i plug a usb flash drive in FreeBSD handles it just like a internal IDE hard drive. To make a hard drive bootable you have to write the boot loader pgm to the disk. Does the ide hard drive boot loader pgm work on usb external hard drives and a usb flash drive? My pc has bios option to boot from usb disk but will not boot when i plug in a bootable flash drive. What am i missing here? ___ 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: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?
Formula 1 wrote: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? In 7.1 I installed from cdrom cd1 to USB memory stick using the sysinstall utility. When you do the fdisk be sure to allocate whole USB memory stick as a single partition and mark it bootable. ___ 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: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: Em Sex, 2009-02-20 às 20:51 +, Formula 1 escreveu: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? I have it running here... two small scripts save it from the disk into a 2mb usb stick. once in the usb you can boot (from the usb) and install it on any other disk in 5 minutes and using zfs (a 1gb ufs partition, a swap partition and a big zfs partition. if needed I can put the script in the web fo testing or download. I adivse that there is no need to enter sysinstall. Hope it can help ___ 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 Sure would like a copy of your scrips. 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: can't find an internal flash reader that doesn't crash 7.1
Steve Franks wrote: I've tried several. I have a need of this - anyone have one that works with our USB stack? Thanks, Steve ___ 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 If you really want a meaningful reply them you have to describe your problem in some detail. NO one on this list has ESP to read your mind. ___ 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
Xorg package update
When is the the X-Org mega package going to be recreated so it contains all the fixes caused by 7.1 release as detailed in /usr/ports/UPDATEING? ___ 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
portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?
I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ 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
Xorg mouse and massive error log messages problems
Just installed Xorg package from parkages-current hoping to get
environment containing all the fixes. Still have the no mouse curser
movement on xfce desktop.
Adding
Option AllowEmptyInput Off
statement to ServerLayout section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
got the mouse curser moving.
But I still get the the mouse error messages in the X11 log.
{EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psm0 Device busy.
(EE) PS/2 Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device PS/2 Mouse
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
Is there some other correct solution?
I am receiving massive flooding of the Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
with the follow messages
Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0.
Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0
I found a post in the questions archives where the person was saying
these messages are meaningless and can be ignored. It's not a problem
the ignore them, but my log get massive in size and consumes my free
disk space. I know i can configure to rotate the log at a given size.
But that is not the solution. I need to know how to stop these messages
from being issued in the first place.
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Re: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ 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 portupgrade has an option to install packages if current with the port version ___ 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 I don't do ports if at all possible. I even do the package of the dependents of the ports I am forced to do. So portupgrade is useless to me. ___ 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
link to dos2unix
I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos instead. I also tried ln -s /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u and got same results. ls -l does not show dos2unix as linked all ready. What am I doing wrong here? ___ 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: link to dos2unix
Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:00:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos instead. I also tried ln -s /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u and got same results. ls -l does not show dos2unix as linked all ready. What am I doing wrong here? Usually, programs like this perform dos2unix or unix2dos translations depending on how they are called. So renaming them won't work. Try adding an alias to your favorite shell. That should work. E.g.put 'alias d2u dos2unix' and 'alias u2d unix2dos' in your .cshrc. Roland Thank you. That worked. ___ 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
bsdstats not working in 7.1
bsdstats is now in the base system. Have bsdstats_enable=YES is rc.conf Worked this way in 7.0. What am I missing here??? ___ 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
purpose of /etc/wall_cmos_clock
What is /etc/wall_cmos_clock used for and how is it created? ___ 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: desktop app/config
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Jean-Paul Natola jnat...@familycareintl.org wrote: Ok so I left the machine running over the weekend to install KDE, And when I got in this morning it said that my disk was out of space- I loaded nothing but the basic freebsd os and nothing other than kde (granted its only a 10 gig drive) but that should be enough for a kde desktop no? It may be that you need to clean-out the workspaces with rm -rf /usr/ports/*/*/work, and start again. BTW I'd go for KDE3 rather than KDE4. The latter still seems to be very fragile to me, and it needs a fairly up-to-date machine, with and a well supported 3-d graphics card if you want the effects. ___ 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 So I followed the instructions above, and after a few days I wount up again with my 6 gig slice filling up before kde3 could install- I must be doing something wrong if I cant install kde 3 on a 6 gig slice? You would be better off to install the package version of kde. ___ 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
autoconf262 package error
When doing a pkg_add for autoconf262 it does not do auto package add for its dependents like other packages do. Some thing is wrong with the autoconf262 package on 7.1. ___ 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
php5 changes in release 8.0
Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the maintainer going to change the config menu before php5 8.0 is released for production? ___ 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: php5 changes in release 8.0
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com: Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the maintainer going to change the config menu before php5 8.0 is released for production? If you want a different version of Apache, all you have to do is install Apache first, then PHP will use the version you have installed. It's always been that way. It's just that up till now the default was 1.3. It's _LOOONG_ past time when the default should have moved to 2.X. I had Apache 13 installed before installing php5 and it did install php with files for apache22. It did not default to using apache 13 which was all ready installed. ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6
Keith Seyffarth wrote: I went through pkg_rmleaves and deleted xfce and then everything it exposed, then re-installed using portinstall -R This installed 32 packages when I had only deleted 31, so something got installed that wasn't previously. Unfortunately, this still didn't fix the problems. The XFCE menu still isn't available, and the screen resolution is really horrible (did the developers assume everyone has a 30 monitor?) Anyway, what I really need is to know how to manually fix the configuration since access to settings isn't available through XFCE in 4.6 so I can make this usable until XFCE can be fixed. Unless someone else has another idea... ___ 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 Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option AllowEmptyInput Off statement as last line in ServerLayout section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf will build you one. By the way i used the package version of xfce4 on 7.1 and it's working just fine after i added the above xorg fixes. ___ 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
error in php5 make install
Turn off all options accept Apache module === php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found === Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create /usr/ports/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.9/aclocal.m4: No such file or directory *** Error code 2 Script didn't even look for m4 dependent. m4 is installed already. ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6
Keith Seyffarth wrote: Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option AllowEmptyInput Off statement as last line in ServerLayout section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf will build you one. By the way i used the package version of xfce4 on 7.1 and it's working just fine after i added the above xorg fixes. That line was already in xorg.conf (it was necessary to get a mouse to work after the last xorg update in January). However, I did not have it as the last line in the ServerLayout section. I moved it to the last line, but that didn't make a difference. There's still no XFCE menu, and without the ability to update the settings in XFCE, it's pretty much unusable... Keith As i said the packages worked for me. Blow away the xfce and xorg ports and do the xorg mega package and the xfce mega package. if that fails then bkup your user data and install a clean virgin version of 7.1 and the xorg and xfce packages. ___ 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: error in php5 make install
Peter wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Turn off all options accept Apache module === php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found === Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create /usr/ports/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.9/aclocal.m4: No such file or directory *** Error code 2 Script didn't even look for m4 dependent. m4 is installed already. are you using root account when performing the install ? Type: id, this will give you the current account you are using. Peter ___ 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 Yes i am using root to install. I fixed the problem by doing make clean then make install. Must have been trash left over from first try. It worked ok now. Thanks any way. ___ 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
7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? ___ 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: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you need to use 'config' authentication mode. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#authentication_modes It's probably the least secure authentication mode provided, so you should take further steps in your Apache config to stop the world gaining access to your database. Cheers, Matthew Read the user id info on mysql and phpmyadmin. It's so much overkill. Don't need to secure then at all. I have inhouse development box on private lan and mysql has always worked just fine with superuser mysql id of root without password. In the previous version of phpmyadmin no login id was required and I was able to see my DB definitions. Tried to setup config.inc.php by adding statement $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; but no joy. What is needed in config.inc.php to allow the default mysql superuser user id root full access in phpmyadmin? ___ 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: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
Fbsd1 wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you need to use 'config' authentication mode. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#authentication_modes It's probably the least secure authentication mode provided, so you should take further steps in your Apache config to stop the world gaining access to your database. Cheers, Matthew Read the user id info on mysql and phpmyadmin. It's so much overkill. Don't need to secure then at all. I have inhouse development box on private lan and mysql has always worked just fine with superuser mysql id of root without password. In the previous version of phpmyadmin no login id was required and I was able to see my DB definitions. Tried to setup config.inc.php by adding statement $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; but no joy. What is needed in config.inc.php to allow the default mysql superuser user id root full access in phpmyadmin? For the archives. Figured it out for myself after much testing. This is the contents of my working config.inc.php file. ?php $i=0; $i++; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']= 'config'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = 'true'; ? ___ 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: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:16:38 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk Oh yes, you can! As a side product of my attempt to restore data from an UFS partition with orphaned inodes, I found some good utilities that might be helpful fo you. What tools do you suggest to use? Check 'em out! System: dd fsck_ffs clri fsdb fetch -rR device recoverdisk Ports: ddrescue dd_rescue ffs2recov magicrescue testdisk The Sleuth Kit: fls dls ils autopsy scan_ffs recoverjpeg fatback Especially magicrescue can do wonders. If everything fails, The Sleuth Kit is a good tool. Don't forget to try mtools. I have installed these ports autopsy dd_rescue ddrescue fatback formost sleuthkit If my understanding of reading their documentation is correct, they all need a empty disk to copy the bad disk sectors to in sequence. Is this a correct understanding? msdos fat32 file system has a backup fat table as stated in the docs. Do any of the sectors rescue programs read the backup fat table? Not interested in the XP system or programs directors. Just want user data files created by adobe pagemaker. Dont know what the file extension is for sure or if there are any way to ID the file from internal content. Best guess I have on file extension is .cv5 Do not have a file to examen. What are the general steps I need to do to recover data from this msdos FAT32 disk with corrupted fat table and maybe corrupted data? ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM)
Keith Seyffarth wrote: At this point, I guess I'm looking for recommendations on a window manager. Here are the major problems with XFCE4 4.6: * 20% probability of starting X without crashing and locking computer * 20-25 minutes to start X (was about 1 under XFCE4 4.4) * 0% chance of shutting down successfully if X is running * can't exit X once started (switches monitor to power save mode and hangs) * maximum run time of 8 hours (average around 5 hours) * won't save settings and a couple minor ones: * XFCE menu doesn't work * missing icons, even after theme is changed from rodent to tango None of these were issues under XFCE4 4.4, but I'm guessing there's not a good way to get 4.4 back... What other window managers do people use, or what would you recommend and why? Thanks. ___ In 7.1 I installed the xfce mega package and it is version 4.4.2, It installed every thing xfce has available. It works fine for me. xfce 4.6 is very dirty and needs alot more work before it's usable. I had some of the same problems as you so i deleted it and returned to 4.4.2. also installed the Xorg mega package. First time startx takes about 30sec, after that it comes up in 5-10sec. ___ 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: installing ports xorg
Tim Judd wrote: I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated ports tree today. # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install # So what am i missing? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html tells me to install this port. I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* and /var/db/ports/* to try to hook it to install... Retrying the above install every time. Nothing works. What to do? 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 it will take many many hours to compile. If you read more in handbook it also says you can install the package version which should only take 30 minutes. pkg_add -r xorg ___ 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
mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. ___ 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: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
Ricardo Jesus wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. Read up http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html, namely entries 9.1 and 9.2. Very detailed and helpful stuff. None of that was helpfull. Found post in questions archives from 1992 that gave me pointer to correct direction. Here is the solution I used. ls /dev/ad* listed all the slices on both HDs. mount /dev/ad1s1f /mntmounted the /usr dir from the second HD just like i wanted. ___ 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: 7.1 System Crashing
APseudoUtopia wrote: My FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 system has gone down a few times in the last two days. I'm trying to figure out why, but there is nothing in /var/log/messages or dmesg about the incident. Here's the output from the `last` command: User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 19:02 still logged in User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 18:52 - 19:02 (00:09) reboot ~ Tue Apr 14 18:52 User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 18:42 - crash (00:09) User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 16:06 - 18:42 (02:36) User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 11:23 - 12:53 (01:29) reboot ~ Tue Apr 14 07:44 User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 20:01 - 22:58 (02:57) User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 19:56 - 20:01 (00:04) User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 19:31 - 19:56 (00:25) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 15:02 - 16:15 (01:12) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 14:48 - 15:02 (00:14) reboot ~ Sun Apr 12 14:48 shutdown ~ Sun Apr 12 14:45 User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 14:24 - shutdown (00:21) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sat Apr 11 13:03 - 17:00 (03:56) wtmp begins Wed Apr 1 21:21:28 UTC 2009 As you can see, the system reboot several times, and crashed the most recent time. Only one of the shutdown/reboots listed is valid - the furthest one. I have no idea why it is rebooting/crashing. It has been completely stable until about 1-2 days ago. If anyone can direct me to post the output to any commands or any log messages, I'd be more than willing to do so in order to help anyone diagnose my problem. Thank you for your 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 What you are experiencing are the early warning signs of disk drive failure or over heating problems. Before doing any thing else make backup of your user data if you have not done so already. Then open your box and use a small brush and a can of compressed air to blow the dust off the motherboard and the fans. Give special attention to the fan in the power supply. If PC is older than 3 years or has over 1 year of continues use then replace the power supply. IF problem still happens replace hard drive. ___ 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: Splash screen color issues
Eugene L. wrote: Hello everyone, I have a FreeBSD 7.1-Release (generic kernel), and I am trying to make splash screen feature work properly, so I followed the procedure described in handbook and the splash screen actually loads, except the black is now white, red is violet, etc. So all the colors of the bitmap are messed up, and I checked, they fit the requirements and I've tried other pics and pcx format. I tried gimp, photoshop. The issue isn't pic related What could possibly be the reason? I use Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP ___ 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 Has to be your video card. If you have an X-desktop installed try displaying the splash screen and see how it looks there. The x-desktop should have auto loaded a driver for your video card. If the colors are ok them unplug your video card and try the motherboard default video. ___ 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: Problem: PPOE and a Static IP.
Paul Halliday wrote: I am following the instructions on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html I had initially thought it was a problem with the modem so I had a technician come in to take a look; when hooked up to his windows laptop: 1) He had to assign the interface the static address 2) no uname/pass were required. What needs to change in my ppp.conf to accommodate a static address? 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 set ifaddr s.s.s.s 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 where s.s.s.s is your static ip address ___ 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: Fetchmail problem
Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise ___ 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 post your .fetchmailrc config file ___ 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: whats in your /etc/security/ files ? (AUDIT subsystem)
Mike Tancsa wrote: I am looking at getting more out of the FreeBSD AUDIT system and was wondering if anyone has feedback beyond what is in the handbook or links to other resources on this topic. http://bsdmag.org/ had a nice intro article and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/audit.html is actually pretty complete. But I was looking for additional feedback from folks using it on their servers in production. What do you find useful to log on large multi user systems ? What about boxes with limited access to just administrators ? Log everything? How do you manage your audit logs to ensure integrity ? Do you run at a higher secure level and make the file flags uappnd ? Write them to an nfs mount on a separate and separately secured system ? ---Mike Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications,m...@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/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 My experience is its “OVERKILL”. Better to invest your time in tuning your firewall rules. ___ 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-write is this booting info correct?
How is this rewrite correct? Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD use the word partition to mean different (but related) things. The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. A single “primary dos partition” occupying all the space on the hard drive would be assigned drive letter C. You can also sub-divide the hard drive into multiple “primary dos partition” each one being assigned a drive letter C, D, E, F, An alternate method is to allocate an “extended dos partition” and then sub-divide it into logical dos drives lettered C, D, E, F. One of these “primary dos partitions” or one of the logical dos drives in the “extended dos partition” must be set as the active partition to boot from. In a multiple partition allocation only one partition can be marked as bootable at one time. Typically legacy Microsoft/Windows Win3.1, Win95, Win98, WinMe, and Win2000 defaulted to a single “primary dos partition”. Starting with XP, PC manufactures started to provide support for their PC’s operating system by having a second “primary dos partition” where the original factory version of the system was hidden and used to restore the C drive back to the factory version when corrupted by a virus. Microsoft/Windows provides no native method of selecting which partition to boot from in a multiple partition allocation. FreeBSD’s fdisk program allocates disk space into slices. A FreeBSD slice is the same thing as a Microsoft/Windows “primary dos partition”. FreeBSD has nothing akin to an “extended dos partition”. The Microsoft/Windows partition and the FreeBSD slice is where the operating system software is installed. Microsoft/Windows operating system creates default folders that share the space in the partition. The FreeBSD ‘disk label’ program is used to sub-divide the slice into smaller chunks called partitions. In a standard install of FreeBSD, these partitions are the default directory names used by the operating system. The motherboard standard which was created in the days before windows desktop were even though of yet and at which time Microsoft DOS (disk operating system) was the only thing available. This legacy standard has continued un-updated to this current time and contributes to the limitations imposed on booting, disk layout and selection of which allocation on the hard disk to boot from. The motherboard BIOS ROM chip at power up inquires each device (floppies, cdrom, hard drive, usb memory stick) you selected in the BIOS menu to boot from. The hard drive has a MBR (Master Boot Record) a (512 byte block) located in sector-0 of the first physical track on the hard drive. This MBR contains bootstrap code and the disk partition table created by the fdisk program. The BIOS boot code reads the MBR code and disk partition table into memory and then transfers control to it. This MBR code is responsible for parsing the partition table and finding the bootable slice/partition that is marked 'active'. The MBR code then sets up the disk-address-offset information for the bootable slice/partition, and reads 'relative sector zero' from that slice/partition, and transfers control to that one-sector block of code that contains the unique operating system code to load it into memory. This hard drive 512-byte MBR is where all the limitations are. Do to it’s size the MBR partition table is limited to 4 entries. This means no matter how large your hard drive is (20MG or 200GB) you can only sub-divide it into a maximum 4 slices/partitions. The default MBR code written by the Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is hard coded to boot the C drive. The FreeBSD fdisk program has option to write a simple boot menu program to the MBR. There are MBR boot menu programs in the FreeBSD ports collection that you can load into the MBR on the first physical cabled hard drive to scan for other bootable primary-partitions/slices on this hard drive and any other hard drives cabled to the PC. It displays a menu giving you the option to choose which one you want to boot from. This gives you the ability to have more that one operating system installed on your PC at one 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: re-write is this booting info correct?
Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on
the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary
dos partition” and “extended dos partition”.
Just a formal addition: primary DOS partition - DOS stands
for Disk Operating System, it's an abbreviation. You're
stating this later on, but you should do it at its first
occurance.
for correctness i agree.
A single “primary dos partition” occupying all the space on the hard
drive would be assigned drive letter C.
The drive letters used seem to include the : as a part,
so it would be C: instead of plain C.
I have the win98 fdisk english version. I tested this and the fdisk
program displays just the drive letter with out the :. Now on the DOS
command line you do have to use the : to change to different drive, like
in to change to A: drive.
An alternate method is to allocate an “extended dos partition” and then
sub-divide it into logical dos drives lettered C, D, E, F.
I think the term is logical volume inside an extended DOS
partition; I'm not very familiar with their english names,
but that would correspond to the correct german name (found
in german versions of DOS); the term is volume or drive.
I've got no english DOS documentation here, so I can't
check for the correct term.
German: Primäre DOS-Partition and Logisches Laufwerk in
einer erweiterten DOS-Partition, and Laufwerk means
drive, but I think I recall that DOS uses volume for
this...
The correct word as displayed in the fdisk program is 'logical dos
drives' just the way i have it.
One of these
“primary dos partitions” or one of the logical dos drives in the
“extended dos partition” must be set as the active partition to boot
from.
I'm not sure you can actually boot from a logical volume
inside an extended DOS partition... as far as I remember,
booting can only take place from a primary DOS partition.
I tested this and can confirm you can boot from a logical drive
inside an extended DOS partition. Just have to set the active flag first.
FreeBSD’s fdisk program allocates disk space into slices. A FreeBSD
slice is the same thing as a Microsoft/Windows “primary dos partition”.
FreeBSD has nothing akin to an “extended dos partition”.
It quite has - its slices (which are subdivided just as the
extended DOS partitions are, so its partitions are like -
but not the same as - the logical volumes inside a DOS
extended partition).
The
Microsoft/Windows partition and the FreeBSD slice is where the operating
system software is installed.
No. The software is installed on the partitions inside a
slice, or, to be more exact, in the file system that the
partition holds. There can be of course one partition
coviering the whole slice, so partition(s) would be
a valid term.
The FreeBSD
‘disk label’ program is used to sub-divide the slice into smaller chunks
called partitions. In a standard install of FreeBSD, these partitions
are the default directory names used by the operating system.
Not are - they _refer_ to them (or are refered to by
then), e. g. the default directory name / is the root
directory, but /dev/ad0s1a is the partition; /usr is the
directory for { UNIX system resources | user binaries and
libraries }, but /dev/ad0s1g is (maybe) the partition that
holds this data. In settings where one partition convers
the whole slice, there are no further mountpoints for the
divisions of functional parts of the system.
The motherboard standard which was created in the days before windows
desktop were even though of yet and at which time Microsoft DOS (disk
operating system) was the only thing available.
Sure. :-)
This hard drive 512-byte MBR is where all the limitations are. Do to
it’s size the MBR partition table is limited to 4 entries.
Due to its size...
good catch.
This means no
matter how large your hard drive is (20MG or 200GB) you can only
sub-divide it into a maximum 4 slices/partitions.
20MB. But I'd like to have a 20 machine gun hard disk, too. :-)
back in win3.1 days a 20MG hard drive was the largest made at the time.
The default MBR code written by the Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is
hard coded to boot the C drive. The FreeBSD fdisk program has option to
write a simple boot menu program to the MBR.
You could add that this program is called the FreeBSD boot
manager, because that's its actual name.
Everything else seems to be correct to me, as well as
written in an appealing way, and technically understandable.
I am adding this verbiage to my FreeBSD installer Guide for
release 8.0 which will be available to the public 1/1/2010 at
http://www.a1poweruser.com/
following is the corrected version incorporating your ideas.
Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured
may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD
Re: I need help on installation
Roger Agraviador wrote: I found an old pc that I just reformatted the HDD using G parted, now that I try to boot from a Free BSD CD (7.2 release) the Intel chip gives me an error message that the system boot failed and asks me to insert a system disk which I do not have, how do I go about that because I virtually cannot install any operating system. Do I have to install a boot loader like GRUB2? If so How do I go about that? Since I have found no iso image of GRUB2 to burn into a live cd. ___ 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 you have to change your bios boot options to boot from cd instead of the hard drive. after the freebsd install is complete then change it back or if your bios allow a boot order change it to first look at cd drive and then hard drive to boot from ___ 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: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while installing FreeBSD?
Paul Shi wrote: Dear Everyone, I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD disc and boot from CDROM as I have chose the CDROM to be first one in boot order. However, system starts booting from FD, invokes some Caldera DR-DOS and goes to command prompt [DR-DOS] A:\ I am totally confused and cannot find any answer in FreeBSD handbook. I will greatly appreciate your help if anyone of you has experience with this weird problem. Thank you very much and Happy New Year! Your sincerely, Paul Shi Electronic and Communication Engineering Senior Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Hong Kong ___ 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 You did not burn the iso file to cd correctly. Here is link to old post containing details instructions for using nero to burn iso file. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.freebsd.questions/100238/match=nero+iso ___ 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: Inserting PC card NIC, system stops
Hashimoto wrote: Thanks for your reply, Paul. $ uname -a FreeBSD musca.localdomain 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0 r201741: Fri Jan 8 01:01:18 JST 2010 r...@aries.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 insert PC card and eject it $ tail /var/log/messages Jan 9 21:29:12 musca kernel: cbb1: ready never happened, status = 00 Jan 9 21:29:12 musca kernel: ed0: corega K.K. (CG-LAPCCTXD) at port ed(4) appears to be driver for that card Sure. I'm using GENERIC kernel, and it includes cbb(4), ed(4) device driver. But the system does not work fine with this PC card. You are not clear just how you are inserting the nic card. Are you trying to insert the card while Freebsd is up and running or inserting the card while the pc is powered off and them during bootup post you get those msgs? ___ 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
8.0 sysinstall problem with usb stick as source media and usb stick as install target
I know the sysinstall pgm is a dinosaur that nobody wants to touch so I give Randi great respect in tackling it adding USB support in 8.0. Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB target device that freebsd is to be installed on. I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb stick. I can install from this usb stick (da0)to any motherboard cabled hard drive. But when i try to target another usb stick (da1) to install to, sysinstall works normally up to the message this is your last chance before writing to the media. Then i get a abort message Unable to find device node for /dev/da1s1b in /dev! I then select vty1 and see this message geom: da1: media size does not match label. Followed by repeating messages debug scanning disk da1 root file system and debug scanning disk da1 swap file system I could be wrong but maybe the disc-1 iso is missing some /dev statements for partitions on usb da1 through da9. Can someone verify 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
Re: Invalid partition table after installation
John wrote: I've tried the modern BIOS geometry and the 255 head geometry. I've ensured that the first slice (boot slice) is smaller than 1.5 Gb. I've tried to figure out what the BIOS thinks the geometry is, but it doesn't seem to want to tell me. At least, I can't find it in the BIOS menu anywhere. When I boot from the CD-ROM with the 255 head geometry, though, it complains about the disk geometry, saying 16h,63s != 255h,63s or something like that - it flies by pretty fast (is there a way to go back and see that from the CD-ROM boot only boot?). I'm using the Standard boot manager, and the entire disk is devoted to FreeBSD. System BIOS version PT84510A.86A.2004.P05 Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4 Processor speed: 2.20Ghz Memory: 512Mb Disk: Primary IDE Master ST380021A (Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80Gb) Primary IDE Slave: IOMega ZIP 250 Secondary IDE Master: Sony CD-RW CRX19 (what I boot from to install) Secondary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM DDU1621 Boot sequence: 1) ATAPI CD-ROM 2) Hard Drive 3) Removable Dev. Modern BIOS geometry: 155061/16/63 for ad0 calculated geometry: 9729/255/63 for ad0 ad0s1 start=63, size=2875572 ad0s2 start=2875635, size=10217340 ad0s3 start=13092975, size=143203410 unus start=156296384, size=5103 ad0s1a / 384Mb ad0s1d /usr 1Gb ad0s2b SWAP 1Gb ad0s2d /tmp 384Mb ad0s2e /var 512Mb ad0s2f /var/mail 2Gb ad0s2g /usr/ports 1Gb ad0s3d /home/mysql 4Gb ad0s3e /home 50Gb ad0s3f /usr/src 3Gb ad0s3g /usr/obj 3Gb ad0s3h /extra 8483Mb Suggestions, please? I'm making zero headway right now. :( What version of FreeBSD are you running ___ 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: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400)
Christoph Kukulies wrote: I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on my Desktop PC and install 8.0 from it. Now I plugged the same stick into my Dell Inspiron 9400 and the USB stick (2GB) is not even listed in the F12 Bios boot menu. Any clues? -- Christoph ___ 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 Older pc's have bios which do not have option to boot from USB stick. I think that is so in your case. Check mfg website for bios update. If not you are SOL. (shit outof luck) ___ 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: pf rules
Erik Norgaard wrote:
kalin m wrote:
tcp_in = { www, https }
ftp_in = { ftp }
udp = { domain, ntp }
ping = echoreq
set skip on lo
scrub in
antispoof for eth0 inet
block in all
pass out all keep state
pass proto udp to any port $udp
pass inet proto icmp all icmp-type $ping keep state
pass in inet proto tcp to any port $tcp_in flags S/SAF synproxy state
pass proto tcp to any port ssh
To debug pf rules:
- always add direction to the rule, pass or block, add interface to all
rules except default policy, keep state on all pass rules
- group your rules per direction, then per interface
- add log to all rules and watch pflog to see which rule blocks or
passes traffic.
- use keyword quick for any decisive rule
- check the parsing of your ruleset, pfctl -sr
then come back and ask for help.
BR, Erik
See sample pf firewall rules in manual
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