Re: Can't get to Internet - Tinker with /etc/hosts?

2002-10-19 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:59:07PM -0400, Daniel Inzirillo wrote: I have two machines connected to a router using DHCP. One is a freshly installed FreeBSD 4.7, the other one runs Linux. They can ping each other. I can access the Internet from the Linux machine, but not from FreeBSD. On

Re: LPD protocol screwup and ctl_renametf error

2002-10-19 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, TheGlenMann wrote: In windows I have a printer HP LaserJet 6L, with the correct driver, using standard TCP/IP port 192.168.1.205 (where I have FreeBSD/LPD). The port is set as LPR and the Queue name is hp6LServ. The windows machine does communicate with LPD, but... On

Re: learning about ./configure and pkg-config

2002-10-19 Thread Adam Weinberger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (10.18.2002 @ 1924 PST): Peter Leftwich said, in 1.7K: I downloaded the following from gnome.org bonobo-activation-1.0.3.tgz and gunzipped then untarred it and changed to the resulting directory. When I ran `./configure` it got through most

Re: Can't get to Internet - Tinker with /etc/hosts?

2002-10-19 Thread DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'
From: Daniel A. Inzirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Freebsd-Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:50 PM Subject: Re: Can't get to Internet - Tinker with /etc/hosts? On Friday 18 October 2002 11:46

FreeBSD 4.7 on Dell Latitude - interesitng problems

2002-10-19 Thread Bryce Newall
Hi all, I'm running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE on my Dell Latitude C600. I've run into a couple of interesting problems that I'm wondering if anyone else has had experience with, and may be able to help me: 1) I compiled a custom kernel, and like clockwork, every OTHER time I boot the machine, it hangs

Re: Missing vendor info for generic Realtek clone (FBSD4.6)

2002-10-19 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: 004601c276df$12e75410$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Kutulu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : What steps can I take to locate the correct pccard configuration to use this : card? The rl driver is a cardbus driver, which is only supported in -current. 5.0 will be released soon, and that will

Re: favorite security software

2002-10-19 Thread parv
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Alex thusly... I beleave it [ipfilter] also has a bit more options for a normal firewall but no extra's like ipfw does. The later reason is way i also run ipfw. I use it for the traffic shaping and traffic policy only. i have been faithful to ipfilter for

XVideo problem

2002-10-19 Thread M-Trade
Hello, When trying to run 'xine -V Xv', I get this error message: Xv extension is present but I couldn't find a usable yuv12 port xvinfo reports 'no adapter present' but it should be there, right? I'm using Nvidia TNT2 and XFree86-4.2.0_1,1. Xine works using XShm. Need help. Thanks. David

Unable to input French characters

2002-10-19 Thread Carlton Roy DAVIS
I have unable to configure my FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE machine so that I can enter French characters; for example to be able to use pine to write a French email (with the necessary French accents). I install the french port and followed the instruction at

Re: Multiple FreeBSD SCSI Hosts

2002-10-19 Thread Jens Rehsack
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Oct 18), Mike Thompson said: I'm interested in setting up two FreeBSD systems in a very simple clustering type configuration around centralized external SCSI storage devices for hardware redundancy. The specific configuration I'm thinking about

Re: New hard drive - Do I have to rebot?

2002-10-19 Thread Jens Rehsack
terry wrote: Do I have to reboot or kill a process for my new hard drive to be activated once I've done the fstab, disk labeler and modified my /etc/fstab? I was able to move and copy onto disk two but it wasn't listed when I did a ls at root. I had to reboot. I also included 300 Meg's of

Re: Buildworld fails

2002-10-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 07:03:35PM -0700, Riley wrote: /usr/src/gnu/lib/libobjc/../../../contrib/libobjc/objc/Protocol.h /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/include/objc === gnu/lib/libg2c sh /usr/src/tools/install.sh -C -o root -g wheel -m 444 libg2c.a /usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/lib sh

FreeBSD version of Linux's passwd -l

2002-10-19 Thread Bsd Neophyte
i'm following a pretty decent IBM tutorial on how to setup a samba PDC. in the tutorial the following command is mentioned: passwd -l this is what someone pulled from the RedHat man page for the '-l' option in RedHat: -l This option is used to lock the specified account

Re: FreeBSD version of Linux's passwd -l

2002-10-19 Thread Ceri Davies
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 08:17:53AM -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote: i'm following a pretty decent IBM tutorial on how to setup a samba PDC. in the tutorial the following command is mentioned: passwd -l pw lock [user] Check the pw manpage. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you

Re: Mac can't connect to Internet

2002-10-19 Thread mh
On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 01:21 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: At 11:31 AM 10/18/02 -0500, you wrote: I have FreeBSD, 4.7 Stable running as a gateway box, with a Debian box also on the network. The gateway is connected to a Comcast cable modem, and is running ipfw as a firewall. Both boxes can

RE: problem with network cards in server, plz help

2002-10-19 Thread JoeB
The problem you describe is becoming common in the 4.x versions of FBSD. I have seen these solutions voiced previously in this list. 1. Check the PC's bios, look for a toggle to disable plug-n-play function. 2. Check that your PCI Nic card is not in the first or last PCI expansion slot on the

RE: Buildworld fails

2002-10-19 Thread Riley
From: Kris Kennaway Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 2:44 AM 1 error *** Error code 2 The fact that there's no actual error message shown indicates that you're doing make installworld with a -j option. This is not supported and as you have found is likely to fail. Kris The lack of

combining shared libraries into 1 library?

2002-10-19 Thread Steve Kargl
Is it possible to combine 2 shared libraries into a single library? I've read the ld(1) man page, but it isn't clear whether this is possible. I would like to do ld -Bsharable -o libX.so libY.so libZ.so where libY.so are libZ.so are combined into libX.so. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send

Re: prc-tools-2.2 on FreeBSD-4.7 build errors

2002-10-19 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chris Ptacek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This appears to be an issue with not having libintl available on FreeBSD. I havn't tried these suggestions yet, but I thought I would pass them along. Is the libintl stuff available through a port? gettext To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: problem with network cards in server, plz help

2002-10-19 Thread stealth215
I got it working with the netgear buy just turinging off the plug n' play. I will try your other suggestions to try to get the AMD nic working. thx, Dave The problem you describe is becoming common in the 4.x versions of FBSD. I have seen these solutions voiced previously in this list. 1.

Re: Can't get to Internet - Tinker with /etc/hosts?

2002-10-19 Thread Daniel A. Inzirillo
And the answer is: NO, at least in my case. Problem solved. I am sending this for the benefit of any other newbee like me having the same problem. Problem description: * have two machines connected to the Internet through a cable/DSL router. * One of them is running a freshly

xinetd FTP trouble

2002-10-19 Thread Stephen Bader
Last week I upgraded to xinetd-2.3.8 to bring us up to the lastest and most secure version. Since the upgrade, all services but FTP have been working fine. FTP will work for a few days, and then all of the sudden, no longer accept connections. Sending xinetd a HUP results in the following message:

Questions about dialup

2002-10-19 Thread Lord Raiden
Hi. Got a quick question. I'm unsure of the answer or where to look. I'm setting up one of our old machines as a freebsd dialup station for work to test local pops for linux compatibility for a local ISP. I also want to use it as a way for me to learn how to dialup to the internet using

Can't 'make depend' when trying to build kernel source

2002-10-19 Thread Shawn Lussier
Hello all, I've recently cvsupped my source tree to 4.7-R in anticipation of upgrades to these systems. On one, in particular, I cannot rebuild the kernel -- when I run 'make depend', I get the following message: cc -c -O -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs

problem with login.access

2002-10-19 Thread ako ito
my login.access was working perfectly with 4.6-stable (not allowing users to login via telnet/ssh but allowing them only on ftp) but after upgrading to 4.7-stable -- somehow, users can now login thru telnet/ssh with the same login.access settings that i have before . did i miss something on

Re: Can't 'make depend' when trying to build kernel source

2002-10-19 Thread Kent Stewart
Shawn Lussier wrote: Hello all, I've recently cvsupped my source tree to 4.7-R in anticipation of upgrades to these systems. On one, in particular, I cannot rebuild the kernel -- when I run 'make depend', I get the following message: cc -c -O -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -Wall -Wredundant-decls

Re: Can't 'make depend' when trying to build kernel source

2002-10-19 Thread Kent Stewart
Kent Stewart wrote: Shawn Lussier wrote: Hello all, I've recently cvsupped my source tree to 4.7-R in anticipation of upgrades to these systems. On one, in particular, I cannot rebuild the kernel -- when I run 'make depend', I get the following message: cc -c -O -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro

Regarding JDK ports

2002-10-19 Thread Matt Garcia
Hi, I was wondering how would i go about configuring the jdk1.3 port to work under freebsd so i can use java applications ie... chess on yahoo... i know there is xboard which i use but i enjoy playing on yahoo more. I download the jdk1.3 ports collection and made a clean installation of it

external tape case

2002-10-19 Thread J.D. Bronson
I am looking for any recommendation on an external tape drive case. I am running 4.7 and while my scsi card is supported, I dont have any space within the machine to put this 5-1/4 tape drive (SCSI-2). Any advice? I would need a 2-4 bay unit with its own power... TIA :) -- J.D. Bronson

Re: FreeBSD version of Linux's passwd -l

2002-10-19 Thread Bsd Neophyte
this is what i pulled from the 'pw' man page about the 'lock' option. to me, it doesn't seem as if they do the same thing. - DESCRIPTION The lock utility requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification and then will normally not relinquish the terminal until the

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 VE and XFree86

2002-10-19 Thread E. J. Cerejo
I've got it running, actually i hadn't realized (when going through the xf86config) that all the ATI cards used the same driver ATI and because I didn't see an option for the radeon I thought wasn't available. I'm running the latest XFree86 4.2. I have this monitor:

Re: FreeBSD version of Linux's passwd -l

2002-10-19 Thread Tom Carrick
That's from the lock(1) man page, not the pw(8) man page. the relevant section from the pw man page is as follows: USER LOCKING Pw supports a simple password locking mechanism for users; it works by prepending the string `*LOCKED*' to the beginning of the password field in master.passwd to

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 VE and XFree86

2002-10-19 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
E. J. Cerejo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anybody using this card? Which XFree86 server should I use for this card? When running xf86config I don't see anything for radeons! I've used it under XFree86-4.2.0* in 16- and 24-bit modes, at several resolutions from 800 to 1600. I haven't bothered

/dev/* permissions

2002-10-19 Thread Hanspeter Roth
Hello, it seems to me that after the last upgrade the permission of the devices /dev/* have become more restrictive. /dev/*random and /dev/tty were not accessible by ordinary users. How can I restore the permissions on the devices to `reasonable' values (as they were before the upgrade)?

authentication server with group permissions?

2002-10-19 Thread stealth215
Could someone point me in the right direction to find information on creating an authentication server in such a way that if some user logs in on a particular machine, as long as he is in a certain group he will have read access to all/or certain files as well on other servers depending on the

Re: /dev/* permissions

2002-10-19 Thread Alex
Sunday, October 20, 2002, 12:22:44 AM, you wrote: HR Hello, HR it seems to me that after the last upgrade the permission of the HR devices /dev/* have become more restrictive. /dev/*random and HR /dev/tty were not accessible by ordinary users. HR How can I restore the permissions on the

supported USB-compact flash readers ?

2002-10-19 Thread Luigi Rizzo
Maybe this should go to -usb, but we don't have such a mailing list, so i am asking here. What are the options for USB compact flash card readers under FreeBSD ? I know that the Sandisk SDDR-31 works (just tried one), unfortunately it has been discontinued and several online stores list it as out

RE: Questions about dialup

2002-10-19 Thread Dan Pelleg
Hi. Got a quick question. I'm unsure of the answer or where to look. I'm setting up one of our old machines as a freebsd dialup station for work to test local pops for linux compatibility for a local ISP. I also want to use it as a way for me to learn how to dialup to the

How to use java, shockwave, etc..?

2002-10-19 Thread Elvis Paris
Hello all, I hope I'm asking a basic question. What should I do to set up my FreeBSD desktop with a browser that supports all (or at least most) linux plugins? I've had no luck with linux_base + linux-sun-jdk13, for example, with linux-opera or linux-mozilla ports. Using 4.7. Should I be using

Re: Connect two machines via plip0

2002-10-19 Thread Zhihui Zhang
Never mind. I misspell 192 as 129 on one machine. It works now. On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote: I tried to connect two machines with a parallel cable. Some configuration files are as follows: In file /etc/rc.conf, add following lines: inetd_enable=YES

Re: softupdates on /?

2002-10-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 11:40:34AM +0200, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: during the process of setting up some new servers I noticed that sysinstall will enable softupdates by default for everything BUT /. Is there any risk if I set / to use softupdates as well? The problem with softupdates is that a

Re[2]: softupdates on /?

2002-10-19 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello Matthew, Saturday, October 19, 2002, 1:29:47 PM, you wrote: For general use, softupdates on the root partition is not a problem. If your root partition is big enough to let you do whatever you need to by way of updating your system despite enabling

Re: C programming help ?

2002-10-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 02:17:49PM +0300, Angelin Lazarov Lalev wrote: I need to convert some bytes, which are not an internet address, from machine to network byte order (described in RFC1700). I could do it mannualy, assuming a I386 (or some other) architecture, but then my code will be a

Re: C programming help ?

2002-10-19 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 02:17:49PM +0300, Angelin Lazarov Lalev wrote: I need to convert some bytes, which are not an internet address, from machine to network byte order (described in RFC1700). I could do it mannualy, assuming a I386 (or some other) architecture, but then my code will be a

Re: Port Upgrade

2002-10-19 Thread Jack L. Stone
At 10:39 AM 10.19.2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, My box is freebsd 4.5-release When trying to do a Port Upgrade I run into this error. This used to work but not any more. Is 4.5 no longer supported? Please also reply to me. desert# pkg_add -r portupgrade Error: FTP Unable to get

IPNAT/NATD issues-questions..

2002-10-19 Thread BigBrother
Dear, I have a couple of issues regarding the IPNAT or NATD of freebsd. In case that you dont have enough time, skip the next paragraph [description] and go to questions section. -=Description of problem=- I was using NATD for more than 3 years with no problem. By debbuging a problem in my

Can't build databases/portgresql7

2002-10-19 Thread Ceri Davies
I know this is my fault, because I've checked the error logs on bento and it's building fine there, but I keep getting the following error trying to build the postgresql7 port: ## error log starts gmake[5]: Entering directory

Re: Port Upgrade

2002-10-19 Thread Adam Weinberger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (10.19.2002 @ 0839 PST): [EMAIL PROTECTED] said, in 0.6K: My box is freebsd 4.5-release When trying to do a Port Upgrade I run into this error. This used to work but not any more. Is 4.5 no longer supported? Please also reply to me.

Re: Running ipfw from a webpage/using php.

2002-10-19 Thread Joan Picanyol
* Patrick Holahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20021014 16:35]: I need to run a root command (ipfw) from apache through php. (Yes, this is not very secure and I'm aware of this and if anyone has any better suggestions, please feel free to make them.) What do you want to do? (No, you *don't* want to run a