Openfire weird start up problem

2013-02-17 Thread David Southwell
I have reported problem to maintainer but so far no response. Thanks David -- David Southwell ARPS AFIAP Photographic Arts Trained & experienced competition judge, mentor, trainer, lecturer, Advanced digital techniques, international project photogr

Ignorance and pth etc

2013-01-07 Thread David Southwell
unmap shared memory segment 0x8098ec000 QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. -- David Southwell ARPS AFIAP Photographic Arts

Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:58:07 David Southwell wrote: > On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote: > > On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > > Warren Block wrote

Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote: > On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > Warren Block wrote: > > >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote: > > >

Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Warren Block wrote: > >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote: > >>> Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with > >>> e

Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-21 Thread David Southwell
> On 1/20/11 5:39 PM, David Southwell wrote: > [...] > > > deleted gobject-introspection > > Got the similar error messages-- > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "../tools/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in > >

Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-20 Thread David Southwell
> On 1/19/11 12:04 PM, David Southwell wrote: > > Thanks in advance for help with this one: > > File "/usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in > > > > from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main > > [...] > > > File

devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-19 Thread David Southwell
Thanks in advance for help with this one: File "/usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 34, in from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary File

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> > > On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > > > >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > > > > Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the > > > > PERL_THREADED hack > > > > was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> > On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > > >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > > > Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the > > > PERL_THREADED hack > > > was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. > > > >

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > > Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED > > hack > > was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. > > It shouldn't be needed. Can

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10, David Southwell wrote: > >> > > > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't > >> > > > > see it. > >> > > > > >> > > > Do you have in: > >> > > > > &g

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> > > > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > Do you have in: > > > > > > > > etc/make.conf > > > > > > > > PERL_THREADED=true > > > > > > Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you > > > saying the define ne

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10 20:22, David Southwell wrote: > > > On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > >>>> Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used > > &

Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used > to it though- ImageMagick _always_ has issues for me. I just > thought it'd be nice to get it updated f

text wrapping console type size etc

2010-11-09 Thread David Southwell
Hi How can one control output to the console. Using a console window on an X windows system with kde4 I find the output limited to a line of 179 chars which can be really inconvenient. Even when, for example: # ps -aux >myfile any chars beyond an apparent column limit of 179 are dropped and not

Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-15 Thread David Southwell
> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100 > > > > David Southwell wrote: > > > Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used > > > > > > to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a > > > regre

Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-14 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100 > > David Southwell wrote: > > Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used > > > > to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a > > regression test. > > It works for me.

Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-13 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:14:30 +0100 > > David Southwell wrote: > > Hi > > > > man portupgrade advises: > > -f > > > > --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it > > > >

portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-13 Thread David Southwell
Hi man portupgrade advises: -f --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it is to be a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver- sion, or the port is held by user using the HO

ssl problems

2010-10-07 Thread David Southwell
I have been having trouble with apache server which has ceased loading and other ports which have some dependency on openssl. I believe the problem may be due to some kind of ssl conflict but do not know how to recognise the cause or go about identifying and curing the problem. System: freebsd

TCP Logs Why "Connection attempt to closed port"

2010-09-20 Thread David Southwell
Large quantities of these errors constantly appear in log/dmesg.today. Can anyone explain what is going on and whether any action is needed. If so how to go about tracing the cause. Thanks in advance for any guidance David TCP: [::1]:61570 to [::1]:4713 tcpflags 0x2; tcp_input: Connection att

Browser choices & flash

2010-09-08 Thread David Southwell
Hi One of our freebsd systems is a user terminal with desktop. We have constant difficulties with web browsing on that platform. Here is the data 1. INFO: System: freebsd 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - GENERIC amd64 Desktop: kde4.5.1 Current installed web browser stuff: konqueror 4.5.1 epiphany-2.30.2_1 fi

Re: Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3 > > amd64 on intel quad core. Can someone teach me how to trace the cause? > > > > The crash is repeatable in the following circumstanc

Re: "Expect" questions?

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
> What would be the right list for questions about "expect?" When I > upgraded from FreeBSD 4.x to 8.0, my "expect" script broke, and I > cannot for the life of me see why. > Odd though it may seem you might find the newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl This is the place to go with expect questions. Tcl i

Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
Hi I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 on intel quad core. Can someone teach me how to trace the cause? The crash is repeatable in the following circumstances: (a) User logs in (b) % startx (c) kde4 loads and works the session (d) user logs out x s

/etc/hosts.deniedssh

2010-01-18 Thread David Southwell
Examples from hosts.deniedssh I seem to be on the receiving end of a concerted series of unsuccessful break in attacks on one of our systems. One small part of the attack has resulted in over 2000 entries in our hosts.deniedssh file in less than 1 hour. I would be interested in any comments on

Re: denying spam hosts ssh access - good idea?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
> I'm thinking of denying ssh access to host from which > I get brute force ssh attacks. > > HOwever, I see in /etc/hosts.allow: > > # Wrapping sshd(8) is not normally a good idea, but if you > # need to do it, here's how > #sshd : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny > > Why is it not a good idea?

Re: syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote: > > Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address > > removed and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] : > > > > Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if > > any) I should be taking. >

syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address removed and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] : Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if any) I should be taking. Thanks in advance for any replies Jan 11 10:41:57 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:6

Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

2009-12-12 Thread David Southwell
> 2009/12/11 Kevin Oberman : > >> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:49:42 + > >> From: Matthew Seaman > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org > >> > >> Polytropon wrote: > >> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > >> >> I have tried looking around and OpenBSD appears

Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:26 +0100 > > Julian H. Stacey replied: > >> Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a "black" FreeBSD box to > >> preserve my sanity. > > > >A tip for those threatened with no BSD box at work: > >FreeBSD runs fine _inside_ a box that looks like a multi sheet scanner.

Re: CUPS & laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
act to it!!! (see below) > > > On Dec 10, 2009, at 5:34 AM, David Southwell wrote: > > > Thanks to some help from people on one of the freebsd lists I have > > > finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the > > > printer and print. >

CUPS & laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
Hi All Thank you everyone for your help as a result of combined efforts I have finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the printer and print. HOWEVER!! One minor niggling problem remains. I cannot communicate with the cups management interface on http://localhost:631

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, David Southwell wrote: > > > David Southwell writes: > > > > I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print > > > > from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 > > > > jetdirect

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell writes: > > I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print > > from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 > > jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ > > systems on the same subnet as the serv

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> David, > > > So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script > > readily available and what do I need to do to install and configure it? > > I can share, but right now I have to go back home, I'll send it to you > tomorrow. > > If you simply: > > telnet your.printer 9100 >

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:40:02 + David Southwell wrote: >> Hi >> >> Thanks in advance for any replies. >> >> I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from >> an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> Hi David, > > > Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting > > up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the > > beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server > > and would appreciate some guidance before I trying a

set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
Hi Thanks in advance for any replies. I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is workin

Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
> Robert Huff wrote: > > David Southwell writes: > >> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: > >> Undefined symbol "ssl_onceonlyinit" > > > > I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) "is > > th

Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell writes: > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: > > Undefined symbol "ssl_onceonlyinit" > > I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) "is > this a pro

Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
> Chuck Swiger wrote: > > Hi-- > > > > On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:11 AM, David Southwell wrote: > >> [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA > >> certificate > >> (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) > >> [Wed Oc

Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
Hi Would anyone be willing to help me out of my misery - I need to solcve this one: Thanks in advance David Apache22 server does not start httpd-error.log reads: [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) [Wed Oct 07 16:03:

RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Huff > Sent: 01 October 2009 08:00 > To: David Southwell > Cc: 'Mak Kolybabi'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subjec

RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > David Southwell > Sent: 01 October 2009 07:50 > To: 'Mak Kolybabi' > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Loo

RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mak Kolybabi > Sent: 01 October 2009 07:07 > To: da...@vizion2000.net > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files >

RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Greg Larkin > Sent: 01 October 2009 07:08 > To: da...@vizion2000.net > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files > >

RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3

2009-09-30 Thread David Southwell
t: RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Frank > > Steinborn > > Sent: 29 September 2009 11:47 > >

RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3

2009-09-29 Thread David Southwell
> > David Southwell пишет: > > Hi > > > > I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having > > problems with some ports not compiling. > > > > What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bin

How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 -

2009-09-29 Thread David Southwell
Hi I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having problems with some ports not compiling. What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bind? Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:

"turn authentication on" -- a simple how to please!!

2009-09-07 Thread David Southwell
My mailserver uses postfix and has a number of virtual domains. I am getting the following difficulties on delivery of legitimate emails to remote addresses failing with a request to tun authentication on. I am comparatively new to managing mailservers. Could someone please tell me what I need t

Re: Firefox 3.5...

2009-08-26 Thread David Southwell
> 2009/8/26 Wayne Sierke : > > On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 11:32 +0100, Peter Harrison wrote: > >> I've Firefox 3.0.11,1 on my 7.2-release system at the moment. Anyone > >> offer some advice on moving up to 3.5? > >> > >> Is it as simple as pkg_delete'ing 3.0 and then installing 3.5? > >> > >> Thanks for

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-08 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0100 > > David Southwell wrote: > > Hi every one > > > > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for > > systems with Intel Quad Core processors. > > > > It is helpful when naming conventions

Re: help installing

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> how can help me install free bsd > > I get loaded free bsd > it said is loaded good > Can not get xwindow to load or kde > > help > > use to opensuse the best for os > == > J Lee Hughes K C 0 H W A 73 > = > Do what you can every day! > Learn

Re: 7.2 CD won't boot

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen. wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot. I get the following and nothing > > > more: > > > > > > CD Loader 1.2 > > > > > > Building the boot loader arguments > > > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found > > > Relocating the lo

Re: 7.2 CD won't boot

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen. wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot. I get the following and nothing more: > > > > CD Loader 1.2 > > > > Building the boot loader arguments > > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found > > Relocating the loader and the BTX > > > > I

Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:02:05PM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > > > >Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set > > > > with COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 > > > > is not guaranteed to work. I

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:14:49PM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > > Hi every one > > > > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for > > systems with Intel Quad Core processors. > > That depends on if you installed the amd64 version

Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> >> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith > > > > wrote: > >> >On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > >> >> I have found > >> >> http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.htm

kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
Hi every one My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for systems with Intel Quad Core processors. It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre? David ___

Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: > >> I have found > >> http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.html. > >> > >> I am about to build a ne

Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
I have found http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.ifo.Optimize_Options.html. I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into things I have, until now, taken for granted. The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to control optimization but I find it d

Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f. wrote: > >> He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE. > > > > Well, neither actually. :) s/0_2/2_0/ . But I inferred from the > > context -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later > > -- that he meant those choices as suffixes t

Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f. wrote: > >> He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE. > > > > Well, neither actually. :) s/0_2/2_0/ . But I inferred from the > > context -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later > > -- that he meant those choices as suffixes t

Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-04 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote: > > I am confused about the usage of the tag for src. > > > > I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices: > > > > _7_BP > > _7_2_BP > > _7_2_0_RELEASE > > _7_2 > > > > Bu

cvs tag usage

2009-08-04 Thread David Southwell
I am confused about the usage of the tag for src. I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices: _7_BP _7_2_BP _7_2_0_RELEASE _7_2 But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!! # uname -a 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC

What is Freebsd 7.2pX

2009-07-29 Thread David Southwell
Where is information about 7.2pX to be found on freebsd.org? I am running freebsd 7.2 64 amd 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 07:18:07 UTC 2009 r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 version on Intel quad core and was advised to upgrade to 7.2pX but have not found abo

Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?

2009-04-14 Thread David Southwell
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:20:35 Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:05:50PM -0700, David Southwell typed: > > On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote: > > > > I hope it is not too far off topic but: > > > > > > >

Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?

2009-04-12 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/4/11 David Southwell : > > On Friday 10 April 2009 11:43:33 kime...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> > --On Friday, April 10, 2009 11:17:00 -0500 Paul Schmehl > >> > > >>

Managing bsdpan -- some advice please

2009-03-13 Thread David Southwell
Basically I do not know how to manage the bsdpan "ports". On portupgrade -a I get long lists like the one below. How are items "held" How do I decide whether ort not to hold them. Some advice would be appreciated. I have searched for some guidance on the freebsd web site but not found any. ---> S

Re: Flooded with emails to root -- URGG

2008-09-26 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 25 September 2008 09:40:34 Chris Pratt wrote: > On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:34 AM, David Southwell wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am running postfix. > > > > Am receiving a flood of emails that appear to emanate from Servers > > who have > > received s

Flooded with emails to root -- URGG

2008-09-25 Thread David Southwell
Hi I am running postfix. Am receiving a flood of emails that appear to emanate from Servers who have received spam that has masqueraded [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the email source. Could anyone please suggest the best way of dealing with these. Please bear in mind I am not all that familiar with p

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 05:09:03 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:21:03 -0700, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the same protocol was applied to physical mail then we would not > > have been allowed to send letters unless we had a big bu

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 05:03:30 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > David Southwell: > > In yesterday's world anyone could send a physical letter to any address > > anywhere in the world. I get spam letters through the letter box it is up > > to me to chuck them in the bin.

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:47:49 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:33:14 -0700, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Monday 08 September 2008 03:57:11 you wrote: > >>On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:47:47 -0700, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:19:11 Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I do not like the fact that a number of governments (including most > > european ones) now have the right to access all emails that pass through > > an ISP's > > only if you use big operators. All UK operators are "big operators and

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:10:11 Sahil Tandon wrote: > David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is > > currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynamic ip address > > - so I cannot get thro

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 03:38:05 Sahil Tandon wrote: > David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix > > configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > that emanate from a sour

Re: Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 08 September 2008 03:57:11 you wrote: > On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:47:47 -0700, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration > > files to bounce mails directed to [EMA

Postfix issue

2008-09-08 Thread David Southwell
Hi Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that emanate from a source outside my local network. Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynam

smtp authentication

2008-09-01 Thread David Southwell
Hi I am really ignorant about this issue. I am running postfix on freebsd 7.0 using a dynamic IP address and am getting requests to turn on smtp authentication for outgoing mails to reach servers such as yahoo.com but do not know how to do it. I am using kmail as a client. If anyone could po

Image metadata - reading & writing

2008-07-09 Thread David Southwell
Hi Does anyone know of a uitlity that for metatdata stored in raw image files (especially canon *.CR2) would enable me to: 1. Read the data from a file 2. Write new information into the file I want to extract the metadata, use it in a mysql database and update the metadata from the mysql datab

Re: stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-24 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 24 September 2007 04:14:48 Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 04:09:56AM -0700, David Southwell wrote: > > On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote: > > > In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said: > > > > How is the

Re: stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-24 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said: > > How is the the size of stdout controlled. > > > > My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with > > unlimited history and found it ha

stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-22 Thread David Southwell
Hi How is the the size of stdout controlled. My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to stdout!!! So I wonder how stdout is controlled!! david ___ freebsd

subversion: Can't Creat Directory error

2007-08-23 Thread David Southwell
Hi Using eclipse as an IDE with subclipse on a Ruby on Rails project I am getting the error svn: Can't Create Directory  /long path   :The filename or Extsnion is too long The svn server is on freebsd 6.1 with apache/webdav and the error is reported from a win XP x64 client on our local netwo

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-16 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 12:39:17 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > One of the best emails I've seen as a reply to a user coming from the > Windows world. > > Many thanks for taking the time to write all this :-) > > - Giorgos > > On 2007-08-15 03:14, David Southwell <

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-15 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 03:14:09 David Southwell wrote: > On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote: > > Well sorry if I'm getting annoying but I think you face the Unix > > world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are >

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-15 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote: > Well sorry if I'm getting annoying but I think you face the Unix > world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are > used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you > should be more open mi

New to Subversion: Authorization failure

2007-08-13 Thread David Southwell
Hi I am new to subversion and have hit a problem - if anyone feels like helping it would be much appreciated. I have set up subversion to run with apache. Versions: apache-2.2.4_2 subversion-1.4.4_1 I can connect remotely from a client to the server, using name|password combination so authen

Re: Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -SOLVED

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 12 August 2007 05:24:19 David Southwell wrote: > Hi > > I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2. > > subversion-1.4.4_1 > apache-2.2.4_2 > > Could someone who is familier with subversion & apache please confirm with > me the configure

Re: Help Pleasee: How to check FreeBSD's system characterset? How to change it to UTF-8?

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 12 August 2007 08:04:58 VeeJay wrote: > Hello fellows > > How to check FreeBSD's system characterset? > > How to change it to UTF-8? > > I am unable to type a Ø Å Æ character > > > Please help! depending upon what you are doing one of the outputs from #apropos utf8 may be helpful.

Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
Hi I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2. subversion-1.4.4_1 apache-2.2.4_2 Could someone who is familier with subversion & apache please confirm with me the configure and make command lines for both. I have what I believe to be the correct entries in httpd.conf: Load

Umass device problems

2007-07-16 Thread David Southwell
stop them. Thanks in advance David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/run]# camcontrol devlist           at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)           at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1) --- From /var/log/messages: Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1

Re: Xorg problem 6.9 >> 7.2

2007-06-08 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 08 June 2007 07:07:03 [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > Bernt Hansson wrote: > > [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > >> Bernt Hansson wrote: > >>> Hello > >>> > >>> I've upgraded Xorg to 7.2 on a 6.2-stable machine according to > >>> UPDATING. > >>> > >>> If I'am trying startx as a normal user I get this error >

Re: Problem with packages on 6.2

2007-06-08 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 08 June 2007 22:37:01 Steve Lake wrote: > Ok, I don't know if this is a problem with the ports setup I have > on my Freebsd box or something else, but I thought I'd ask anyways. I've > got a machine with a fresh copy of 6.2 release on it. Thought I'd be cute > and install all t

Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-27 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 27 April 2007 07:33:11 James Seward wrote: > On 4/27/07, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is that although messages stop for da0 I cannot stop da1 AND > > I would really like to be able to control this without having to have > > memory

Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-27 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 26 April 2007 14:51:30 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thursday 26 April 2007 13:11:35 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > How do I stop these messages from

Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-26 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 26 April 2007 13:11:35 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > How do I stop these messages from umass devices. > > Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6 > > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0):

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