Re: pkg_add and 9.1 Release

2013-01-02 Thread Zyumbilev, Peter
This path does not exist on ftp.freebsd.org. Quite so. It's because of this: http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html As a consequence, large parts of the package building infrastructure are quarantined, pending reinstallation. Also there is a lot of work going into revising

Re: pkg_add and 9.1 Release

2013-01-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/01/2013 08:00, Zyumbilev, Peter wrote: In this case for a new Nas4free machine, will you recommend to base it on 9.0 or 9.1 ? Either. Whichever one works best for you, and if you can't distinguish them on performance or bug-fixes, choose 9.1. However, don't fall into the trap of

FreeBSD: GIT instaed of SVN?

2013-01-02 Thread O. Hartmann
When it comes to keeping sources, most developer and most large dislocated and non-centralized projects prefer GIT over Subversion. FreeBSD has moved from the ancient CVS to Subversion not long ago and I was wondering why freeBSD would have done this, since Subversion lacks in so many aspects of

Re: FreeBSD: GIT instaed of SVN?

2013-01-02 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 01/02/2013 02:31 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: When it comes to keeping sources, most developer and most large dislocated and non-centralized projects prefer GIT over Subversion. FreeBSD has moved from the ancient CVS to Subversion not long ago and I was wondering why freeBSD would have done

Re: ssh server hashcode change on nanoBSD

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013 18:59:05 +0330, takCoder wrote: thank you for the details mentioned :) but now, a questions occurred to me about this ssh key. as i don't know enough about its process, would you please tell me whether this key is a shared key for all ssh clients who send a request? or it

defines in system headers

2013-01-02 Thread Shane Ambler
I ran into a problem with /usr/include/xlocale/_ctype.h in 9.1 Line 56 is - #if __GNUC__ !__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__ but within a tinderbox on a 9.0 system (yes I know that setup isn't actually supported) using gcc as the compiler __GNUC_STDC_INLINE__ isn't defined and generates a ! has no right

Re: FreeBSD: GIT instaed of SVN?

2013-01-02 Thread Mark Felder
Git is also not BSD licensed. I believe it may require bringing Python into base as well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Fabian Keil
Mike. the.li...@mgm51.com wrote: My FreeBSD server had been running fine, no issues. This evening I tried to update it to 9.1. I don't update in place, I update by wiping the prior version and letting the new version have its way with the disk. Well, 9.1 has issues with my system (dmesg

Re: 9.1 on FTP

2013-01-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:20:43 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: Yes, 9.1-RELEASE is delayed. Some of that is due to the effects of the security compromise, some is down to the release process not being pushed through as efficiently as it might be. It is coming. Soon. After the announcement the

Re: ssh server hashcode change on nanoBSD

2013-01-02 Thread takCoder
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Don't top-post, please. Sorry for top-posting.. i'll try to keep an eye on it from now on :) well, cause i got my answer, let's have a conclusion: According to: On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: There are a number of

Could not access root and user account after installing xorg-minimal

2013-01-02 Thread ajith.comp
I am running FreeBSD-9 After installing xorg-minimal by #pkg_add -r xorg-minimal and installing fonts by #cd /usr/port/x11-fonts/urwfonts #make install clean I installed Irsis. The problem occured after I issued the #startx , an error message appeared for a very short time.I could

Re: pkg_add and 9.1 Release

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 02/01/2013 08:00, Zyumbilev, Peter wrote: In this case for a new Nas4free machine, will you recommend to base it on 9.0 or 9.1 ? Either. Whichever one works best for you, and if you can't distinguish them on performance or bug-fixes, choose 9.1. However, don't fall

is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 Maybe this is related to the removal of CVS-related services for obtaining src and

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Joe Altman
On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:20:25PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: Have you tried checking out via SVN which now is the desired default method (even though it's not integrated in the base install and the make scripting mechanism)? ISTM that SVN is not the default method for users; but portsnap is

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Wednesday 02 January 2013 10:14:17 am Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 It must have to do with the security incident that took place a couple of

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 Maybe this is related to the removal of CVS-related services for

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Mike.
On 1/2/2013 at 2:38 PM Fabian Keil wrote: |Mike. the.li...@mgm51.com wrote: | | My FreeBSD server had been running fine, no issues. This evening I | tried to update it to 9.1. I don't update in place, I update by | wiping the prior version and letting the new version have its way with | the

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Joe Altman wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:20:25PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: Have you tried checking out via SVN which now is the desired default method (even though it's not integrated in the base install and the make scripting mechanism)? ISTM that SVN is not the default method for users;

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:34:54 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 Maybe

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Dimitri Yioulos wrote: On Wednesday 02 January 2013 10:14:17 am Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012 It must have to do with the security incident that took

Re: pkg_add and 9.1 Release

2013-01-02 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 448, Issue 3, Message: 24 - please pardon the loss of threading - On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 02:47:41 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 02/01/2013 05:20, doug wrote: Is this command being phased out? pkg_add -r

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:34:54 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown collection ports-sysutils Running 9.1 and this worked in 2012

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:08:24 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:34:54 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:14:17 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Been using same script for years to fetch selected port files. Today I get error message Unknown

Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Leslie Jensen
Hello. I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS. I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab pc01:/backup /mnt/backupnfs rw,noauto 0 0 The command: mount

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Powell
Mike. wrote: [snip] Thanks for the reply. The disk in question has never been used for RAID, so if there is RAID metadata on the disk, I do not know how it got there. The disk is (I believe --- it's been a while since I have been inside that box) on a Promise SATA RAID controller, but

SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Leslie Jensen
2013-01-02 17:29, Leslie Jensen skrev: Hello. I want to write a script, where I as a normal user, can back up my files with rsync to another machine (pc01), which shares a directory via NFS. I have an entry in the local machines /etc/fstab pc01:/backup /mnt/backupnfs rw,noauto

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Michael Powell wrote: Mike. wrote: [snip] Thanks for the reply. The disk in question has never been used for RAID, so if there is RAID metadata on the disk, I do not know how it got there. The disk is (I believe --- it's been a while since I have been inside that box) on a Promise SATA RAID

Re: SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: I was on a wired connection first and the on wifi so I had two different IP-addresses! New question: Instead of having the following in my /etc/exports /backup machine01 machine02 Can I put my internal network as

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:08:24 -0500 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: This 9.1 release was released prematurely. It has more problems them 5.0 had which had a re-release 2 weeks later to fix problems. This is FUD. Stop being afraid of change. Users use portsnap Power users use svn There's no use

freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread andreas scherrer
Hi This can be considered a follow up to the message How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel? sent to this list by Brett Glass on August 13th 2012 (see [1]). Unfortunately there is no solution to the problem in that thread (or I cannot see it). I am running currently running

Re: SOLVED...Re: Trying to find out how to mount as user

2013-01-02 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 17:47:15 +0100 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: I was on a wired connection first and the on wifi so I had two different IP-addresses! FYI a cool trick is to bridge your ethernet and wifi so you can keep your IP and roam between wired and wireless :)

Re: pkg_add and 9.1 Release

2013-01-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/01/2013 14:42, Fbsd8 wrote: what is the status of ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-current/Latest/ which is on the ftp servers? The latest packages there are what was compiled before the security incident. It hasn't been updated since. Cheers,

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Mark Felder wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 11:08:24 -0500 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: This 9.1 release was released prematurely. It has more problems them 5.0 had which had a re-release 2 weeks later to fix problems. This is FUD. Stop being afraid of change. Users use portsnap Power users use

using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Joseph A. Nagy, Jr
On 01/02/13 10:08, Fbsd8 wrote: snip Still behind the 8 ball. No, I'm sorry but that's you. The new pkg is not part of the base in 9.1 and there is no ftp packages for 9.1 and the disc1.iso media I installed from has no packages. I don't know what crap you're talking, but if you would have

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Well, I understand your concern. I've been using the freebsd-update method since several years now and mostly remotely. I've never encounter a problem. I haven't recompiled everything many times as I didn't really found a tangible advantage in this method but I've never thought about this. I

just a curiosity about auth.conf

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Good afternoon and happy new year to everybody. I'm just curious about auth.conf. According to the detailed release notes (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/relnotes-detailed.html): auth.conf(5) has been removed because it was deprecated years ago.[r238481] but according to the man pages

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On January 2, 2013 6:45:50 PM +0100 andreas scherrer ascher...@gmail.com wrote: Hi This can be considered a follow up to the message How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel? sent to this list by Brett Glass on August 13th 2012 (see [1]). Unfortunately there is no solution to

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
For some reason my email hasn't apparently been delivered so I'm re-sending it. From: ASV a...@inhio.eu To: Jose Garcia Juanino jjuan...@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject:Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore? Date:

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the make installworld as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE for example allows you to get your system patched directly without recompiling the kernel and the userland but getting

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you need to use a different config file. By the way, in

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Sierchio
The confusion comes from the fact that the original behavior of freebsd-update was NOT to update the kernel binaries if a custom kernel was detected. FYI my /etc/freebsd-update.conf has # Components of the base system which should be kept updated. #Components src world kernel Components src

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread andreas scherrer
on 2.1.13 19:15 Paul Schmehl said the following: --On January 2, 2013 6:45:50 PM +0100 andreas scherrer And from experience this is what it will do: replace /boot/kernel/kernel which is my custom kernel with a GENERIC kernel. As it seems that freebsd-update works by comparing a hash of

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, andreas scherrer ascher...@gmail.comwrote: This is no longer true, though it was true at the time that was written... - However, freebsd-update will detect and update the GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC (if it exists), even if it is not the current

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On January 2, 2013 8:18:38 PM +0100 andreas scherrer ascher...@gmail.com wrote: on 2.1.13 19:15 Paul Schmehl said the following: --On January 2, 2013 6:45:50 PM +0100 andreas scherrer And from experience this is what it will do: replace /boot/kernel/kernel which is my custom kernel with a

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On January 2, 2013 1:46:25 PM -0600 Paul Schmehl pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote: --On January 2, 2013 8:18:38 PM +0100 andreas scherrer ascher...@gmail.com wrote: on 2.1.13 19:15 Paul Schmehl said the following: --On January 2, 2013 6:45:50 PM +0100 andreas scherrer And from experience

Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not

2013-01-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/01/2013 20:55, Paul Schmehl wrote: I wasn't thinking when I wrote this. Freebsd-update pulls *binary* copies of files, so you're not ever going to get the src files to rebuild your kernel from freebsd-update. You need to pull those in using svn. Not so. Take a look at

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf by default. No need for -f unless you need to use a different config

Upgrading from 9.0-STABLE to 9.1-RELEASE with freebsd-update?

2013-01-02 Thread Joshua Isom
I've used STABLE for years, but with csup going away, I don't want to deal with adding extra packages, and keeping them unbroken, just to stay up date. Running freebsd-update doesn't work for people running STABLE, and I'm not sure freebsd-update will work properly anyway if I compile world

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Ross
On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:43:36 +0100, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will use /etc/portsnap.conf

How to boot alternate installation?

2013-01-02 Thread james
I have a system that boots 9.0+patches (claims to be 9.1-PRERELEASE but that's a stretch in this case) off an ssd on sata0 - I needed some mfi patches. Now that mfi is working, I have a raid1 pair on the mfi controller, and I've unpacked 9.1-RELEASE onto it using bsdinstall. Now, the crappy

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Michael Ross wrote: On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:43:36 +0100, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? It will

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:06:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Thanks that was it. Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest. But you wouldn't have needed any REFUSE lines if you had followed my suggestion and just extracted the ports you wanted.

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:06:47 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Thanks that was it. Sometimes your to close to the trees to see the forest. But you wouldn't have needed any REFUSE lines if you had followed my suggestion and just extracted the ports you wanted. After doing portsnap

somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-02 Thread Gary Kline
guys, it was bill joy and friends who clued me in on how-to use the vi that he was writing in the late 70's. I've been stuck on that editor--or VIIM in recent years. Bill's original editor became COPYRIGHT of UNIX {TM}, and of course you just didnt

audio/baresip on FreeBSD 9

2013-01-02 Thread Joseph Olatt
I've been trying to get baresip to work on my FreeBSD 9.x laptop and haven't had much success. I register successfully to callcentric.com and it appears that I can connect and there is a stream of data coming through based on the status display: [0:00:08] audio=0/0 (bit/s) []

Solar Collector Windows - US Air Force Approved

2013-01-02 Thread Keith Roberts
Solar Window Solar Collecter Windows (Interior Mounted) - University Tested and Solar Rejector Windows all in one A 4' X 4' In'Flector window insulator can produce as much heat as a 600 watt electrical heater per sunlight hour and reflect up to 72% of the room heat back into the room!

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:27:41 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: When issuing the portsnap command will it automatically read the /etc/portsnap.conf file or is the -f option mandatory? Judging from man portsnap, the file will be read automatically at start unless you specify a -f diifferent file. -f

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:24:14 + (UTC), Walter Hurry wrote: By the way, in answer to your question in another thread, you don't have to extract the whole tree if you don't want to. Use 'portsnap fetch' the first time around, and then portsnap extract the port you want. See 'man portsnap',

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:53:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one reason ive stuck with vim-as-vi was of the colors that vim defaults to. I'v fought the dark/crap/puke brown /search color that seems to be the default on my linux desktop. it's hard to see my block cursor when

Re: Skype video chat?

2013-01-02 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, January 03, 2013 a las 08:03:42AM +0200, Ross escribió: Hello. Can you please recommend a webcam and microphone that will work in skype under FreeBSD? Hello, See http://wiki.freebsd.org/WebcamCompat matthias -- Sent from my FreeBSD netbook Matthias Apitz

Re: audio/baresip on FreeBSD 9

2013-01-02 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hi, El día Wednesday, January 02, 2013 a las 08:19:11PM -0800, Joseph Olatt escribió: I've been trying to get baresip to work on my FreeBSD 9.x laptop and haven't had much success. I register successfully to callcentric.com and it appears that I can connect and there is a stream of data