Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-11 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:03:13 -0800, prad p...@towardsfreedom.com wrote: well i thought the 3.9 fish was kinda cute, but beastie is still much better! Yes, it is. =^_^= --- http://www.spilth.org/pictures/girls/ceren/ -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-11 Thread Polytropon
. -- Polytropon From 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: dialog run away processes

2008-12-11 Thread Polytropon
the updating process controlled by portmanager? Check if some kind of batch job can explicitely be ordered for the portmanager update run. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-11 Thread Polytropon
, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: is there a way to get an ACK from the mutt version of FBSD?

2008-12-13 Thread Polytropon
the message or the information that the SmartHost mail relay has accepted the message for relaying (in case your sendmail subsystem just hands mail over to a relay). Any kind of confirmation that the recipient has read the message is up to his mail client application. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg

Re: DVD cloning tool

2008-12-13 Thread Polytropon
NOT trying to illegally copy commercial DVDs so it's not necessary for you to reply with protests. Heh. I'm a good guy, I love movie industry, hehe. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Re[2]: can not start SVNserve

2008-12-14 Thread Polytropon
: Sorry try to change directory to existent (1) What's /bin/bash? Check existing shell. (2) As you said: Check existing directory. (3) Regarding su, check for wheel group inclusion. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Cluster-wide installation of FreeBSD

2008-12-14 Thread Polytropon
professional approach. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: send performance of rl(4)

2008-12-14 Thread Polytropon
... something I did some years ago - and I'm still happy with it. I found that - quite in general - the xl and fxp NICs do have better performance than the rl ones. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: send performance of rl(4)

2008-12-14 Thread Polytropon
remember correctly, was so busy generating IRQs that it didn't find the time to have a good performance. :-) Maybe Realteks newer models perform better. I'm quite happy with 3Com's and Intel's NICs, I usually give away Realtek NICs along with computer systems I built for others. -- Polytropon

Re: Re[4]: can not start SVNserve

2008-12-14 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah adm...@enabled.com wrote: I am unable to rename a directory that has nine '?'. Maybe Midnight Commander - PF6: Rename - will do the job? (Workaround) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:14:32 -0800, Noah adm...@enabled.com wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah adm...@enabled.com wrote: I am unable to rename a directory that has nine '?'. Maybe Midnight Commander - PF6: Rename - will do the job? (Workaround

Uptime logging with (maybe) ppp's log functionality

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
it. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: questions about some archive files, type *.rar

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
the file names and directories correctly, you can at least stick with tar: % tar cf bla.tar sourcedir/* If this isn't the answer, never mind, just reform the question. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Uptime logging with (maybe) ppp's log functionality

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
the needed information in a way that makes it hard to do calculations on it (like, say, the date format from the syylog entries). If the documentation of ppp doesn't answer all upcoming questions, I'd be glad to ask again. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: questions about some archive files, type *.rar

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
system will be shut down now. Ah... autorun.inf and exit_windows_ex() are such modern tools that make the life easier. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
this is useful to you in order to avoid an installation from scratch. And finaly, there's always dd. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: loader.conf fbsd 7-release

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
the 'httpready' Accept Filter Just create the file and add the setting. It will then load /boot/kernel/accf_http.ko on system startup. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
controller is supported. -- Polytropon From 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: LPRng x pdf files

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
. If your printer is PostScript capable, you could eventually use pdf2ps and then feed the PS directly into the printer. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Problem with extracting from md

2008-12-17 Thread Polytropon
be that way... I think somth works wrong with my motherboar. At least, the rror message you presented looks really strange... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot

2008-12-17 Thread Polytropon
could be more specific and explain? -- Polytropon From 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: Newb help setting up printer

2008-12-17 Thread Polytropon
be needed. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: PHP and PHP-Extensions

2008-12-17 Thread Polytropon
delete them manually afterwards. Then there should be no problem doing a clean reinstall. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Suitability question

2008-12-18 Thread Polytropon
, such as printers, digital cameras, USB sticks or MP3 players. They need a bit more configuration (automated wrapper scripts) in order not to scare the user. It's not impossible. Trust me, I'm doing this since 4.0. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: Snow in my Server

2008-12-19 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:59:56 -0500, Gary Hartl gha...@gmail.com wrote: Help, I'm in southern Ontario and I have 20cm of snow on my freebsd 7-release server. Didn't you install the NOSNOW.SYS driver properly? :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

2008-12-21 Thread Polytropon
can do wonders. If everything fails, The Sleuth Kit is a good tool. Don't forget to try mtools. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: mount DVD - invalid argument

2008-12-21 Thread Polytropon
be appreciated. Defective media? -- Polytropon From 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: acronis true image

2008-12-21 Thread Polytropon
you need to install the Linux ABI because it's a binary designed for Linux? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Sed question

2008-12-21 Thread Polytropon
!= 3)' sourcefile NR specifies the number of record (input line). But I still think the sed in-place editing method is the most comfortable one, allthough your example raises my interest in learning Python. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: [6.3] Assigning shutdown to eg. Syst?

2008-12-22 Thread Polytropon
button on the machine itself, it should perform a shutdown -p now (shut down and power off). By tht eay, the key you're refering to is named System Request, or SysRq. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Could not find package - using ports

2008-12-22 Thread Polytropon
). Sidenote: Another fine tool is pkgdb -aF (comes with portupgrade port) to keep pkg_added packages and stuff installed by either portinstall or manual make install in synchronization. It's good to run this command before and after altering something on the installed packages. :-) -- Polytropon

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
in xorg.conf. Some programs calculate font sizes according to these values. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: empty root password

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
that: Running chpass(1) *should* work. Since it didn't, I suggest looking at the password file. Use vipw(8) for that, and see if there is anything in the password field for the root password. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:22:40 -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: Polytropon wrote: Check the DPI settings from your monitor and if they match the settings in xorg.conf. Some programs calculate font sizes according to these values. How do I check

Re: Last q of '08...

2008-12-31 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:43:53 -0800, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: is there a C-beauitful//reformatter in ports? lint? Sorry, never used one, can code tidy myself. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Createing a package.

2009-01-03 Thread Polytropon
package and it will create a tbz package with the current version number in the directory mentioned before. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: how to remove -KVCD.stats?

2009-01-03 Thread Polytropon
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ... unlink file Try to use -- in order to stop argument (command line iotion) processing: # rm -f -- -KVCD.stats Nothing after -- will be treated as an argument. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: Suggestion

2009-01-04 Thread Polytropon
autoboot_delay=1 into /boot/loader.conf. This disables some waiting time at system startup (not that I would care about this) and still enables you to drop to the loader prompt when any key is pressed. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe

Re: How to do ping really quiet?

2009-01-05 Thread Polytropon
21 which suppresses standard output and error messages. Within the standard dialog shell (C Shell), I think has the same purpose (refer to man csh to be sure). -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: why printf() don't work?

2009-01-05 Thread Polytropon
to #include stdio.h :-) -- Polytropon From 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: compilation vs binary files

2009-01-06 Thread Polytropon
binary packages. Especially on servers, you usually do the neccessary updates (such as security patches) and keep the rest as it is. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: DHCP Request in the background

2009-01-07 Thread Polytropon
whitout delay. According to /etc/defaults/rc.conf, there is the following setting: background_dhclient=NO# Start dhcp client in the background. So if you put background_dhclient=YES into your /etc/rc.conf, it should work as expected. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany

Re: FreeBSD USB Install

2009-01-07 Thread Polytropon
to eliminate all slices and partitions on the thumb drive (such as it was a new disk right from the factory) and let sysinstall put slice and partitions onto it. Furthermore, I think /dev/da0s1a1 looks a bit strange. Shouldn't it be /dev/da0s1a (without the 1) for the root partition? -- Polytropon From

Re: Sysinstall

2009-01-08 Thread Polytropon
if the new installer is worse. But hey, this is FreeBSD, and up to this point, I haven't seen anything that would be crap from the OS team. (Crap only in ports.) :-) So I would definitely give any new sysinstaller a chance. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: FreeBSD-friendly laptop suggestions, but wait there's more...

2009-01-08 Thread Polytropon
for several years. It's intended to run PC-BSD 1.x / FreeBSD 6.x, so there's a good chance that it will work with a 7.x FreeBSD, too. But too expensive (in my opinion)... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Restore deleted files

2009-01-08 Thread Polytropon
because I'm not subscribed to -fs. Thank you! -- Polytropon From 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: Can't boot machine after upgrade

2009-01-09 Thread Polytropon
a FreeBSD / FreeSBIE boot CD? I'm surprised the hard disk isn't detected at all... are you using the GENERIC kernel? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Can't boot machine after upgrade

2009-01-09 Thread Polytropon
should try to get access to ad0. Maybe some cross-checking will help, just in case you're having a damaged hard disk... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Printing - standard? CUPS? ...??

2009-01-14 Thread Polytropon
, the printer doesn't print duplex anymore. By all means, give CUPS a try though. CUPS seems to be the way to go, I'll try it on the next reinstall. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: updating to 7.1 with a small root slice

2009-01-14 Thread Polytropon
in the handbook about how to compile a custom kernel (it doesn't matter if KERNCONF refers to the GENERIC configuration file). -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Help! locate.code /tmp: filesystem full

2009-01-15 Thread Polytropon
into a consistent state again. Worse kinds of data loss can follow. It hurts, I know it... :-( -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Window Maker directories

2009-01-17 Thread Polytropon
account) in ~/GNUstep/ as an alternative. -- Polytropon From 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: Newbie: offline package use / XFCE.

2009-01-20 Thread Polytropon
goal as it has been requested initially. -- Polytropon From 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: FreeBSD Transition Questions.

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
used any MICROS~1 product for more than 20 years now... =^_^= -- Polytropon From 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: Code to enlarge/shrink browser's embedded quicktime player

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
on the clients' site. -- Polytropon From 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: Help! locate.code /tmp: filesystem full

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
does changes to the file system when repairing it, and the kind of these changes implies that the file system is not mounted, so there's no unexpected interruption by maybe a write operation from a program. That's what downtime is good for - letting fsck doing its job well. -- Polytropon From

Re: technical drawing program

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
and was wondering if something more appropriate is available. xfig -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: dumb how to clear scroll-back buffer in console/xterm?

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
need to clear the console when logging out, just put the command clear in your ~/.logout, or globally into /etc/csh.logout. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-22 Thread Polytropon
(check advantages and disadvantages). -- Polytropon From 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: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-23 Thread Polytropon
as the file system. Instead of cutting your filenames down to 8.3 MICROS~1 style, the RockRidge extension will provide the correct file names. If you put an UFS file system onto the DVD, you would need a different command, such as % mount -t ufs -o ro /dev/acd0 /mnt -- Polytropon From

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-23 Thread Polytropon
system is best for interoperability because (if I may say this) every UNIX-like OS can read tar, no matter if you put it n discs, disks, tapes or even hard disks or USB sticks. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-23 Thread Polytropon
mentioned, it may be interesting if your machine for reading back data is surprisingly not a FreeBSD machine. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
not sure dd works, but tar should. But to be honest, I've never tried it out because I'm very comfortable with cdrecord and cdrdao, and was with burncd in the past. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Comfortable dd bs= parameters for different media

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
a hard disk to a dd file? Which bs= parameter would be encouraged to use? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
not that I need a desktop GUI system, I'm perfectly happy with a functional and fast window manager (i. e. WindowMaker). Sorry for bothering the list with my thoughts, but maybe I'm not alone with this unmodern point of view. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0

Re: how to scrollback in terminal

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
with the mouse, output it from the edit buffer to the command line using the middle mouse button and then un-ScrL to complete your command line and execute it. Significantly better than Linux's scrollback... Definitely. I think the Linux way of scrollback is available in xterms... -- Polytropon

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
) won't be any problem here. But as I said, maximum compatibility is always welcome for backups. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: error trying to burncd thhen ecomign unkillable process

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
... (I'm no KDE user, so I can't check this.) -- Polytropon From 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: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
^^, fictional parameter would be possible, I would really prefer it. The alias could then be everything until -f (which would read out use this file as image instead of the device=file parameter which isn't good for creating an alias (such as for cdrecord or cdrdao). -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany

Re: how to create a DVD backup filesystem?

2009-01-24 Thread Polytropon
. -- Polytropon From 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: error trying to burncd thhen ecomign unkillable process

2009-01-25 Thread Polytropon
the symlink in /etc/devfs.conf: linkcd0 dvd The symlink usually points to acd0 which isn't ATAPICAM compatible. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Installing FreeBSD on multy hosts

2009-01-25 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:53:12 +0100 (CET), Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: why don't simply use unix tools. for same-sized harddrives simply use dd Or dump / restore, as described in the handbook. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: Delivering system mail

2009-01-25 Thread Polytropon
/Makefile for details. -- Polytropon From 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: can i split a pdf file?

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
Then, even the FF speech plugin should work correctly - as long as the PDF file contains decodable text. If it's just a bunch of images, well, what are we expecting, hm? FF-speech: You see a pretty image of some text... :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
that habe been confirmed to work well, but if they can ever be installed on a newer system...? Okay, I hope I haven't bothered the list too much, but that's my revenge for 50 -- 100 messages per day. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Solaris Compat?

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
isn't worth thinking about. Or could you imagine that a company would release some software that makes it possible to view PNG images within a webpage, but your OS isn't intended to have support for this, because it would require the modification of the OS kernel? :-) -- Polytropon From

Re: overwriting NOT_FOR_ARCHS via /etc/make.conf has no effect

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
? You could modify the port's Makefile itself, or create Makefile.local in the port's dicrectory with your specific settings, but I don't now if this mechanism is still supported. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: can i split a pdf file?

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: can i split a pdf file?

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
.) -- Polytropon From 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: can i split a pdf file?

2009-01-26 Thread Polytropon
much time for training the program, and postprocessing. It's easier to \usepackage[german]{uberfraktur} to make the text unreadable again. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
and whistles very efficiently, if you think you need them. But, of course, they're not mainstream. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Solaris Compat?

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
images is, for example), then I'd be glad to review my standpoint. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
another time. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
or inpiring to you: Hmmm... - http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/design-your-own-desktop-with-xfce-44-part-2/ Bah! - http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/design-your-own-desktop-with-xfce-44/ -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
) not those who are elected ;) That's correct. -- Polytropon From 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: Solaris Compat?

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
web designers. :-) Following the W3C's standards is always good. They even provide checking software for web pages (HTML and CSS), but It works for me, said by the web developer, seems to make these excellent tools useless... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
, kdm or gdm allows switching window managers at login time (after X server is run). I think xdm doesn't have such a functionality. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

Re: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
the Solaris enviroment, but I've never tried out PC versions of it. -- Polytropon From 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: flashplugin7 doesn't play video

2009-01-27 Thread Polytropon
is a replacement for HTML. :-) -- Polytropon From 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: KDE: What a monster!

2009-01-28 Thread Polytropon
is denied, the less good it is, because at a certain point, the party will be disassembled or forbidden. So we would get rid of all those self-claimed representatives very fast. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa

Re: Message from daily output

2009-01-31 Thread Polytropon
to be placed in /boot/loader.conf: hw.intr_storm_threshold=1000 I didn't have this message when using parallel printer on FreeBSD 5. As you stated, the message repeats many times, but doesn't seem to have any effect on printing. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Tool to uncat file

2009-02-01 Thread Polytropon
the idea would be to look for specific byte pattern and then start a new file each time it occurs on input. Is there such a tool, or any other ideas? -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd

Re: insert new line in files

2009-02-06 Thread Polytropon
enclusure). -- Polytropon From 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: disk recovery problem(s)

2009-02-06 Thread Polytropon
- get restored in the lost+found/ directory where their name (probably lost) gets replaced by the inode number. If it's a directory, it content will usually be present with the file names, only the topmost part of a hierarchy will be affected. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD

Re: Playing audio CDs

2009-02-07 Thread Polytropon
permission concept, you need the +r permission on the device file (see /etc/devfs.conf, /etc/devfs.rules). If you have more than one drive, you can set variables like CDROM to get rid of things like -f /dev/acd[012]. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe

Re: Playing audio CDs

2009-02-07 Thread Polytropon
you're using /dev/cd0 for your CD drive. What about using acd0 instead (if it's an ATAPI drive)? You can specify /dev/cd0 as $CDROM if you've got a SCSI device, but then, due to permissions, I think you need to set proper access rules for the xpt device, too. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany

Re: LOR listing?

2009-02-08 Thread Polytropon
experiencing problems? While host, ping and traceroute work fine on the server you specified, there seems to be no HTTP response. -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions

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