Re: mounting Mac OS .dmg files?
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --snip-- > So while a Darwin (the OS underneath OSX) ABI would be possible - > though it's not clear how painful because it's not clear how visible > the MACH APIs are - it's not clear how useful it would be by > itself. You could run OSX applications that used X11 for the GUI after > building the appropriate libraries (just like Linux), but those apps > are probably available native anyway. You couldn't run applications > that use the various and sundry Mac-specific graphics (among other > things) frameworks, not without providing code to simulate all the > calls provided by those frameworks - which are proprietary, and not > part of Darwin. Which means this project now resembles WINE more than > the Linux ABI layer. > >http://www.cocotron.org/ As Mike mentioned this is not a trivial port and requires tweaks to the target application source as well. So even if one is diligent enough to get cocotron running on FreeBSD/Linux, the app itself will have to be modified to run there. Cheers, Jiawei -- "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then to the end user it's a duck, and end users have made it pretty clear they want a duck; whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Strange keyboard (viral?) behaviour
On 6/13/06, Philip Lykke Carlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hm. now that you mention it, that does seem probable. And sure enough.. looking closer, the typing stops when I unplug the usb wireless mouse/keyboard reciever.. it's just.. it has never happened before now.. and we've been using this setup for ages.. and I never had quite this success in keyboard transmitting range.. 10 meters at least and through at least four solid brick and steel walls.. hm.. i guess disabling usb-keyboards via devfs.rules or by removing the support from the kernel would solve the problem. But thanks very much. very much indeed :-D hm.. I wonder why I didn't at least consider the possibility of it being the wireless keyboard.. It proves how well our kbdmux works :) -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: system password's file
On 10/14/05, Simon Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow > User id and basic stuff in passwd, the encrypted passwords in shadow. I > don't know if the encryption algorithms are compatible between linux > and bsd or not. > > hth > Simon Make sure you don't have >16 chars username before migrating. FreeBSD doesn't support really long usernames. Jiawei -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: send file descriptor via ipc
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:39:07 -0800, John-Mark Gurney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can also look at unix(4) which has a brief description.. You must > use unix domain sockets in order to pass file descriptors, and so the > unp probably refers to UNix Protocol... but I could be wrong about > that... > > -- > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 I always thought the unp_ prefix referred to Unix Network Programming (http://www.kohala.com/start/unpv12e.html) since most sample code given in the book had the prefix. But I may be wrong here :) -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: kernel iconv support?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:44:48 -0800, David Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > I was wondering why the kernel side iconv support is so incomplete. I > mean, only XLAT and XLAT 16 converters are implemented. Is there any > reason that we don't want to put all converters into the kernel (e.g. > too large)? Or just no one wrote it? > I think the iconv support is really important in filename conversion > in some file systems, especially for non-English users. A fully > functional iconv will be good for many people. > > David I had asked the question sometime back in early 2004 (IIRC) when trying to UTF-8-ize my then -current box, but no one responded. I take it as that no one had yet implement it rather than being reluctant to implement it. My 2 cents, Jiawei Ye -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: HyperSCSI on FreeBSD?
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:26:30 -0700, Justin Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just curious if anyone was working on either a port of HyperSCSI to > FreeBSD, or perhaps some other similar project for exported file > systems. I'm not a fan of NFS myself, and the idea of iSCSI and > HyperSCSI seems pretty intriguing, but there seems to be no FreeBSD > support mentioned anywhere. The source code for the HyperSCSI server > and client seems to be quite small, though it's Linux kernel code, so a > complete rewrite would probably have to happen. > > Anyways, just curious if anybody had any thoughts about the porting or > what FreeBSD might have planned for this sort of functionality. > > -- > Justin Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You might want to check geom_gate for similar if not exact functionalities. Jiawei -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
