Re: Invalid partition table after installation

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: I've tried the modern BIOS geometry and the 255 head geometry. I've ensured that the first slice (boot slice) is smaller than 1.5 Gb. I've tried

Re: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400)

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
Christoph Kukulies wrote: Fbsd1 schrieb: Christoph Kukulies wrote: I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on my Desktop PC and install 8.0 from it. DO YOU MEAN YOU INSTALLED THE 8.0 ISO ON A USB STICK. BOOTED FROM IT AS INSTALL SOURCE AND INSTALLED 8.0 ON A DESKTOP

Re: Invalid partition table after installation

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: I've tried the modern

Re: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400)

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
Christoph Kukulies wrote: I don't know why you shout. (?) Not shouting, just making my inserted comments visible within the old post as in different from bottom or top posting. Fbsd1 schrieb: Christoph Kukulies wrote: Fbsd1 schrieb: Christoph Kukulies wrote: I installed FreeBSD 8.0

Re: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400)

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
Christoph Kukulies wrote: Here is some more info: The file I copied to the USB stick was ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/8.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img Actually, I don't remember how I got the image to the USB stick. I believe I used a free tool from HP from

Re: Invalid partition table after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: John wrote: I've tried the modern BIOS geometry and the 255 head geometry. I've ensured that the first slice (boot

8.0 and floppy support

2010-01-27 Thread Fbsd1
When booting release 8.0 i no longer get the fd0 floppy device prob message. This pc has run freebsd 6.4 7.0 7.2 which all supported the floppy drive. Has floppy drive support been dropped in 8.0? I know the floppy drive works because i can boot win98 floppy disk ok.

Re: Server compromised Zen-Cart record company Exploit

2010-02-01 Thread Fbsd1
Bogdan Webb wrote: try php's safe_mode but it is likely to keep the hackers off, indeed they can get in and snatch some data but they would be kept out of a shell's reach... but sometimes safe_mode is not enough... try considering Suhosin but the addon not the patch... and define the

FTP using .netrc

2010-02-01 Thread Fbsd1
Goal is to download the install source directory tree so I can use it as an target for local ftp sysinstall. The problem is that the FreeBSD ftp server keeps timing out before everything is downloaded. This is the error message ftp gives me. 421 Service not available, remote server timed out.

Installing FreeBSD on a USB stick.

2010-02-14 Thread Fbsd1
Hello list. I wrote this article on the different ways to install Freebsd on a USB stick. It covers a large range of related subjects dealing with installing Freebsd and the use of an USB stick. It's way to large to post here so the link below will take you to the article. Looking for

Re: Installing FreeBSD on a USB stick.

2010-02-15 Thread Fbsd1
Christer Solskogen wrote: On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: http://www.a1poweruser.com/usb.info.htm Why does Websence think your site contains Potentially Unwanted Software? Have no idea what you are talking about. Since your using their software maybe

Re: Installing FreeBSD on a USB stick.

2010-02-16 Thread Fbsd1
Christer Solskogen wrote: On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: And I agree with this 'Fbsd1' user (I wish 'Fbsd1' would update his MTA with a real name) that since Christer is who uses the product, he should look into it. I'm probably a bit paranoid, but when

Re: Can't boot off the USB image

2010-02-17 Thread Fbsd1
rocwhite168 wrote: My computers (Dell SX280 PCs or Dell D600 laptop) seem to refuse to boot off the USB disk with non-Windows images are written to it (I have also tried OpenSolaris images). I've tried using dd to write the .img files, or using unetbootin to write either .img or .iso images, or

Handbook Index

2010-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
I find it very hard to find the subject I am looking for in the handbook. The index only gets me to the general area in the handbook and then I have to (next page) through it looking for what I hope is there. The Index really needs to be expanded to display each and every sub-section of all

Loader.conf mfs statements

2010-03-04 Thread Fbsd1
Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing. In its loader.conf file i see these statements geom_uzip_load=YES mfs_load=YES mfs_type=mfs_root mfs_name-/mfsroot tmpfs_laod=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/mdo Where do I find documentation on the meaning of these statements?

Re: Loader.conf mfs statements

2010-03-04 Thread Fbsd1
Daniel Bye wrote: On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 09:48:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Tyring to understand what mfsbsd is doing. In its loader.conf file i see these statements geom_uzip_load=YES mfs_load=YES mfs_type=mfs_root mfs_name-/mfsroot tmpfs_laod=YES vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/mdo Where do I find

Re: Booting MFS from Secondary Partition

2010-03-04 Thread Fbsd1
Martin McCormick wrote: I have hit one of these impenetrable walls in which nothing seems to work but I know it should. I have tried several versions of /boot.config to no avail. The idea is exactly the same principle as described in depenguinator which is software that lets one use grub in

Re: Booting MFS from Secondary Partition

2010-03-05 Thread Fbsd1
Martin McCormick wrote: Fbsd1 writes: There is hard coded logic that is stopping you from doing what you want. Looks like you are SOL. Me thinks you are absolutely correct. I was only hoping I was doing something wrong and a slight syntax change would make it work. Thank you

Re: [ fbsd_questions ] tar(1) vs. msdos_fs: a death_spiral ?

2010-03-05 Thread Fbsd1
spellberg_robert wrote: greetings, all --- i confess that this one has me flummoxed. the short question: does tar(1) spit_up when extracting onto an msdos_fs hard_drive ? [ i tried the mailing_list archives tar AND msdos, for -questions, -chat, -bugs, -newbies, -performance ] [ other

/boot.config

2010-03-30 Thread Fbsd1
During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from. From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot to continue from usb stick. Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot from USB device. So thinking let the bios point to first drive

How to make man pages

2010-03-30 Thread Fbsd1
Where can I find documentation on the procedure to create man pages for a port? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-30 Thread Fbsd1
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Mar 30), Fbsd1 said: During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from. From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot to continue from usb stick. Here is the problem, the bios have no option to boot

Re: How to make man pages

2010-03-31 Thread Fbsd1
On 31/03/2010 04:00:15, Fbsd1 wrote: Where can I find documentation on the procedure to create man pages for a port? If you want to write a man page from scratch, probably the best way to get started is to just copy a man page from the base system and edit it to taste. See groff(1

Re: /boot.config

2010-03-31 Thread Fbsd1
krad wrote: On 31 March 2010 04:53, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Mar 30), Fbsd1 said: During the boot process I want to change the device used to boot from. From the default 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader to 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader forcing the boot

Re: How to make man pages

2010-04-01 Thread Fbsd1
Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 31/03/2010 08:54:25, Fbsd1 wrote: OK i want to write a man page from scratch. So lets say i want to use /usr/share/man/man2/jail.2.gz as my starting sample. How do I convert this .gz file to a plain text file so I can edit

Re: How to make man pages

2010-04-01 Thread Fbsd1
Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/04/2010 09:41:59, Fbsd1 wrote: Getting closer but not there yet. Selected man jail to be my example of macro commands used. Did [gunzip jail.8.gz] and now I have jail.8 file. How to I convert this file to native macro

Re: FreeBSD splash screen - freezes my Dell Inspiron 9400

2010-04-01 Thread Fbsd1
Christoph Kukulies wrote: I'm observing the following with 8.0 Release: Just for fun I installed a FreeBSD splash screen The Power to Serve with the abstracted little demon. As long as the vidcontrol screen saver (not X11, I'm not running X11 at present) has not fired the first time,

usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only contain binaries installed from ports or packages. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only contain binaries installed from ports or packages. No. The /usr/local subtree (LOCAL) is for local additions (ports and packages

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com writes: But that is not true. The postfix port populates /usr/bin. By default, it does not. You have to enable the Install into /usr and /etc/postfix configuration option for it to do so. I don't recommend that anyone do it without

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Wednesday 07 April 2010 11:13:13 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only contain binaries installed from ports or packages

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Your wrong. I installed the package of postfix and it installed it self into /usr/bin with out any help from me. Unless you or whoever built the package changed $PREFIX: % pkg_info -Lx postfix Information for postfix-2.7.0,1

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Fbsd1
Antonio Olivares wrote: On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but

Re: How to make man pages

2010-04-12 Thread Fbsd1
For the questions list archives: I wrote an How To Creating a manpage from scratch. You can read it here. http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4602 Thanks to all the people who replied to my post. Joe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: installation problem

2010-04-13 Thread Fbsd1
Александров Иван wrote: Hellow,my name is Ivan,i have installation problem configuration: intel seleron Dual-core e3300 2.5/800/1mb BOX LGA775 BX80571E3300 ASUS P5KPL-AM SE Soket 775/iG31/DDR II/PCI-Ex16/Video/mAXT DDR II 1024Mb PC-6400,800MHz Crucial (Micron) 160Gb Hitachi

Host firewall and jails

2010-04-17 Thread Fbsd1
Just where do jails fall in reference to the host firewall? Do jails see the inbound packets before the host's firewall does? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

apache Perl CGI programs

2010-04-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have Perl and apache installed on my system. Do I have to do anything additional to get apache to run Perl CGI programs? Is putting the perl script in the cgi-bin directory at /usr/local/www/data all it takes to make things work? ___

ezjail and dmsg -a command

2010-04-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have a directory tree type of ezjail up and running. When in jail console I enter dmesg -a and i get the hosts last boot messages not the jails. Why is this dmesg command issued from within the jail have access to the host world? Something wrong here!

How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
I have an old IDE 3.5 hard drive with FBSD Release 7.0 on it. I want to use it for USB disk space on XP. I bought a 'CD-r king' hard drive to USB cable. It will work with 2.5 3.5 IDE drives and sata drives. When I plug the USB end of the cable into a FBSD system I can mount the 3.5 IDE 7.0

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
Rod Person wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because it's

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
Adam Vande More wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Rod Person rodper...@rodperson.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-30 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because it's not USB

source for sysinstall

2009-05-03 Thread Fbsd1
How can i just download the source for sysinstall? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

7.2 disc1 bootonly cds not recognized as bootable

2009-05-16 Thread Fbsd1
Running 7.1 and trying to do clean install of 7.2. Downloaded both disc1 and bootonly iso files because the 7.2 release announcement says this. Note: late in the testing cycle it was discovered some machines do not recognize the i386 disc1 as bootable (they just fall through to booting off

no pkg for apache13 in 7.2

2009-05-18 Thread Fbsd1
In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to create a named package for apace13 in the Latest directory. Is apache13

Re: no pkg for apache13 in 7.2

2009-05-18 Thread Fbsd1
Ltcddata wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:22:34 +0800 Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release

Re: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1

2009-05-23 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal ronn...@volatile-norway.com wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources

Re: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1

2009-05-23 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal ronn...@volatile-norway.com wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources

Software creating karaoke from mp3 files

2009-05-30 Thread Fbsd1
Been unable to purchase karaoke of rock and roll greats like AC/DC, THE ROLLING STONES, THE DOORS, LED ZEPPELIN. Looking for advice on software that will allow me to edit out the singing voice tracks from a mp3 file and write the resulting music as a avi file so I can have the song words show

Re: pkg_deinstall: delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z

2009-06-04 Thread Fbsd1
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Hello list. I am trying to clean up a system with a LOT of cruft. Is there some argument I could pass to pkg_deinstall that would result in delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z (and obviously their dependancies)? just do pkg_info |cut -f 1 -d

Re: pkg_deinstall: delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z

2009-06-04 Thread Fbsd1
Wojciech Puchar wrote: ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. it's exactly what you want. pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` gives error 'no such package `cat /tmp/pkglist` installed for sure you used ' instead of ` Yet that was the error. I did not

Re: it is about installing FreeBSD on USB stick

2009-06-05 Thread Fbsd1
Eric Hsieh wrote: hello, this is my first time to ask a help from FreeBSD. I have a question about installing FreeBSD on USB stick. There are so many informations about how to install FreeBSD on USB stick from Internet, but I can not find out any information about follow : first, if i install

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 o/s on a flash stick

2009-07-03 Thread Fbsd1
Al Plant wrote: Aloha Gurus. All the gogle-ing I did does not give a current status on or how-to on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a flash stick on one slice with the default partions. I want to boot from it on a mini lap top ( no CD ) and use it like the hd inside. I see plenty of how-to's on

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-13 Thread Fbsd1
Mark Wallbank wrote: OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut it

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-14 Thread Fbsd1
... or you could just download an official image instead of going to all of that trouble. Check the FTP site, there's a memstick.img if you're down for using with 8 instead of 7. There are currently three PRs about this, and I recently took ownership of them. Filing duplicate bug reports

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-15 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending. It's all in the email about the 8.0

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-17 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-17 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 worked I used my laptop to boot from the usb memstick. The 8.0 sysinstall started right up but it has problems. In this test i am booting off a 2gb usb memstick containing the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img and installing

USB Flash Memory stick not bootable

2009-07-18 Thread Fbsd1
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to the new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-22 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd

Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?

2009-07-22 Thread Fbsd1
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to a new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed partitions

Re: Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?

2009-07-24 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi lenzi.ser...@gmail.com wrote: Em Qui, 2009-07-23 às 12:52 +0800, Fbsd1 escreveu: Hello I found here that some bios does have problem with booting from partitions they do not know So first I initialize

Burncd 700MB rw/cd

2008-09-06 Thread FBSD1
Been using burncd since Freebsd 4.0 with 650MB rw/cd's just fine. My local computer store had a sale on 700MB rw/cd's and I picked up a few. Burncd gives msg (Failure - read_big illegal request) on these 700MB rw/cd's. The Freebsd 7.0 man burncd has no info on large sized rw/cd's? Does burncd

ssh

2008-09-07 Thread FBSD1
On FreeBSD 7.0 how do I tell ssh to allow login from root and also to listen on port 9922 instead of port 22? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

RE: switching discs during install

2008-09-07 Thread FBSD1
All this talk about changing the order of the ports on the install cd's is just so much hot air because cd's install media belong to the legacy world. They are fast becoming obsolete just like floppy drives are. Can't even buy a computer these days with a floppy drive and still FreeBSD distributes

Exiting Gnome

2008-09-08 Thread FBSD1
Started Gnome for first time. Can not figure how to exit (stop) gnome and return to the FreeBSD command line. The System/logout option just hangs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Is the freesbie project dead????????

2008-09-11 Thread FBSD1
I can't reach http://www.freesbie.org/ to official site for the project. Has this project disbanded? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

RE: My unqualified host name

2008-09-24 Thread FBSD1
Simple solution is to add hostname=nyana.com to rc.conf then everything is happy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dánielisz László Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My unqualified host

RE: nat and firewall

2008-09-24 Thread FBSD1
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of fire jotawski Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:13 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: nat and firewall hi sirs, i am confused now that what is the difference between nat and firewall_nat in

Xorg/kde startup errors

2008-10-09 Thread FBSD1
I am new user to xorg/kde. Installed xorg and kde using port system. Followed instructions in handbook for Freebsd 7.0 The following is the startx log from when I enter startx command. Have no idea what is wrong since I expected the xorg and kde port to be completely functional. Kde seems to run

RE: cannot install from existing UFS thumb drive with sysinstall

2008-10-10 Thread FBSD1
There is a outstanding PR on sysinstall from usb flash drive which is now over a year old. The sysinstall install program needs to be updated to use usb drives as the source of the install media. You could always edit the sysinstall program source code and make a patch to allow usb sysinstall

Re: Making bootable USB keys

2009-09-03 Thread Fbsd1
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: Hello I'm having some troubles, trying to create bootable USB keys. I found (freebsd-hackers ML archives) a script, supposed to create the bootable image from my iso file. But, it still don't boot... (I may do it wrong) In details: -We distribute a FreeBSD (4.7, 5.4,

Re: Making bootable USB keys

2009-09-05 Thread Fbsd1
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: In fact, we provide the servers and the keys. So we're sure everything will work. And also, our install CD is already able to create this kind of USB stick. I am just curious. What manufacture / model and GB size of USB stick are you using? When you plug the USB

8.0 release serial mouse not working

2009-11-25 Thread Fbsd1
Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2. Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements dont work any longer. # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse moused_port=/dev/cuad0 moused_type=intellimouse moused_enable=YES Nothing has changed on the box hardware.

Re: 8.0 release serial mouse not working

2009-11-25 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:17 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2. Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements dont work any longer. # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse moused_port=/dev

Re: MUA questions

2009-11-25 Thread Fbsd1
Rem Roberti wrote: I just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on a new box and am having trouble getting either fetchmail or getmail to talk to the ISP. Is this a question that can can be answered here, or is there another more appropriate forum. I thought it best to ask that question first before going any

Re: 8.0 release serial mouse not working

2009-11-25 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:56 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad* Confirmed, 8.0-RC1 with GENERIC kernel (my toyaround machine). In 7.2 used the sysinstall/configur/mouse menu and it was the one that crated

Re: 8.0 release serial mouse not working

2009-11-26 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:32 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: From the 8.0 release notes is the following http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/relnotes-detailed.html [amd64, i386] The uart(4) is now the default driver for serial port devices in favor of the sio(4

8.0 release php5 port not working

2009-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
Have a clean install of 8.0 and trying to do cvs make install of port php5 just to turn on apache module. The php5 make install is complaining that autoconf262, pkg-config and libxml2 as non-existent -- dependency list incomplete. I installed these as packages and they show up in pkg_info.

8.0 MYSQL50 denying access to user root no password

2009-11-29 Thread Fbsd1
For many releases of Freebsd going back to 4.3 I have all ways used the default mysql user root localhost with no password which has been the default. With 8.0/mysql-server-5.0.86 I am denied access now. The mysql manual still says the normal install defaults to allowing access to user root

Re: 8.0 MYSQL50 denying access to user root no password

2009-11-30 Thread Fbsd1
Tim Judd wrote: On 11/29/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: For many releases of Freebsd going back to 4.3 I have all ways used the default mysql user root localhost with no password which has been the default. With 8.0/mysql-server-5.0.86 I am denied access now. The mysql manual still says

Re: tty problem after upgrade to 8.0

2009-12-04 Thread Fbsd1
Jay Hall wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I completed the upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0 this afternoon and have an error plaguing me that I cannot solve. When the system is booted, I am receiving the following error. Dec 5 20:43:30 getty[902]: open /dev/ttyd0: No such file or directory However,

what ports to open in firewall for bitlord

2009-12-08 Thread Fbsd1
Want to allow the bitlord progran to pass through my firewall. Does anyone know the port numbers it uses for out bound and inbound packets. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

ipfilter nat redirect udp packets

2009-12-09 Thread Fbsd1
Have this nat rule rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port 6355 - 10.0.10.3 port 6355 I can see in the log that tcp packets are being redirected but udp packets are not. Can not find any verbiage in man 5 0r 8 ipnat that states rdr rule only matches on tcp packets. I thought tcp/udp packets should be

is this booting info correct?

2009-12-16 Thread Fbsd1
Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD use the word partition to mean different (but related) things. FreeBSD and Microsoft/Windows have primary-partitions, but they call them different

ipfilter nat redirect udp packets

2009-12-16 Thread Fbsd1
Have this nat rule rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port 6355 - 10.0.10.3 port 6355 I can see in the log that tcp packets are being redirected but udp packets are not. Can not find any verbiage in man 5 0r 8 ipnat that states rdr rule only matches on tcp packets. I thought tcp/udp packets should be redirected?

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Steve Bertrand wrote: Marc, et-al, I wasn't originally going to post this to the list, but I thought that it would be useful to do so in order to try to solicit feedback. There's a suggestion that I have for the server-side of bsdstats. I would find it very useful if the server could track the

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with trying to masquarade behind haproxy, so it looked like all systems were coming in from Panama if they were running the newest code ... which means alot of

BSDstats website displaying data incorrectly

2010-05-05 Thread Fbsd1
Why does this page show PCBSD has count of 387 http://www.bsdstats.org/bt/home.html?os= And this page shows PCBSD has count of 1307 http://www.bsdstats.org/bt/home.html?os=PC-BSD Why is this? I would think both should show the same value, or you better add explanation to the web page why the

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Fbsd1
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Hi all, I have a file I need in my bsd box, would it be easier, or is it possible, to mount an NTFS share , or should I try to map a directory from the windows box. TIA, I have Xp Win7 Win2003 Win2008 Freebsd 6.4 thanx Sounds like all your PCs are on a

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. Maybe it could go in the monthly subscription list

port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log /var/db. What is the correct format of the statement in ports pkg-plist file to have these files deleted when the port is deleted with pkg_delete command.

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log /var/db. What is the correct format of the statement in ports pkg-plist file to have these files deleted when

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:19:35AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log /var/db. What is the correct format

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:32:26AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:19:35AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr

how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within a sh type of shell script. Does anyone have a example they would share with me? Thanks. ___

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Alberto Mijares wrote: On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within a sh type of shell script. man(1) sed Regards

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Sahil Tandon wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: Alberto Mijares wrote: On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
b. f. wrote: Alberto Mijares wrote: snip It would make sense if you read the sed(1) and re_format(7) manpages. They may be a pain at first, but they are used often and can make your life a lot easier. There are also a lot of tutorial on the web, with many useful examples, e.g.:

how to force end-of-line in man page source

2010-05-10 Thread Fbsd1
I don't like the way some lines in the man page have the last word in the sentence broken in 2 and hyphenated. Is there some escape code I can put at the end of the line in the source code to suppress this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

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