kernel config =? kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread perryh
This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to include or exclude that option get translated into particular code (source lines, .o files,

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:39:13 -0500 Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted. Then pressing OK brings this: Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting. This from sysinstall and occurs after

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:13:57 -0500 Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: No worries on missing it, I'm not sure that helped, I farted around with it again earlier today with little more in the way of success. What I tried was to just set up '/' and swamp and it still prompted me about not

How to get Huawei USB modem to work ?

2011-01-02 Thread Manish Jain
Hello, From a similar thread, I picked up some information that I should try kldload'ing usba. But when I ran the command, I got an error message that there is no such module. I searched under sys/modules and there was no usba.ko Can somebody please tell me how to get my Huawei

Re: How to get Huawei USB modem to work ?

2011-01-02 Thread Dima Panov
Hello! Try to follow my experience :) http://dimapanov.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/huswei-e1550-freebsd/ 02.01.2011, 21:54, Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com:    Hello,    From a similar thread, I picked up some information that I should try    kldload'ing usba. But when I ran the command, I

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Gökşin Akdeniz
02/01/2011 03:09, Michael D. Norwick yazmış: On 01/01/2011 12:51, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:34:39 -0600, Michael D. Norwickmnorw...@centurytel.net wrote: And, where are those commented out option lines in my xorg.conf documented? In the obvious place: man

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Gökşin Akdeniz
Original message bounced somehow, so I post it one more time. Sorry for the inconvenience. I copied the complete xorg.conf file which works fine at my FreeBSD installation. That very configuration file worked fine for a PC-BSD 8.0 installation on the same hardware. I compiled Xorg via ports

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:22:55 +, Bruce Cran wrote: On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:13:57 -0500 Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: No worries on missing it, I'm not sure that helped, I farted around with it again earlier today with little more in the way of success. What I tried was

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Ian Smith
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Ian Smith wrote: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da4 skip=N where N is the known total number of sectors minus 34, should do it? Argh .. that should be seek=N, not skip. Up way too late .. cheers, Ian ___

Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Jason C. Wells
Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the incoming drive would take a little time and leave you vulnerable to a small loss of data if

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread David Brodbeck
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells j...@speakeasy.net wrote: Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method.  You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the incoming drive

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Julian H. Stacey
David Brodbeck wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells j...@speakeasy.net wrote: Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method.  You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror

is there a best online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online tutorial to learn python? With ink+paper book, altho in lots of ways I prefer real books, they almost demand two hands. Or

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/01/2011 20:30, David Brodbeck wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells j...@speakeasy.net wrote: Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. You'd get the backup instantly, but

Re: kernel config =? kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 01/02/2011 03:07 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to include or exclude that option get

Re: is there a best online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:29:44 -0800, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: Guys, I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online tutorial to learn python? With ink+paper book, altho in lots of ways I prefer real books,

Re: HP 2010i

2011-01-02 Thread Michael D. Norwick
On 01/01/2011 22:46, Warren Block wrote: snipped On 01/02/2011 08:30, Gökşin Akdeniz wrote: snipped Thank you for your responses. I have probably taken up as much bandwidth as I deserve with this subject. I tried the attached xorg.conf with the same results. A right skewed screen

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick mnorw...@centurytel.net wrote: Happy New Year! I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19 C.R.T. monitor that did 1024x768. The machine has an ATI Radeon video card

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Adam Vande More on Sunday, 02 January 2011: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick mnorw...@centurytel.net wrote: Happy New Year! I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19 C.R.T. monitor that

Re: is there a best online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread kline
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 23:51 +0100, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:29:44 -0800, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: Guys, I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online tutorial to learn python?