Re: webcamd startup problems
Hi, Webcamd is started by devd. In rc.conf, try: devd_enable=YES --HPS ___ 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: portmaster best practices
Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: [dd] NO_BACKUP means don't create a temporary package when deleting something. This is unsuitable for me as /usr/ports in my network is distributed via NFS ro. I also share /usr/ports via NFS ro, but I have defined PACKAGES=/var/tmp/packages in portmaster.rc to store backups of deleted packages, just in case. [dd] -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:suda...@sibptus.tomsk.ru ___ 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: Makeopts DEBUG=-g kernel option
Hi again Just some feedback - it seems that I have isolated the problem below with the help of a 2005 post by John Nielsen to freebsd-questions (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2005-August/003423.html). I have isolated the problem as being caused by the compiler optimization flags, specifically the -O2 -pipe flags (the default flags used when makeoptions DEBUG=-g is not specified in the kernel configuration). I have proved that the DEBUG flag per se has nothing to do with it by removing it, and then adding makeoptions COPTFLAGS=-O -pipe to the kernel config. This boots fine. Funny though, the exact original kernel used (without DEBUG and compiled with -O2) works fine on other hardware (e.g. the Tyan Tank G20 B5211 motherboard with an Intel Core2Duo CPU). It only fails on the WADE-8020 board. It must be some specific hardware driver used on the WADE-8020 motherboard that breaks when compiled with -O2. If anyone has suggestions as to how I can trace the problem further (so that I can log a bug with the BSD community), this will be appreciated. Hopefully I can ensure that a future user does not struggle with the same problem I did. As always, thanks for the help. Regards, Dirk Kotze Developer From: Dirk Kotze Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:27 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Makeopts DEBUG=-g kernel option Hi there I'm experiencing the following problem: All is well when I boot the standard FreeBSD 8.2 GENERIC kernel. The moment however when I comment out the line the line below, the kernel hangs upon boot after detecting the em0 device (the motherboard has 2 Intel 8257x dual Gigabit Ethernet cards). makeopts DEBUG=-g I'm using FreeBSD 8.2 on a WADE-8020 motherboard with an Intel QM57 chipset and Intel Core i5 CPU. The reason I'm trying to remove debugging options from the kernel is that I am trying to make the kernel footprint smaller. This leaves me with a few questions: 1) What are the risks/drawbacks/advantages of leaving debugging symbols in the kernel? 2) Why would debug symbols (of all things!) make the difference between a working and non-working kernel? 3) Does this point in the direction of some other (more serious problem perhaps?) with the hardware and/or other kernel drivers? Thanks so much for any assistance. Regards, Dirk Kotze Developer Tel: +27 12 672 7281 Fax: +27 12 665 1343 Postal: P.O. Box 7991, Centurion, 0046 Physical: 1 Pieter street, Highveld Park, Centurion Important Notice: This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd e-mail legal notice available at: http://www.nanoteq.com/corp_profile/disclaimer.asp Important Notice: This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd e-mail legal notice available at: http://www.nanoteq.com/corp_profile/disclaimer.aspThe message does not contain any threats AVG for MS Exchange Server (10.0.1416 - 2109/4756)___ 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: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 19:37, Mike Tancsa m...@sentex.net wrote: On 1/24/2012 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I am Google-ing for a recent definitive HOWTO use my 3G modem with FreeBSD/PC-BSD and what I get seem rather old. Someone can point me to a recent document detailing the steps. I have PC-BSD 9 on my laptop. Most of them just come up as cuaU* devices, but not all. The method to use them has not really changed, so chances are what you have found via google will still work. Take a look at the relevant man pages. man u3g What type of modem do you have ? Hi Mike, I have a Huawei E1820 I will also try RTFM. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 21:48, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote: I am Google-ing for a recent definitive HOWTO use my 3G modem with FreeBSD/PC-BSD and what I get seem rather old. Which one? You need to specifiy modem brand/model and network provider to see if other have got that particular one working. Also check the Linux crowd (Ubuntu in particular) and then extrapolate to FBSD. I have a Huawei E1820 and I am in KE, using Safaricom. Someone can point me to a recent document detailing the steps. I have PC-BSD 9 on my laptop. Usually it's just a question of making the kernel mount the tty and the dial using something like wvdial. If it's popular and supported it's pretty easy, if not is still possible. Supporting the modem is usually a two layer problem first solving the multi-device problem on the USB bus, that is, selecting the correct device available (i.e. selecting the modem instead of the flash that contains the windows software), and then the actual kernel or userspace driver for that specific device (ZTE, Enfora, etc.). Luckily, I already disabled the flash/virtual CD-ROM that the modem contains. I got the AT string combo to do this. I also have one ZTE dongle that I don't want to talk about because I haven't managed to find a way to disable the virtual CD-ROM it contains. Ultimately, you get a serial modem and you just have to use AT command to dial, etc. and wvdial does a great job and it's quite easy to set-up and run. You know, sometimes all this process is what makes people shy off of *BSD. I am a diehard lover of FreeBSD, but the few times I have installed Linux on my laptop, this whole process was a breeze... well, not quite, but not as difficult as it is in FreeBSD. Luckily, I use WiFi more than I use 3G, so it's never quite bothered me. Even now, I just want to see how easy it can be on PC-BSD/FreeBSD, with a GUI to boot, if there is, but I do not feel it is such a big necessity for me, because I have D-Link DIR-825 which can use this modem on it's USB port and allow me to use 3G. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 09:23, Ivan Frosty ivanfro...@gmail.com wrote:
The FreeBSD u3g driver ¶¶
Introduction ¶¶
This driver supports 3G (UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA) cards that provide
access to one or more serial ports through a USB interface, providing
PPP and AT command channels simultaneously. Some devices provide
access to multiple pairs of channels for integrated GPS', or other
access methods (Option HSO driver).
Transfer speeds should be above 30k on a good UMTS connection and a
fast server:
% curl -o /dev/null ftp://ftp.nl.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ls-lR.gz
% Total% Received % Xferd Average Speed TimeTime Time
Current
Dload Upload TotalSpent Left
Speed
12 19.9M 12 2486k0 0 40203 0 0:08:39 0:01:03 0:07:36
43921
Some (older) devices (from Sierra for example) provide 1 serial port
through a normal serial port or the normal serial USB drivers. They
usually support the ETSI / 3GPP 27.010 3GPPMultiplexProtocol, making
it possible to open a AT command channel and a PPP connection channel
simultaneously. A basic implementation which works on an Option
Globetrotter GPRS card is available. Contact me for details.
Verified to work ¶¶
See the man page.
Installation instructions ¶¶
The driver is available in both FreeBSD 7 and FreeBSD 8. The one in
FreeBSD 8 and up was written by Hans Petter Selasky. Consult
freebsd-usb@… for more information and bug reports.
The driver from FreeBSD 7 should be usable on FreeBSD 6, without too
many changes. You will need to patch ucom.c though with the attached
patch (see below).
Tricks ¶¶
To start your connection automatically use something like the
following snippet in your devd.conf:
attach 100 {
device-name ucom[0-9]+;
match vendor 0x12d1;
match product 0x1003;
action /usr/sbin/ppp -ddial kpn;
};
Some people have been able to get their device to successfully switch
from driver mode to modem mode using usb_modeswitch. You can compile
it on !FreeBSD with
cc -L /usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include -lusb -o usb_modeswitch
usb_modeswitch.c
if you have libusb installed. The mass storage devices the devices
present should be available through ugen. Note that umass must not be
present in your kernel nor as a module (or it should be made to ignore
these devices).
To see signal strength for example while online:
Start ppp (See also PPPFor3GModems).
prolly that could help.
I read this, but one thing I am sure about is that those details need to be
changed to reflect what I have on my system.
But I'm trying to see if there is an easier way out.
--
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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Re: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
El día Tuesday, January 24, 2012 a las 10:23:18PM -0800, Ivan Frosty escribió: The FreeBSD u3g driver ¶¶ Introduction ¶¶ This driver supports 3G (UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA) cards that provide access to one or more serial ports through a USB interface, providing PPP and AT command channels simultaneously. Some devices provide access to multiple pairs of channels for integrated GPS', or other access methods (Option HSO driver). Transfer speeds should be above 30k on a good UMTS connection and a fast server: ... I'm using for years now the u3g(4) driver in 8-CURRENT, 9- and 10-CURRENT; it just works fine with ppp(8) and gives, if the provider has no bottle-nack in channels, up to 2 Mbps down- and 1 Mbps upstream; I'm using USB Huawei dongles or USB sticks. There is nearly nothing magic, it just works: you plug in the key, some devd(8) hook sends down the PIN to the created serial device, and I start ppp(8) by hand (could be done as well from a devd(8) hook); HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ 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
UPDATING 20120116 -- x11/xcb-util -- instructions not working
For the life of me I can't work around this xcb-util issue. This is a pretty fresh install and I have not made any workaround symlinks. I ran: # portmaster -R -r xcb-util-0 And the problem persists. It didn't even complete all the packages because some were still erroring on missing xcb libraries. Example, editors/mousepad: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' or unhandled argument `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' gmake[2]: *** [mousepad] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/editors/mousepad/work/mousepad-0.2.16/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/editors/mousepad/work/mousepad-0.2.16' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 1 Is there a solution I'm missing? I'd really like to get this resolved today so all my programs work again :P ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
On 1/25/2012 5:43 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: I have a Huawei E1820 I will also try RTFM. Hi, kldload u3g kldload umodem plug in the modem Show the output of usbconfig then sysctl -a dev.u3g and ls -l /dev/cuaU* and dmesg On some 3g sticks, you have to send a command to put them in modem mode. Typically this is done by 'ejecting the cd' camcontrol eject pass0 But the driver knows of most of the variants out there and does that automatically for you. ---Mike -- --- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, m...@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ ___ 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
py-kaa-metadata build fails.
Anyone know of a fix for this error? creating build/temp.freebsd-8.2-RELEASE-p3-i386-2.6/src/image cc -DNDEBUG -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -pipe -I/usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.6 -c src/image/exiv2.cpp -o bu ild/temp.freebsd-8.2-RELEASE-p3-i386-2.6/src/image/exiv2.o -Wall src/image/exiv2.cpp: In function 'PyObject* parse(PyObject*, PyObject*)': src/image/exiv2.cpp:50: error: 'class Exiv2::ExifData' has no member named 'copyThumbnail' error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/py-kaa-metadata. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote: [...] You know, sometimes all this process is what makes people shy off of *BSD. I am a diehard lover of FreeBSD, but the few times I have installed Linux on my laptop, this whole process was a breeze... well, not quite, but not as difficult as it is in FreeBSD. Luckily, I use WiFi more than I use 3G, so it's never quite bothered me. Even now, I just want to see how easy it can be on PC-BSD/FreeBSD, with a GUI to boot, if there is, but I do not feel it is such a big necessity for me, because I have D-Link DIR-825 which can use this modem on it's USB port and allow me to use 3G. It used to be like that in Linux as well. It's only until recently that the netowrk manager app supports 3g modems. The problem is when these graphical apps fail you have virtually no way to see what's going on, just plug and pray. If you get the tty, using Wvdial is actuall much easier than any other dialing/ppp tool I've ever used. So even on Linuxes with NM applet and 3g modem support I would use Wvdial, and on FBSD especially! wvdial is much more robust than the nm apps, IMHO. -- Alejandro Imass ___ 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: zpool detach pool device
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Fritz Wuehler fr...@spamexpire-201201.rodent.frell.theremailer.net wrote: Just use dd and avoid the hassle of downloading and burning a cd that does dd. dban is nice if you have to do a garage full of machines or are a Windows victim but if you know your way around UNIX why bother with dban? On occasion, I have had the need to perform the DoD Short Wipe within DBAN; this is something a simple dd if=/dev/zero won't get you. Of course, you can use shred from coreutils to do that from the command line if you want. -- Matt Mullins ___ 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: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:39:37 -0500, robert perry wrote: In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? Maybe you're thinking about linuxprinting.org which provides PPD device descriptions that can be incorporated in CUPS which has become the de-facto standard for printing? -- Polytropon 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...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On 01/26/12 05:39, robert perry wrote: I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? Maybe try openprint.org? ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On 01/26/12 08:08, Doug Poland wrote: Hello, I'm trying port some shell scripts to FreeBSD that were originally written on Darwin (OS X). The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Cant you simply change the shebang to !#/usr/local/bin/bash? ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Doug Poland wrote: The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Try using something like: #!/usr/bin/env bash (If the shell scripts are something written by Apple rather than by third-parties, please also consider filing a bug report.) Regards, -- -Chuck ___ 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: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
robert perry rperry1...@verizon.net wrote; I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? I take it you don't mean; http://www.google.com For the 'printer' side, look for something that supports a 'standard' printer _language_ -- preferably PostScript -- over a serial or parallel port, or the 'lpr/lpd' protocol over a network connection. *OR* look at the (limited!) list of 'winrinters' directly supported by Ghostscript. For faxing, look for something tht is 'Class2.0' (aka EIA/TIA 592) compliant. any standard fax software -- like 'hylafax' - will talk to it. For scanning, see the manpage for SANE(7). also www.sane-project.org The higher-end Brother MFP units pretty much work 'out of the box', for everything except scanning. Brother provides scanner driver binaries for SANE on Linux, and source-code for the adventurous. A quick persual indicates that a number of *nix varients are supported, including several *BSD varients (FreeBSD is not explicitly mentioned, unfortunately) It does not look like it would require 'linuxemulator' compilation. A quick attempt at './configure' indicated a need for some tweaking of pathnames or file location. ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Doug Poland wrote: I'm trying port some shell scripts to FreeBSD that were originally written on Darwin (OS X). The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Turns out that causes mysterious problems: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29088 ___ 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
FreeBSD 9 on Lenovo X200 what works?
Hi, I discovered this thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=25539 and am wondering what will and won't work on my Lenovo X220 I'm currently in the process in deciding between FreeBSD 9 and Fedora 15/16. I love FreeBSD on servers but unfortunately I haven't had much luck with it on client side systems. Mainly I want to use the system for running a tier 2 hypervisor - VirtualBox (not OSE version). i also want to be able to use HD graphics capabilities and wireless and the WWAN modem that comes with the system. Currently I have something called Salix on here which is Slackware based but unfortunately the hardware isn't being detected properly and that's my major concern regarding FreeBSD! Can anyone provide me with any success stories or advice in what I will be missing if I whack FreeBSD on here?? Regards, Kaya ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 on Lenovo X200 what works?
On 01/26/12 11:50, Kaya Saman wrote: Hi, I discovered this thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=25539 and am wondering what will and won't work on my Lenovo X220 I'm currently in the process in deciding between FreeBSD 9 and Fedora 15/16. I love FreeBSD on servers but unfortunately I haven't had much luck with it on client side systems. Mainly I want to use the system for running a tier 2 hypervisor - VirtualBox (not OSE version). i also want to be able to use HD graphics capabilities and wireless and the WWAN modem that comes with the system. Currently I have something called Salix on here which is Slackware based but unfortunately the hardware isn't being detected properly and that's my major concern regarding FreeBSD! Can anyone provide me with any success stories or advice in what I will be missing if I whack FreeBSD on here?? Despite having similar hardware, you're only real best bet is to suck it and see. Try installing and seeing what you can get to work (dmesg, pciconf -lv, usbconfig, kldload modules, questions here, etc). I've had mixed success with laptops (they're just about all I have as a desktop), and about my only problems have been with wifi- though that has mostly disappeared with Adrian's excellent work. I have recently had trouble with a dual video card (and ATI 4200 and a 6300 on the same machine), but that shouldn't be a problem. That has been fixed with using vesa, but that doesn't degrade performance or quality; biggest issue there is the residual image for security. But then I don't really give my video too much of workout, maybe it might affect you or not in any of the above cases. Just have a go and see how it goes I say... :) It's not too much time to find out. HTH ___ 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: FreeBSD 9 on Lenovo X200 what works?
I'm running 8.2 on an X200. For the most part everything works. My main complaint is that the sound is very quiet, and I haven't found the setting to fix that. Video and wifi work fine. The kernel sees the camera and the thumb reader but I haven't looked for applications that use them. R's, John ___ 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: UPDATING 20120116 -- x11/xcb-util -- instructions not working
On 25.01.2012 09:52, Mark wrote: I got stuck in this hell the other day, I had to do this. portmaster --check-depends to see if anything is missing then portmaster -a -f I want to report back that this did end up working pretty darn well. :-) THANKS! ___ 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: SV: php5 port seems broken
yes I did.I put these lines into httpd.conf AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps and that did the trick. Thanks again list! tim - Original Message - From: Hasse Hansson ha...@thorshammare.org To: Tim Kellers timot...@wallnet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:24:36 AM Subject: SV: php5 port seems broken -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] På vegne af Tim Kellers Sendt: den 23 januari 2012 02:04 Til: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Emne: Re: php5 port seems broken On 1/22/12 7:50 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: Hello again, Thanks for your input. Before attempting to install php on this machine I updated my ports tree with csvsup. But following the steps in this article helped me to get past this point. http://icesquare.com/wordpress/freebsdproblem-to-update-php-port/ Which was basically: #sudo rm -Rf /var/db/portsnap/* #sudo portsnap fetch extract #sudo portsnap fetch update #cd /usr/ports/distfiles/ #sudo wget http://fi.php.net/distributions/php-5.3.9.tar.bz2 #cd /usr/ports/lang/php5 #sudo make That was all I had to do. :) However I'm onto a new stumbling block, so if you're still tuned in I hope you don't mind if I bounce this off the list. It seems that Apache 2.2 is not recognizing PHP now that it's installed. If I go to a php test page in a web browser this is all I see: ?php // Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL phpinfo(); // Show just the module information. // phpinfo(8) yields identical results. phpinfo(INFO_MODULES); ? These are the contents of the file I am hitting: ?php // Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL phpinfo(); // Show just the module information. // phpinfo(8) yields identical results. phpinfo(INFO_MODULES); ? I checked to see that in my main apache config file (httpd.conf) I have this line: LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache22/libphp5.so And of course I've restarted apache after installing the php5 port. :) And since apache isn't even recognizing php at this point hitting the test page does not generate any errors in the error logs. Any thoughts/hits/suggestions from here? thanks tim - Original Message - From: RWrwmailli...@googlemail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:07:21 PM Subject: Re: php5 port seems broken On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:01:29 -0500 Tim Kellers wrote: On 1/22/12 5:35 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: Hello list, I'm attempting to install php5 from my ports tree. I've attempted the latest version ( 5.3.9 located in /usr/ports/lang/php5) and the 'latest stable' (5.2.17 located in /usr/ports/lang/php52). The result is pretty much the same: suhosin-patch-5.3.9-0.9.10.patch.gz. ===Giving up on fetching files: php-5.3.9.tar.bz2 Make sure the Makefile and distinfo file (/usr/ports/lang/php5/distinfo) are up to date. If you are absolutely sure you want to override this check, type make NO_CHECKSUM=yes [other args]. *** Error code 1 I just portupgraded my php5 this morning and I was able to fetch the distfile without trouble. It might just be a partially dled file and a checksum mismatch. if you do a make checksum it will download the file or resume a partial download before checking the hash. You can try (as root) rm -rf /usr/ports/distfiles/php-5.3.9.tar.bz2 and cd /usr/ports/lang/php5 make clean make install clean or make distclean If that gets you past the checksum error, you should be able to build it successfully. Probably the ports tree needs to be updated to pick-up an updated hash value. ___ 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 ___ 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 Did you out this in httpd.conf? from pkg-message.mod: *** Make sure index.php is part of your DirectoryIndex. You should add the following to your Apache configuration file: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps *** Tim Kellers ___ 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 [] - And have a look at /usr/ports/lang/php5-extentions An easy to follow step by step tutorial
Re: UPDATING 20120116 -- x11/xcb-util -- instructions not working
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:53:39 -0600 Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: For the life of me I can't work around this xcb-util issue. This is a pretty fresh install and I have not made any workaround symlinks. I ran: # portmaster -R -r xcb-util-0 And the problem persists. It didn't even complete all the packages because some were still erroring on missing xcb libraries. Example, editors/mousepad: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' or unhandled argument `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' gmake[2]: *** [mousepad] Error 1 I'm getting this same error in several ports. Just exactly which package is supposed to be providing libxcb-aux.la? And why isn't it? -- Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Jan 25, 2012, at 18:04 , Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Doug Poland wrote: The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Try using something like: #!/usr/bin/env bash (If the shell scripts are something written by Apple rather than by third-parties, please also consider filing a bug report.) This gets me closer, but the scripts behave differently now on OS X. For example, printf's don't output the same. -- Regards, Doug ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On 01/26/12 12:55, Doug Poland wrote: On Jan 25, 2012, at 18:04 , Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Doug Poland wrote: The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Try using something like: #!/usr/bin/env bash (If the shell scripts are something written by Apple rather than by third-parties, please also consider filing a bug report.) This gets me closer, but the scripts behave differently now on OS X. For example, printf's don't output the same. Try searching on google and find out exactly what sh MacOSX is using. Then you'd have a better idea on what you're working with. ___ 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: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
- Original Message - From: robert perry rperry1...@verizon.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:39 PM Subject: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? === From Robert Bonomi: For the 'printer' side, look for something that supports a 'standard' printer _language_ -- preferably PostScript -- over a serial or parallel port, or the 'lpr/lpd' protocol over a network connection. *OR* look at the (limited!) list of 'winrinters' directly supported by Ghostscript. For faxing, look for something tht is 'Class2.0' (aka EIA/TIA 592) compliant. any standard fax software -- like 'hylafax' - will talk to it. For scanning, see the manpage for SANE(7). also www.sane-project.org The higher-end Brother MFP units pretty much work 'out of the box', for everything except scanning. Brother provides scanner driver binaries for SANE on Linux, and source-code for the adventurous. A quick persual indicates that a number of *nix varients are supported, including several *BSD varients (FreeBSD is not explicitly mentioned, unfortunately) It does not look like it would require 'linuxemulator' compilation. A quick attempt at './configure' indicated a need for some tweaking of pathnames or file location. = From Polytropon: Maybe you're thinking about linuxprinting.org which provides PPD device descriptions that can be incorporated in CUPS which has become the de-facto standard for printing? = From Da Rock: Maybe try openprint.org? Thank you all for your suggestions. I was able to review each and I think they'll be helpful. I almost forgot how much fun this could be. Bob Perry ___ 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
what are the top python books?
guys, sorry if this is a re-request and a bit OT, but, it's seriously time i got myself in gear and bought or borrowed a book or CD // DVD that teaches python. i honestly do prefer ink+paper, but with one hand MIA, i need paperweights! so if there are books that can be popped into the cd/dvd drawer, that would be better. i tried to follow some seriously complex python that might not have worked on BSD. I want something that's good enough to clue me in on how to do that. thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
Hi-- On Jan 25, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Da Rock wrote: On 01/26/12 12:55, Doug Poland wrote: This gets me closer, but the scripts behave differently now on OS X. For example, printf's don't output the same. Try searching on google and find out exactly what sh MacOSX is using. Then you'd have a better idea on what you're working with. /bin/sh on MacOSX is: $ /bin/sh --version GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ...and it has been using bash as /bin/sh since 10.2 or so. Anyway, running bash as /bin/sh versus as /bin/bash likely affects whether it invokes printf as a builtin(1) command or as an external command. It's possible that invoking /usr/bin/printf instead of just printf in the scripts might resolve the issue(s). Regards, -- -Chuck ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Jan 25, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Doug Poland wrote: Hello, I'm trying port some shell scripts to FreeBSD that were originally written on Darwin (OS X). The issue I'm having is the shebang line of the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. -- Regards, Doug Mac OS X defaults to /bin/bash but things get weird because sh on mac is also bash. Funnily enough a complete separate binary and not a symlink. Anyway, this means things written for the Mac may not work directly on FreeBSD. What I mean is that bash3 syntax is not going to be backwardly compatible with sh. If you wish to retain the bashiness of the scripts then the easiest option would be to install the bash (3.x) port and use env to invoke the appropriate shell on each system. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelking ___ 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: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Jan 25, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
Hi--
On Jan 25, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Da Rock wrote:
On 01/26/12 12:55, Doug Poland wrote:
This gets me closer, but the scripts behave differently now on OS X. For
example, printf's don't output the same.
Try searching on google and find out exactly what sh MacOSX is using. Then
you'd have a better idea on what you're working with.
/bin/sh on MacOSX is:
$ /bin/sh --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
...and it has been using bash as /bin/sh since 10.2 or so.
Anyway, running bash as /bin/sh versus as /bin/bash likely affects whether it
invokes printf as a builtin(1) command or as an external command. It's
possible that invoking /usr/bin/printf instead of just printf in the scripts
might resolve the issue(s).
If that's the problem, perhaps a trick can do:
printf(){builtin printf $@;}
At the top after the she-bang. Should cause all invocations to use built-in
versus otherwise by defining a function that explicitly calls the built-in.
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Re: Portability of shell scripts from other *nixes
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:08:07 -0600, Doug Poland d...@polands.org said: D I'm trying port some shell scripts to FreeBSD that were originally D written on Darwin (OS X). The issue I'm having is the shebang line of D the scripts in OS X is #!/bin/sh, and it turns out that is really an D instance of bash, and the code contains some bashisms. On FreeBSD I D have bash in /usr/local/bin/bash. D Is there an easy/best way to have a single shebang that works on both D OS's? I'd rather not change FreeBSD's bourne shell to bash with any D symlinking of /usr/local/bin/bash to /bin/sh. Do you have the Korn shell installed? I've found that to be a nice compromise for scripts that have bash-isms. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company Texted a friend meaning to ask if she was busy. Me: Are you busty? Her: They're manageable, what's up? --Jimmy Fallon, #textingdisaster tweets, 13 Jan 2012 ___ 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: what are the top python books?
sorry if this is a re-request and a bit OT, but, it's seriously time i got myself in gear and bought or borrowed a book or CD // DVD that teaches python. If you want to learn python, first subscribe to the python tutor mailing list. It's pretty much just like the FreeBSD list. In fact, I think it uses the same exact software to run it and is configured on about the same schedule. (List reminders come the same day.) tu...@python.org Next, the best book I've ever read on python was Python Essential Reference by David M. Beazley. It's a very dry book but he covers just about everything in the most concise way possible. For a more basic introduction to the subject I would look at www.diveintopython.net (The guy gives away his entire book online - And it's pretty good! He's also a frequenter of the python tutor list.) Once you get into the flow of things, look at www.pythonchallenge.com it makes you use the language to solve problems in an interesting way. Then, once you have mad skills check out http://projecteuler.net/ Good luck! -Modulok- ___ 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: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, robert perry wrote: = From Da Rock: Maybe try openprint.org? Thank you all for your suggestions. I was able to review each and I think they'll be helpful. I almost forgot how much fun this could be. That should be http://www.openprinting.org/printers ___ 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: what are the top python books?
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:39:40PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: guys, sorry if this is a re-request and a bit OT, but, it's seriously time i got myself in gear and bought or borrowed a book or CD // DVD that teaches python. i honestly do prefer ink+paper, but with one hand MIA, i need paperweights! so if there are books that can be popped into the cd/dvd drawer, that would be better. i tried to follow some seriously complex python that might not have worked on BSD. I want something that's good enough to clue me in on how to do that. Learning Python by Mark Lutz is pretty complete and in-depth introduction. But at 1100-odd pages it is quite a hefty tome, though. The followup book Programming Python by the same author covers various aspects like network programming, GUI programming et cetera. The online documentation is excellent _for the standard library_ and the _tutorial_. Also online you can find Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, which is a nice introduction Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpLm2m1D7PPk.pgp Description: PGP signature
