KDE and yahoo IM

2008-10-19 Thread FBSD1
Does anyone have yahoo instant messenger working on KDE desktop?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread FBSD1
Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DSA - JCR Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to restore a lost root password... Hi all

restrict FreeBSD users to their home directory

2008-10-25 Thread FBSD1
How do it configure FreeBSD to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

ports missing their packages.

2008-10-29 Thread FBSD1
It's my understanding that a port maintainer has to install the port for real any time a change is made to the port make files or a update to the source of the software to test and verify the changes work as wanted. Creating the package after this is just one command and a ftp upload to the

RE: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD

2008-10-29 Thread FBSD1
Mikhail Teterin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sent by Glyn Millington: My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far it works flawlessly for me. This has two problems: 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy. No it doesn't. The MS version of Firefox is

RE: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?

2008-11-02 Thread FBSD1
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Perrin Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD? Ok now that you have all let off steam about the off topic of desktop verses

XFCE4

2008-11-02 Thread FBSD1
What port names need to be installed to create a XFCE4 desktop environment? I was looking for a mega port like kde3 has but could not identify one. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

xfce decktop time display

2008-11-04 Thread FBSD1
Using Xfce4 and the time is displayed in military time 2200. Want to change this to regular AM/PM displayed time. 10pm Been through the manual and all the menus and can not find knob to change the time setting. Thanks for any help you can give. ___

irc usenet clients for xfce

2008-11-05 Thread FBSD1
What irc, pop mail, and usenet clients from gmone or kde or x would you recommend to use on xfce? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

recommendation word processer for xfce

2008-11-06 Thread FBSD1
Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

RE: recommendation word processer for xfce

2008-11-06 Thread FBSD1
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce OpenOffice.org 3. There's a port. - mdh --- On Thu, 11/6/08, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: recommendation word processer for xfce To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date

RE: recommendation word processer for xfce

2008-11-06 Thread FBSD1
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Barber Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked

RE: recommendation word processer for xfce

2008-11-06 Thread FBSD1
processer for xfce FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. Please don't top-post. OpenOffice packages are available via the FreeBSD FTP sites. -- Sahil Tandon [EMAIL

Re: FreeBSD network ISP provider

2008-11-09 Thread Fbsd1
Pieter Donche wrote: I installed FreeBSD 7.0 already on a system at my office (from CDs) and set up internet connection while installing using the office LAN (and its DHCP service). I installed FreeBSD also on my laptop at home (with no network connection). (with X windows; startx gives me twm

Gconf error in Pidgin Abiword application on xfce Desktop

2008-11-09 Thread Fbsd1
I installed the package of the Generic instant messenger application (Pidgin)on xfce desktop. It seems to work fine, but in the log it gives this message text. GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or

Re: Console size and scrollback buffer.

2008-11-10 Thread Fbsd1
James Williams wrote: Hello List, [On FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2, i386.] 1) How can I change the number of rowsxcols of the console? I'd like to use the maximum rows/cols available for the 1440x900 screen. 2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)? IOW, what is the equivalent

trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Fbsd1
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also created the

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-10 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security settings,

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before

Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work

2008-11-11 Thread Fbsd1
My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure ttyv7 /usr/libexec/getty Pc cons25 on secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm off secure #ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon xterm on secure The init: getty repeating too

Disabling boot messages

2008-11-12 Thread Fbsd1
Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Desktop image of Beastie

2008-11-12 Thread Fbsd1
I picked up this attached jpg of beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. Does any one know where i can get a darker version of the image? Or if you have a beastie background image you would care to share. I sure appreciate you help.

Re: Boot splash screen, was Disabling boot messages

2008-11-13 Thread Fbsd1
Daniel Bye wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:40:29PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done

Re: Problems with Xfce console

2008-11-15 Thread Fbsd1
Bernt Hansson wrote: Hello list When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox, windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the Virtual

Desktop image of Beastie

2008-11-15 Thread Fbsd1
I picked up this jpg of Beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. http://www.a1poweruser.com/beastie.JPG Does any one know where i can get a darker version of this image? I tried to use gimp to make the image darker, but had no

best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1

2008-11-19 Thread Fbsd1
On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatchpatch_id=2283group_id=2663 [ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass. How can i get make install to apply this patch while compiling the port? This is

Re: best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1

2008-11-19 Thread Fbsd1
Greg Larkin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fbsd1 wrote: On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatchpatch_id=2283group_id=2663 [ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass

Free usenet nntp servers

2008-11-19 Thread Fbsd1
In the past (alt.binaries.warez) contained monthly posts of a list of Free usenet nntp servers. I dont have access to a nntp server so I can't search foe the list. Does any one here know of a Free usenet nntp server I can access? ___

Re: Suggestions for PII 400 boot failure

2008-11-20 Thread Fbsd1
Vinny wrote: Hi, A friend of mine is trying out FreeBSD and ran into a booting problem. Here is his message: Well, that's discouraging. I have put together an old PII 400 with three 20GB drives and a CDROM that I'd like to run BSD on. Half a GB of RAM I figured would be respectable.

Using diff

2008-11-20 Thread Fbsd1
Trying to use diff program to create a patch. Output gos to console and does not create the patch file. If it do diff original updated patch.file The patch.file does not look like a normal patch file. What am I doing wrong here? ___

Re: Problem about ppp -nat

2008-11-21 Thread Fbsd1
Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: Hi All, I have just subscribed to freebsd-questions and I have a question about ppp -nat. I have 2 computers. One is running FreeBSD-7.0R, the other is running WinXP. The host running FBSD7.0R has been connecting to the outside world using user-ppp without any

Re: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg?

2008-11-24 Thread Fbsd1
Mike Price wrote: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you mean the ip

firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire

2008-11-26 Thread Fbsd1
These applications have predefined ports they use to start up the bi-directional packet conversation. But them unsolicited packeted come in from other pc nodes to share data using a wide range of high port numbers. IPFW, IPF, and PF don't seem to have a rule option to allow packs in/out based

Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire

2008-11-26 Thread Fbsd1
dick hoogendijk wrote: My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans,

pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Limewire package install error

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml How am i to get

Re: Limewire package install error

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
Andrew D wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org

Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# - internal

Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
APseudoUtopia wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Well, what port does limewire use? You need to figure out

Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through

2008-11-27 Thread Fbsd1
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-28 07:24: Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put

Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through

2008-11-30 Thread Fbsd1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So on the Limewire Advanced - Firewall config page enter a port number, such as 6346 in both the Listen on Port and the Manual Port Forward boxes. Then after your NAT rule in pf.conf enter something like the following: rdr on $ExtIF proto tcp from any to any port

Re: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating

2008-12-06 Thread Fbsd1
G magicman wrote: And incomplete yes i agree that the doc does need to be updated and examples (more) need to be added. --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Dean Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dean Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating To:

Re: update packages or reinstall

2008-12-12 Thread Fbsd1
Glen Barber wrote: Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X

Re: Double Posts

2008-12-12 Thread Fbsd1
Gabe wrote: Its a conspiracy. Is it safe to say that it is in fact gmail related? -Original Message- From: Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Double Posts On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jerry

Re: general question about setting up gateway

2008-12-19 Thread Fbsd1
Richard Yang wrote: hi, i am trying to use freebsd as my home network gateway to the internet. any good reference i should know besides what's in the handbook? thanks rich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

2008-12-20 Thread Fbsd1
I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk What tools do you suggest to use? ___

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE

Re: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail

2009-01-14 Thread Fbsd1
Pieter Donche wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box# ps -jaxw | grep

Re: FreeBSD USB Install

2009-01-14 Thread Fbsd1
Brian McCann wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Brian McCann bjmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Well this just got a LOT more frustrating and interesting. I made a stick following those directions using a new stick...worked fine, booted off of it...did some work on it...somehow the filesystem got

Bios chip update suggestions

2009-01-15 Thread Fbsd1
I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id

Re: Bios chip update suggestions

2009-01-15 Thread Fbsd1
matt donovan wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com mailto:fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory

Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Install -- acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)

2009-01-19 Thread Fbsd1
patrick wrote: (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of

reread newsyslog.conf without reboot

2009-02-11 Thread Fbsd1
How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out rebooting the system? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Bios chip update suggestions

2009-02-11 Thread Fbsd1
Chris Whitehouse wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop

Apache/php

2009-02-12 Thread Fbsd1
I have php code on home page to count how many times it is accessed from the internet. Problem is pages deeper in website can jump back direct to home page and this again gets counted. Is there any way to give the php counter routine intelligent so it will bypass bumping the counter on

bootable 7.1 USB disk versus flash drive versus internal ide hard drive

2009-02-14 Thread Fbsd1
Is there a differences between a usb external hard drive and a usb flash drive boot loader pgm? When i plug a usb flash drive in FreeBSD handles it just like a internal IDE hard drive. To make a hard drive bootable you have to write the boot loader pgm to the disk. Does the ide hard drive boot

Re: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?

2009-02-20 Thread Fbsd1
Formula 1 wrote: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? In 7.1 I installed from cdrom cd1 to USB memory stick using the sysinstall

Re: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?

2009-02-20 Thread Fbsd1
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: Em Sex, 2009-02-20 às 20:51 +, Formula 1 escreveu: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? I have it

Re: can't find an internal flash reader that doesn't crash 7.1

2009-02-26 Thread Fbsd1
Steve Franks wrote: I've tried several. I have a need of this - anyone have one that works with our USB stack? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Xorg package update

2009-02-27 Thread Fbsd1
When is the the X-Org mega package going to be recreated so it contains all the fixes caused by 7.1 release as detailed in /usr/ports/UPDATEING? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Xorg mouse and massive error log messages problems

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Just installed Xorg package from parkages-current hoping to get environment containing all the fixes. Still have the no mouse curser movement on xfce desktop. Adding Option AllowEmptyInput Off statement to ServerLayout section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf got the mouse curser moving. But I still get

Re: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

link to dos2unix

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos

Re: link to dos2unix

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:00:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when

bsdstats not working in 7.1

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
bsdstats is now in the base system. Have bsdstats_enable=YES is rc.conf Worked this way in 7.0. What am I missing here??? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

purpose of /etc/wall_cmos_clock

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
What is /etc/wall_cmos_clock used for and how is it created? ___ 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

Re: desktop app/config

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Jean-Paul Natola jnat...@familycareintl.org wrote: Ok so I left the machine running over the weekend to install KDE, And when I got in this morning it said that my disk was out of space- I loaded nothing but the basic freebsd os and nothing other than kde (granted its

autoconf262 package error

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
When doing a pkg_add for autoconf262 it does not do auto package add for its dependents like other packages do. Some thing is wrong with the autoconf262 package on 7.1. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

php5 changes in release 8.0

2009-03-05 Thread Fbsd1
Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the

Re: php5 changes in release 8.0

2009-03-09 Thread Fbsd1
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com: Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6

2009-03-13 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: I went through pkg_rmleaves and deleted xfce and then everything it exposed, then re-installed using portinstall -R This installed 32 packages when I had only deleted 31, so something got installed that wasn't previously. Unfortunately, this still didn't fix the

error in php5 make install

2009-03-14 Thread Fbsd1
Turn off all options accept Apache module === php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found === Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6

2009-03-14 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option AllowEmptyInput Off statement as last line in ServerLayout section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Re: error in php5 make install

2009-03-14 Thread Fbsd1
Peter wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Turn off all options accept Apache module === php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found === Configuring for php5-5.2.9

7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-15 Thread Fbsd1
In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-17 Thread Fbsd1
Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you need

Re: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-19 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login

Re: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

2009-03-19 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:16:38 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM)

2009-03-20 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: At this point, I guess I'm looking for recommendations on a window manager. Here are the major problems with XFCE4 4.6: * 20% probability of starting X without crashing and locking computer * 20-25 minutes to start X (was about 1 under XFCE4 4.4) * 0% chance of

Re: installing ports xorg

2009-03-22 Thread Fbsd1
Tim Judd wrote: I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated ports tree today. # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install # So what am i missing? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html tells me to install this port. I even deleted /var/db/pkg/*

mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system

2009-03-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD.

Re: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system

2009-03-26 Thread Fbsd1
Ricardo Jesus wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD

Re: 7.1 System Crashing

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
APseudoUtopia wrote: My FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 system has gone down a few times in the last two days. I'm trying to figure out why, but there is nothing in /var/log/messages or dmesg about the incident. Here's the output from the `last` command: User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 19:02

Re: Splash screen color issues

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
Eugene L. wrote: Hello everyone, I have a FreeBSD 7.1-Release (generic kernel), and I am trying to make splash screen feature work properly, so I followed the procedure described in handbook and the splash screen actually loads, except the black is now white, red is violet, etc. So all the

Re: Problem: PPOE and a Static IP.

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
Paul Halliday wrote: I am following the instructions on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html I had initially thought it was a problem with the modem so I had a technician come in to take a look; when hooked up to his windows laptop: 1) He had to assign the

Re: Fetchmail problem

2009-04-20 Thread Fbsd1
Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise

Re: whats in your /etc/security/ files ? (AUDIT subsystem)

2009-12-23 Thread Fbsd1
Mike Tancsa wrote: I am looking at getting more out of the FreeBSD AUDIT system and was wondering if anyone has feedback beyond what is in the handbook or links to other resources on this topic. http://bsdmag.org/ had a nice intro article and

re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
How is this rewrite correct? 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. The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. Just a formal

Re: I need help on installation

2009-12-30 Thread Fbsd1
Roger Agraviador wrote: I found an old pc that I just reformatted the HDD using G parted, now that I try to boot from a Free BSD CD (7.2 release) the Intel chip gives me an error message that the system boot failed and asks me to insert a system disk which I do not have, how do I go about that

Re: Boot from FD and DR-DOS prompt comes up while installing FreeBSD?

2010-01-02 Thread Fbsd1
Paul Shi wrote: Dear Everyone, I am working my way t setup a FTP server on FreeBSD however I got stuck at the very first stage - installation of FreeBSD 8.0. I downloaded FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso from FreeBSD.org and burned it with NERO to a DVD-RW disc. After that, I insert the DVD

Re: Inserting PC card NIC, system stops

2010-01-10 Thread Fbsd1
Hashimoto wrote: Thanks for your reply, Paul. $ uname -a FreeBSD musca.localdomain 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0 r201741: Fri Jan 8 01:01:18 JST 2010 r...@aries.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 insert PC card and eject it $ tail /var/log/messages Jan 9 21:29:12

8.0 sysinstall problem with usb stick as source media and usb stick as install target

2010-01-13 Thread Fbsd1
I know the sysinstall pgm is a dinosaur that nobody wants to touch so I give Randi great respect in tackling it adding USB support in 8.0. Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB target device that freebsd is to be installed on. I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb

Re: Invalid partition table after installation

2010-01-21 Thread Fbsd1
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 to figure out what the BIOS thinks the geometry is, but it doesn't seem to want to tell me. At least, I can't find it in the BIOS menu

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

2010-01-21 Thread Fbsd1
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. Now I plugged the same stick into my Dell Inspiron 9400 and the USB stick (2GB) is not even listed in the F12 Bios boot menu. Any clues? -- Christoph

Re: pf rules

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
Erik Norgaard wrote: kalin m wrote: tcp_in = { www, https } ftp_in = { ftp } udp = { domain, ntp } ping = echoreq set skip on lo scrub in antispoof for eth0 inet block in all pass out all keep state pass proto udp to any port $udp pass inet proto icmp all icmp-type $ping keep state pass in

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