command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Fbsd8
Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2011/09/22 10:32:14 -0400 Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com = To FreeBSD Questions : F Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? echo -ne e\nq\n | cdcontrol -- Peter Vereshagin pe...@vereshagin.org (http://vereshagin.org) pgp: A0E26627

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:32:14 -0400, Fbsd8 wrote: Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer? There is camcontrol eject (or camcontrol -f device eject which uses the ATAPICAM subsystem; see man camcontrol for details. In ports, I remember there is also a port called

load average with multi-core CPU's

2011-09-22 Thread Henry M
Hi all, Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load average on top/uptime is actually displaying? Is the load the average amount of processes waiting to execute on the server, or is it independent of CPU? Am I correct with the below statements? * Example 1: 1 CPU,

Re: command to eject cd

2011-09-22 Thread Vasile Cristescu
Hello, try something like: cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 eject or cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 eject -- Best Regards, Vasile Cristescu On Thursday 22 September 2011 17:32:14 Fbsd8 wrote: Is there a console command to cause the cd/dvd device to open its drawer?

Re: load average with multi-core CPU's

2011-09-22 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M henr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load average on top/uptime is actually displaying? Load average is average number of processes in the run queue for the 1, 5, and 15 minute

much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
guys, well, after a forced, unexpected, and emergency 5 days away, i got back to my desk and could not ping. while mail seemed to be working, and my *local* ping worked---I could ping around from my freebsd server to my other computers--i spent 3+ hours trying to ping various sites. Zero. i

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: much to my surprise guys, well, after a forced, unexpected, and emergency

Re: load average with multi-core CPU's

2011-09-22 Thread Henry M
Thanks- That's what I thought it was. I'm trying to settle an argument at work : ) On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M henr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on

Re: load average with multi-core CPU's

2011-09-22 Thread Rodrigo Gonzalez
On 09/22/2011 04:29 PM, Mark Felder wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:22:43 -0500, Henry M henr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Can someone explain, or point me to correct documentation on what the load average on top/uptime is actually displaying? Load average is average number of processes in

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 03:14:50PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: much to my

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: much to my surprise

Support for Brother products

2011-09-22 Thread Carmel
I just got a reply back from a representative from Brother International. I had inquired about the available of device drivers for FreeBSD for their products. They currently fully support Windows, Linux and Debian. He informed me himself that he is a *nix user and understands my concerns. However,

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Frank Shute
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Sep 22 14:30:49 2011 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 04:28:50PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:28:50 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com Subject: Re: much to my surprise To: Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kl...@thought.org X-Mailer: Apple

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of September 22, 2011 6:31:19 PM -0700, Gary Kline is alleged to have said: i'm to the point where letting somebody else handle the dns-and-outward side sounds better by the day. i'v got more question if you care to answer them. i've been using gkg.net

9.0 bsdinstall usage

2011-09-22 Thread Fbsd8
I have installed 9.0 bata2 from cd and the net. In both cases after the completion of the install and rebooting, the bsdinstall scripts still remain on the new installed system. If I interpret the code logic correctly, bsdinstall can ONLY be used for an original install. It's not intended by

Re: 9.0 bsdinstall usage

2011-09-22 Thread Adrian Chadd
On 23 September 2011 10:09, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have installed 9.0 bata2 from cd and the net. In both cases after the completion of the install and rebooting, the bsdinstall scripts still remain on the new installed system. If I interpret the code logic correctly, bsdinstall

Re: much to my surprise....

2011-09-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:43:00PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:43:00 -0400 From: Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net Subject: Re: much to my surprise To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) --As of September

RE: much to my surprise.... [ now trending #OT ]

2011-09-22 Thread Matt Emmerton
*Finally*, i saw that my telco router was displaying INT in red LED's. i didn't know they displayed in any other color but the default green, but after power-cycling, voila! back to green. and now, yes, i can ping freebsd.org. and i'm pretty sure other network things will work too.

Re: 9.0 bsdinstall usage

2011-09-22 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 23/09/2011, at 11:39, Fbsd8 wrote: I have installed 9.0 bata2 from cd and the net. In both cases after the completion of the install and rebooting, the bsdinstall scripts still remain on the new installed system. If I interpret the code logic correctly, bsdinstall can ONLY be used for