RE: Bge Kernel Compile Issues
--- Wil Hatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Check your RAM lately? Kernel and world compiles > usually make RAM issues > > > evident. > > RAM checked out fine. > > > /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c > > /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c: In function > `bge_newbuf_jumbo': > > /usr/src/sys/sys/mbuf.h:513: warning: 'zone' might > be used > > uninitialized in > > this function > > The problems with GENERIC build, the BGE 'zone' > issue, and half a dozen > other similar uninitialized variable errors were all > caused by this: > > options RESTARTABLE_PANICS > > Turning it off made it all build just fine on > multiple machines. Always > something right in front of your face isn't it? > > Now my question is with the RESTARTABLE_PANICS > turned off are my machines > going to hang at kernel panics? What is the deal > with that? Still waiting > for an answer on that one. > > -- > Wil Hatfield Hey there, Not sure what Freebsd you're trying to build but here's a report found two years ago: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2004-September/009307.html Did a google search and that option appears to allow the kernel to return from a panic. Looks like a few users over the years have complained about the RESTARTABLE_PANICS being broken. Might still be. Hope that helps. ~Mr. Anderson __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
martinko wrote: > i'm afraid todo page is not updated very often. at least this was the > case when i was watching it during previous releases. so one was/is left > to search through mailing lists for occasional background info.. :-( > > btw, there used to be a great site publishing summaries of current > development -- http://www.xl0.org/FreeBSD/ -- it's been dead for more > than 1 yr though :( According to the last schedule the tree has been tagged, you can cvsup RELENG_6_1, changes may still be committed depending on the experiences of RC1 and RC2. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/schedule.html Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DVD-Slideshow
Chris, congratulations on you wedding, i hope the best for the two of you. read back the thread yourself: you will need the dvd-slideshow from ports + - patch for the wc --lines ( or wc --chars, i can't remember ). these are 1 of 2 instances in the script. - back in this thread i have given multiple solutions for a replacement "seq". this is the key to proper fading. maybe it is easier afterall to run the script in linux-compat mode: you will need no patches at all. i for one do not know how to accomplish this easy however ( never had the need ). oh (w/h)ell, you'll just need to start it from a linux-shell i assume. good luck, and please try to notify the portmaintainer about the problem and solution. i am off on a mini-break myself, so you are on your own now. regards, usleep On 4/11/06, Chris Maness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Chris, > > > > > >> or you could symlink to: ( if you have linux compat enabled ) > >> > >> /usr/compat/linux/usr/bin/seq > >> > >> > > > > will you let me know if this helped you? > > > > will you relay the seq-patches to the portmaintainer? > > > > regards, > > > > usleep > > > > > I am back from my honeymoon (lots of pics to try out with the script). > > What version did you want me to try? Did you have 1.7.5 patched for > wc? I could try that. > > Thanks > Chris Maness > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [freebsd-questions] ndis setup
hernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Quoting adjusted, please don't top post.] > On 4/9/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hey folks. I'm setting up FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE and I'm having a > > > little trouble getting my wireless NIC recognized. The card is a > > > Linksys WMP64G and I'm trying to set things up to run with the > > > FreeBSD NDISulator as described in the FreeBSD handbook > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-wireless.html). > > > > This chapter is outdated. > > > > > Here's what I'm doing (as root): > > > > > > 1) Verifying with 'pciconf -lv' that the PCI card is there. > > > Also, I know the card works, it was running fine on Windows. > > > > > > 2) Building ndis itself: > > > > > 3) Building the if_ndis module: > > > > > 4) Loading the ndis and if_ndis modules: > > > kldload ndis > > > I verify at this point using kldstat that both ndis and if_ndis > > > are in fact loaded. > > > > > > I see nothing in dmesg or in my console during the kldload. > > > Also, it doesn't appear that the driver found the card, there's > > > no signs of life. I've tried using ndisgen, and have had the > > > same results (with much less typing). In either case, I get > > > nothing in dmesg and no usable enabled NIC. > > > > After you run ndisgen you should have a third kernel module with > > a name similar to the name of your sys file. If you load > > this module you should at least get an error message. > Thanks Fabian, that helped me move forward. My next question is how > to interpret the segfault I get when loading the new kernel module I > created with ndisgen. The error happens when I do the 'kldload' on > the new module, my machine dies and reboots. > > Does this mean I'm out of luck with using NDIsulator? Let me know if > you have any hints. My hint is to post slightly more information. While I probably won't be able to help any further, there a lot of knowledgeable people on this list who could help if they had a better description of your problem. You could start with: - the relevant output of pciconf -lv - which .inf and .sys file you used - an exact description what you did to get to the reboot - why you are sure it was caused by a segfault Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Toggling port dependencies
Hi: Some ports exists in multiple versions such as OpenLDAP, the most recent and recommended is 2.3, but some other ports depends on another version for example jabberd that requires 2.2. Some ports will let you choose which version to compile against but jabberd don't. How to I make a port compile against the installed version or a version of my choice? I know that it may fail, but I'd like to try. Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: SIGCHLD and sockets HELP!
Keith Bottner wrote: I am having a problem with SIGCHLD signals and their interaction with sockets. I have an application that forks modules in separate processes and use UNIX domain sockets for communication. The main application handles the SIGCHLD signal so that it can detect when/if a module crashes and if so restart that specific module. The problem arises when the module crashes and before the main application is notified with the SIGCHLD signal the socket will continue to allow writes. I expected that there would be occasions when the SIGCHLD signal would occur after my attempt to write into the socket, but I also expected the socket to return an error at which point I could then mark the module for restart as well. My question is, has anybody else had this problem? Does anybody know exactly what is going on an why? And most importantly, does anybody have a solution? Thanks in advance for your time, it is quite an interesting problem so I am hoping to get some insightful answers. No-one is chiming in so maybe it would help if you posted a code fragment that shows the write to the socket which you expect to fail, but which doesn't seem to. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
On 3/30/06, Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realise the answer to this question is "when it's ready", but does anyone > have a rough idea how close to being ready 6.1 is? > The 6.1 branch was cut on the 5th, this means you can cvsup to RELENG_6_1 branch and rebuild world to 6.1-RC. As for the release date of the official 6.1-RC1 builds... It should have happened yesterday, so expect it any time this week. 6.1-RELEASE should be released at the end of this month or the beginning of next month If you look at the schedule everything has been shifted out 1 month. If you want my opinion on 6.1, it's ready right now, I've been running a production server on 6.1 since BETA2, my main workstation at work since BETA4 and my main workstation at home has been running 6.1 since before BETA1 (tracking 6-STABLE). I've had no problems and feel that It's far superior to FreeBSD 5.x, It's also alot faster then 5.x. The more tester we have for the 6.1 release candidate runs the better 6.1-RELEASE will be! http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/index.html -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
Thanks for the reply Nikolas - that's helpful. I ended up upgrading my laptop to 6.1-PRERELEASE (from 6.0-RELEASE) anyway, and haven't had any problems since. After your feedback I'll probably do the desktop shortly. The only thing that's holding me back from moving my home server from 5.3-RELEASE is that I've successfully got ndis working on it using the 'old' ndiscvt method and I'm a little reluctant to risk not being able to replicate my success with ndisgen under 6.x Thanks again, Peter Harrison >-Original Message- >From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 11 April 2006 12:06 >To: Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE... > > >On 3/30/06, Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I realise the answer to this question is "when it's ready", >but does anyone have a rough idea how close to being ready 6.1 is? >> > >The 6.1 branch was cut on the 5th, this means you can cvsup to >RELENG_6_1 branch and rebuild world to 6.1-RC. As for the release date >of the official 6.1-RC1 builds... It should have happened yesterday, >so expect it any time this week. 6.1-RELEASE should be released at the >end of this month or the beginning of next month If you look at >the schedule everything has been shifted out 1 month. > >If you want my opinion on 6.1, it's ready right now, I've been running >a production server on 6.1 since BETA2, my main workstation at work >since BETA4 and my main workstation at home has been running 6.1 since >before BETA1 (tracking 6-STABLE). I've had no problems and feel that >It's far superior to FreeBSD 5.x, It's also alot faster then 5.x. The >more tester we have for the 6.1 release candidate runs the better >6.1-RELEASE will be! >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributin g/index.html -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNET. On entering the GSi, this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Cable & Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. In case of problems, please call your organisational IT helpdesk. ** This document is strictly confidential and is intended only for use by the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other action taken in reliance of the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the Department for Work and Pensions. If you have received this transmission in error, please use the reply function to tell us and then permanently delete what you have received. Please note: Incoming and outgoing e-mail messages are routinely monitored for compliance with our policy on the use of electronic communications. ** The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Cable & Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus-free. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Toggling port dependencies
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 11:39, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi: > > Some ports exists in multiple versions such as OpenLDAP, the most recent > and recommended is 2.3, but some other ports depends on another version > for example jabberd that requires 2.2. Some ports will let you choose > which version to compile against but jabberd don't. > > How to I make a port compile against the installed version or a version > of my choice? > > I know that it may fail, but I'd like to try. > You could try setting USE_OPENLDAP_VER=23 for the port. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
hi together, during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind here. examples given: zlib (v1.2.2, 10/2004; current 1.2.3, 07/2005) openssl (v0.9.7e, 10/2004; current 0.9.7i, 10/2005) openssh (v4.2p1, 01/2005, current 4.3p2 02/2006) for openssh, the code-freeze of freebsd was before the release of 4.3, this makes sense, but what about the rest? br & cu... ps: just reply 2 the list please... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:55:06 +0200 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi together, > > during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing > i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. > > why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the > current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements > and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind here. > > examples given: > zlib (v1.2.2, 10/2004; current 1.2.3, 07/2005) > openssl (v0.9.7e, 10/2004; current 0.9.7i, 10/2005) > openssh (v4.2p1, 01/2005, current 4.3p2 02/2006) > > for openssh, the code-freeze of freebsd was before the > release of 4.3, this makes sense, but what about the rest? While you'd have to contact the maintainers of the specific packages, I assume that you mostly answered your own question. There are limited resources to develop FreeBSD, and a large number of contributed packages that have to be maintained. Each time a contrib is updated, it must be thoroughly tested before being merged into a production release. This takes man hours. Do you know of any specific security issues that have not been addressed relating to these packages? If so, you should contact the security officer directly to get the issues on the top of the priority list. If it's just feature improvements, then it will be a matter of who has enough time and motivation to get the new versions imported. OpenSSL is a non-trivial part of FreeBSD, so upgrading is not something to be taken lightly. Regardless, it would be worthwhile for you to see if there is an outstanding PR and file one if there isn't. Sometimes developers get so busy that they don't notice that software is getting old. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind here. examples given: zlib (v1.2.2, 10/2004; current 1.2.3, 07/2005) openssl (v0.9.7e, 10/2004; current 0.9.7i, 10/2005) openssh (v4.2p1, 01/2005, current 4.3p2 02/2006) for openssh, the code-freeze of freebsd was before the release of 4.3, this makes sense, but what about the rest? I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
ClamAV question
Greetings, I am running Freebsd 6-release. I have been following the qmailrocks.org document for setting up qmail, squirrel, spamassasssin & clamav (& misc) on Freebsd. Everything has gone fine, but I am having a small problem. When I run the test_installation.sh -doit which sends a regular email, a spam email & 2 virus emails (safe of course) , ClamAV places the messages in the quarantine directory, but never delevers the warning message to the intended recepient notifying them of the email being quarantines. From my reading, that is what is suppose to happen. I have googled, I have posted to the forums at qmailrocks.org, I have IRC'd on the clamav channel with no help. Any ideas ? thanks, Darryl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need /bin/sh script help
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:30, Garrett Cooper wrote: > cd /usr/src; > if [ -n `grep -e s/KERNCONF=/ /etc/make.conf` ] # want to look for > KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf if [ `make -V KERNCONF` ] > read KERNCONF; > KC="KERNCONF=$KERNCONF"; > fi You need to check that KC actually exists. IIRC a typo will cause GENERIC to build. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Wanted: Flash player for ....
[Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, just wanted some opinions. Could anyone please offer their opinion on - which alternative they are using - why - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) - is it a standalone or plugin Thanks. -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: seeking help on "adding a disk"
> > > --- Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > # newfs -U /dev/ad2s1e > > > > Newfs used to require the raw device name, as in > > > >newfs -U /dev/rad2s1e > > > > but I see the man page doesn't show that in its example now, so > > maybe it no long does. Try it once and see. > > > > > The newfs should then work after the bsdlabel is fixed up. > > > > > > Nope. Same error. Retries of newfs causes crashes at random > > sectors. > > > I am guessing that the 40-wire cable is causing poor signaling. I > > also > > > tried changing the offset of 'e' to 0 and modifying the 'size' so > > that > > > it matches 'c'. > > > > Could be. If using rad2s1e doesn't help, then maybe that is your > > problem. > > > This is all I have: > > $ ls -lh /dev/r* > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel0, 10 Apr 9 15:55 /dev/random > > No raw devices. Yes. devices don't just show up and stay there any more. They are managed by devfs. I haven't studied that to see just how it works yet, so I don't know at which point it should start showing up in /dev if ever. I just figured trying a newfs with the /dev/r... might be something to try out to see what happened - sort of an experiment and if that doesn't do it, then maybe the thing to pursue is your concern about the cables. If that doesn't work, I think this has gone beyond any problems I have ever had so I don't know what else to suggest. Hopefully someone else will have some thing to say. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Toggling port dependencies
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:25, RW wrote: > You could try setting USE_OPENLDAP_VER=23 for the port. Actually, I see it conflict with 2.2, so it must be set globally. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hosed my MBR?
> > Hello, > > I'm in a bit of a mess here. I've got an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe > motherboard with two on-board SATA RAID controllers, an Intel MatrixRAID > (ICH5R) and Promise Fasttrak (PDC20378). My BIOS allows me to boot > from either the Promise or the Intel controller. > > The PDC20378 runs two drives in a RAID0 configuration booting FreeBSD > 6.0-STABLE. The entire drive (ar0) is dedicated to FreeBSD and I have > the boot-manager installed. The ICH5R also runs two drives in a > RAID0 for Windows XP. I allocated roughly 25% of the drive (ar1) to > Windows NTFS (ar1s1) and left the remaining disk open. > > Now that 6.x supports the ICH5R I decided to use the leftover disk (ar1) > for a FreeBSD slice. I used sysinstall's fdisk to create the slice in > the unused portion of the disk. I successfully committed the changes. I > then used # newfs /dev/ar1s2 to create a file-system and it went fine. > > The problem is, now, when I attempt to boot off the Intel controller, I > get a FreeBSD boot load failure: > --- > > Invalid Partition > Invalid Partition > > No /boot/loader > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel > boot: > > Invalid partition > No /boot/kernel/kernel > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel > boot: > > --- > > So it would seem I hosed my MBR. The question is, how did I do it and > how do I fix it? I would think that when I choose to leave the MBR > untouched in sysinstall, that it would do just that. > > I cannot use the old DOS boot floppy trick of: fdisk /MBR as DOS will > not recognize my Intel controller. Windows installation media is > equally clueless. I want to be very careful here so as not to render my > entire system useless. A thought occurred to me that I might be able to > get a MBR from another Windows box > >freesbie# dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/mnt/nfs/tmp/XP.mbr bs=512 count=79 >hosedbox# dd if=/mnt/nfs/tmp/XP.mbr of=/dev/ar1 bs=512 count=79 > > and write that over my bad MBR. Does that make sense? Is there a > "better" way? Well, the install CD is also the fixit CD. You can try booting from it and choosing the shell and then trying to run the fdisk from that environment to replace the MBR. I have done that for people who have hosed their MBR on machines with Ghost - even their XP only, no FreeBSD, systems, using the FreeBSD fixit, I ran fdisk and replaced the MBR with the FreeBSD MBR and it worked just fine. Now, if that is not really the problem, of course that won't fix anything. But it shouldn't hurt either. And you could really mess things up with the dd. Good luck, jerry > > > -- > Regards, > Doug > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [freebsd-questions] ndis setup
On 4/11/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My hint is to post slightly more information. > Fabian Thanks again. I figured this out, and am posting to help others who might want to use this card (Linksys WMP54G). Keep in mind that I'm new to FreeBSD (using 6 RELEASE): 1) I was initially trying to use NDIsulator the way the manual says, by manually running cvtndis. During that trial and error process, I ended up with a configuration that was missing if_config.ko. To get back to a good starting point I did decided to rebuild both ndis and if_ndis. cd /sys/modules/ndis; make; make install; cd /sys/modules/if_ndis; make; make install; At this point, I was able to simply load the ndis module. if_ndis was automatically loaded as I verified using kldload (lots of the examples I found show separate load commands for each). 2) I ran through the "new way" of building the module to wrap my Linksys driver, using ndisgen. I had only three files on my CD: Rt61.INF, rt61.sys, rt61.cat. I ignored the cat file, convinced after some googling that it was not a binary the driver needed at runtime. 3) During the load of this third kernel module, I kept getting an error: failed to load /compat/ndis/rt2561s.bin I searched my driver cd for this file and it was not there. Finally, I Googled it and after a while found myself looking at the ralink support page: http://www.ralinktech.com/supp-1.htm Under firmware, they have a link to a zip file with the magical rt2561s.bin file. I burned this onto a cd (the only way I had to get files onto my new BSD system), and placed it in /compat/ndis. One more kernel reload... and things now work fine. Hopefully these instructions will help others who wish to use the very popular Linksys WMP54G card on BSD 6. thanks again, hernan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: newfs fails on 300GB HDD
"Justin P. Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm having a slight problem with a 300GB IDE (Maxtor) HDD. Basically, I've > run the drive on the system through a complete low-level format and test > with the PowerMAX tools, which passed fine. The BIOS recognizes and > auto-detects the drive okay as well. > > However, in trying to install FreeBSD 6.0, it goes through the partition > section okay, and then the slice section okay (trying to use a full slice on > the drive as /dumpdata), the mount fails, and on the alternate screen it > shows newfs failing. > > Is there a special way to get this drive to work? Does someone have > experience with a similar setup that may shed some light my way? I feel > like a beginner all over again. : P It sounds like you're trying to use this disk for backup space. Since you're not installing the system to it, I would suggest not using sysinstall for this; try the technique in the FAQ instead. It is not quite as simple, but will give you more information about what's happening. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
IBM xSeries 226 Help needed
Hi, I'm having problems with an IBM xSeries 226 system. It has a SATA disk in it, and when booting with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, it does not detect any drives. If I boot in safe mode, however it can see the disk just fine as "ad4" and I can install the OS on it. I tried turning on/off ACPI but that didn't help either. Why does it work okay in safe mode but not normal mode? Verbose booting in normal mode says this about the ATA controllers, so I'm assuming it is actually seeing the CDROM and the disk: ata0: reset tp2 stat0=00 stat1=00 devices=0x4 ata1: reset tp2 stat0=01 stat1=01 devices=0x0 ata2: reset tp2 stat0=50 stat1=00 devices=0x1 ata3: reset tp2 stat0=ff stat1=00 devices=0x0 ata0 and ata2 are reinitted a couple more times, then it can't find any filesystems to mount. --- Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror
the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and mounting / read-write doesn't work any ideas, please ? thanks, petre -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
I can't use any locale except "C" under c++
I think that's because FreeBSD is building gcc with
--enable-clocale=generic and the generic code for _S_create_c_locale is
as such:
void
locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale(__c_locale& __cloc, const char* __s,
__c_locale)
{
// Currently, the generic model only supports the "C" locale.
// See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2003-02/msg00345.html
__cloc = NULL;
if (strcmp(__s, "C"))
__throw_runtime_error(__N("locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale "
"name not valid"));
}
So even if the simplest (e.g. the following one) code will always catch
a failure.
try{
std::locale::global(std::locale(""));
}
catch(std::runtime_error ex){
//fail...
std::locale::global(std::locale("C"));
}
Indeed,std::locale("") will return the default locale setting of native
environment(similar as setlocale("") ),but now it may always throw an
error of "name not valid".It's badly.
what should I do?
install another gcc from ports?
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Re: newfs fails on 300GB HDD
"Justin P. Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm having a slight problem with a 300GB IDE (Maxtor) HDD. Basically, I've > run the drive on the system through a complete low-level format and test > with the PowerMAX tools, which passed fine. The BIOS recognizes and > auto-detects the drive okay as well. > > However, in trying to install FreeBSD 6.0, it goes through the partition > section okay, and then the slice section okay (trying to use a full slice on > the drive as /dumpdata), the mount fails, and on the alternate screen it > shows newfs failing. > > Is there a special way to get this drive to work? Does someone have > experience with a similar setup that may shed some light my way? I feel > like a beginner all over again. : P Presuming it is a brand new disk and is addressed as the second one (eg ad1), >From root (su-ed to root) try this: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=512 count=64 fdisk -BI ad1 bsdlabel -w -B ad1s1 bsdlabel -e ad1s1 If you do not want it bootable, then skip the -B switches. When you do the bsdlabel -e it will put you in an editor session with the base settings in the file. Modify it slightly as follows. Make the top line look something like: a: * *4.2BSD 2048 1638494 # (Cyl.0 - 32*) The '94' may be different. If it suggests something else, then take that. Then write/quit from the editor and it will write the label. Then do the newfs: newfs -U /dev/rad1s1a If newfs gets an error, write it down specifically. If no error, try mounting: mount /dev/ad1s1a /dumpdata Presumably you have made the directory /dumpdata?That may seem to simple to mention, but I have made that mistake more than once and went nuts wondering why things (in a script) didn't work. Good luck, jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Solved (I hope): Toggling port dependencies
RW wrote: > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:25, RW wrote: > >> You could try setting USE_OPENLDAP_VER=23 for the port. > > Actually, I see it conflict with 2.2, so it must be set globally. Yes, OpenLDAP 2.3 conflicts with 2.2, but jabberd by default assumes 2.2 so the build fails. Then rather than downgrading OpenLDAP since 2.3 is the recommended I'd prefer to force jabberd to build against 2.3. I've seen many ports doing this, for example squid. Some announces how to select a particular version. I don't know if your hint work with all ports. I tried your advice and things compiled and installed without any problems - now the question is if it works ... Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hosed my MBR?
On Tue, April 11, 2006 09:08, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >> I'm in a bit of a mess here. I've got an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe >> motherboard with two on-board SATA RAID controllers, an Intel >> MatrixRAID (ICH5R) and Promise Fasttrak (PDC20378). My BIOS allows >> me to boot from either the Promise or the Intel controller. >> > > Well, the install CD is also the fixit CD. You can try booting from > it and choosing the shell and then trying to run the fdisk from that > environment to replace the MBR. > > I have done that for people who have hosed their MBR on machines with > Ghost - even their XP only, no FreeBSD, systems, using the FreeBSD > fixit, I ran fdisk and replaced the MBR with the FreeBSD MBR and it > worked just fine. > Hi Jerry, I think the root of my confusion here is the fact that I have two RAID controllers and can boot off either controller. Does that mean I have two MBR's, one for each controller? If that's the case and I boot off a CD-ROM, which MBR am I fixing? -- Regards, Doug ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: IBM xSeries 226 Help needed
Hey, that worked! So what gives? Is this a hardware specific issue with this machine? -- Andrew > -Original Message- > From: Norberto Meijome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:25 > To: Webster, Andrew > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: IBM xSeries 226 Help needed > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:24:26 -0400 > "Webster, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I boot in safe mode, however it can see the disk just fine as > > "ad4" and I can install the OS on it. > > try disabling apic? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
> I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your >shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the > older packages. > At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the > ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I > don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which can lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. my problem also is not the installation of ports/packages/custom compiles, it's more that the operating system components itself are linked against these older libraries an therefore will contain bugs, which may have been already solved. i definitely don't want to install openssl twice on the same host, as this make's no sense for me. if the os operates with the old version, security is at that level at all, regardless of one or another userland-daemon having a newer version being linked to. whatever, i will use freebsd anyways, regardless of my main question getting answered or not ;-) br & cu... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: OT - Scalable email server solution needed
Duane Whitty wrote: Hi, My appologies in advance for the OT post. This probably more appropriately belongs on ISP@ but there doesn't seem to be much traffic there. To the point: I'm about to provide hosting services, including but not limited to email, to a few local business. Right now I have Sendmail configured and I was about to install Courier-IMAP. My concern is future scalability. I'm not sure sendmail is the right back-end MTA. Right now Sendmail and Procmail will work fine I believe with the addition of an IMAP server. But what about later on? I was looking at DBmail but I'm not sure just how much activity that project has so I'm a little leary, but perhaps that's unjustified? So now I'm considering Exim or POSFIX. The Sun Java Communications Server looks appealing but unless I misunderstood I don't have anywhere near the bankroll for that yet and it doesn't look like a good fit for a start-up operation anyhow. I like that POPular port and the way it uses proxies etc., but it doesn't seem to support IMAP. Is there anyone on the list who might be serving many business customers each with many users who would be willing to share their insights or opinions on this? From my past experiences, transitioning from a low volume solution to a high volume solution, regardless of the application domain, is usually best solved by making the right choice in the beginning. It would seem like an important marketing tool as well. If I am way of base here or missing something really important I'd appreciate the heads-up. Thanks in advance for any help. Sincerely, Duane Hi, I would like to say thank you to everyone who has replied to my query, both on and off this list. Your input is much appreciated. I've read everyones answers and I have found them very educational and helpful. I have learned two things as a result of the help people have offered. First, everyone has their favourite mail solution, and secondly, I am not in a position to decide which email system is best for me at this time because I have not yet educated with regards to the issues. I believe that before I move away from the base email system provided with FreeBSD, and the support and maintenance attention it receives as part of the base system, I should learn more about it. I also need to learn more about it before I agree to support an email solution for other people. For this reason I have decided to use an external provider, for the short term, to meet the needs of those who have approached me for hosting services. I am basically taking my own advice. In an earlier post on a different thread I advised that people need to learn the tools they are using before they can make conclusions about those tools shortcomings. If I can't make educated conclusions for myself regarding Sendmail's strengths and shortcomings then how can I reasonably expect to evaluate its replacement? I don't believe I can. So I must learn the details of SMTP, IMAP, Sendmail, mailfilters, and any other tools I will need to use. Then after using these tools for a while I will be in a better position to evaluate them. Right now I have a working installation of Sendmail that seems reasonably secure. It uses the DNS and after several tests it appears to be closed to relaying. I feel somewhat confident about my DNS: it uses internal and external views, it doesn't leak any internal information, it only does recursion for clients on my private net, it only allows zone transfers to my authorized secondary, and my secondary is geographically removed (somewhat). With this foundation behind me I have started to do some more reading. I have read, from start to finish, RFCs 4234 (ABNF), 2821 (SMTP), 2822 (Internet Message Format), and 2476 (Message Submission). I am currently reading the "Bat Book" and the "Sendmail Cookbook". From the start I will be heeding the advice of several posters who recommended using maildir format. To implement that I will be using Procmail, at least to start, as soon as I learn a little more about Sendmail. I hope no one feels I have wasted their time and I would truly appreciate further comments that you believe might aid me on my path. Sincerely, Duane Whitty -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the older packages. At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which can lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. If you believe that's the case then tell the security officer. My bet is that the version with FreeBSD 6 is patched, but you shouldn't take my word for it. http://www.freebsd.org/security/ You'll notice there that there were zlib patches to 5.X series before 6.0 had even been released. So those patches would already be in 6.0 and now 6.1, unless someone goofed badly. my problem also is not the installation of ports/packages/custom compiles, it's more that the operating system components itself are linked against these older libraries an therefore will contain bugs, which may have been already solved. i definitely don't want to install openssl twice on the same host, as this make's no sense for me. if the os operates with the old version, security is at that level at all, regardless of one or another userland-daemon having a newer version being linked to. When you install openssh or openssl from the ports you can choose to *replace* the current FreeBSD libs etc. There are many threads that have dealt with this in the past. However, I will say again, FreeBSD has a CVS security branch for a reason - because security bugs get fixed on it. The older versions may lack *features* but I myself am confident that they do not have known bugs. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
In the last episode (Apr 11), [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net said: > > I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your > >shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the > > older packages. > > > At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the > > ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I > > don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. > > as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which > can lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. You sure about that? Patches for both FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib and FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib were applied to 5.* and 6.* branches as soon as they were announced. Just because it says "1.2.2" doesn't mean "all files are unmodified from the released version". I'd expect the same goes for openssh and openssl. Upgrading zlib on a stable branch is probably fine, but I'd expect that newer openssh/openssl's will have ABI or config file changes that would make upgrading them a pain. Much easier to import new versions to HEAD and back-port only the security fixes. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Faking multiple physical adapters for DHCPDISCOVER
Terrence Koeman wrote: [ ... ] I need to 'clone' the xl1 adapter to appear as three adapters, each with a distinct MAC address. This because my provider has assigned me three semi-static addresses of which I want to use 1 for outbound NAT-traffic and two for static NAT. These addresses are semi-static because they are basically MAC-based reservations on the providers DHCP server, and it happens to be that I'm required to aquire a DHCP lease for all three addresses for routing to work properly. If I configure the addresses statically the connectivity 'disappears' after a while. The reason why your ISP has configured their system in such a fashion is to prevent people from claiming multiple static IPs from a single machine. If you're not happy with their AUP, use another provider, or pay for a dedicated IP allocation of whatever size you need. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC
Jim Stapleton wrote: [ ... ] When it comes to changing the default compiler a good rule of thumb is that if you need to ask how to do it, then you should not do it. That seems to be a general *nix world rule of thumb for just about everything... The UNIX world is willing to give you a loaded gun, but we try not to instruct people on how to shoot their own feet without at least giving them a warning that doing so will hurt. :-) -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:08:13 +1000 Anno Domini, the honourable Norberto Meijome wrote using one of his keyboards: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 > Petre Bandac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and > > mounting / read-write doesn't work > > > Hi Petre, > I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have > gmirror built into it. > > have you tried using the install disk -> fixit -> load the geom_mirror > module by hand and then mounting the devices? > > or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and > modify that way. > Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), try to login (and obviously fail) thanks, petre -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror
On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Petre Bandac wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:08:13 +1000 Anno Domini, the honourable Norberto Meijome wrote using one of his keyboards: On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 Petre Bandac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and mounting / read-write doesn't work Hi Petre, I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have gmirror built into it. have you tried using the install disk -> fixit -> load the geom_mirror module by hand and then mounting the devices? or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and modify that way. Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), try to login (and obviously fail) When the boot menu comes up, choose "single user mode" and then set a new root password at the shell prompt. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Installing FreeBSD-4.11 on Dell PowerEdge 2800
Hi, I just need some pointers towards installing FreeBSD 4.11 on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 with 4GB RAM, Dual CPU, with 1TB disk storage on RAID 5. I have a production system that I am not willing to upgrade beyond 4.11 at all as it is rock solid as it is.;) Currently it's running on HP ML 350 but I have acquired this Dell which I'd like to migrate it to. I have read some posts about PAE in the kernel so as to recognize my 4GB RAM. Basically, I have tested the install using a 4.10 CD, but this was meant to only do a mininal install before I do a few things here and there that would make it run as expected. I am fairly conversant with those aspects. The problem right now is that it tells me it did not find my disk ;) I could be missing a few things that are must-know, so pointers, please. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +==+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +==+ What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
make buildword problem/documentation
First of all, where do I find "make buildworld" documentation? It's mantioned a lot, but I can't find it in the handbook. I'm assuming the process is just "make buildworld", "make installworld", and that's it, which will update all the non-ports core software packages on a machine, but not the kernel itself. The second part is, when I have this in my make.conf file, uncommented, make buildworld fails, when it is commented, make buildworld works fine (when it fails, it complains about not being able to find/load various header files): #CFLAGS=-finline-functions -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse #CXXFLAGS=-finline-functions -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hosed my MBR?
> > On Tue, April 11, 2006 09:08, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> > >> I'm in a bit of a mess here. I've got an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe > >> motherboard with two on-board SATA RAID controllers, an Intel > >> MatrixRAID (ICH5R) and Promise Fasttrak (PDC20378). My BIOS allows > >> me to boot from either the Promise or the Intel controller. > >> > > > > Well, the install CD is also the fixit CD. You can try booting from > > it and choosing the shell and then trying to run the fdisk from that > > environment to replace the MBR. > > > > I have done that for people who have hosed their MBR on machines with > > Ghost - even their XP only, no FreeBSD, systems, using the FreeBSD > > fixit, I ran fdisk and replaced the MBR with the FreeBSD MBR and it > > worked just fine. > > > Hi Jerry, > > I think the root of my confusion here is the fact that I have two RAID > controllers and can boot off either controller. > > Does that mean I have two MBR's, one for each controller? If that's > the case and I boot off a CD-ROM, which MBR am I fixing? Are both controllers part of the same raid device? say you have some disk on one and others on the other and they are all lumped in to the same raid device?I don't even know if you can do that as I haven't tried or looked at it. But, it goes by the address you use in the fdisk command. I don't know if it being raid messes things up or not. Any time I have done anything with raid, I had a separate boot and system device outside of the raid. The raid was lumping together disks to make a larger work data storage. Anyway, there needs to be an MBR on each bootable device as well as the boot files. I think that holds true for raid setups as well. In addition, the first bootable device that your BIOS sees must have an MBR regardless of whether you have 1 or more bootable devices. In your case, it sounds like you have two raid devices, one on each controller. You would have to have an MBR on each and it sounds like you think you wiped the one on the INTEL controller. Figure out what device name the raid on the INTEL controller comes up as and then write the MBR to that. jerry > > > -- > Regards, > Doug > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make buildword problem/documentation
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Jim Stapleton wrote: First of all, where do I find "make buildworld" documentation? It's mantioned a lot, but I can't find it in the handbook. I'm assuming the process is just "make buildworld", "make installworld", and that's it, which will update all the non-ports core software packages on a machine, but not the kernel itself. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html /e ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make buildword problem/documentation
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html On 4/11/06, Jim Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, where do I find "make buildworld" documentation? It's > mantioned a lot, but I can't find it in the handbook. I'm assuming the > process is just "make buildworld", "make installworld", and that's it, > which will update all the non-ports core software packages on a > machine, but not the kernel itself. > > The second part is, when I have this in my make.conf file, > uncommented, make buildworld fails, when it is commented, make > buildworld works fine (when it fails, it complains about not being > able to find/load various header files): > #CFLAGS=-finline-functions -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse > #CXXFLAGS=-finline-functions -msse -msse2 -msse3 -m3dnow -mfpmath=sse > > > thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Native Opera Spell checker not functioning
I've been running the native version of Opera (www/opera) for a while now, and the spell check function has never actually functioned. Aspell was compiled when I installed Opera, so it seems like it should function nicely. Anybody have any ideas? I'm running FreeBSD 6.0 and Opera 5.4 -- What time is it? Dodgeball Time! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need /bin/sh script help
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Garrett Cooper thusly... > > I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the following > script I've developing (the grep if statements are incorrect..): > > #!/bin/sh > # > > KC=""; > > cd /usr/src; > > if [ -n `grep -e s/KERNCONF=/ /etc/make.conf` ] # want to look for Well, you did not write what exactly is the problem, as executing the above works as expected. Why do have 'KERNCONF' surrounded by 's/' & '/'? In any case, there is not need to see if the returned string length is nonzero. Just use the grep return code & send the all the output to /dev/null ... if grep -e '^KERNCONF=' /etc/make.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 then ... fi ... or you could also use '-q' and/or '-s' grep options instead of sending output to /dev/null. (I personally would do a bit more strict check to see $KERNCONF is set to value containing characters meeting some criteria, say '\<[-._[:alnum:]]+\>'.) > KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf > then >echo "enter in the kernel conf file full pathname:"; I did not know one can specify the kernel configuration path, not just the basename. >read KERNCONF; >KC="KERNCONF=$KERNCONF"; > fi > > if [ -n `grep -e s/NO_CLEAN=*yes*/ /etc/make.conf` ] // want to look for ^^ ^^ Wrong kind of comment character. See above comments about grep(1) usage. - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make buildword problem/documentation
ahh, thanks everyone, I was looking through the document, and focused on finding "buildworld". Still, anyone know why those particular cflags would cause problems? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make buildword problem/documentation
On 2006-04-11 17:50, Jim Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ahh, thanks everyone, I was looking through the document, and focused > on finding "buildworld". > > Still, anyone know why those particular cflags would cause problems? Don't use arbitrary CFLAGS in `make.conf'. The build is already complicated enough and careful steps have to be taken, without the introduction of random flags. You'd have to show us the particular errors you are seeing (possibly a *FULL* transcript of the build) before we can answer why these particular flags fail and how. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make buildword problem/documentation
ok, thanks, I won't worry about it then. I just like to have everything as optimised as possible. Guess it'll have to wait here... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
portsnap DOESN'T WORK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] portsnap fetch Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... using portsnap1.FreeBSD.org. Fetching snapshot tag... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Updating from ndz 9 kwi 02:33:58 2006 CEST to wto 11 kwi 19:04:27 2006 CEST. Fetching 4 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata patches... done. Fetching 4 metadata files... /usr/sbin/portsnap: cannot open 4ad98b45a8fb7f262971491949ddd63be3fa066a31d5d09d53a9eddff3276698.gz: No such file or directory metadata is corrupt. tried cleaning /var/db/portsnap completely too. it fetched all data first and then got the same exactly what's wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
software search - Btrieve converter
does anyone know software able to read Btrieve .DAT files and output text formatted tables? thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which can > lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. I doubt it. I am reasonably sure you are talking about: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc and ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib.asc both of which were fixed long ago. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:51:28 -0600 Anno Domini, the honourable Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote using one of his keyboards: > > On Apr 11, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Petre Bandac wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:08:13 +1000 Anno Domini, the honourable > > Norberto > > Meijome wrote using one of his keyboards: > > > >> On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 > >> Petre Bandac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and > >>> mounting / read-write doesn't work > >>> > >> Hi Petre, > >> I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have > >> gmirror built into it. > >> > >> have you tried using the install disk -> fixit -> load the > >> geom_mirror > >> module by hand and then mounting the devices? > >> > >> or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into > >> and modify that way. > >> Beto > > it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com > > howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put > > the box > > aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), > > try to login (and obviously fail) > > When the boot menu comes up, choose "single user mode" and then set > a new root password at the shell prompt. > > Chad single mode --> mount -a --> passwd --> reboot _thank_you_ > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > chad at shire.net > > > -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror
On Apr 11, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Petre Bandac wrote: When the boot menu comes up, choose "single user mode" and then set a new root password at the shell prompt. Chad single mode --> mount -a --> passwd --> reboot I couldn't remember offhand whether you needed to mount an appropriate FS :-). This does outline the need to make sure you have strict physical security over your systems. _thank_you_ You're welcome. Best wishes Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ClamAV question
Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am running Freebsd 6-release. I have been following the qmailrocks.org document for setting up qmail, squirrel, spamassasssin & clamav (& misc) on Freebsd. which qmail-queue replacement did you use? Everything has gone fine, but I am having a small problem. When I run the test_installation.sh -doit which sends a regular email, a spam email & 2 virus emails (safe of course) , ClamAV places the messages in the quarantine directory, but never delevers the warning message to the intended recepient notifying them of the email being quarantines. From my reading, that is what is suppose to happen. that is not clamav's work, its qmail-queue's replacement work, i use qmail-scanner without problem for that --- miguel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: ClamAV question
> -Original Message- > From: Miguel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ClamAV question > > > Darryl Hoar wrote: > > >Greetings, > >I am running Freebsd 6-release. I have been following the > >qmailrocks.org document for setting up qmail, squirrel, > >spamassasssin & clamav (& misc) on Freebsd. > > > > > > > which qmail-queue replacement did you use? > > >Everything has gone fine, but I am having a small problem. > >When I run the test_installation.sh -doit which sends a > regular email, a > >spam email & 2 virus emails (safe of course) , ClamAV places the > >messages in the quarantine directory, but never delevers the warning > >message to the intended recepient notifying them of the email being > >quarantines. From my reading, that is what is suppose to happen. > > > > > > > > that is not clamav's work, its qmail-queue's replacement > work, i use > qmail-scanner without problem for that > > --- > miguel > thanks. I am using qmail-scanner. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
I beg to differ Nikolas, there is still work that needs to be done on the disk driver. See PR 95184. It was right to shift the release schedule. I don't know what you running for hardware but I don't think many people really appreciate what is going on with SATA these days, how incredibly damn fast that mirrored SATA arrays of large 500Gb disks are wiping everything else off the map. In the servers that I have that ARE working with the new high speed SATA array chipsets, the disk I/O is an order of magnitude faster than anything else. Faster than any UDMA drive, any SCSI array you want to throw at it. And larger. and a LOT cheaper. And disk space is getting so big so fast that mirroring is going to be the only option for desktops Real Soon Now, because when you have a gigabyte of disk space that is shipping standard with a desktop PC and costs only $200 (which will happen by the middle of next year) there's no way in hell that you can back that up to anything, the costs of tape storage for an office full of desktops like that would be out of the question. And what is more frustrating is this is the best chance that has come along for years to kick the crap out of Linux market share. Linux support of SATA stinks, they are trying to send everyone to the 3rd parties for drivers rather than incorporating them in the Linux distros. Well I can tell you that Ying-Tao cloney baloney motherboard maker in Asia who is using an off-the-shelf raided SATA chipset in their $1.99 motherboard-of-the-month, they aren't going to provide drivers for anything other than Windows. FreeBSD's support of mirrored sata and udma raid chips is already better than Linux, but it needs to be absolutely top flight before 6.1 ships. You can get around a lot of hardware support problems - such as buggy drivers for the serial ports/network card/usb port/etc. - but if your disk driver is buggy you cannot even get an OS on the hardware that you can even patch. You are dead in the water and 99% of the people in that situation are going to toss the FreeBSD 6.1 CD and go to something else. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nikolas Britton >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:06 AM >To: Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE... > > >On 3/30/06, Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I realise the answer to this question is "when it's ready", >but does anyone have a rough idea how close to being ready 6.1 is? >> > >The 6.1 branch was cut on the 5th, this means you can cvsup to >RELENG_6_1 branch and rebuild world to 6.1-RC. As for the release date >of the official 6.1-RC1 builds... It should have happened yesterday, >so expect it any time this week. 6.1-RELEASE should be released at the >end of this month or the beginning of next month If you look at >the schedule everything has been shifted out 1 month. > >If you want my opinion on 6.1, it's ready right now, I've been running >a production server on 6.1 since BETA2, my main workstation at work >since BETA4 and my main workstation at home has been running 6.1 since >before BETA1 (tracking 6-STABLE). I've had no problems and feel that >It's far superior to FreeBSD 5.x, It's also alot faster then 5.x. The >more tester we have for the 6.1 release candidate runs the better >6.1-RELEASE will be! >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing /index.html -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/307 - Release Date: 4/10/2006 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Reboot hangs on xeon server
The server I have is using an Intel SE7501CW2 server board with 1 Xeon 2.0Ghz processor. It's got a Mylex AcceleRAID 170 card with 6 - 36GB scsi drives. When I reboot the machine, via ctrl-alt-del, or typing reboot, it syncs disks, then gives the messages: All buffers synced. Uptime: ##m##s At this point, it just hangs forever and has to be powercycled. I've tried installing 4.11, 5.4 and 6.0 on this box. The only version that works properly is 4.11, however, at this point I would prefer to not put another 4.x box in production. I have tried booting in safe mode and rebooting and I get the same result. I've tried disabling usb in the bios, in the kernel, and in both, and it still has the same results. Any ideas what could fix this? Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Solved (I hope): Toggling port dependencies
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 16:10, Erik Norgaard wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 13:25, RW wrote: > >> You could try setting USE_OPENLDAP_VER=23 for the port. > > > > Actually, I see it conflict with 2.2, so it must be set globally. > > Yes, OpenLDAP 2.3 conflicts with 2.2, but jabberd by default assumes 2.2 > so the build fails. Then rather than downgrading OpenLDAP since 2.3 is > the recommended I'd prefer to force jabberd to build against 2.3. > > I've seen many ports doing this, for example squid. Some announces how > to select a particular version. I don't know if your hint work with all > ports. Actually I think I got this wrong; USE_OPENLDAP_VER will create spurious LDAP dependencies if set globally. It should have been WANT_OPENLDAP_VER=23 Dependencies on OpenLDAP are handled by the common ports makefiles. jabberd doesn't specify a version. I think it simply defaults to 2.2, even if 2.3 is installed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need /bin/sh script help
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:30:32 -0700 Garrett Cooper wrote (my brief response follows all of his text): Just making a series of sh scripts to help automate updating and whatnot of my fileserver (since I am trying to avoid having mistakes occur with my system, and maybe help the community out a bit by providing some decent means of updating their own machines), and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the following script I've developing (the grep if statements are incorrect..): #!/bin/sh # KC=""; cd /usr/src; if [ -n `grep -e s/KERNCONF=/ /etc/make.conf` ] # want to look for KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf then echo "enter in the kernel conf file full pathname:"; read KERNCONF; KC="KERNCONF=$KERNCONF"; fi if [ -n `grep -e s/NO_CLEAN=*yes*/ /etc/make.conf` ] // want to look for NO_CLEAN in /etc/make.conf -- is this really necessary? then cd sys; echo "cleaning sources" make clean; make cleandir; cd ..; fi echo "building kernel"; make buildkernel $KC; echo "installing kernel"; make installkernel $KC; echo "kernel compile complete. reboot to try new kernel"; TIA, -Garrett I see a problem in the line if [ -n `grep -e s/KERNCONF=/ /etc/make.conf` ] # want to look for you should have double-quotes around the `grep ... conf` because it is likely to produce more than one token and so the [ -n ... ] statement violates the syntax (there should be exactly 1 token between the -n and the ] , even no token there is an error, the way that is handled is to quote it. I am writing this quickly without bringing up my FreeBSD system to check it. Good luck. Another thing you can do to avoid quoting (and the long strings that may result) is use the -c option of grep and check the number resulting. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
On 4/11/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I beg to differ Nikolas, there is still work that needs to be > done on the disk driver. See PR 95184. It was right to shift the > release schedule. > > I don't know what you running for hardware but I don't think many > people really appreciate what is going on with SATA these days, > how incredibly damn fast that mirrored SATA arrays of large 500Gb > disks are wiping everything else off the map. > > In the servers that I have that ARE working with the new high > speed SATA array chipsets, the disk I/O is an order of magnitude > faster than anything else. Faster than any UDMA drive, any SCSI > array you want to throw at it. And larger. and a LOT cheaper. > > And disk space is getting so big so fast that mirroring is going > to be the only option for desktops Real Soon Now, because when you > have a gigabyte of disk space that is shipping standard with > a desktop PC and costs only $200 (which will happen by the middle > of next year) there's no way in hell that you can back that up > to anything, the costs of tape storage for an office full of > desktops like that would be out of the question. > Yes... tell me about it, I have a 2TB SATA-II array and it's cheaper to backup that array to another, off-site, array then it is to go with tape. Tape is way behind the times when compared with SATA/IDE disk sizes. > And what is more frustrating is this is the best chance that has > come along for years to kick the crap out of Linux market share. > Linux support of SATA stinks, they are trying to send everyone to > the 3rd parties for drivers rather than incorporating them in > the Linux distros. Well I can tell you that Ying-Tao cloney baloney > motherboard maker in Asia who is using an off-the-shelf raided SATA > chipset in their $1.99 motherboard-of-the-month, they aren't going > to provide drivers for anything other than Windows. > > FreeBSD's support of mirrored sata and udma raid chips is already > better than Linux, but it needs to be absolutely top flight before > 6.1 ships. > The person you should thank is Søren Schmidt, http://www.deepcore.dk/ > You can get around a lot of hardware support problems - such as > buggy drivers for the serial ports/network card/usb port/etc. - > but if your disk driver is buggy you cannot even get an OS on > the hardware that you can even patch. You are dead in the water > and 99% of the people in that situation are going to toss the > FreeBSD 6.1 CD and go to something else. > I think the ICH7 sata problem has already been fixed, check the logs here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ata/ if not jump onto the stable mailing list and start waving your hands. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:32:08 -0700 "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And disk space is getting so big so fast that mirroring is going > to be the only option for desktops Real Soon Now, because when you > have a gigabyte of disk space that is shipping standard with > a desktop PC and costs only $200 (which will happen by the middle > of next year) there's no way in hell that you can back that up > to anything, the costs of tape storage for an office full of > desktops like that would be out of the question. I assume you meant to say "a terabyte of disk space" instead of "gigabyte"? -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
restarting sendmail after patching - help needed.
Hello, I am patching for the recent sendmail advisory: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:13.sendmail.asc I have followed the patching instructions: b) Execute the following commands as root: # cd /usr/src # patch < /path/to/patch # cd /usr/src/lib/libsm # make obj && make depend && make # cd /usr/src/lib/libsmutil # make obj && make depend && make # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail # make obj && make depend && make && make install and now all I need to do is restart sendmail so that the new binaries are loaded and running. I _think_ the correct method is: cd /etc/mail make restart but is that ^^^ sufficient ? Or is there something more to do to make sure I have no remnants of the old one running ? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:46:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > > > I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your > >shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the > > older packages. > > > At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions through the > > ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I > > don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. > > as for zlib i definitely know, that there are 2 security flaws, which can > lead to problems when invalid compressed data is feeded. Already fixed as soon as they were published. Are there other reasons to upgrade? > my problem also is not the installation of ports/packages/custom compiles, > it's more that the operating system components itself are linked against > these older libraries an therefore will contain bugs, which may have been > already solved. The other side of this is that newer versions are often incompatible (OpenSSL, I'm looking at you), which rules out upgrading the version in a FreeBSD-STABLE branch since it ruins binary compatibility. Kris pgpNldjpwq4nZ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: restarting sendmail after patching - help needed.
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 16:35, Ensel Sharon wrote: > Hello, > > I am patching for the recent sendmail advisory: > and now all I need to do is restart sendmail so that the new binaries are > loaded and running. > > I _think_ the correct method is: > > cd /etc/mail > make restart You are correct. > but is that ^^^ sufficient ? Yep, that's all there is to it! JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 131, Issue 6
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:47:07 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Wanted: Flash player for To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. Why can't we do it like we did with java? Where we had to download the linux version manually from a given URL saving it into our distfiles directory. Then we would run the ports install procedure and all would be happy again. -alfred ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: portsnap DOESN'T WORK
Wojciech Puchar wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] portsnap fetch > [...] > Fetching 4 metadata files... /usr/sbin/portsnap: cannot open > 4ad98b45a8fb7f262971491949ddd63be3fa066a31d5d09d53a9eddff3276698.gz: No > such file or directory > metadata is corrupt. > > tried cleaning /var/db/portsnap completely too. it fetched all data > first and then got the same exactly > > what's wrong? What does "portsnap --debug fetch" report? Colin Percival ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Reboot hangs on xeon server
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Christopher McGee wrote: > The server I have is using an Intel SE7501CW2 server board with 1 Xeon > 2.0Ghz processor. It's got a Mylex AcceleRAID 170 card with 6 - 36GB > scsi drives. When I reboot the machine, via ctrl-alt-del, or typing > reboot, it syncs disks, then gives the messages: > > All buffers synced. > Uptime: ##m##s > > At this point, it just hangs forever and has to be powercycled. I've > tried installing 4.11, 5.4 and 6.0 on this box. The only version that > works properly is 4.11, however, at this point I would prefer to not put > another 4.x box in production. I have tried booting in safe mode and > rebooting and I get the same result. I've tried disabling usb in the > bios, in the kernel, and in both, and it still has the same results. > > Any ideas what could fix this? Hi Chris, This is not my area of expertise, but this sounds like an ACPI problem to me. You might try googling that (in conjunction with your motherboard) and see what comes up. HTH, -Andy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 131, Issue 6
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:04:55PM -0700, Alfred Morgan wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:47:07 -0500 > From: Eric Schuele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Wanted: Flash player for > To: FreeBSD Questions > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > >So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get > >opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. > > Why can't we do it like we did with java? Where we had to download the > linux version manually from a given URL saving it into our distfiles > directory. Then we would run the ports install procedure and all would be > happy again. Because the software license says you may not use it on FreeBSD, period. Kris pgpAlGjMZzwuF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 131, Issue 6
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 02:04:55PM -0700, Alfred Morgan wrote: Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:47:07 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Wanted: Flash player for To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. Why can't we do it like we did with java? Where we had to download the linux version manually from a given URL saving it into our distfiles directory. Then we would run the ports install procedure and all would be happy again. Because the software license says you may not use it on FreeBSD, period. Any idea if anyone (the FreeBSD Foundation?) is going to attempt to change the situation? Seems like flash support would be a useful feature for those using FreeBSD on the desktop. Kris -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
Alex, you would lose that bet, zlib 1.2.2 has a hole in it, it should have been replaced with 1.2.3 See the zlib website for more info. Nospam, good catch, if none of the hip-shooters here file a PR I'll get around to it the next time I get a running build off the cvs. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Zbyslaw >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:25 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: > >>during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing >>i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. >> >>why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the >>current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements >>and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind here. >> >>examples given: >>zlib (v1.2.2, 10/2004; current 1.2.3, 07/2005) >>openssl (v0.9.7e, 10/2004; current 0.9.7i, 10/2005) >>openssh (v4.2p1, 01/2005, current 4.3p2 02/2006) >> >>for openssh, the code-freeze of freebsd was before the >>release of 4.3, this makes sense, but what about the rest? >> >> >> >I can't answer you main question, but I would say that you can bet your >shirt on the fact that there will be no known security issues in the >older packages. > >At least for openssl and openssh you can get latest versions >through the >ports. Not an option for everything -- I see no zlib for example and I >don't believe there's a standard cvs port either. > >--Alex > > >___ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/307 - Release Date: 4/10/2006 > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components
Hi All, nospam, I just checked the cvs, and they did catch zlib, 1.2.3 is in there now. /usr/src/lib/libz. BETA4 is older than the current cvs Note that some programs (cvs) seem to have copies of zlib.c that are older, maybe that's what your seeing? as for openssl, it is still at 0.9.7e and yes there was a security fix released in 0.9.7h, it should be updated - however the developer in charge of that may have simply decided to patch the security fix rather than rev openssl up, since so many programs depend on it. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 5:55 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: upcoming release 6.1: old version of some core components > > > >hi together, > >during testing the 6.1-BETA4 i found only one major thing >i really like to discuss on the list for my understanding. > >why are some major parts of the os are not updated to the >current versions (see examples beyond)? code-improvements >and security-/functionality-fixes come to my mind here. > >examples given: >zlib (v1.2.2, 10/2004; current 1.2.3, 07/2005) >openssl (v0.9.7e, 10/2004; current 0.9.7i, 10/2005) >openssh (v4.2p1, 01/2005, current 4.3p2 02/2006) > >for openssh, the code-freeze of freebsd was before the >release of 4.3, this makes sense, but what about the rest? > >br & cu... > >ps: just reply 2 the list please... > >___ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/307 - Release Date: 4/10/2006 > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need /bin/sh script help
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:30:32 -0700 Garrett Cooper wrote (my brief response > follows all of his text): > > Just making a series of sh scripts to help automate updating and > whatnot of my fileserver (since I am trying to avoid having mistakes > occur with my system, and maybe help the community out a bit by > providing some decent means of updating their own machines), and I was > wondering if anyone could help me out with the following script I've > developing (the grep if statements are incorrect..): > I see a problem in the line > if [ -n `grep -e s/KERNCONF=/ /etc/make.conf` ] # want to look for > you should have double-quotes around the `grep ... conf` > because it is likely to produce more than one token and so the > [ -n ... ] statement violates the syntax (there should be exactly 1 > token between the -n and the ] , even no token there is an error, the > way that is handled is to quote it. I am writing this quickly without > bringing up my FreeBSD system to check it. Good luck. Or simply use the error status of grep, no "[" invocation: if grep -q ... then ... fi Note that if you're looking at automating the update process you should probably pay careful attention to the world/kernel update process described in the handbook; there are steps (like an initial mergemaster -p) that you will want to include. -- jan grant, ISYS, University of Bristol. http://www.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ If you have received this email in error, do whatever the hell you want with it. It's not like I can stop you anyway. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
6.1-PRERELEASE CVSUP tag=???
What is the cvsup tag for geting 6.1-PRERELEASE src? I think it should be tag=RELENG_6_1 . Can I use src-all for this revision to upgrade from where I am now? Right now I am: ... 6.0-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Apr 4 09:43:53 MDT 2006 ... -- -- Bryan bc3910 'at' gmail 'dot' com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
pow function working unexpectedly
I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
math.h library. Here's code that works:
#include
#include
int main()
{
printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
return 0;
}
Now, the following will not compile:
#include
#include
int main()
{
int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
takes doubles
int y = 3;
printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
return 0;
}
I compiled both programs using:
gcc test.c
The second example gives the following error:
/var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `pow'
If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
(or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
Thanks,
Jonathan Herriott
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Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 18:54, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
> The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
> math.h library. Here's code that works:
>
> #include
> #include
>
> int main()
> {
> printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> return 0;
> }
>
>
> Now, the following will not compile:
>
> #include
> #include
>
> int main()
> {
> int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
> takes doubles
> int y = 3;
>
> printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
> return 0;
> }
>
> I compiled both programs using:
> gcc test.c
>
> The second example gives the following error:
>
> /var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
> : undefined reference to `pow'
>
> If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
> should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
> (or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan Herriott
gcc -lm test.c works. You forgot to include the math library.
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Re: pow function working unexpectedly
Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I
don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity.
On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 18:54, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> > I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
> > The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
> > math.h library. Here's code that works:
> >
> > #include
> > #include
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> > printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> >
> > Now, the following will not compile:
> >
> > #include
> > #include
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> > int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
> > takes doubles
> > int y = 3;
> >
> > printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > I compiled both programs using:
> > gcc test.c
> >
> > The second example gives the following error:
> >
> > /var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
> > : undefined reference to `pow'
> >
> > If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
> > should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
> > (or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jonathan Herriott
>
> gcc -lm test.c works. You forgot to include the math library.
>
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Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 19:07, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I
> don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity.
>
> On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 18:54, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> > > I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
> > > The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
> > > math.h library. Here's code that works:
> > >
> > > #include
> > > #include
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > > printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, the following will not compile:
> > >
> > > #include
> > > #include
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > > int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
> > > takes doubles
> > > int y = 3;
> > >
> > > printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > I compiled both programs using:
> > > gcc test.c
> > >
> > > The second example gives the following error:
> > >
> > > /var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
> > > : undefined reference to `pow'
> > >
> > > If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
> > > should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
> > > (or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jonathan Herriott
> >
> > gcc -lm test.c works. You forgot to include the math library.
> >
I'm not sure I get your question, but if your not using the math library (from
variables or functions), then the compiler could care less if it was linked
with the math library or not.
If your software DOES use a variable or a call from math.h (pow in this case),
then linking with the math library is a must.
Hope this answers your question, if it doesn't, post a test2.c with what you
meant and I'll answer best I can.
Nicolas.
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Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Jonathan Herriott wrote: > Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I > don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity. That's a pretty good question. In the case where we have pow(x,y), I see this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/src]$ gcc -c pow_test.c [EMAIL PROTECTED]/src]$ nm pow_test.o T main U pow U printf In the case where it is pow(2,3), I see this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/src]$ gcc -c pow_test.c [EMAIL PROTECTED]/src]$ nm pow_test.o T main U printf So, clearly, something is optimizing the pow() function away when the arguments are hard-coded lvalues, instead of varibles. Now, what that thing *is*, I don't know. -Andy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:07:35PM +, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I
> don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity.
Because the compiler recognizes that pow() when called with only
constants as arguments can be calculated at compile-time and does so.
If you look at the generated assembler you will see that there is no
call to pow() actually being made there -- it has been replaced by
the appropriate constant.
>
>
> On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 18:54, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> > > I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
> > > The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
> > > math.h library. Here's code that works:
> > >
> > > #include
> > > #include
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > > printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, the following will not compile:
> > >
> > > #include
> > > #include
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > > int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
> > > takes doubles
> > > int y = 3;
> > >
> > > printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > I compiled both programs using:
> > > gcc test.c
> > >
> > > The second example gives the following error:
> > >
> > > /var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
> > > : undefined reference to `pow'
> > >
> > > If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
> > > should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
> > > (or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jonathan Herriott
> >
> > gcc -lm test.c works. You forgot to include the math library.
> >
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Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: > [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] > > So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get > opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use > firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested > in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, > just wanted some opinions. > > Could anyone please offer their opinion on > - which alternative they are using > - why > - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) > - is it a standalone or plugin > I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pow function working unexpectedly
Andy Reitz wrote: > So, clearly, something is optimizing the pow() function away when the > arguments are hard-coded lvalues, instead of varibles. > > Now, what that thing *is*, I don't know. The C compiler precomputes constant expressions; your "pow(2,3)" is being rewritten to "8" by the compiler. Similarly, if you write "1 + 2 / 3 + 4 * 5 - 6", the C compiler will turn this into "15" rather than producing a series of instructions which computes the expression. When you reference variables, this optimization isn't possible, since those variables might be modified before you reach the line where they are used. (Obviously this doesn't happen in your program, but the compiler isn't smart enough to figure that out.) Colin Percival ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On 4/12/06, Jonathan Herriott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I > don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity. Since you use only hard coded operands, the result is given, and gcc optimizes such arithmetics and function calls away. Svein Halvor ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
6.1-PRERELEASE CVSUP tag=???
What is the cvsup tag for getting 6.1-PRERELEASE src? I think it should be tag=RELENG_6_1 . Can I use src-all for this revision to upgrade from where I am now? Right now I am: ... 6.0-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Apr 4 09:43:53 MDT 2006 ... -- Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pow function working unexpectedly
With reference to my first example given is what I was talking about.
The first example properly ran with just compiling with:
gcc test.c
Here's the first example again:
> > > > #include
> > > > #include
> > > >
> > > > int main()
> > > > {
> > > > printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
Thanks,
Jon
On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 19:07, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> > Question then. Why would it work when I don't use variables if I
> > don't include the library? This question is just out of curiosity.
> >
> > On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 18:54, Jonathan Herriott wrote:
> > > > I just want to make sure I'm not being stupid before I send in a bug.
> > > > The problem seems to be with gcc when using the pow function in the
> > > > math.h library. Here's code that works:
> > > >
> > > > #include
> > > > #include
> > > >
> > > > int main()
> > > > {
> > > > printf("%f\n", pow(2,3));
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Now, the following will not compile:
> > > >
> > > > #include
> > > > #include
> > > >
> > > > int main()
> > > > {
> > > > int x = 2; // I tried these as doubles too since the pow function
> > > > takes doubles
> > > > int y = 3;
> > > >
> > > > printf("%f\n", pow(x,y));
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > I compiled both programs using:
> > > > gcc test.c
> > > >
> > > > The second example gives the following error:
> > > >
> > > > /var/tmp//ccxtkMwv.o(.text+0x45): In function `main':
> > > > : undefined reference to `pow'
> > > >
> > > > If I comile with g++, I have no issues. Are these results that I
> > > > should have? If so, why? If not, I'm going to submit the bug on gcc
> > > > (or the linker, but I'm guessing it's the same group).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jonathan Herriott
> > >
> > > gcc -lm test.c works. You forgot to include the math library.
> > >
>
> I'm not sure I get your question, but if your not using the math library
> (from
> variables or functions), then the compiler could care less if it was linked
> with the math library or not.
> If your software DOES use a variable or a call from math.h (pow in this
> case),
> then linking with the math library is a must.
>
> Hope this answers your question, if it doesn't, post a test2.c with what you
> meant and I'll answer best I can.
>
> Nicolas.
>
>
>
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Re: pow function working unexpectedly
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 19:24, Colin Percival wrote: > Andy Reitz wrote: > > So, clearly, something is optimizing the pow() function away when the > > arguments are hard-coded lvalues, instead of varibles. > > > > Now, what that thing *is*, I don't know. > > The C compiler precomputes constant expressions; your "pow(2,3)" is > being rewritten to "8" by the compiler. Similarly, if you write > "1 + 2 / 3 + 4 * 5 - 6", the C compiler will turn this into "15" > rather than producing a series of instructions which computes the > expression. > > When you reference variables, this optimization isn't possible, since > those variables might be modified before you reach the line where > they are used. (Obviously this doesn't happen in your program, but > the compiler isn't smart enough to figure that out.) > > Colin Percival +1. The compiler sees constants differently from variables (which reside in a memory space). With the constant, the optimizer can rewrite the equation with its answer. Anyhow, it can't be seen as a bug because you should include the math library whenever you're using a function from it (see man pow). Therefore, if you would have included the library in the first place, you would have never found this 'oddity'. Nicolas. -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr 8 21:33:25 EDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc pgps4up9lVAOK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: pow function working unexpectedly
Yes, thank you. I wasn't going to report it as a bug after you pointed out my blatant mistake. Thanks again for the info. Jon On 4/11/06, Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 19:24, Colin Percival wrote: > > Andy Reitz wrote: > > > So, clearly, something is optimizing the pow() function away when the > > > arguments are hard-coded lvalues, instead of varibles. > > > > > > Now, what that thing *is*, I don't know. > > > > The C compiler precomputes constant expressions; your "pow(2,3)" is > > being rewritten to "8" by the compiler. Similarly, if you write > > "1 + 2 / 3 + 4 * 5 - 6", the C compiler will turn this into "15" > > rather than producing a series of instructions which computes the > > expression. > > > > When you reference variables, this optimization isn't possible, since > > those variables might be modified before you reach the line where > > they are used. (Obviously this doesn't happen in your program, but > > the compiler isn't smart enough to figure that out.) > > > > Colin Percival > > +1. The compiler sees constants differently from variables (which reside in > a > memory space). With the constant, the optimizer can rewrite the equation > with > its answer. > > Anyhow, it can't be seen as a bug because you should include the math > library > whenever you're using a function from it (see man pow). Therefore, if you > would have included the library in the first place, you would have never > found this 'oddity'. > > Nicolas. > > -- > FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr 8 21:33:25 EDT 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A > PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
Joseph Vella wrote: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, just wanted some opinions. Could anyone please offer their opinion on - which alternative they are using - why - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) - is it a standalone or plugin I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? From /usr/ports/UPDATING: 20060408: AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. For more details, see http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: DL320 G3 Adaptec or Intel RAID?
br & cu, Please see PR 95184 similar problem, they may be related. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net >Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:39 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: DL320 G3 Adaptec or Intel RAID? > > > >hi, > >we've got an hp proliant dl320 g3 with an embedded SATA-150 >raid controller. loading 6.1B4 shows ad4 and ad6 as normal >disks but the RAID controller or the configured array is not >shown at all. > >during POST the raid bios announces as: >"Adaptec Embedded SATA HostRAID BIOS V3.0-1 1255" > >the embedded controller shows as: >"Controller #00: ICH6R HostRAID at PCI Bus: 00, Dev: 1F, Func: 02" > >the configured array drive is shown something like: >"Array 0 - RAID 1: 76GB optimal" > >can anyone tell if this adaptec/intel combination is supported >by freebsd in any way? the ICH6R is listed in the hw-section, >but the os doesn't find this special one. > >br & cu > >ps: just reply to the list, please. > >___ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/307 - Release Date: 4/10/2006 > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FIXED, APPARENTLY k3b incorrectly identifies scsi r/w drive as read-only
I corresponded with Sebastian Trueg, the developer, who had a look, then let me know that the problem had been identified and that he's fixed it. The latest version of k3b (0.12.15) uses "SG IO for scsi commands with newer linux kernels. This should fix problems with scsi device detection." I'll have to wait for the port to see if it works in my case. This is part of the beauty of open source stuff. I've sent him some Lucky Luke off his Amazon wishlist in gratitude. Oliver On Saturday 25 March 2006 13:38, Oliver Iberien wrote: > On Saturday 25 March 2006 11:46, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > > > > Please forgive me for stepping in, but I'm having the same problem, > > asked sometime ago and did not get any answer. > > > > My Yamaha burner is still detected as a read-only device. > > > > bye & Thanks > > av. > > There is a thread here: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-ports/2005-March/021958.html > > of someone with a scsi cd-r/w that was giving the same errors. The thread > goes on to post some kind of fix to a flac decoder: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-ports/2005-March/021969.html > > ...but I don't understand how this is related or how it is to be > implemented. > > I have found a number of postings of similar problems with k3b and scsi > drives dating from after mid-2004, which is when it started happening to > me, but none gives a fix. > > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2005-03/1489.html > http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:wOJpu0m4BcwJ:k3b.plainblack.com/feedbac >k%3Ffunc%3Dview%26wid%3D29%26forumId%3D1000%26forumOp%3DviewThread%26forumPo >stId%3D100898+k3b+%22mode+sense%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 > http://www.linuxhardware.de/deutsch/dcoulh/news_38206.html > http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-support/2004-June/050551.html > http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Dh1vQLiRy40J:bbs.cse.yzu.edu.tw/show.ph >p%3Ftype%3Dpost%26board%3Dbsd-ports%26pageno%3D15+k3b+%22mode+sense%22&hl=en >&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&ie=UTF-8 > http://lurker.oltrelinux.com/message/20040211.213612.0308c619.en.html > > Oliver > > > k3b on FreeBSD 6.0 incorrectly identifies my SCSI CD-R/W as read-only. It > > reports "mode sense" failure, which, Plextor tells me, can be a sign of a > > problem with the drive or the media. I've appended this part of the > > output at the bottom. [snip] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 6.1-PRERELEASE CVSUP tag=???
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:25:25PM -0600, Bryan Curl wrote: > What is the cvsup tag for getting 6.1-PRERELEASE src? > > I think it should be tag=RELENG_6_1 . > > Can I use src-all for this revision to upgrade from where I am now? > > Right now I am: ... 6.0-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Apr 4 09:43:53 MDT > 2006 ... Take a look at the announcement here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-March/015730.html The tag you want is RELENG_6. It will become RELENG_6_1 when the official release is made. The transition from 6.0 to 6.1 went smoothly here, so you should be good to go with the new src tree. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpWv1pwiP1Jv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: > Joseph Vella wrote: > >On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: > >>[Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] > >> > >>So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get > >>opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use > >>firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested > >>in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, > >>just wanted some opinions. > >> > >>Could anyone please offer their opinion on > >> - which alternative they are using > >> - why > >> - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) > >> - is it a standalone or plugin > >> > > > >I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? > > From /usr/ports/UPDATING: > > 20060408: > AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* > AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement > explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. > For more details, see > http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ > > -- > Regards, > Eric Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read the URL. WHat a pain! gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: Joseph Vella wrote: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, just wanted some opinions. Could anyone please offer their opinion on - which alternative they are using - why - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) - is it a standalone or plugin I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? From /usr/ports/UPDATING: 20060408: AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. For more details, see http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read the URL. WHat a pain! Seriously. But there it is, in section 3.a.(D) of the given URL: "You may not use the Software on ... any operating system that is not an Authorized Operating System." I wonder why Macromedia felt the need to pay their lawyers to add this clause. I will email them and ask, if I can find a way to do so. Serious question: If one already happened to have this package installed, could he hold onto it by editing pkgtools.conf to contain HOLD_PKGS = [ 'linuxpluginwrapper*', ] ? Thanks. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nikolas Britton >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:25 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE... > > >On 4/11/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I beg to differ Nikolas, there is still work that needs to be >> done on the disk driver. See PR 95184. It was right to shift the >> release schedule. >> >> I don't know what you running for hardware but I don't think many >> people really appreciate what is going on with SATA these days, >> how incredibly damn fast that mirrored SATA arrays of large 500Gb >> disks are wiping everything else off the map. >> >> In the servers that I have that ARE working with the new high >> speed SATA array chipsets, the disk I/O is an order of magnitude >> faster than anything else. Faster than any UDMA drive, any SCSI >> array you want to throw at it. And larger. and a LOT cheaper. >> >> And disk space is getting so big so fast that mirroring is going >> to be the only option for desktops Real Soon Now, because when you >> have a gigabyte of disk space that is shipping standard with >> a desktop PC and costs only $200 (which will happen by the middle >> of next year) there's no way in hell that you can back that up >> to anything, the costs of tape storage for an office full of >> desktops like that would be out of the question. >> > >Yes... tell me about it, I have a 2TB SATA-II array and it's cheaper >to backup that array to another, off-site, array then it is to go with >tape. Tape is way behind the times when compared with SATA/IDE disk >sizes. > >> And what is more frustrating is this is the best chance that has >> come along for years to kick the crap out of Linux market share. >> Linux support of SATA stinks, they are trying to send everyone to >> the 3rd parties for drivers rather than incorporating them in >> the Linux distros. Well I can tell you that Ying-Tao cloney baloney >> motherboard maker in Asia who is using an off-the-shelf raided SATA >> chipset in their $1.99 motherboard-of-the-month, they aren't going >> to provide drivers for anything other than Windows. >> >> FreeBSD's support of mirrored sata and udma raid chips is already >> better than Linux, but it needs to be absolutely top flight before >> 6.1 ships. >> > >The person you should thank is Søren Schmidt, http://www.deepcore.dk/ > >> You can get around a lot of hardware support problems - such as >> buggy drivers for the serial ports/network card/usb port/etc. - >> but if your disk driver is buggy you cannot even get an OS on >> the hardware that you can even patch. You are dead in the water >> and 99% of the people in that situation are going to toss the >> FreeBSD 6.1 CD and go to something else. >> > >I think the ICH7 sata problem has already been fixed, check the logs >here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ata/ if not >jump onto the stable mailing list and start waving your hands. > I'm doing a make release on today's cvs as we speak, I'll see tomorrow if it recognizes the disks. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...
Yup! Ted >-Original Message- >From: Bill Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:28 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE... > > >On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:32:08 -0700 >"Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And disk space is getting so big so fast that mirroring is going >> to be the only option for desktops Real Soon Now, because when you >> have a gigabyte of disk space that is shipping standard with >> a desktop PC and costs only $200 (which will happen by the middle >> of next year) there's no way in hell that you can back that up >> to anything, the costs of tape storage for an office full of >> desktops like that would be out of the question. > >I assume you meant to say "a terabyte of disk space" instead of >"gigabyte"? > >-- >Bill Moran >Collaborative Fusion Inc. > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/307 - Release Date: 4/10/2006 > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
mx1.freebsd.org administrator?
Hi, i need to contact the admin in charge of postfix @ mx1.freebsd.org. is [EMAIL PROTECTED] the right address? thanks :) Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: mx1.freebsd.org administrator?
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:24:23 +1000 Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i need to contact the admin in charge of postfix @ > mx1.freebsd.org. is [EMAIL PROTECTED] the right > address? > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-who.html --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] , of course. sorry for the noise. ___ 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 Stop Bruit Force ssh Attempts?
On Mar 18, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Chris Maness wrote: In my auth log I see alot of bruit force attempts to login via ssh. Is there a way I can have the box automatically kill any tcp/ ip connectivity to hosts that try and fail a given number of times? Is there a port or something that I can install to give this kind of protection. I'm still kind of a FreeBSD newbie. If you are using PF, you can use source tracking to drop the offenders in to a table... perhaps after a certain number of attempts in a given time (say, 5 in a minute). Once you have the table you're in business... you can block based on it... and then set up a cron job to copy the table to disk every so often (perhaps once every two minutes). It works very well for me, YMMV. If you don't want to block permanently, you could use cron to flush the table every so often too... I don't bother though. -Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:53:23PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Gary Kline wrote: > > >On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: > >>Joseph Vella wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: > [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] > > So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get > opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use > firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested > in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, > just wanted some opinions. > > Could anyone please offer their opinion on > - which alternative they are using > - why > - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) > - is it a standalone or plugin > > >>> > >>>I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? > >> > >>From /usr/ports/UPDATING: > >> > >>20060408: > >> AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* > >> AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement > >> explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. > >> For more details, see > >>http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ > > > Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read > > the URL. WHat a pain! > > Seriously. But there it is, in section 3.a.(D) of the given URL: > "You may not use the Software on ... any operating system that >is not an Authorized Operating System." > > I wonder why Macromedia felt the need to pay their lawyers to add this > clause. I will email them and ask, if I can find a way to do so. > > Serious question: If one already happened to have this package > installed, could he hold onto it by editing pkgtools.conf to contain > HOLD_PKGS = [ > 'linuxpluginwrapper*', > ] > > ? > I don't see why the above wouldn't work; there are a few ports I have in the HOLD_PKGS list. They're still working. I've done some hacking the past few weeks on tools to aide HTML stuff for books I'll soon put up, so I haven't quit programming altgether. So: what's the consensus on *us* andor the open-src community getting together and doing our own free version of this shock/flash stuff? I'm read to volunteer. gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
Chris Hill wrote: On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: Joseph Vella wrote: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, just wanted some opinions. Could anyone please offer their opinion on - which alternative they are using - why - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) - is it a standalone or plugin I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? From /usr/ports/UPDATING: 20060408: AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. For more details, see http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read the URL. WHat a pain! Seriously. But there it is, in section 3.a.(D) of the given URL: "You may not use the Software on ... any operating system that is not an Authorized Operating System." I wonder why Macromedia felt the need to pay their lawyers to add this clause. I will email them and ask, if I can find a way to do so. Serious question: If one already happened to have this package installed, could he hold onto it by editing pkgtools.conf to contain HOLD_PKGS = [ 'linuxpluginwrapper*', ] ? Legally? I'm no lawyer... but the EULA seems rather explicit. I'd say no. Would that hold it? Well yes, I believe so. (Or at least something very similar). In fact you could go so far (not that I'm condoning it) as to tuck the distfiles away. Either way... I hope somehow they see fit to loosen the language a bit in the future. Thanks. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:53:23PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote: On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:41:16PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: Joseph Vella wrote: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:47, Eric Schuele wrote: [Hoping this isn't too OT for the list] So... now that www/linux-flashplugin* are gone, I was hoping to get opinions on which alternative flashplayer(s) are reasonably good. I use firefox and would prefer a plugin for it... but am generally interested in the state of any flash player. I know there are a handful in ports, just wanted some opinions. Could anyone please offer their opinion on - which alternative they are using - why - comment(s) on installation ease (or lack thereof) - is it a standalone or plugin I missed it. Why is www/linux-flashplugin* gone? >From /usr/ports/UPDATING: 20060408: AFFECTS: users of www/linux-flashplugin* AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] These ports have been removed because the End User License Agreement explicitly forbids to run the Flash Player on FreeBSD. For more details, see http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/license/desktop/ Good grief! Is this even under linux-emulatio? Oughtta read the URL. WHat a pain! Seriously. But there it is, in section 3.a.(D) of the given URL: "You may not use the Software on ... any operating system that is not an Authorized Operating System." I wonder why Macromedia felt the need to pay their lawyers to add this clause. I will email them and ask, if I can find a way to do so. Serious question: If one already happened to have this package installed, could he hold onto it by editing pkgtools.conf to contain HOLD_PKGS = [ 'linuxpluginwrapper*', ] ? I don't see why the above wouldn't work; there are a few ports I have in the HOLD_PKGS list. They're still working. I've done some hacking the past few weeks on tools to aide HTML stuff for books I'll soon put up, so I haven't quit programming altgether. So: what's the consensus on *us* andor the open-src community getting together and doing our own free version of this shock/flash stuff? There are a few in ports. Though I was hoping (via this thread) to get opinions on which were good. Presently, I'm experimenting (unsuccessfully) with gnash. I'm read to volunteer. gary -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
--On April 11, 2006 6:35:27 PM -0700 Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've done some hacking the past few weeks on tools to aide HTML stuff for books I'll soon put up, so I haven't quit programming altgether. So: what's the consensus on *us* andor the open-src community getting together and doing our own free version of this shock/flash stuff? I'm read to volunteer. open_flash? I'm all for it. You don't want my programming skills, but I'll help in other ways, if I can. Research? Docs? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/
Re: 6.1-PRERELEASE CVSUP tag=???
On 4/11/06, Daniel Bye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:25:25PM -0600, Bryan Curl wrote: > > What is the cvsup tag for getting 6.1-PRERELEASE src? > > > > I think it should be tag=RELENG_6_1 . > > > > Can I use src-all for this revision to upgrade from where I am now? > > > > Right now I am: ... 6.0-RELEASE-p6 #0: Tue Apr 4 09:43:53 MDT > > 2006 ... > > Take a look at the announcement here: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-March/015730.html > > The tag you want is RELENG_6. It will become RELENG_6_1 when the > official release is made. > the branch for 6.1 was cut on the 5th, you can cvsup to 6.1 now using the RELENG_6_1 tag... at this point if you sync up with RELENG_6 you will drive passed 6.1. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wanted: Flash player for ....
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 08:52:05PM -0500, Eric Schuele wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > I've done some hacking the past few weeks on tools to aide > > HTML stuff for books I'll soon put up, so I haven't quit > > programming altgether. So: what's the consensus on > > *us* andor the open-src community getting together and > > doing our own free version of this shock/flash stuff? > > There are a few in ports. Though I was hoping (via this thread) to get > opinions on which were good. Presently, I'm experimenting > (unsuccessfully) with gnash. > > > I'm read to volunteer. > > What is gnash? (Or should I just poke around!) ...I've seen the GNU shock/flash/<> port and figured it was the only thing remotely resembling the flashwave stuff. --Um, I should say, straight away, that audio/vidio is not among my strengths. But point me at any ancillary or miscellaneous code and I either have it or can put it ' together. --My strenths are porting, testing, general systems analysis, and (very old) driver hacking. What are the other ports you know of that we could leverage off? thanks, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
