Re: LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found

2013-01-20 Thread Polytropon
to ghostscript. In worst case, why not simply install teTeX and see if it does everything you need? I know there are things that don't work in teTeX (but do in TeXLive), but I've not encountered one yet (maybe due to my very specific use of this software). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy

Re: laptop fan control via FreeBSD

2013-01-19 Thread Polytropon
answer ? For laptops, you usually load a kernel module for interfacing with the specific ACPI functions, like acpi_ibm.ko. There are several others, but see man acpi_ibm for some impressions. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Account only on the console

2013-01-18 Thread Polytropon
account's password will be able to su; make sure the password is _not_ known to them. Users outside of wheel cannot su anyway. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Dependencies after port tree update

2013-01-18 Thread Polytropon
should do this, if I remember correctly. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Dependencies after port tree update

2013-01-18 Thread Polytropon
prior to the real work. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: time_t definition

2013-01-17 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:24:27 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Polytropon free...@edvax.de writes: On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:21:03 -0800, Michael Sierchio wrote: Top posting for brevity - the fact is, the code in your original example is wrong. There are reasons to complain about argument size

Re: FreeBSD 8.2 with pre-built KDE 3.5 package from FreeBSD 7.1 DVD

2013-01-17 Thread Polytropon
. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: Dependencies after port tree update

2013-01-17 Thread Polytropon
everything (update all ports) action. See the EXAMPLES section of man portmaster for how to do this. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: time_t definition

2013-01-17 Thread Polytropon
been easy to understand. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: time_t definition

2013-01-16 Thread Polytropon
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Re: time_t definition

2013-01-16 Thread Polytropon
my previous message. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Starting the desktop environment doesn't work automatically

2013-01-14 Thread Polytropon
are not sufficiently provided. I don't like vi and similar editors. You don't need to like vi, but you should know the most basic actions to use this editor in _worst case_. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-13 Thread Polytropon
this working on FreeBSD; maybe it's just a Linuxism. Maybe it's just because I've never tried. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:58:35 -0600 (CST), Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:48:01 +0100 From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de To: Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: Reading the handbook from console Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com, dte...@freebsd.org, questi...@freebsd.org

Re: Duplicate files on distro ISO

2013-01-12 Thread Polytropon
the stick with the newfs command. Attention! If you're intending to boot from that stick, other actions might need to be taken prior to initializing (like creating partition table, setting active partition and so on). Refer to the documentation on what you need to do manually. -- Polytropon

Re: manpage - html

2013-01-12 Thread Polytropon
a bit strange here (tested with lynx and Opera), so maybe some additional options are required. I've just derived this from my man2pdf script and read man groff for the -T parameter. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: manpage - html

2013-01-12 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:20:02 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: Fbsd8 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:52:06 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: OK let me be more specific. Using just commands that are in the base system. IE; come with the 9.1 system Very well: zcat `man -w ls` | groff -Thtml

Re: A serious flaw in Java

2013-01-11 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:50:07 + (UTC), jb wrote: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617 http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-zero-day-bug-is-being-massively-exploited-in-the-wild/ -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: suggestions wanted.... {OT}

2013-01-11 Thread Polytropon
/installEeePC.txt The requirements are met: small screen, physical keyboard, built-in speakers. If getting online with it is required, that's also possible by using some selected USB web stick. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-10 Thread Polytropon
autocomplete capability. This might make navigation a bit easier in case you know what you're searching for. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-10 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:48:33 -0800, dte...@freebsd.org wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Polytropon Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:33 PM To: Fbsd8 Cc: scotteb...@gmail.com

Re: Reading the handbook from console

2013-01-10 Thread Polytropon
the lynx keyboard map. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: 9.0 vs 9.1

2013-01-10 Thread Polytropon
like desktop environments or office packages * SSD (less wearing through writes desired) Except those, there is no difficulty in using ports. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: Backup with mtree and rsync?

2013-01-08 Thread Polytropon
; see man cpdup for details and inspiration. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: sh script problem with capturing return code

2013-01-08 Thread Polytropon
mismatches are not considered errors. However, you're not using -U, but -u, so the last sentence of the description above should be relevant: No error per se, even though the status code should be 2. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers

2013-01-07 Thread Polytropon
that doesn't show in Opera, I'll use Firefox for this one occassion. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: User IDs

2013-01-07 Thread Polytropon
find that the CLI tool is much easier to use. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox

2013-01-06 Thread Polytropon
be irrelevant) in this _one_ application. The strength of a general-purpose OS is that it can be applied in many settings. It's the administrator's task to deal with the implications that this set of features implies for any specific case. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox

2013-01-06 Thread Polytropon
difference that was totally clear in the 1990's, but maybe isn't as clear anymore today). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox

2013-01-06 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 20:02:04 + (UTC), jb wrote: Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de writes: ... However, your transition of this knowledge to the terminology to be used in combination with _virtual_ machines makes sense. Maybe that wording is really not optimal. Kill guest matches

Re: OT - turn off your cam and mike, now ...

2013-01-06 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:21:50 + (UTC), jb wrote: http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-dvr-will-know-what-your-doing-and-saying-2012-12 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/microsoft-patents-spying-on-yo.html http://hdguru.com/is-your-new-hdtv-watching-you/7643/ -- Polytropon Magdeburg

Re: Which k3b is recommended?

2013-01-05 Thread Polytropon
installation, with WindowMaker as my window manager (no desktop at all). I'm not missing any essential functionality for this program. So probably using k3b should work just fine. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Reduce the consumption of video memory

2013-01-05 Thread Polytropon
. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-04 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:59:45 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:03:39AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim displaying all the ^/search terms and displaying them in some color

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-04 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 14:29:39 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 06:09:53AM -0800, Devin Teske wrote: On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim displaying all

Re: system restart after some seconds

2013-01-04 Thread Polytropon
(...). Beware - endless loop! You need to be fast enough to revert the change or go to SUM to do so. :-) Parameters to shutdown itself, as well as for the at command, only allow minutes as most precise elements; see man shutdown and man at for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-03 Thread Polytropon
approach inspired by XFCE (version 3) to have my xterms look solarized: xterm -fg black -bg beige -title Terminal When launching the Midnight Commander inside the terminal, everything is displayed properly. I'm using MC's default color scheme. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-03 Thread Polytropon
the _next_ result only. However, if you do _not_ set hlsearch, searching and continuing searching will not highlight anything, instead let the cursor skip to the next match (tried here with gvim /COPYRIGHT, /this, /, /, / and so on), with :set nohlsearch for testing. -- Polytropon Magdeburg

Re: ssh server hashcode change on nanoBSD

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: is csup broken?

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
and ports? 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)? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

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 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

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
conffile Read the configuration from conffile. (default: /etc/portsnap.conf) See man portsnap for reference. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: using /etc/portsnap.conf

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
, plus the top level files (such as /usr/ports/Makefile) and the Mk/ and Tools/ subtrees. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-02 Thread Polytropon
? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: http://localhost/phpmyadmin

2013-01-01 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013 14:01:53 +0100, Bekim's Mac wrote: {nothing} My PHP admin has no idea what to answer. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: ssh server hashcode change on nanoBSD

2013-01-01 Thread Polytropon
, of course. So what you're seeing seems to be normal, even though not desired at all. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: changing prompt for user in jail

2012-12-31 Thread Polytropon
on normal level. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: changing prompt for user in jail

2012-12-31 Thread Polytropon
-independent files skel/ example . (dot) files for new accounts -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT

2012-12-30 Thread Polytropon
partitioning with sysinstall which has never failed me. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
ifconfig and show what it prints for YOU. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
: active However, I've not seen that in reality. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Full disk encryption without root partition

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
with the keys on the stick could be required. Of course a strong passphrase would have to be chosen, and not written on the USB stick. :-) The options attacker has on a _running_ system with encrypted components is a completely different topic. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Re: static ip address and ifconfig

2012-12-29 Thread Polytropon
. But for a static IP that might be fully desired. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: shell script problem

2012-12-23 Thread Polytropon
the current value echo command, while all non-common lines trigger the DO SOMETHING action. If you indended something else, please elaborate. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: shell script problem

2012-12-23 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:34:34 +0100, Polytropon wrote: First, the lines with read have to be: cat /foo/bar.txt | while read $LINE1 cat /foo/bar/foo/bar.txt | while read $LINE2 Reason: $LINE1 and $LINE2 will be evaluated here, they are empty string, causing read to throw an error

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.3 amd64

2012-12-19 Thread Polytropon
there is no problem. One thing you have to pay attention to is dependency versions, but that's what port management tools like portmaster can do for you. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.3 amd64

2012-12-18 Thread Polytropon
and doesn't require any other work to be done on that level. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.3 amd64

2012-12-18 Thread Polytropon
, setup networking (PPPoE in former times, DHCP today), then update the system to the desired version or branch (e. g. -STABLE via source), and then start installing the applications from ports (also updated). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: updatedb?

2012-12-18 Thread Polytropon
home directories cannot be searched when they have o-x attribute). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: updatedb?

2012-12-18 Thread Polytropon
the contents of the books on your bookshelf, but they can see the covers and know what you've got stocked on the shelves). Again: If that's intended, locate.updatedb will act as instructed. Oh behold the unlimited power of root. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy

Re: which C function is best to check for directory EXISTANCE?

2012-12-18 Thread Polytropon
is best? Depends. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Polytropon
the script has been called. $1 is the 1st parameter. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: using AWK

2012-12-17 Thread Polytropon
function in case the file contains only the number you're interested in. If you need further processing of the file, you can do that inside awk (e. g. omitting comment lines, obtain data from a given line number of specific pattern). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0

Re: switching from i386 to amd64

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
trouble on FreeBSD. Sometimes I wish it wouldn't work anymore. It makes the web much more readable. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: aclocal-1.12: error: 'configure.ac'

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
: Stop in /opt/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade. Is there some symlinking issue opt-usr? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Question on how do I tell make to choose between static and shared versions of a library

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
to link to the shared version, not the static one. To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org This can be done by addressing the linker through $LDFLAGS. I think man ld will be helpful. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: switching from i386 to amd64

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:13:36 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: On 12/16/12 07:08, Polytropon wrote: And if you're using Firefox, there are plugins available that allow you to download video content instead of dealing with the Flash player the site wants you to use. and the recommended one

Re: Partitioning - please not that again

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
construction) is MBR, but there is a slice available, and that should be sufficient. You can compare: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: PS: Partitioning - please not that again

2012-12-16 Thread Polytropon
partitions, and logical volumes inside a DOS extended partition). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: modem communication

2012-12-15 Thread Polytropon
open() or fopen(), you could use the corresponding flush operation - fsync() - to make sure the commands are written to the modem port _right now_. There should be no need to re-open the modem for every AT command you send. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: Software Manager - try again later

2012-12-15 Thread Polytropon
, which are: 1. download a PBI and execute it 2. use pkg_add -r 3. use ports collection I'm aware of the fact that this doesn't conform to PC-BSD's software maintenance paradigm, but it should work. Mixing PBI and ports/packages is possible, but discouraged. -- Polytropon

Re: Software Manager - try again later

2012-12-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:25:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2012-12-15 at 13:11 +0100, Polytropon wrote: Mixing PBI and ports/packages is possible, but discouraged. I read about it, but don't understand the issue. If I never ever would use PBI again but ports/packages only

Re: Software Manager - try again later

2012-12-15 Thread Polytropon
count=1 Just in case. You probably won't need it. But who knows... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: audio playback with variable tempo

2012-12-14 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:56:51 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: On 12/12/12 23:51, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: Can anyone suggest an audio playback application that allows you to vary the tempo? I've used audacity on win systems, but I don't see

Re: Listen to file changes

2012-12-14 Thread Polytropon
/ufs/ufs/dinode.h should have the information you need to parse for; maybe also check the FILE type in /usr/include/stdio.h for access flags. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: http://localhost/phpmyadmin

2012-12-13 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:53:19 +0530, Anil Kumar wrote: i want start The local host, PHP My Admin says: Well then, buddy, go ahead! -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: [solved] PPPoE

2012-12-13 Thread Polytropon
these. Thank you :) uncommenting enable dns, commenting out set dial and set login does the trick. As seen in The FreeBSD Handbook. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: audio playback with variable tempo

2012-12-12 Thread Polytropon
). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: [Bulk] audio playback with variable tempo

2012-12-12 Thread Polytropon
done by the ports infrastructure. So it's much simpler: # /usr/ports/audio/audacity # make install or use the package management tool of choice (e. g. portmaster), or just use pkg_add -r audacity. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: mount -u effects

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
the mount_smb commands, and use the proper keywords to have it run when the network connection is up and running. See man rc.d for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
of spreading it across /etc/fstab, /etc/nsmb.conf and maybe some handcrafted /usr/local/etc/rc.d script) sounds like a much better approach. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: Help! Firefox + acroread costs me $$$$

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
+ somehow embedded acroread (really?) could be split, so the reason for the system freeze could be determined. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: how to get audio from youtube?

2012-12-11 Thread Polytropon
that allow you to paste a YT URI and then download it in MP3 format. Such a service is http://www.youtube-mp3.org - but there are several others. But please be advised that it's illegal to listen to MP3 in the USA. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe

Re: Brian

2012-12-10 Thread Polytropon
on the why. FreeBSD's networking stack has proven to be reliable and efficient over many years, and being ready for the show (especially in regards of IPv6 features) prior to many other systems. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: mount -u effects

2012-12-10 Thread Polytropon
of options is determined by applying the options specified in the argument to -o and finally applying the -r or -w option. So I'd say you should always take care that write operations are finished properly (and so brought to an end). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-09 Thread Polytropon
size) to the GPU, DVI seems to be the preferred solution for flatpanels, especially wide ones. 1920x1080 is already widescreen. Does it match the size description of the physical monitor, or should it be something different? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: question about my new Dell 3010

2012-12-08 Thread Polytropon
, only for CRTs and tuning) to verify. In worst case, put those two commands in your X initialization file (usually ~/.xinitrc, sometimes ~/.xsession, if not cascaded). It's a dirty hack, but it should work. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Install on Intel

2012-12-04 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: i am new with this

2012-12-03 Thread Polytropon
basis. I'm almost sure there is a web-based administration tool for the typical Apache + PHP + MySQL combination that offers such kind of interface. i hope you understand It's possible, thanks. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-12-02 Thread Polytropon
for what you need. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Gnome

2012-12-02 Thread Polytropon
/books/handbook/x-install.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-11-28 Thread Polytropon
here. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: i386 vs amd64

2012-11-28 Thread Polytropon
a faulty GPU), and I only have 2 GB RAM. Anywhere else, I have not experienced problems with amd64. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: error message

2012-11-26 Thread Polytropon
might be a good idea: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall.html I've got no deeper experience with bsdinstall so far, that's why I can't be more specific, sorry. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:34:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook

Re: Manually partitioning using gpart

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
light-cyan/blue title FreeBSD 9.0 root (hd0,a) kernel /boot/loader My Linux multiboot experience is limited, but this looks okay. You will delegate boot control to the loader, hd0a = sda1 = adap1, the partition of freebsd-boot type. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Re: freebsd-update - To 'Stable'?

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:06:06 +, Karl Pielorz wrote: --On 22 November 2012 17:41 +0100 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: I'm looking at switching to 'freebsd-update' - is there an equivalent way to get it to update me to '-STABLE'? No. The freebsd-update program can only

Re: [Bulk] Re: Manually partitioning using gpart

2012-11-25 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:43:46 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:29 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I'll read this. I want to test what's possible and/or impossible regarding to MIDI and audio productions using FreeBSD. Will be interesting. I know there is some good support

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