Re: blu ray recorders

2012-04-22 Thread Jerry
PR is that? I could not find one that specifically dealt with it; although I most probably missed it. Obviously you must know which one it is. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-26 Thread Jerry
on their résumé. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: Generic skills aren't recognized because they're

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-27 Thread Jerry
employer is just a waste of time. If the employer is looking for skill A and B, crying to him/her that you have skill C is just a waste of both your times. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U

2012-04-28 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:41:18 +0200 Polytropon articulated: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:46:52 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:58:40 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 01:57:10PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:32:24 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated

Re: bsdpan-* ports, portmanager, and @comment ORIGIN:

2012-04-29 Thread Jerry
in the ports system, but not under the correct CPAN name. Don't ask why; I did once and got so much BS that I just abandoned the question. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: bsdpan-* ports, portmanager, and @comment ORIGIN:

2012-04-29 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:23:23 -0400 Daniel Staal articulated: --As of April 29, 2012 12:46:52 PM -0400, Jerry is alleged to have said: Which would be fine, if annoying, if everything actually was available in Ports. But it's not: I'm using several modules that aren't available from Ports

Re: firefox is marked as broken?

2012-04-30 Thread Jerry
of chatter to have just disabled the option and removed it from the Makefile? A splash screen could have been used to alert the user that the option was turned off. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Performance and mouse problems

2012-05-02 Thread Jerry
. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Best mail setup for home server?

2012-05-06 Thread Jerry
author if a problem arises. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ The Wright Brothers weren't the first to fly. They were just the first not to crash

Re: securing MySQL: easiest/best ways?

2012-05-08 Thread Jerry
simplifies system maintenance. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: securing MySQL: easiest/best ways?

2012-05-08 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 08 May 2012 21:51:49 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: On 08/05/2012 20:55, Jerry wrote: On Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34:02 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: Sounds almost as if the my.cnf you've been editing is not the my.cnf that your mysql instance is using. IIRC there was some talk

Re: Cloud software ?

2012-05-25 Thread Jerry
¢ on the matter. In any case, good luck with your venture. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Woolsey-Swanson Rule: People would rather

Re: how do I fix this?

2012-06-04 Thread Jerry
ports tree 3) Run: make clean in the gnupg port 4) Attempt to rebuild and install the port. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?]

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry
in this thread is what FreeBSD intents to do. From what I have seen, most FreeBSD users do not use the latest versions of most hardware, so it may be a while before its user base is even effected. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry
, or Linux, but I would be interested anyway. I thought this URL http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html also shown above, answered that question. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry
. Apparently Fedora has a working solution for that all ready. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:47:11 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: On 06/06/2012 11:24, Jerry wrote: I think you are in error there Matthew. From what I have read The $99 goes to Verisign, not Microsoft - further once paid you can sign as many binaries as you want. Having to pay Verisign instead

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?]

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:49:53 -0400 Daniel Staal articulated: On 2012-06-05 17:20, Jerry wrote: The question that I have not seen answered in this thread is what FreeBSD intents to do. From what I have seen, most FreeBSD users do not use the latest versions of most hardware, so it may

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?]

2012-06-06 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 15:55:16 -0400 Robert Simmons articulated: On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:49:53 -0400 Daniel Staal articulated: On 2012-06-05 17:20, Jerry wrote: The question that I have not seen answered in this thread is what

Re: FreeBSD9 - I can't get my mouse to work

2012-06-07 Thread Jerry
it starts correctly. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD9 - I can't get my mouse to work

2012-06-07 Thread Jerry
to resurrect a dead application. As of 2011, GNU/Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora, and projects such as KDE, GNOME and X.org are in the process of deprecating HAL as it has become a large monolithic unmaintainable mess. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list

Re: find date of last boot

2012-06-08 Thread Jerry
. On day he tried it on an internet site for a throw away account he was creating and the site rejected it claiming it was not a valid password. Perhaps FreeBSD could have some sort of validation in place to refuse to accept certain user-IDs such as reboot. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-10 Thread Jerry
regarding your own OS is destructive and flame bait. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-10 Thread Jerry
this discussion at all. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-11 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:11:11 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 07:23:20AM -0400, Jerry wrote: It is fairly easy to understand both sides in this discussion. When Microsoft supporters refer to open-source software as open-sore or socialist-software the FOSS community

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-11 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:44:11 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:59:46PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:11:11 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 07:23:20AM -0400, Jerry wrote: It is fairly easy to understand both sides

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-11 Thread Jerry
facts pertinent to the subject of this post, fine. Otherwise you are only wasting your time since I will not play your sad woe is me game. -- Jerry ♔ {This author has been Chad Perrin approved} Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore

Re: seems i cannot fully understand {/,/usr/local/}/etc/rc.d/*

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
the starting order of samba around. I do know that in other applications, they appear to have their name in the PROVIDE line. For example, from the Postfix script: # PROVIDE: postfix mail -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
too, plus it makes following a really good argument a lot more difficult than it needs to be. Welcome to the fray ... -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: seems i cannot fully understand {/,/usr/local/}/etc/rc.d/*

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
feel free to submit a PR against it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Why Clang

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry
condition had to be met in every post in every thread. It is more of a cumulative effect. Very easy to overlook unless each post is read in its entirety. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: USB system: FreeBSD 9-STABLE and 10-CURRENT do not recognize 64GB USB drive while Linux and Windows do

2012-06-23 Thread Jerry
, except of course when I do attempt to plug one in a FreeBSD machine with negative results. I do not know what is more pathetic; the fact that so many devices fail to operate correctly -- if at all --, or the willingness of the FreeBSD community to accept it as the norm. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list

Re: USB system: FreeBSD 9-STABLE and 10-CURRENT do not recognize 64GB USB drive while Linux and Windows do

2012-06-23 Thread Jerry
case, as a wise man once stated, it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Messages not reaching the lists

2012-06-29 Thread Jerry
of backup plan in place in case your mail server goes down. There are methods of handling this problem and I am sure if you started a new thread and requested help that many knowledgeable users would be willing to lend you their expertise. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies

Re: NTFS data recovery

2012-07-09 Thread Jerry
a super high speed machine to work off of. Good luck, you'll need it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ This is supposed to be a happy occasion

Re: Is there a way to run FreeBSD ports through port 80?

2012-07-13 Thread Jerry
not governed by that proxy. this make sense. just blocking everything except 80 is pure nonsense. Not if that is specifically what the OP is attempting to accomplish. Whether or not you feel it is nonsense is about as relative to the problem as tits on a bull. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-15 Thread Jerry
outlet. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-15 Thread Jerry
. both do the same No they don't. 1) Unlike CHKDSK, ScanDisk would also repair cross linked files. 2) ScanDisk cannot check NTFS disk drives, and therefore it is unavailable for computers that may be running NT based (including Windows 2000, Windows XP, etc.) versions of Windows. -- Jerry

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-15 Thread Jerry
to SpinRite since it saved my ass twice in the past 10 years when no other software could do the job 100%. Hence, if you cannot afford to lose your data, back it up. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-16 Thread Jerry
drive. Unfortunately, not all of them could. Fortunately, I almost never need an industrial strength recovery product like SpinRite. It is nice to know it is available if I do though. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-17 Thread Jerry
as useful as tits on a bull. It is with great pleasure that I am creating a kill filter to bounce anymore such mail from you that I should be so unfortunate as to receive. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry
Windows 98 Second Edition makes one wonder just how current he is with modern operating systems and techniques. He obviously has no idea what SpinRite is, how it works or even the concept of directly interfacing with hard-controller disk chips. For him, dd is state of the art. -- Jerry

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-21 Thread Jerry
might consider why you feel it necessary to _personally_attack_ anyone and everyone who has the nerve to disagree with your _opinions_. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

2012-07-22 Thread Jerry
sector. That info may be out of date with the never versions of the format program however. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

2012-07-22 Thread Jerry
of this this reply. I have found HDDerase.exe http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml to be a useful and in the most important criteria to the FOSS crowd, free. Seriously though, isn't it about time to close this thread? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get

Re: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers What was rationale behind pegging USB 2.0 at 40MB/s?

2012-07-23 Thread Jerry
of the exFat format like other distributions do. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Paul Revere was a tattle-tale

Re: How to get Huawei EC1561 USB modem working under FreeBSD, 8.2? Moving on to the next problem :-) - Flash in Firefox

2012-07-29 Thread Jerry
no personal knowledge of it. I finally gave up awhile ago. I just use my Windows machine when I absolutely, positively have to get a site working correctly. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff and golf is a lot more fun. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get

Re: Flash in Firefox

2012-07-31 Thread Jerry
://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/jon-stewart-you-didnt-build-that_n_1705264.html?ir=Politicsncid=edlinkusaolp0009utm_hp_ref=fbsrc=spcomm_ref=false#sb=3507831,b=facebook -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-02 Thread Jerry
software, AKA open-source? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-05 Thread Jerry
an abacus in the dark. While we certainly should be indifferent to the financial incentive and monetary reward someone receives; in all too many cases that is just not so. The socialists still feel they are entitled to something for nothing. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-05 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:25:31 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: Jerry writes: I agree up to the point about financial incentive. For myself, I like making money. I don't apologize for that. Most engineers, software / hardware designers also enjoy receiving a monetary reward

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-06 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300 Mario Lobo articulated: On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: [Snip] The socialists still feel they are entitled to something for nothing. Jerry

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-06 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:37:17 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith articulated: On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one interested

Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

2012-08-06 Thread Jerry
(the key word here is verifiable) cases can you name where party A paid party B over an undisclosed patient solely on the bases that party B might institute legal action? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: doc

2012-08-18 Thread Jerry
for having the 7Z format added several years ago. By the way Poly, FreeBSD does not handle all types of compressed files natively any more than Windows does. There are also add-ons available to handle some really obscure formats. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get

Re: Issue with kernel building

2012-08-20 Thread Jerry
response so I guess it was not a well received concept. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ “I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonade

Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

2012-08-20 Thread Jerry
be confusing and scary. Personally, I embrace progress. Even if there are ten failures in a row, that one success can be an life changing idea that can alter the course of an entire industry. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply

Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

2012-08-20 Thread Jerry
. You'll feel better and enjoy life more. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Apache 2.2 and php 5.4.5 failing on freebsd 8.3

2012-08-20 Thread Jerry
portupgrade as well to do a fresh install of php. I rebooted and every thing worked fine. For some unknown reason, attempting to do a deinstall and re-install just failed to alleviate the problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore

Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

2012-08-22 Thread Jerry
that you were. The frontiers are littered with dinosaurs. You could also enjoy a great day of golf which beats the hell out of arguing with those married to the past. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Error after upgrading to php 5.4.6

2012-09-03 Thread Jerry
. Running portmanager with the -p option might take care of some ports not being updated correctly with PHP also. Again, there is nothing wrong with the latest version but rather in the way it is presently running on your system. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
in Ubuntu. I cannot confirm that; however, it would certainly be a worthwhile avenue to explore. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: wireless networking

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
to be so; therefore, you are pretty much SOL. FreeBSD does not readily support N protocol adapters unfortunately. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:16:16 +0200 Svein Skogen (Listmail account) svein-listm...@stillbilde.net articulated: On 21.09.2010 13:37, Jerry wrote: The bottom line is that installing and running a printer on a Window's machine is usually far easier than on a *nix variation. Even sharing

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
. Keep in mind the three pillars mentioned before - they would be in danger. Keep in mind that you have failed to produce one shred of documentation to back up your claim of kickbacks. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do

Re: Mailing list software recommendations

2010-09-22 Thread Jerry
list of things to do eventually. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: People

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-22 Thread Jerry
, as has been demonstrated numerous times on this forum, documentation of subversive acts is not a requirement. In fact, it might well be called counter-productive. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply

Re: mail problems....

2010-09-26 Thread Jerry
://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/. If the problem is about too much mail in the queue, consider including output from the qshape tool, as described in the QSHAPE_README file. I cannot help you with other MTAs. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get

Re: FreeBSD on Compaq mini CQ10 anyone?

2010-09-26 Thread Jerry
not support it. Virtually all new PCs have 'N' protocol cards installed by default unless it is a very cheap model. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Upgrading autoconf

2010-10-01 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:13:28 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: Or should I wait for FreeBSD-9 ?? Or Freebsd-10.x perhaps! -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Updating bzip2 to remove potential security vulnerability

2010-10-01 Thread Jerry
are recommended to upgrade immediately. /quote The version supplied on FreeBSD-8.1/amd64 is version 1.0.5, 10-Dec-2007. Are there any plans to update this supplied version? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore

Re: Updating bzip2 to remove potential security vulnerability

2010-10-01 Thread Jerry
am assuming that simply using something like: csup -L2 -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile Then rebuild Kernel World is not going to work. Is that correct? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored

Re: Updating bzip2 to remove potential security vulnerability

2010-10-01 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:00:16 -0700 Jason jhelf...@e-e.com articulated: On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 04:59:40PM -0400, Jerry thus spake: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:14:20 -0500 Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com articulated: You must have missed http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:08

Re: Updating bzip2 to remove potential security vulnerability

2010-10-01 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 22:23:16 +0100 Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk articulated: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:00:16 -0700 Jason jhelf...@e-e.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 04:59:40PM -0400, Jerry thus spake: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:14:20 -0500 Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com articulated

Re: 5.25 floppy drive

2010-10-02 Thread Jerry
riddance to both formats. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd

Re: Massive portupgrade without being interrupted by configuration screens?

2010-10-02 Thread Jerry
to comment. I say this because I have used the BATCH technique once I had all of my ports configured the way I wanted. Subsequent updates always appeared to use any existing configuration files. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored

Re: OT: fdisk

2010-10-02 Thread Jerry
of Spin-Rite http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm and running it at level 6 maximum. It is the best disk recovery program I have come across. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Massive portupgrade without being interrupted by configuration screens?

2010-10-03 Thread Jerry
ports as well. It would insure that the dependency links were fully updated. There is then no need to run the superfluous perl-after-upgrade' script; although, you are free to do so if you so desire. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Jerry
. I have 22339 files on a FreeBSD 8.1/amd64 system. It might be interesting to find out how to ascertain the correct number of files that should be located there. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply

Re: Cleaning /var/db/portsnap/files/, how?

2010-10-04 Thread Jerry
a file except its name and its actual data. Therefore, strictly speaking, he could have just referenced file instead. The term folder is used as a synonym for directory on the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups

Re: Which OS for notebook

2010-10-05 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:31:48 +0200 Jonathan McKeown j.mcke...@ru.ac.za articulated: So. What's the connection between freebsd.u...@seibercom.net, carmel...@hotmail.com and ges...@yahoo.com, who all post through scorpio.seibercom.net, and who all have remarkably similar views on why FreeBSD

Re: php5-mysqli problem

2010-10-06 Thread Jerry
files against this; however, I don't believe anything has been done to rectify the problem. ports/151133: Unable to build databases/php5-mysqli -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted software in the core

2010-10-06 Thread Jerry
does not excuse or ignorance of the law excuses no one In other words, it is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because he or she was unaware of its content. There are exception; however, they are rare. -- Jerry

Re: confirm 0fa75124cd6e5148b308c9a2d70f2847d79ff29f

2010-10-06 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:17:09 + freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org articulated: Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list freebsd-questions We have received a request for subscription of your email address,

Re: Like it or not, Theo is having a good laugh ..

2010-10-09 Thread Jerry
jest. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: No Sound FBSD 8.1

2010-10-09 Thread Jerry
changing the setting. Another day, another hour lost debugging. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-13 Thread Jerry
the man page. You could use 'portmanager -f'. I can guarantee that it will rebuild everything. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Jail question

2010-10-15 Thread Jerry
the matter. Just my 2¢. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd

Re: no sound with ALC888

2010-10-15 Thread Jerry
that is. At least sound does work in KDE4. Whether or not this is of any use to you, I have no idea. The fact that it just works in Windows 7 is not surprising. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

Re: Problem Installing freeBSD 8.1 on Dell Poweredge T110

2010-10-18 Thread Jerry
error messages are displayed? Is this a hard wired or wireless connection? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ 1st

Re: Jail question

2010-10-18 Thread Jerry
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:38:17 -0400 bdsf...@att.net bdsf...@att.net articulated: On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:32:44 -0400, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:35:39 -0400 Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com articulated: Check out qjail. It has been submitted for addition

Re: Netbooks BSD

2010-10-21 Thread Jerry
in Europe than the USA at present. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header

acroread9 crashing

2010-10-23 Thread Jerry
and not others? From what I have been able to ascertain, many users have never gotten it to work and have just given up on it. I have used truss to capture the output if anyone wants to view it. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored

Re: acroread9 crashing

2010-10-24 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:35:37 + Alexander Best arun...@freebsd.org articulated: On Sat Oct 23 10, Jerry wrote: FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE /amd64 I continue to have a problem getting acroread9 to run. 1) It will not create its directory in my home directory. :1: error: unexpected

portsnap unable to locate mirrors

2010-11-01 Thread Jerry
this phenomena? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: portsnap unable to locate mirrors

2010-11-01 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:29:14 -0500 Lystic Emsen lyst...@gmail.com articulated: On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: I have been having problems with 'portsnap' for two days now. It continually emits error messages. The latest being: Looking up

Continuing problem with portsnap

2010-11-02 Thread Jerry
this thesis? -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never

Re: Continuing problem with portsnap

2010-11-02 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:44:03 +0100 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu articulated: On 2010-11-02 12:38, Vincent Hoffman wrote: On 02/11/2010 11:34, Jerry wrote: Since portsnap' has been failing on my system, I tried a different approach and decided to rebuild the port entirely rather than

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