Re: disappeared options dialog when installing ports

2005-05-11 Thread wizlayer
our make configurations are stored so it won't ask you everytime you go to upgrade (really nice to run your updates and leave the office for the night without too many hangups). So... you'll need to remove the /var/db/ports/firefox/options file in order to see the options menu on your

Re: xconfiguration

2005-05-15 Thread wizlayer
On Saturday 02 January 1999 11:20 pm, paul klatt wrote: > I am having a problem configuring x in free bsd I am having > problem disabling the virtual desktop the desktop is to large > for my monitor and the mouse does not work correctly. I would > appreciate the help. I am using the kde desktop Be

Re: How much does it cost?

2005-05-18 Thread wizlayer
ommunity project of > developers and users. > > Björn Of course... if you're new to the BSDs, there there _is_ a price to pay! You'll have to learn how a real operating system works... But you're rewarded with knowledge in your persuit, as

HTML mail - hypatheticaly speaking, of course...

2005-06-30 Thread wizlayer
;m not willing to fix her box everytime I turn around. There's got to be a server-side solution - this my compromise! :) ). Thanks in advance, WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Linux move to FreeBSD

2005-07-03 Thread wizlayer
of the gasps and grumbles of discontent). Or maybe there should be a required visit at freebsd.com to the following link which explains it all: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html So "unlearned" people will quit asking the same questions over and over on the quetsions list:

Re: Linux move to FreeBSD

2005-07-03 Thread wizlayer
On Sunday 03 July 2005 10:11 am, wizlayer wrote: > And naturally, because FreeBSD is such a powerful system, if > you use it for evil (which we are all capable of), it would be > on us, not the daemon... Heck, not even the "Devil" because > the "Devil didn't

Re: Linux move to FreeBSD

2005-07-03 Thread wizlayer
ust have a looksee: http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/ (I know this is an old one, but I still get a kick out of it). WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: mount error.

2005-03-24 Thread wizlayer
Anybody know what's causing this and how to get past this? > > thanks, > > gary Hey, Gary... I read your last thread regarding this, and I'm curious... What's the output when you type "fdisk ad0" at the prompt? wizlayer _

Re: ssh - restricted shell

2005-03-30 Thread wizlayer
> DW > DW, I thought this was accomplished when initially setting up a user's account? I'm under the impression that when a user clients sshd, s/he still can't go beyong the boundaries of his/her existing account on the server. Of course: if $impression = "delusion"

Re: Disable loader.conf when booting? Can't boot because of it ..

2005-03-31 Thread wizlayer
s boot from a live filesystem or from the install floppies and ttyv2(?) to get a shell. You can then mount your slices/partitions and comment the vinum_start line out. HTH, WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: my ethernet to my laptop/getting the tcp/X11 socket up

2005-03-31 Thread wizlayer
27;m pretty sure it had a realtek chipset too (although I'm not lifting a finger in their direction)... Worked fine, then weird errors and *lights out*... Turned out to be the NIC itself (why sometimes? who knows... temperature, defunct buffer maybe?). my .02, WizLayer ___

Re: sendmail

2005-03-31 Thread wizlayer
like this... [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] That way it seem so long. :) Just how big is this movie and are you sure his ISP's/private mail server would even accept it? WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mai

Re: sendmail

2005-04-01 Thread wizlayer
de lines of sendmail -t [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a > movie.mpeg -m hello.txt -s hello ? Just use the mail command. (the man page for mail is smaller) Why don't you just use your favorite mua to send it?  What about using something like icq, ymessenger, etc? As far as the RRR

Re: Some kind of intranet update system for FreeBSD?

2005-04-02 Thread wizlayer
being, station A may/may not want/need certain flags involved with it's build whereas station B would. I had a cvsup service on my fileserver for a little while (not practical for me, but I wanted the learn). Outside of setting up something like that, I just don't see how it coul

Re: Sound problem ...

2005-04-03 Thread wizlayer
ks/handbook/sound-setup.html HTH, WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: ipf.rules

2005-04-05 Thread wizlayer
ess..." Check your pf log (whatever it's setup to be). If your ipf.rules isn't set up to log any events, then set it up and check it again... Just the same, you could also whois your ISP and get their DNS, or call tech support and they'll tell you. HTH, WizLayer _

Re:

2005-04-07 Thread wizlayer
On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:16 am, John Meing wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to create customized freebsd 4.11 installation CD, > it is almost done but I found some problem with customized > install.cfg for sysinstall. > > Here is my install.cfg > [snip] > > command="echo rc_conf_files="/etc/rc.c

Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject)

2005-04-07 Thread wizlayer
On Thursday 07 April 2005 07:38 am, John Meing wrote: > Dear Mike > > Here are few guides i used to create this install.cfg. > > http://mypage.bluewin.ch/dazdaz/freebsd_sysinstall.html > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&apropos=0&s >ektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.11-RELEASE&format=ht

Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject)

2005-04-07 Thread wizlayer
On Thursday 07 April 2005 08:05 am, wizlayer wrote: > > Okay, but that still doesn't work for the syntax... Going back > to > > your original post: > > command="echo sendmail_enable="NONE" >> /etc/rc.conf" system > > would at best ca

Re: install.cfg (was RE: & No Subject)

2005-04-08 Thread wizlayer
On Friday 08 April 2005 02:31 am, John Meing wrote: > Mike I also tried to use only following line in install.cfg > (without the rc.conf lines) > > command="passwd root" system > > which should not has mismatching quote errors (and I tested > with /stand/sysinstalld and it worked) but it didn't wor

Re: Dhcpd authorisation

2007-02-03 Thread WizLayer
to spare, then how would dhcpd react (would it fill screen with errors or would it simply deny the additional requests)? Interesting. Probably wasn't much help, but there ya go. WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://l

Belkin N1 pccard driver/setup on 6.2.stable

2007-05-03 Thread WizLayer
up. If anyone has resolved this (or knows what I'm doing wrong), please confer. WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

802.11a/b/g/n listed at atheros

2007-05-04 Thread WizLayer
re. What can I say? :) ). So should I wait to buy the card or should I find something limited to the g spec? Thanks, WizLayer ---> Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

Re: Problem updating Freebsd ver 6.2

2007-05-10 Thread WizLayer
me)... I believe that by default, portmanager doesn't update dependencies more than a depth of 1 (maybe two?) unless you use the -p flag. Then it updates dependencies all the way back? A quick 'man portmanager' should verify this as I don't have it installed anymore. HTH, WizLayer -- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. pgplrcsJ7Grv5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Laptop Hardware Support Question

2007-05-10 Thread WizLayer
from those drivers. Then there is the ndis option, where you can wrap windows drivers, install the resulting module, and keep your fingers twisted... It's all in the handbook, and you'll want to read the ndis man page as well. Good luck. WizLayer -- Life is better with a BS

Re: Problem updating Freebsd ver 6.2

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
mon > > Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: On Fri, 11 May 2007 > 01:45:47 -0500 > > WizLayer wrote: > > I could be wrong as I haven't used portmanager in a while (and that > > was only a short time)... I believe that by default, portmanager > >

Re: Further questions on making wireshark work

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
g your ports tree if wireshark isn't located at: /usr/ports/net/wireshark I would try that before anything else. Thats because trying to deal with packages after I've updated everything else usually turns out to be far more keystrokes than 'make install clean'. :) HTH. WizLayer -- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. pgpfVd5ZjmTCb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Problem updating Freebsd ver 6.2

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
On Friday 11 May 2007 04:00:15 pm you wrote: > WizLayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: On Friday 11 May 2007 11:23:11 am Simon Castillo wrote: > > > > Gerard Seibert escribió: On Fri, 11 May 2007 > > 01:45:47 -0500 > > > > WizLayer wrote: > > > I

Re: ppp & dhcp

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
on? Or are you saying that you're looking for your ISPs specifics for setup purposes? You could try a tcpdump on your if while connecting (or trying to connect). That should give you an idea of whats going on. whois, arpinfo...? HTH WizLayer -- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. pgph4jQCSnbAG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: temp

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
On Friday 11 May 2007 06:12:26 pm Jack Barnett wrote: > Is there any program that'll monitor the temperate of my motherboard? > > There are some windows program that'll give me status on my fans, CPU > temps, motherboard temps, etc - is there anything like that in the > ports collection? > > (basic

Re: ppp & dhcp

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
icts because his end is trying to route to my end of the pipe which > has a completly different address. > > Windows which uses dhcp with it's ppp implementation has to renegotiate as > well. > > BSD ppp has the dhcp client inbuilt. > > John > - Original Message

Re: temp

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
options. It's a Tyan dual AMD MP board. > > On 5/11/07, WizLayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 11 May 2007 06:12:26 pm Jack Barnett wrote: > > > Is there any program that'll monitor the temperate of my motherboard? > > > > >

Re: temp

2007-05-11 Thread WizLayer
more documents > let me know what your looking for and I'll dig around AMDs site some > more... they are usually good at releasing specs and helping the open > source community, but there site is kind of cumbersome at times. :) > How long does it usually take ya for an update like thi

Re: ATI Radeon 9600xt (256MB DDR) on FreeBSD 6.2

2007-05-13 Thread WizLayer
o screen > Found" > Regards > > could be several things, Try reviewing... FreeBSD handbook /etc/ttys xorgs documents, esp their list of supported cards kern_securelevel have you tried configuring xorg with the VESA driver. Most cards these days are VESA compliant at the very least. HT

Re: Auto shutdown/restart software for FreeBSD?

2007-05-13 Thread WizLayer
suggestions as far as a good processor to start with? It doesn't necessarily have to be a processor that will do the whole kit-n-kaboodle. Right now, I'm just looking for something I can learn the basics with. I know it's not a BSD-related question, but I figured I'd ask a

Re: ATI Radeon 9600xt (256MB DDR) on FreeBSD 6.2 ; Not solved?

2007-05-14 Thread WizLayer
n I could > not type any thing. And the fourth window was a clock. > > I am near to the target? > > I also tried as per instructions given in the > handbook. By following this method too, I get same > four widows. > > Regards > > --- WizLayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: daily and weekly messages

2007-05-14 Thread WizLayer
ico > And you don't have the double .nets in your /etc/mail/aliases file? Did you correct it at one time and forget to do a 'newaliases' after the correction? WizLayer -- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. pgpqfIk7dleW5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Auto shutdown/restart software for FreeBSD?

2007-05-14 Thread WizLayer
On Monday 14 May 2007 08:27:48 pm you wrote: > On May 13, 2007, at 7:13 PM, WizLayer wrote: > > On Sunday 13 May 2007 07:17:14 pm Aftab Jahan Subedar wrote: > >> Would it recharge the battery fully after discharge? I dont think so. > >> So you got to recharge the extern

Re: Xorg 7.2.0 Release

2007-05-18 Thread WizLayer
nger it will take. I can only imagine how much work that has to be. Wish I could send them doughnuts and coffee or something. :) WizLayer -- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. pgpk6eFEpowcO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: laptop video output

2007-06-13 Thread wizlayer
g list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Check out the following link: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ That should give you an idea. :) WizLayer -- It's always better with a BSD... Learn more

Re: How to clear tun0 interface?

2005-07-04 Thread wizlayer
t;, both of which give > errors. The only way I can clear it is to run ppp, > which is very annoying. I appreciate any help. > What errors? WizLayer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr

Re: How to prepare a boot CDROM

2005-07-05 Thread wizlayer
ands or syntax. But, look for something that burns a > plain file to the CD rather than doing any converting to ISO or > boot image or anything. > > jerry Nero is fine... No special syntax. Nothing special to do. Just burn the image, reboot, and you're on your way. Wiz