Re: Dell PowerEdge 1950: MPT0 doesn't recogniz hard drive > 2TB

[O. Hartmann]

On 06/29/11 15:57, Joshua Boyd wrote:

2011/6/29 O. Hartmann mailto:ohart...@zedat.fu-berlin.de>>

Questions:
a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS
issue which can be solved?


Hi Oliver,

Neither, unfortunately. The 1068E based cards do not support drives over
2TB. See here:

http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16399.aspx

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Hello Joshua.
Thanks for the fast response.
Yes, you're right. I revealed by several postings in the net that the 
controller in question is not capable of handling disks > 2TB. It's a pitty.


Oliver
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Short Survey

[ssmfone fauzi]

Hi Practitioners,


I’m conducting a short study to identify what awareness information does the
administrator/decision maker (Configuration Control Board members) should
know/aware while completing some of the tasks below.


Task 1 – Tasks to analyse the proposed change request

Task 2 – Tasks of determining what changes to make

Task 3 – Tasks of assigning of developer(s) to implement a change

Task 4 – Tasks of assigning testers to verify a change



*Sample answer:*

*Task 3 – Task of assigning of developer(s) to implement a change*

*Answer - The administrator/CCB should know the expertise of the developers.
*



There might be a few things that CCB members should know while completing
each task. Inputs from the practitioners are highly appreciated.


Look forward to hear from the practitioners!


Thank you


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Re: zfs tuning

[Dick Hoogendijk]

Op 29-6-2011 23:45, Gary Gatten schreef:

2 "Mega" Bytes?  Surely that's a typo, but is it 200MB?  2GB?

Those that know ZFS will want to know the primary use / load of this system.

It was a typo for sure. Should be 2GB
It will be a server, so no X

FAMP
Mailserver for < 10 users (imap)
Nameserver internal network

I will run about five domains, using Wordpress for three of them and 
TYPO3 for the other two.

NO photosite, so no heavy loads on the MySQL databases.

Solaris does not need settings for ZFS. I just run it and all's been 
well. Never had problems.

I understand however that for FreeBSD it usually is better to tune things.
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Task 1 – Tasks to analyse the proposed change request

Task 2 – Tasks of determining what changes to make

Task 3 – Tasks of assigning of developer(s) to implement a change

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*Answer - The administrator/CCB should know the expertise of the developers.
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Boot Environments

[Dick Hoogendijk]

On solaris you can have different BE's (boot environments) using ZFS.
Is this possible with FreeBSD ZFS? I can't recall ever have seen a tool 
like BEadm (solaris).

But maybe using ZFS manually I can get more BE's?
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FreeBSD 64 Bit Applications

[John Dakos]

 

 

 

Hello all.

 

I have a question about FreeBSD 64Bit Applications

 

I want to install FreeBSD 64 Bit to have most memory10 GB ram or up ,
and to make more stable.

 

My questions is .is FreeBSD 64 Bit  stable and Rock   such as 32 bit ?

 

These standard applications are working well on 64 bit  or not ?

 

 

Apache , Bind, Webmin , Mysql ,Postfix ,Dovecot, Spamassasin, PHP, Squid, PF

 

Any idea ?

 

Thanks.

 

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Re: FreeBSD 64 Bit Applications

[krad]

On 30 June 2011 09:06, John Dakos  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello all.
>
>
>
> I have a question about FreeBSD 64Bit Applications
>
>
>
> I want to install FreeBSD 64 Bit to have most memory10 GB ram or up ,
> and to make more stable.
>
>
>
> My questions is .is FreeBSD 64 Bit  stable and Rock   such as 32 bit ?
>
>
>
> These standard applications are working well on 64 bit  or not ?
>
>
>
>
>
> Apache , Bind, Webmin , Mysql ,Postfix ,Dovecot, Spamassasin, PHP, Squid,
> PF
>
>
>
> Any idea ?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
> stable
>
>
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all stable from what i have seen. I have been running all of them in an high
load isp environment for years with no issues relating to 64 bit
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Re: Boot Environments

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On 30 June 2011 08:43, Dick Hoogendijk  wrote:

> On solaris you can have different BE's (boot environments) using ZFS.
> Is this possible with FreeBSD ZFS? I can't recall ever have seen a tool
> like BEadm (solaris).
> But maybe using ZFS manually I can get more BE's?
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 im not aware of any specific tools to do it but i have mimicked opensolaris
be's on my bsd machines. After all most of it is just monkeying around with
zfs fs cloning and setting the DESTDIR variable when you install updates
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Re: Question about NIC link state initialization

[Daniel Feenberg]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:


Steve Polyack  wrote:


... An occaisional fat-finger in /etc/fstab may cause one to
end up in single-user mode ... some of these systems have a LOM
(lights-out management) controller which shares the system's
on-board NICs ... when the system drops out of init(8) and into
single-user mode, the links on the interfaces never come up,
and therefore the LOM becomes inaccessible.

... all one has to do is run ifconfig to cause the NIC's links to
come up ... why do we have to run ifconfig(8) to bring the links
up on the attached interfaces?


When trying to troubleshoot a problem that was known or suspected to
involve the network or its hardware, one might not _want_ the NICs


Well, maybe, but if the system needs to boot into multi-user mode for the 
LOM to be available, what is the need for the LOM? At that point you can 
do everything you might need through the OS interface. Can I ask what is 
the brand of this so-called LOM? Is there any documentation implying 
something more useful? Do they describe doing a bare metal install of an

OS?

Daniel Feenberg
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Re: FreeBSD 64 Bit Applications

[Sergio de Almeida Lenzi]

Em Qui, 2011-06-30 às 11:06 +0300, John Dakos escreveu:
For me I am very satisfied with the 8.2R P2 64bit.

I run about 50-60 servers 24/7 in mission critic applications
using ZFS, with a mix of ISP, databases (postgresql, firebird...), 
large asterisk  IP centrals, vpn servers (400 vpns...), and terminal
servers for thin clients using bootp in 32 bits... 
from large dell servers (12 logical cpus) to small routers (semprom 1
core).. 
all the same kernel.  I build a kernel in the 12 cpu server, and
downloaded
the /boot/kernel directory in the other cpus... It works like a charm...

Sergio


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Re: Question about NIC link state initialization

[Steve Polyack]

On 6/30/2011 6:49 AM, Daniel Feenberg wrote:



On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:


Steve Polyack  wrote:


... An occaisional fat-finger in /etc/fstab may cause one to
end up in single-user mode ... some of these systems have a LOM
(lights-out management) controller which shares the system's
on-board NICs ... when the system drops out of init(8) and into
single-user mode, the links on the interfaces never come up,
and therefore the LOM becomes inaccessible.

... all one has to do is run ifconfig to cause the NIC's links to
come up ... why do we have to run ifconfig(8) to bring the links
up on the attached interfaces?


When trying to troubleshoot a problem that was known or suspected to
involve the network or its hardware, one might not _want_ the NICs


Well, maybe, but if the system needs to boot into multi-user mode for 
the LOM to be available, what is the need for the LOM? At that point 
you can do everything you might need through the OS interface. Can I 
ask what is the brand of this so-called LOM? Is there any 
documentation implying something more useful? Do they describe doing a 
bare metal install of an

OS?


They are the Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRACs).  Now, they do have 
their own dedicated NIC, which we use for anything that really needs the 
attention.  However, the shared feature saves us a switchport per server 
we use it on.  When both on-board NICs are cabled (i.e. for lagg(4) 
failover), then the DRAC's shared NIC mode *also* supports automatic 
failover between both on-board NICs.  This doesn't help however if the 
operating system never turns on the links to either on-board NIC.


I was able to "fix" the single-user mode behavior (which I agree, isn't 
necessarily broken) and get it to bring up the links by simply patching 
init(8) to call system("/sbin/ifconfig") before prompting for the 
single-user shell.  It works, but I feel dirty.


- Steve
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Re: Question about NIC link state initialization

[Steve Polyack]

On 6/30/2011 1:10 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:

Steve Polyack  wrote:


... An occaisional fat-finger in /etc/fstab may cause one to
end up in single-user mode ... some of these systems have a LOM
(lights-out management) controller which shares the system's
on-board NICs ... when the system drops out of init(8) and into
single-user mode, the links on the interfaces never come up,
and therefore the LOM becomes inaccessible.

... all one has to do is run ifconfig to cause the NIC's links to
come up ... why do we have to run ifconfig(8) to bring the links
up on the attached interfaces?

When trying to troubleshoot a problem that was known or suspected to
involve the network or its hardware, one might not _want_ the NICs
alive.


Short of patching init(8) (or perhaps the NIC drivers?), I don't
see another way for me to ensure the links come up even when the
system drops into single-user mode on boot.

Something in /root/.profile, perhaps?  That should get run when the
single-user shell starts up, if it's started as a "login" shell.

This won't work.  When the system kicks you into single-user mode, you 
are prompted to enter the name of a shell or press enter for /bin/sh.  
If no one is there to press enter, or enter the path to an alternate 
shell, then a shell never starts.


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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote:


google found
http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601
which suggests using moused instead of hald.  moused runs,
but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set
 Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
 Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"
so that it will work without hald.


That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off 
AutoAddDevices.

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html


Question 1: why does "Xorg -configure" create a config file
that doesn't work the same way as just running "Xorg" ?


The defaults assumed when run are different from those in the generated 
config file.  I don't know why.



Question 2: how do I get a usable config file?


Look for examples on the net.  Realize that most of xorg.conf is 
optional now, and you can leave out sections where the defaults are 
correct.



Question 3: how do I get complete modeline info for what
it is currently running?


Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. 
Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If 
modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  But 
they almost certainly are not.



Question 5: how do I get hald to work?


It's not used if you turn off AutoAddDevices or build the xorg-server 
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Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.

[C. P. Ghost]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten  wrote:
> Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE number 
> of connections, or your apps are  "not good", this will be MORE than 
> enough RAM and CPU.
>
> (...)
>
> Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware, or 
> just be happy using it at 5% capacity.

... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it
busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-)

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FreeBSD 8.X and NC522SFP support?

[Omer Faruk SEN]

Hi,

Does anyone know that this card NC522SFP is supported under FreeBSD ?

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/nc522sfp/index.html

Regards
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Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.

[eculp]

Quoting "C. P. Ghost" :


On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten  wrote:
Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some  
HUGE number of connections, or your apps are  "not good", this  
will be MORE than enough RAM and CPU.


(...)

Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that  
hardware, or just be happy using it at 5% capacity.


... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it
busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-)


I agree but somehow my extra resources (memory, disk, cpu, etc.)  
always seem to find sponges in a short period of time.  This may be  
the exception.


thanks

ed



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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

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On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Dieter BSD wrote:

>> Q1: how do you start X?
> 
> "Xorg"
> (no config file)
> 
> result: display works (1400x1050), but no keyboard or mouse
> 
> "Xorg -configure"
> (creates /root/xorg.conf.new)
> "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new"
> 
> result: 1280x1024 which monitor doesn't like

I've observed this behavior when the probed graphics driver (e.g., "nv") cannot 
produce the desired resolution, and switching to "vesa" does the job. However, 
that is not a universal truth.

I've also observed situations where the probed graphics driver does just fine 
(e.g., "mach64" -- or nearly any of the ATI drivers).

For the "nv" drivers (NOTE: I'm specifically talking about xf86-video-nv, not 
nvidia-driver), I often find myself doing this:

1. X -configure
2. sed -i.bak -e 's/nv/vesa/' /root/xorg.conf.new
3. X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

Your mileage may var.


> 
> I also tried "Xorg -keyboard Keyboard0 -pointer Mouse0"
> with and without "-config /root/xorg.conf.new", same results.
> I tried editing the config file, adding a 1400x1050 modeline,
> same results.
> 
>> Q2: Have you tried to start X without a config file?
> 
> Yes, see above
> 
>> Q3: Do you have consolekit installed?
> 
> yes, consolekit-0.4.3 from .../amd64/packages-8.2-release/...
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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Devin Teske]

On Jun 30, 2011, at 6:11 AM, Warren Block wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote:
> 
>> google found
>> http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601
>> which suggests using moused instead of hald.  moused runs,
>> but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set
>>  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
>>  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"
>> so that it will work without hald.
> 
> That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off AutoAddDevices.
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
> 
>> Question 1: why does "Xorg -configure" create a config file
>> that doesn't work the same way as just running "Xorg" ?
> 
> The defaults assumed when run are different from those in the generated 
> config file.  I don't know why.
> 
>> Question 2: how do I get a usable config file?
> 
> Look for examples on the net.  Realize that most of xorg.conf is optional 
> now, and you can leave out sections where the defaults are correct.
> 
>> Question 3: how do I get complete modeline info for what
>> it is currently running?
> 
> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more. Just set 
> the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If modelines are 
> really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  But they almost 
> certainly are not.

Though if you *really* wanted to, there's cvt(1):

cvt - calculate VESA CVT mode lines


> 
>> Question 5: how do I get hald to work?
> 
> It's not used if you turn off AutoAddDevices or build the xorg-server port 
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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[sizemj]

This is what I use in my xorg.conf
see below

Notice the mode line for resolution, and HorizSync30-107
VertRefresh  48-120
Also in my /etc/rc.conf  I put these lines
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

This sets up X for me every time and works great.




Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "dri2"
Load  "glx"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard0"
Driver  "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Mouse0"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "Protocol" "auto"
Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier   "Monitor0"
VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName"Monitor Model"
HorizSync30-107
VertRefresh  48-120
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB"  # []
#Option "DefaultRefresh"# []
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen"# []
Identifier  "Card0"
Driver  "vesa"
VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
BoardName   "Unknown Board"
BusID   "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor"Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport   0 0
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection




> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Dieter BSD wrote:
>
>> google found
>> http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=27601
>> which suggests using moused instead of hald.  moused runs,
>> but I think I have to get Xorg to use a config file to set
>>  Option "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
>>  Option "AutoAddDevices"  "off"
>> so that it will work without hald.
>
> That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off
> AutoAddDevices.
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
>
>> Question 1: why does "Xorg -configure" create a config file
>> that doesn't work the same way as just running "Xorg" ?
>
> The defaults assumed when run are different from those in the generated
> config file.  I don't know why.
>
>> Question 2: how do I get a usable config file?
>
> Look for examples on the net.  Realize that most of xorg.conf is
> optional now, and you can leave out sections where the defaults are
> correct.
>
>> Question 3: how do I get complete modeline info for what
>> it is currently running?
>
> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more.
> Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If
> modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  But
> they almost certainly are not.
>
>> Question 5: how do I get hald to work?
>
> It's not used if you turn off AutoAddDevices or build the xorg-server
> port with the HAL option disabled.
>
> 
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Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.

[C. P. Ghost]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:53 PM, eculp  wrote:
> Quoting "C. P. Ghost" :
>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten  wrote:
>>>
>>> Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE
>>> number of connections, or your apps are  "not good", this will be MORE
>>> than enough RAM and CPU.
>>>
>>> (...)
>>>
>>> Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware,
>>> or just be happy using it at 5% capacity.
>>
>> ... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it
>> busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-)
>
> I agree but somehow my extra resources (memory, disk, cpu, etc.) always seem
> to find sponges in a short period of time.  This may be the exception.

It's certainly no exception. Programs tend to expand over time,
and when they expand, they tend to use up more time as well.

Since space and time complexity of programs are closely linked
to and bounded by each other, a corollary to Murphy's Law:
  "Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory."
is, of course,
  "Any given program will expand to use up all available CPU cycles."

I'm half-joking though. Anyway, I'm sure you'll put that new machine
to great use!

> thanks
>
> ed

-cpghost.

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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Dieter BSD]

> That is incorrect.  Don't set AllowEmptyInput, just turn off AutoAddDevices.
> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html

I reduced the config file to:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
#       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Disable  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

and now the mouse works as expected.  After more
debugging, got it to see the keysymdb and now the
keyboard works as well.

Thank you!

Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080.
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Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Polytropon]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:12:28 +, Dieter BSD wrote:
> Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080.

If configuring this via X doesn't work, there's always xrandr
which you can call from your ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession
respectively), like this:

xrandr --fb 1920x1080
xrandr --size 1920x1080

I'm using this method since X.org can't get my CRT working at
the desired mode 1400x1050 (which XFree86 perfectly did) and
insists on running the insufficent mode 1152x864 only. :-)



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Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.

[eculp]

Quoting "C. P. Ghost" :


On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:53 PM, eculp  wrote:

Quoting "C. P. Ghost" :


On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Gary Gatten  wrote:


Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE
number of connections, or your apps are  "not good", this will be MORE
than enough RAM and CPU.

(...)

Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware,
or just be happy using it at 5% capacity.


... or run some instances of Plone on it. Should be enough to keep it
busy and out of the idle thread even at moderate traffic. ;-)


I agree but somehow my extra resources (memory, disk, cpu, etc.) always seem
to find sponges in a short period of time.  This may be the exception.


It's certainly no exception. Programs tend to expand over time,
and when they expand, they tend to use up more time as well.

Since space and time complexity of programs are closely linked
to and bounded by each other, a corollary to Murphy's Law:
  "Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory."
is, of course,
  "Any given program will expand to use up all available CPU cycles."

I'm half-joking though


It has always been true for me.  I think ol'Murphy really likes me ;)

Thanks to all for having shared your combined wisdom,

ed


Anyway, I'm sure you'll put that new machine
to great use!


thanks

ed


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Re: Dell PowerEdge 1950: MPT0 doesn't recogniz hard drive > 2TB

[Joshua Boyd]

2011/6/30 O. Hartmann 

> It's a pitty.
>

Indeed, it is. I have 3 1068s for 45 bays, I'm gonna have to buy new cards
:(.

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Horde webmail

[Jack L. Stone]

Has anyone had any luck lately with installation and use of Horde -- either
v-3.3 or ver-4 ??

I've tried for days to get the 3.3 version (with apps IMP, INGO & Tuba) to
work and noted that the ports say that horde4 is broken. I've googled many
times and tried some examples from there, but most appear pretty old and
not running with php5.3x.

Is it just that Horde doesn't work with fbsd-7.x and php5.3x or is it me?

Thanks!

(^_^)
Happy trails,
Jack L. Stone

System Admin
Sage-american
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Squid with Kerberos user authentication

[Doug Sampson]

I'm running squid on a proxy server for several years and now my boss
wants usage reports organized by users' login names instead of IP
addresses. We're in an Active Directory environment and use Kerberos
authentication. I googled around and used this link:

http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/Kerberos#Squid_C
onfiguration_File

I made all the changes according to the instructions contained in the
link. I ran into a problem with setting the KRB5_KTNAME variable (as
listed in the "Squid Configuration File" section). It states as follows:

---
Add the following to the squid startup script (Make sure the keytab is
readable by the squid process owner e.g. chgrp squid
/etc/squid/HTTP.keytab; chmod g+r /etc/squid/HTTP.keytab )

 KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/squid/HTTP.keytab
 export KRB5_KTNAME
---

I'm using the csh shell and apparently the export command isn't part of
the csh shell. After some searching around, I came across this link: 

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-how-to-export-shell-variable/

which gives me the csh replacement for the bash export command. I tried
this:

 # setenv KRB5_KTNAME /usr/local/etc/squid/krbcron_squid.keytab

and it appears to have worked.

On top of that, the instructions require that the establishment of the
KRB5_KTNAME variable be done in the squid startup script. In the FreeBSD
OS, would that be the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid file? I don't see a
section for setenv in the squid.conf file.

I know I am almost there but I need a nudge here!

~Doug
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Concurrent Server example?

[Unga]

Hi all

Sadly the Concurrent Servers section under Interprocess Communication in 
FreeBSD Developers' Handbook ends without a example server code.

Can somebody kindly provide an example code for a Concurrent Server preferably 
with pthreads in C?

Appreciate very much if the above mentioned section also could be updated.

Many thanks in advance.

Unga

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Re: Horde webmail

[Beech Rintoul]

On Thursday 30 June 2011 09:19:33 Jack L. Stone wrote:
> Has anyone had any luck lately with installation and use of Horde -- either
> v-3.3 or ver-4 ??
> 
> I've tried for days to get the 3.3 version (with apps IMP, INGO & Tuba) to
> work and noted that the ports say that horde4 is broken. I've googled many
> times and tried some examples from there, but most appear pretty old and
> not running with php5.3x.
> 
> Is it just that Horde doesn't work with fbsd-7.x and php5.3x or is it me?
> 

I am in the process of rewriting all the horde4 ports, as this is a very large 
project involving over 50 modules and libs it will take some time.

Horde4 does work very well with FreeBSD and you can do a pear install if you 
really need it now. Do keep in mind that horde4 is not backwards compatible 
with 3.x and the update procedures are not trivial.

That being said, this should get you started:

http://www.horde.org/apps/webmail/docs/INSTALL

Beech


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trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Dieter BSD]

>>> Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080.
>>
>> Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more.
>> Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If
>> modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>> But they almost certainly are not.
>
> Though if you *really* wanted to, there's cvt(1):

The cvt utility helpfully created a couple of modelines which I think
should work, but Xorg doesn't appear to use it.  I know it sees it,
because if I put in a typo it complains.  :-)  But the modelines don't
appear in the log file, even with Option "ModeDebug" and -logverbose 100.

I do get these:
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  148.50  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 
1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 
1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz)

but it doesn't use them:
(II) MACH64(0): : Using hsync range of 30.00-83.00 kHz
(II) MACH64(0): : Using vrefresh range of 56.00-76.00 Hz
(II) MACH64(0): : Using maximum pixel clock of 170.00 MHz
(II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7778 is 1920x1080
(II) MACH64(0): Maximum clock: 124.00 MHz
[ ... ]
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1280x1024" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to 1400x1050
(--) MACH64(0): Virtual size is 1400x1050 (pitch 1408)
(**) MACH64(0): *Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0  122.00  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 
1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz)

What is this 124.00 MHz clock?  Should I be using 124 or 170?
The 1400x1050 being 122 makes me think it is using 124 as the limit.
It isn't clear what it means by "bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan".
Other rejections have reasons that make sense, "vrefresh out of range",
"insufficient memory" and so on.

If the pixel clock is the problem, would reducing the color depth help?

The xrandr utility doesn't help:

xrandr --fb 1920x1080 -display :0
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1400x1050 (desired size 1920x1080)

xrandr --size 1920x1080 -display :0
Size 1920x1080 not found in available modes

Current xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
#       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        # need Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" to avoid the non-working hald
        # run moused instead
        Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Disable  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Device0"
        Option "ModeDebug"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor2220"
        VendorName "Dell"
        ModelName  "ST2220T"
        HorizSync  30.00-83.00
        VertRefresh 56.00-76.00

# cvt -v  1920 1080 57
# Warning: Refresh Rate is not CVT standard (50, 60, 75 or 85Hz).
# 1920x1080 56.90 Hz (CVT) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 163.00 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_57.00"  163.00  1920 2040 2240 2560  1080 1083 1088 1119 
-hsync +vsync

# cvt -v -r 1920 1080
# 1920x1080 59.93 Hz (CVT 2.07M9-R) hsync: 66.59 kHz; pclk: 138.50 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080R"  138.50  1920 1968 2000 2080  1080 1083 1088  +hsync 
-vsync
EndSection
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Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

[Chris Brennan]

Greetings!

While trying to learn IPv6 as best as I can and messing with my Linksys 
WRT54Gv3 router running DD-WRT, I realized that it cannot properly do 
IPv6 yet. This leaves me rather limited. More then once some people on 
IRC who were helping me with this suggested I build my own router, this 
has been something I've been looking to do for quite some time and this 
might be the fire I need lit to get motivated. The overall suggested 
board was an ALIX board[1] from PC Engines[1].

This is all rather new to me so I am unsure where to go from here, what 
all is needed (a breakdown of necessary/optional hardware/items). The 
memory and cpu I know I could google for w/o much issue. What I foresaw 
as problematic was a case for the device and a power supply. Are these 
just as easily googled for? Inversely, instead of me building my own 
(which would be great experience!) is there a place that sells devices 
such as these pre-assembled?

The reason I direct this question here is because I do intend to use 
FreeBSD as the devices OS and figured who better to ask!

[1] http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm
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Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

[Maciej Milewski]

Hi Chris,

On Friday 01 of July 2011 00:34:52 Chris Brennan wrote:
> Greetings!
> 
> While trying to learn IPv6 as best as I can and messing with my Linksys
> WRT54Gv3 router running DD-WRT, I realized that it cannot properly do
> IPv6 yet. This leaves me rather limited. More then once some people on
> IRC who were helping me with this suggested I build my own router, this
> has been something I've been looking to do for quite some time and this
> might be the fire I need lit to get motivated. The overall suggested
> board was an ALIX board[1] from PC Engines[1].
> 
> This is all rather new to me so I am unsure where to go from here, what
> all is needed (a breakdown of necessary/optional hardware/items). The
> memory and cpu I know I could google for w/o much issue. What I foresaw
> as problematic was a case for the device and a power supply. Are these
> just as easily googled for? Inversely, instead of me building my own
> (which would be great experience!) is there a place that sells devices
> such as these pre-assembled?
>
> The reason I direct this question here is because I do intend to use
> FreeBSD as the devices OS and figured who better to ask!
>
> [1] http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm

Case for Alix shouldn't be a problem. Many universal ones may be used 
(although they may be larger than your needs f.ex. external ones with 
integrated antennas)
I took the PS, aluminium case for home/office use and board from one seller and 
it all fits and works fine. You may even make your own case if you want :)
Usually Alix boards have wide range of PS support. F.ex. Alix.2/6 input 
voltage is 7 to 20V DC. I tried many Linksys/Netgear 12V/1A PS and they worked 
fine. The only thing which may be different is power jack, sometimes they make 
different diameters for different routers. AFAIR Alix use 2,5mm. The CF cards 
are not a problem on the market. You'll need to select if you want to use 
pfsense or normal FreeBSD(NanoBSD builds). In /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd you 
should find example build for PCEngines board. NanoBSD with Alix is very nice 
connection. You may create two root slices/parts, config and data. This eases 
upgrade procedure - you'll always have old working system and the new one. 
Root is mounted in read-only mode so eventual power loss will not be a 
problem.
Taking Alix(or any x86 compatible board) and having i386 buildhost environment 
you may install packages from ports to your prepared image.

For router you may use ARM or MIPS boards too but they need to be crossbuilt 
and may need more work to setup them and of course their prices may be higher 
than Alix. You should find some info about them on the wiki.freebsd.org

Kind regards,
Maciej
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Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Bernt Hansson]

2011-06-30 23:42, Dieter BSD skrev:

Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080.


You can't. Mach64 does not support that resulution.


Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more.
Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If
modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
But they almost certainly are not.


Though if you *really* wanted to, there's cvt(1):


The cvt utility helpfully created a couple of modelines which I think
should work, but Xorg doesn't appear to use it.  I know it sees it,
because if I put in a typo it complains.  :-)  But the modelines don't
appear in the log file, even with Option "ModeDebug" and -logverbose 100.

I do get these:
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  148.50  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 
1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 
1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz)

but it doesn't use them:
(II) MACH64(0):: Using hsync range of 30.00-83.00 kHz
(II) MACH64(0):: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-76.00 Hz
(II) MACH64(0):: Using maximum pixel clock of 170.00 MHz
(II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7778 is 1920x1080
(II) MACH64(0): Maximum clock: 124.00 MHz
[ ... ]
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1280x1024" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to 1400x1050
(--) MACH64(0): Virtual size is 1400x1050 (pitch 1408)
(**) MACH64(0): *Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0  122.00  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 
1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz)

What is this 124.00 MHz clock?  Should I be using 124 or 170?
The 1400x1050 being 122 makes me think it is using 124 as the limit.
It isn't clear what it means by "bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan".
Other rejections have reasons that make sense, "vrefresh out of range",
"insufficient memory" and so on.

If the pixel clock is the problem, would reducing the color depth help?


If you set colour depth to 8 bit it can work.


The xrandr utility doesn't help:

xrandr --fb 1920x1080 -display :0
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1400x1050 (desired size 1920x1080)

xrandr --size 1920x1080 -display :0
Size 1920x1080 not found in available modes

Current xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "X.org Configured"
#   Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
 InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
 # need Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" to avoid the non-working hald
 # run moused instead
 Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Disable  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier  "Keyboard0"
 Driver  "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier  "Mouse0"
 Driver  "mouse"
 Option  "Protocol" "auto"
 Option  "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
 Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device0"
 Option "ModeDebug"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Monitor2220"
 VendorName "Dell"
 ModelName  "ST2220T"
 HorizSync  30.00-83.00
 VertRefresh 56.00-76.00

# cvt -v  1920 1080 57
# Warning: Refresh Rate is not CVT standard (50, 60, 75 or 85Hz).
# 1920x1080 56.90 Hz (CVT) hsync: 63.67 kHz; pclk: 163.00 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_57.00"  163.00  1920 2040 2240 2560  1080 1083 1088 1119 
-hsync +vsync

# cvt -v -r 1920 1080
# 1920x1080 59.93 Hz (CVT 2.07M9-R) hsync: 66.59 kHz; pclk: 138.50 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080R"  138.50  1920 1968 2000 2080  1080 1083 1088  +hsync 
-vsync
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Re: fubar'ed it good this time...

[Kurt Buff]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 06:50, Dr. A. Haakh  wrote:
> Polytropon schrieb:
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:40:27 -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Your advice sounds reasonable, but that site seems devoted to zfs
>>> bootables.
>>>
>>> I wonder if an 8.1 livefs iso will do the trick...
>>>
>>
>> Check if you can download FreeSBIE somewhere. It's a live system
>> using the 5.x and 6.x kernel which should be fine. Next to two
>> GUI modes (light, heavy) it also has a versatile "maintenance mode"
>> for such operations. I have already successfully used this system
>> for solving similar situations, for diagnostics, and for data
>> recovery preparation.
>
> The loader obviously knows how to deal with the filesystem because he loads
> the failing new kernel. So the easiest solution would be to boot an older
> kernel if available. I don't know how freebsd-update deals with older
> kernels,
> he should still be around. First guess is /boot/kernel.old/kernel.
> So get the loader-prompt, "unload kernel" and try "load
> /boot/kernel.old/kernel".
>
> Andreas

OK - to continue, while I have a few free minutes.

I have been able to load the old kernel by going to the loader prompt
from the boot menu, and doing
 unload kernel
 load /boot/kernel.old/kernel

That barked about linproc in fstab, so I edited that out.

Then, the next go-round: It complained about mismatches on
daemon_saver.ko - a version mismatch, so I've commented that out of
/etc/rc.conf. It also complained about linux.ko, so that's been
commented out in /etc/rc.conf as well.

I'm now able to reboot cleanly with the old kernel.

After doing 'freebsd-update install' for the second time, I still
can't get 8.2 to boot - same issue, only acd0 is recognized. However,
I'm logged in as root under the old kernel, though I haven't start
XFCE4, and don't have wireless running.

This one is getting to be fun...

Kurt
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Re: Looking to build a router box, seeking some general advice

[Daniel Staal]

--As of June 30, 2011 6:34:52 PM -0400, Chris Brennan is alleged to have 
said:



While trying to learn IPv6 as best as I can and messing with my Linksys
WRT54Gv3 router running DD-WRT, I realized that it cannot properly do
IPv6 yet. This leaves me rather limited. More then once some people on
IRC who were helping me with this suggested I build my own router, this
has been something I've been looking to do for quite some time and this
might be the fire I need lit to get motivated. The overall suggested
board was an ALIX board[1] from PC Engines[1].

This is all rather new to me so I am unsure where to go from here, what
all is needed (a breakdown of necessary/optional hardware/items). The
memory and cpu I know I could google for w/o much issue. What I foresaw
as problematic was a case for the device and a power supply. Are these
just as easily googled for? Inversely, instead of me building my own
(which would be great experience!) is there a place that sells devices
such as these pre-assembled?


--As for the rest, it is mine.

There are a variety of stores that will sell ALIX kits, either 
pre-assembled or not.  I've used Netgate recently 
(), but depending on where you are 
others may be better.  Many will also sell them pre-loaded with m0n0wall or 
pfsense, both of which are FreeBSD-based router/firewall distros with web 
interfaces to do most things you would want.  (Although I know pfsense at 
least doesn't support IPv6 configuration through the web interface yet.  Of 
course, you can still ssh in.)


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Re: trying for 1920x1080 was: Re: Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Jerome Herman]

On 30/06/2011 23:42, Dieter BSD wrote:

Now to see if I can get this wimpy rage xl to do 1920x1080.

Please don't mess with modelines, it should not be needed any more.
Just set the resolutions desired in the Screen/Display section.  If
modelines are really required, get them out of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
But they almost certainly are not.

Though if you *really* wanted to, there's cvt(1):

The cvt utility helpfully created a couple of modelines which I think
should work, but Xorg doesn't appear to use it.  I know it sees it,
because if I put in a typo it complains.  :-)  But the modelines don't
appear in the log file, even with Option "ModeDebug" and -logverbose 100.

I do get these:
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  148.50  1920 2008 2052 2200  1080 
1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 
1081 1084 1118 -hsync +vsync (67.1 kHz)

but it doesn't use them:
(II) MACH64(0):: Using hsync range of 30.00-83.00 kHz
(II) MACH64(0):: Using vrefresh range of 56.00-76.00 Hz
(II) MACH64(0):: Using maximum pixel clock of 170.00 MHz
(II) MACH64(0): Estimated virtual size for aspect ratio 1.7778 is 1920x1080
(II) MACH64(0): Maximum clock: 124.00 MHz
[ ... ]
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1280x1024" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) MACH64(0): Not using driver mode "1920x1080" (bad mode 
clock/interlace/doublescan)
(WW) MACH64(0): Shrinking virtual size estimate from 1920x1080 to 1400x1050
(--) MACH64(0): Virtual size is 1400x1050 (pitch 1408)
(**) MACH64(0): *Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) MACH64(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0  122.00  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 
1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz)

What is this 124.00 MHz clock?  Should I be using 124 or 170?
The 1400x1050 being 122 makes me think it is using 124 as the limit.
It isn't clear what it means by "bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan".
Other rejections have reasons that make sense, "vrefresh out of range",
"insufficient memory" and so on.

If the pixel clock is the problem, would reducing the color depth help?

It won't, it would help only if your card was short on memory.


WARNING : from there on I am assuming (given the figures from xorg) that 
you are using an old CRT to play with.
If it is an LCD screen, do not try any of the following modelines. LCD 
are tricky beast when it comes to modelines.
Nonetheless even if the modelines I give should be safe, It is 
surprisingly easy to turn an old/cheap CRT monitor into an X-Ray 
emitting bomb. Sure it won't be emitting that much X-Ray, but if you 
spend hours right in front of it... So make sure that the monitor is not 
making strange noises, overheating, or accumulating static after you 
change the modelines.

All this said :

Pixel (or dot) clock is the "speed" at which the video card can provide 
data to the monitor.

Specific time for sync and blanking must also be taken into account.
Your only option would be to :
- go for interlaced mode : Modeline "1920x1080@60i" 77.60 1920 1952 2240 
2272 1080 1104 1110 1135 interlace
- go for low low refresh rate  (48hz - I won't give you the modeline as 
the probablity of damaging your screen are high)
- And eventually decreasing the blanking time/sync time (But it is 
tricky to do, and it can damage monitors)


A must read if you are tweaking monitors : 
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/overd.html 
(Old, but the only place where they teach you in detail about dot clock 
problems)


Basically in order to do 1920x1080@60hz you would need 183Mhz of pixel 
dot clock at the very least.


If you are confident that your monitor can take a little bit of shaking 
(It should not harm it - but don't blame me if it does), you could try 
this :


Modeline "1456x819@72" 124.00 1456 1488 1952 1984 819 834 844 860
If you have a good monitor that do not refuses this strange resolution 
right away, you should have a pretty nice picture.





The xrandr utility doesn't help:

xrandr --fb 1920x1080 -display :0
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1400x1050 (desired size 1920x1080)

xrandr --size 1920x1080 -display :0
Size 1920x1080 not found in available modes

Current xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "X.org Configured"
#   Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
 InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
 # need Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" to avoid the non-working hald
 # run moused instead
 Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Disable  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier  "Keyboard0"
 Driver  "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier  "Mouse0"
 Driver  "mouse"
 Option  "Protocol" "auto"
 Option  "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"