I just installed FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a computer and after failing
to get XFree86 4.3.1,1 going on my DVI LCD monitor and nVidia FX5200
card, I wanted to try my luck with X.Org's server, but the port simply
refuses to install. I tried to install it a couple of weeks ago and it
gave me tons of
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I have been trying for several days to get XFree86 going with my LCD
monitor, but to no luck.
Hardware:
GeForce FX 5200
BenQ FP991 19 LCD monitor with DVI-S and HD-15 connectors.
I shelled out a little extra for this monitor *specifically* for its
DVI port, but it just simply won't work with
If there isn't one, I offer my expertise. I've been running a Corp for
three ears and have a little free time now.
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On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:19:23AM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote:
Hey,
Thanks for you help. I figured out my problem. I was trying to install
grub to (hd0) while running gnome. I read some more of the manual for
grub and realized that I had to create a floppy disk to do the
installation. So, I
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 11:48:24PM -, Hugo Silva wrote:
Hi,
I need to create a dsp1 device. I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9
I've tried:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev]# mknod /dev/dsp1 c 30 0x0013
mknod: /dev/dsp1: No such file or directory
but no luck.. I need this device because
Hello. Today I installed 5.2.1 onto a desktop box, i810 chipset with
Celerons 600MHz. And I installed 3 times with miniinstall CDROM but I never
get rid of these problems:
1 (almost) nothing compiles successful. Many applications in the port
ends with a compile error like this one:
Hi there,
I am currently using FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE. I do plan on upgrading to
5.2-CURRENT shortly but I know people who are using 5.2-CURRENT and are
experiencing the same problem as me. If this email is not appropriate in
this mailing list, could you please forward me to the correct one. Thank
Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi list,
I wonder if you could help me analyze a problem using different storage
devices in Ultrabay on a IBM Thinkpad T41?
Primary HD installed with FreeBSD -current, sources are from June 26th.
Secondary HD in Ultrabay Slim with Win XP
If I swap the secondary(XP) HD
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 11:24:35PM -0700, 3BSD wrote:
Is there a solution to this or is it simply broken and awaits the
attention of the port maintainer?
Please. Assume at least a minimal amount of competence on the part of
port maintainers. Ports, especially of big and important software
Is the system configured to accept remote desktop requests? Windows XP has
it disabled by default.
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Yes. It is a Windows 2000 Server machine that I can connect to both on
the local network and via an SSH tunnel. It is simply to do with natd's
port forwarding. I also cannot use port forwarding to access any other
services on the 2000 Server box such as telnet or ftp for example.
Any help is
Verbose limit is a sysctl knob now, you can display it to see
current setting or change it without a reboot. Check your
newsyslog.conf file to very the rotate trigger is the same as you
were using before.
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Dan Pelleg wrote:
I have a patch for that in kern/46080. Note I haven't tested it in a while
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/46080
So what I observed (security logfile get floaded with ipfw2 logs) is actually
a kind of bug. If so, I'd rather wait till the fix makes it into the
Hello,
Forgive the simple question here, please.
I've just installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 from BSDMall's CD-Set, and I wanted to do what I'd
usually do with a new installation of FreeBSD-4.x, which is to update it to the latest
stable of that version. Now I know that there is no Stable version of
Adding an logamount option to each logging rules would be to long
way work around.
Adding net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit=100 to /etc/sysctl.conf would be
the short way.
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Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 8:15 AM
To:
On 07/04/04 12:14 AM, 3BSD sat at the `puter and typed:
I have been trying for several days to get XFree86 going with my LCD
monitor, but to no luck.
Hardware:
GeForce FX 5200
BenQ FP991 19 LCD monitor with DVI-S and HD-15 connectors.
I shelled out a little extra for this monitor
On 07/04/04 01:26 PM, Stacey Roberts sat at the `puter and typed:
Hello,
Forgive the simple question here, please.
I've just installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 from BSDMall's CD-Set, and I wanted to do what I'd
usually do with a new installation of FreeBSD-4.x, which is to update it to the
On Sunday 04 July 2004 14:26, Stacey Roberts wrote:
Hello,
Forgive the simple question here, please.
I've just installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 from BSDMall's CD-Set, and I wanted
to do what I'd usually do with a new installation of FreeBSD-4.x,
which is to update it to the latest stable of that
Hmm, Perhaps a complete layout and network explanations is in order here
- I have a total of 5 servers, all running freebsd.
- All servers have two NICS, 1 LAN and 1 WAN, all are hardwired to my
switch. (No wireless involved.
- The switch IS configured to allow WAN access to WAN ports only,
Hello Louis,
Thanks for the response.
- Original Message -
From: Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: To [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Jul, 2004 13:40 BST
Subject: Re: Updating newly installed FreeBSD-5.2.1
On 07/04/04 01:26 PM, Stacey Roberts sat at the `puter and typed:
JJB wrote:
Adding an logamount option to each logging rules would be to long
way work around.
Adding net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit=100 to /etc/sysctl.conf would be
the short way.
You're right with IPFW, but you missed Dan Pelleg's note that this seems
not to work with IPFW2; for some reason IPFW2
Hi,
Thanks for the response.
- Original Message -
From: platanthera [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: To [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Jul, 2004 13:47 BST
Subject: Re: Updating newly installed FreeBSD-5.2.1
On Sunday 04 July 2004 14:26, Stacey Roberts wrote:
Hello,
Forgive the simple
hey!
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 23:55, Mikko Työläjärvi wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, jobse wrote:
Dear List,
When trying to mount the cdrom I get Operation not permitted.
sysctl: vfs.usermount=0(what does that mean and how can I *permanently*
change it to 1)
I'd rather not set the sticky
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Danny MacMillan wrote:
If you have another laptop, you can:
1. Put the hard drive in the other laptop.
2. Install a boot manager on it that will allow you to boot from CD.
3. Put the hard drive back in the HP.
4. Boot the HP from the FreeBSD and proceed as normally.
This is really odd. I setup a 5.2.1 machine and used the serial port for
console. I see it booting up just fine until it gets to the part where it
checks the hard drive for fragmentationthen it SLOWS to a crawl
it get's past the hard drive and then each part of the boot is word by word
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:59:57AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote:
This is really odd. I setup a 5.2.1 machine and used the serial port for
console. I see it booting up just fine until it gets to the part where it
checks the hard drive for fragmentationthen it SLOWS to a crawl
it get's
At 09:20 AM 7/4/2004, Skylar Thompson wrote:
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:59:57AM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote:
This is really odd. I setup a 5.2.1 machine and used the serial port for
console. I see it booting up just fine until it gets to the part where it
checks the hard drive for
dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've got a confusion issue, regarding postfix's postmap and when to use
it. I've read some documentation that suggests you don't need to run it when
making regexp or pcre map types such as in header_checks, yet the
header_checks file supplied with postfix
Nikhil Kale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I have just installed FreeBSD 5.2 on my system. My
network card is National Semiconductors DP 83815 which
is detected properly for interface sis0. But somehow I
cant bring the interface up using DHCP. My machine is
a dual boot, and the linux system
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 06:57:16PM +1000, Jon Kurjakovich wrote:
My problem: I am trying to use NATD to forward packets to machines on
the internal network using the redirect_port command.
I don't have a solution to your problem with natd, however net/rinetd
(from ports) might be a good enough
I'm cvsuping and updateing several machines this weekend.
One of them is failing in maje buildworld as follows:
/usr/src/usr.sbin/ipftest/../../sys/contrib/ipfilter/netinet/ip_fil.h:633:
previous declaration of `fr_makefrip'
*** Error code 1
I've re cvsup'd, and removed the whole /usr/obj tree,
Hi all,
I have a problem booting a IBM T41 with the CDRW (see a previous post).
Now, how can I submit a proper report when it is impossible to write to
disc? What sort of info is really meaningful to the developers?
Also, I did search the PR database but saw nothing on this but maybe I
just
Hi!
Does BSD support Tablet-PCs?
With kind regards,
Alexander Salokat
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On Sunday 04 July 2004 09:13 am, stan wrote:
I'm cvsuping and updateing several machines this weekend.
One of them is failing in maje buildworld as follows:
/usr/src/usr.sbin/ipftest/../../sys/contrib/ipfilter/netinet/ip_fil.h
:633: previous declaration of `fr_makefrip'
*** Error code 1
Hello,
I dont think the problem is related to releasing the DHCP lease because I have
Windows XP, SuSE linux and now FreeBSD installed on the computer. I havent had any
problem with Windows/Linux.
Here's what I get in dmesg for my network interface:
Hello All,
I have 5.2.1 freshly installed and updated / built.
I have installed Postnuke (Rogue) using the ports system.
I have a running Apache which displays a PHP test page fine.
I have a running MySQL server in which I have created a root
password for both localhost and the host/domain.
I
Is there an implementation of an LVM in FreeBSD ?
Vinum is not sufficient. I am looking for a true LVM where creating and
resizing volumes is a must. Something like Solaris Disksuite with
softpartitioning is something I could live with already, but it just
does not seem to exist.
Am I correct?
Lonnie Santella wrote:
This all checks out correctly. I'm basically using almost entirely
defaults here. My supfile on my mirror server looks identical to yours.
This is driving me crazy.
The one thing I wonder is, how does my cvsup mirror server know how to
share it's full ports tree? None of
Kevin Stevens wrote:
Try ping; even if the host isn't available you can see if it resolves.
host does it's own thing, which is sometimes non-obvious (to me at
least). Look at the sections in man host about the variables it expects
to be configured.
Excellent, ping does resolve a new entry
I was wandering through Comp-USA this morning and I noticed a floppy
drive on the shelf that had sockets for other memory devices. e.g.
secure digital cards. I found it on their web site at:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=311195pfp=BROWSE
It appears to be made
dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I've got a confusion issue, regarding postfix's postmap and when to use
it. I've read some documentation that suggests you don't need to run it when
making regexp or pcre map types such as in header_checks, yet the
header_checks file supplied with postfix 2.1
Lev Klimin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have little trouble. I have 4.10-release with ppp ant ipnat. On
startup ipnat reload it's rules with interface tun0 in statments which
is ppp's device. But before running ppp, there is no tun device in
system
pppctl(8) includes some examples of how to achieve
Hi All:
I'm trying to build a 5.2.1 kernel. I've used both the original method as
well as the newer make buildkernel I keep getting the error during the
make depend phase:
src/i386/usr/include /usr/src/sys/modules/syscons/logo/logo_saver.c
/usr/src/sys/modules/syscons/logo/logo.c
The
On Sunday 04 July 2004 14:53, Stacey Roberts wrote:
Hello Louis,
Thanks for the response.
- Original Message -
From: Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: To [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Jul, 2004 13:40 BST
Subject: Re: Updating newly installed FreeBSD-5.2.1
On 07/04/04
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Graham Bentley
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Postnuke install probs - any advice appreciated.
Hello All,
I have 5.2.1 freshly installed and updated / built.
I have
I'm running FreeBSD 4.7 and I noticed that /var/log/auth.log does not
include year () in the log entries. My daily cron jobs recently
sent notice that there were some failed login attempts on July 3 to an
account that was removed many months ago. This raised concern, so I
did a thorough
Hey all,
The email from Mr. Gerhardt prompted me to take a look at auth.log, and
I noticed a couple things that concerned me. I just set Cyrus-SASL up,
and I see these entries in my auth.log file:
Jun 28 18:31:48 grog saslauthd[187]: START: saslauthd 1.5.28
Jun 28 18:31:48 grog saslauthd[194]:
If I wanted to replace every instance of a pattern in a file with
something, what would I use?
Sorta like doing a include in a html file and then something goes
threw and replaces that include with the file that include pointed it
at?
Sorta want something to make web admining easier and I am
Hey folks. I've been having some real problems with make buildworld
on 5.2.1. I was trying to build RELENG_5_2_1 from the initial 5.2.1
install, done from the distribution ISOs.
Namely, the whole system was siezing. Well, mostly. It's really
wierd, because I could switch desks, desktops, play
I'm having another hangup with 5.2.1. This one is considerably less
critical though.
I have a SoundBlaster Live! (with 5.1 support, whatever this means).
Judging from the handbook, all I'm supposed to do is put the following
in the kernel config:
device pcm
device sbc
and put this in
I just installed FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a computer and after failing
to get XFree86 4.3.1,1 going on my DVI LCD monitor and nVidia FX5200
card, I wanted to try my luck with X.Org's server, but the port simply
refuses to install.I tried to install it a couple of weeks ago and it
gave me tons of
Hi:
Sed is useful for this. Here are some good tutorials on it:
Common threads: Sed by example:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sed1.html
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sed2.html
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sed3.html
On
We're looking at picking up a couple of Compaq SP750 machines and are
wondering if anyone has had any experience using these with FreeBSD.
I'm particularly concerned with the onboard disk controller -- I can't find
any useful details about the controller on Compaq's web site, and don't want
to
make can't fetch /usr/ports/win32-codecs
I can't fetch it myself either. None of the mirrors are hosting it.
If the package has moved, I can't find it.
Can somebody tell me what I need to do to install this package and perhaps
where I should go looking for answers when I have problems like this
On Sunday, 4 July 2004 at 21:06:20 +0200, Stephan van Beerschoten wrote:
Is there an implementation of an LVM in FreeBSD ?
Vinum is not sufficient. I am looking for a true LVM where creating and
resizing volumes is a must.
And what's missing in Vinum?
Something like Solaris Disksuite with
Kent Stewart wrote:
On Sunday 04 July 2004 09:55 am, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 07:07:47AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
[I sent a copy of this information under separate cover to Darren
Reed a little while ago. dhw]
Darren's 1741 UTC to ip_fil.h fix lets it build on my test
Nikhil Kale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I dont think the problem is related to releasing the DHCP lease
because I have Windows XP, SuSE linux and now FreeBSD installed
on the computer. I havent had any problem with Windows/Linux.
Perhaps not, but I think it's related to DHCP. Do you have a
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 06:32:53PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
Hi all,
I have a problem booting a IBM T41 with the CDRW (see a previous post).
Now, how can I submit a proper report when it is impossible to write to
disc? What sort of info is really meaningful to the developers?
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 17:51:22 -0500
Jon Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi:
Sed is useful for this. Here are some good tutorials on it:
Common threads: Sed by example:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sed1.html
Hi
nbsp;
For FreeBSD-stable, I can change the permission of the
/dev/bpf*.
But for FreeBSD-current, the bpf device is created at
runtime.
There is no way to decided the user/group and
permission of the device created. (/etc/devfs.conf can
be used, but it had to be start after the device is
hello all,
for many moons now, i'll occasionally dedicate a dark day to getting my USB
Zip drive to work. i've been through the handbook, faq, relevant man
pages, mailing lists and across the colossal googlesphere collecting bits
and pieces, none of which seem to get me the desired result. i'm
Hello all,
What swap size should i use having 768 Mb of memory?
I've heard something about preformance degradation if
swap size is bellow 2x of ram...
Thanks,
Alexander.
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I think for most cases if you have more then 512 MB of ram you can just
have the swap size the same size as the amount of ram you have installed.
Lists wrote:
Hello all,
What swap size should i use having 768 Mb of memory?
I've heard something about preformance degradation if
swap size
On Sunday 04 July 2004 07:28 pm, epilogue wrote:
hello all,
for many moons now, i'll occasionally dedicate a dark day to getting
my USB Zip drive to work. i've been through the handbook, faq,
relevant man pages, mailing lists and across the colossal
googlesphere collecting bits and pieces,
In the last episode (Jul 04), Stephan van Beerschoten said:
Is there an implementation of an LVM in FreeBSD ? Vinum is not
sufficient. I am looking for a true LVM where creating and resizing
volumes is a must. Something like Solaris Disksuite with
softpartitioning is something I could live
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:04:06 -0700
Kent Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 04 July 2004 07:28 pm, epilogue wrote:
hello all,
for many moons now, i'll occasionally dedicate a dark day to getting
my USB Zip drive to work. i've been through the handbook, faq,
relevant man pages,
Hi
I´m try to install kde 3.2.3 in my freebsd i386 5.2.1
the port to kde 3.2.3 only install kde 3.1.4
and this is a error,
I´m try to install from *.tbz files, and get a list of dependency
error
so,
how to install kde-3.2.3 in my computer?
please!!!
First off, remove all arts, qt, quanta, kde, and kdevelop packages.
Set your package site envirmomental variable to a site that has the
3.2.3 packages. Then run pkg_add -r kde. It should download and
install and save you a ton of time trying to compile everything from
source.
Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What swap size should i use having 768 Mb of memory?
I've heard something about preformance degradation if
swap size is bellow 2x of ram...
You don't *need* ANY swap. Until you fill up your RAM, at which point
it's nice to have some swap space
Apologies for the cross-post - this is mainly a hardware problem, but I've
thrown it into -questions as well in case someone has already seen and fixed
this issue.
I have a Compaq Armada M700 that I used for a firewall. I've recently
upgraded the memory in it to 320MB (64MB onboard + 256MB).
At Sun, 4 Jul 2004 it looks like David Fuchs composed:
Excellent, ping does resolve a new entry in /etc/hosts properly. So as
you said, `host' is doing it's own thing. The manpage for host gives me
some leads which I'll follow through on.
Hmm, in the Unix boxes I've seen, there is a
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