Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread perryh
Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. ... Is there any editors with a function like this? Either vi or emacs can do this general sort of thing. ___

Re: sh script writing help

2010-05-30 Thread Aiza
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (May 30), Aiza said: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use to continue this on the next line so I can see it on the screen and still have the

Re: sh script writing help

2010-05-30 Thread Anh Ky Huynh
On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:10:36 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (May 30), Aiza said: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use to continue

Re: fonts qstns.

2010-05-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/2010 22:11:07, Gary Kline wrote: guys, given the depth and wide scope of knoweldge on this list, i'm hoping that somebody can clue me in on font stuff... BUT: the fonts i'm interested in have to work with openoffice. Any truetype or

Re: sh script writing help

2010-05-30 Thread Aiza
Anh Ky Huynh wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:10:36 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (May 30), Aiza said: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use

Re: Re : Possible to run Linux distro in a jail?

2010-05-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/2010 22:15:37, Alexandre L. wrote: I have this link to a French Blog : http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Emprisonner_une_debian_dans_un_FreeBSD This describe how to jail a Linux Debian in FreeBSD. I hope this will help you. I haven't

Re: sh script writing help

2010-05-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/05/2010 07:58:58, Aiza wrote: Anh Ky Huynh wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:10:36 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (May 30), Aiza said: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250

command to rename a directory

2010-05-30 Thread Aiza
Is there a command to rename a directory in place. Like mv does for a file name. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: fonts qstns.

2010-05-30 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:55:22AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/05/2010 22:11:07, Gary Kline wrote: guys, given the depth and wide scope of knoweldge on this list, i'm hoping that somebody can clue me in on font stuff... BUT: the

Re: command to rename a directory

2010-05-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 03:42:59PM +0800, Aiza wrote: Is there a command to rename a directory in place. Like mv does for a file name. It works for directories as well. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG

portmaster not replacing %var% in final pkg-msg

2010-05-30 Thread Eitan Adler
$cd lang/go portmaster . -- To build Go programs for FreeBSD, you'll want to set up your environment properly. The following environment variables should be set: ... GOOS=freebsd GOARCH=386 GOROOT=/usr/local/lib/go ===

Re: Re : Possible to run Linux distro in a jail?

2010-05-30 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 30/05/2010 08:10, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 29/05/2010 22:15:37, Alexandre L. wrote: I have this link to a French Blog : http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Emprisonner_une_debian_dans_un_FreeBSD This describe how to jail a Linux Debian in FreeBSD. I hope this will help you. I haven't used

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:36:31 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. Put dd on the first line of sequence number you want to start deleting and dd on the last line of the block and hit enter and the block of

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:36:31 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. Put dd on the first line of sequence number you want to start deleting and dd on the last line of the block and hit enter

Re: Wireless cards

2010-05-30 Thread Yury Michurin
Hi, I'm using D-Link DWA-547 for a couple of months now in hostap mode and it seems to work grate. It's a PCI card with atheros chipset. Yury. On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 4:37 AM, J. Altman freebsd-annou...@chthonic.comwrote: Greetings... uname -a FreeBSD whisperer.chthonixia.net

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2010-05-30 Thread Alexander Friedman
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Re: cron not sending emails

2010-05-30 Thread Laszlo Nagy
If I put this into root's crontab * * * * * echo TEST a quick guess, you have a line like: MAILTO=address It doesn't work. With, or without the MAILTO. Just for completeness, I have used this: MAILTO=gandalf The gandalf user is a local user on the system. I can send local mail to this

Re: command to rename a directory

2010-05-30 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun May 30 02:43:14 2010 Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 15:42:59 +0800 From: Aiza aiz...@comclark.com To: questi...@freebsd.org questi...@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: command to rename a directory Is there a command to rename a directory in place. Like mv

Re: cron not sending emails

2010-05-30 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:21:20 +0200 Laszlo Nagy gand...@shopzeus.com articulated: Cron is still not sending emails. Any idea? Is there any output in the 'maillog' log? -- Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore

Re: Advertising

2010-05-30 Thread Chris Rees
On 30 May 2010 15:41, Alexander Friedman alexander.friedman.m...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, My name is Alexander Friedman and I'm interested in buying advertisement on your blog. I'm currently interested in buying banners and text links. Please provide me with all available sizes and options.

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:36:31 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. Put dd on the first line of sequence number you want to start deleting and dd on the last line of the block and hit enter and the block of

Re: sh script writing help

2010-05-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 30 May 2010 13:14:01 +0800, Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: In a .sh type script I have exerr very long message gt 250 char all on the same line. This is a real pain to edit. Is there some code a can use to continue this on the next line so I can see it on the screen and still have

upgrading squeezeboxserver

2010-05-30 Thread Vincent Zee
Hi, I recently upgraded to the newest version of audio/squeezeboxserver. After the update the server is unable to rescan my music collection. Does anyone else encountered this problem? How can I revert to the previous version of squeezeboxserver (I'm using Portmaster to upgrade my ports)? TIA

I can't install php5-mhash from ports

2010-05-30 Thread Yavuz Maşlak
I use freebsd7.3 . I ran portsnap update . I can't install php5-mhash from ports cd /usr/ports/security/php5-mhash # make === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE === Extracting for php5-mhash-5.3.2 = MD5 Checksum OK for

what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Eitan Adler
I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible using freebsd-update and difficult using source. Why is this? Would it require a significant amount of work to allow such transitions? -- Eitan Adler ___

Re: cron not sending emails

2010-05-30 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Sunday, May 30, 2010 a las 05:21:20PM +0200, Laszlo Nagy escribió: If I put this into root's crontab * * * * * echo TEST a quick guess, you have a line like: MAILTO=address It doesn't work. With, or without the MAILTO. Just for completeness, I have used this:

Re: I can't install php5-mhash from ports

2010-05-30 Thread Michael Powell
Yavuz Maşlak wrote: I use freebsd7.3 . I ran portsnap update . I can't install php5-mhash from ports cd /usr/ports/security/php5-mhash # make === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE === Extracting for

Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Demelier David
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:51:11PM +0300, Eitan Adler wrote: I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible using freebsd-update and difficult using source. Why is this? Would it require a significant amount of work to allow such transitions? While the system is

Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Rob Farmer
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows: 1) download and burn the relevant amd64 iso 2) update your backups 3) reformat and reinstall

Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Michael Powell
Rob Farmer wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows: 1) download and burn the relevant amd64 iso 2) update your backups

Re: Re : Possible to run Linux distro in a jail?

2010-05-30 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 12:10:44PM +0100, Vincent Hoffman wrote: On 30/05/2010 08:10, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 29/05/2010 22:15:37, Alexandre L. wrote: I have this link to a French Blog : http://blog.etoilebsd.net/post/Emprisonner_une_debian_dans_un_FreeBSD This describe how to jail a

Re: upgrading squeezeboxserver

2010-05-30 Thread Uwe Laverenz
Am 30.05.2010 20:46, schrieb Vincent Zee: I recently upgraded to the newest version of audio/squeezeboxserver. After the update the server is unable to rescan my music collection. Does anyone else encountered this problem? Yes, same problem here. I tried different versions of perl (5.8 and

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Lars Eighner
On Sun, 30 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: Been using ee and been happy. Now I have need for an editor with block commands. I recommend joe which is one binary with several flavors including pico, emacs, and wordstar work-alikes as well as its own interface. The macro language is easy and powerful.

Fwd: [#24525016] External USB drive causes system to hang completely

2010-05-30 Thread Alejandro Imass
Hi all, I sent a question regarding a problem with USB and I get this in reply. Can someone explain? Thanks, Alejandro Imass -- Forwarded message -- From: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:03 PM Subject: [#24525016] External USB drive

Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Eitan Adler
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Rob Farmer rfar...@predatorlabs.net wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows: If the

Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

2010-05-30 Thread Eitan Adler
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Demelier David demelier.da...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:51:11PM +0300, Eitan Adler wrote: I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible using freebsd-update and difficult using source. Why is this? Would it require a

Re: upgrading squeezeboxserver

2010-05-30 Thread George Hartzell
Vincent Zee writes: Hi, I recently upgraded to the newest version of audio/squeezeboxserver. After the update the server is unable to rescan my music collection. Does anyone else encountered this problem? How can I revert to the previous version of squeezeboxserver (I'm using

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:31:59PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: If you don't mind the size of the respective packages, both VIM and GNU Emacs have support for many features that ee(1) lacks. I'm not sure why you mentioned the size of Vim here as if it's a remarkably large piece of

Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Aiza
I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers. To gauge a rough range size. Number of subscribers to this question list. Number of unique email address or ip address across all the Freebsd mailing lists. Number of unique ip address hits to the cvsup ftp servers since Jan 2009.

Re: Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Anh Ky Huynh
On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:16 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers. To gauge a rough range size. This may help: http://www.bsdstats.org/ :) Number of subscribers to this question list. Number of unique email address or ip address

Re: Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Aiza
Anh Ky Huynh wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:16 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers. To gauge a rough range size. This may help: http://www.bsdstats.org/ :) Number of subscribers to this question list. Number of unique email address

Re: Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:16 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers. To gauge a rough range size. This may help: http://www.bsdstats.org/ :) BSDstats has a very long way to go before the numbers

Re: Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Anh Ky Huynh
On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:31:34 -0300 (ADT) Marc G. Fournier scra...@hub.org wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:16 +0800 Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers. To gauge a rough range size. This may

Re: Is this information obtainable?

2010-05-30 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: the numbers are growing ... since the start of May, I've seen the numbers jump by almost 2k new computers, so it is growing ... but ppl have to consciously install the software ... I remember the days when I was using Linux with http://counter.li.org/

Re: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 30 May 2010 17:28:27 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 09:31:59PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: If you don't mind the size of the respective packages, both VIM and GNU Emacs have support for many features that ee(1) lacks. I'm not sure why you

RE: text editor

2010-05-30 Thread Murray Taylor
yep ... its called vi place cursor at the line at hte top (or bottom) of the block press ma (put marker a on the line) move your cursor to the line at the other end (bottom ot top) of the block press d'a this will delete between the marked line and the cursor to move the block