Re: binary updates for firefox and chromium?
On 01/31/2013 10:50 PM, Peter Vereshagin wrote: Hello. 2013/01/31 21:42:50 + Walter Hurry => To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : WH> > WH> What, for example, is the problem with compiling Firefox 18 from the WH> > port? WH> > WH> WH> > WH> It takes about an hour to compile on my main box (9.1 Release on- WH> > WH> x86_64), which has nothing special at all by way of hardware. WH> > WH> > It use to take me a day (~20h) to rebuild each of: www/firefox, WH> > www.seamonkey, mail/thunderbird. WH> WH> 20h? What on earth is your hardware? Neither hurry nor x86_64. But the browser performance is satisfactory. Thank you. On a 8 year old laptop with celeron 1,6GHz processor and 2GB RAM it takes about 10 hours to rebuild firefox and thunderbird. Performance is great for working, but when updating the ports I leave it building over night. Lately I have been able to use a server at work for package building with poudriere which works very well. I guess FreeBSD people are close to having a new package infrastructure and look forward to this. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. >From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is bootable. I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb boot image and it worked fine. The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says "Create a Bootable USB Drive" with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may download a free one such as Universal USB Installer... 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you downloaded earlier 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you want to install the ISO 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing what. I'm guessing the "Universal Installer Program" actually writes a boot block and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's missing the boot blocks. Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this image? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
RE: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Aitken > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:55 PM > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues > > I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. > From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an > iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. > > Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash > drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's > anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. > > I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: > dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. > > However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not > being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is bootable. > > I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb boot > image and it worked fine. > > The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says "Create a Bootable > USB Drive" > with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): > > 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive > 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may download > a free one such as Universal USB Installer... > 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: > 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select > the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO > 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you > downloaded earlier > 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you > want to install the ISO > 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive > 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... > > The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing what. > I'm guessing the "Universal Installer Program" actually writes a boot block > and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image > supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's > missing the boot blocks. > > Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this image? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that can be dd written to the thumb drive http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
freebsd-update problems
I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB of files it downloaded. Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what can be done? -- Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE > (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of > files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists > of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with > no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be > absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, > /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have > changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB > of files it downloaded. > > Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what > can be done? > -- > Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org > I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install step now. Check the docs ... they should tell you. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On 02/01/13 11:03, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Aitken >> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:55 PM >> To: FreeBSD Mailing List >> Subject: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues >> >> I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. >> From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an >> iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. >> >> Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb > flash >> drives (the flash image is significantly larger), I'm wondering if there's >> anything I need to be aware of when attempting this. >> >> I tried copying the ssd firmware update image to a flash drive using: >> dd if=firmwareupdate.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=64k which seemed to work. >> >> However, when I attempt to boot the device, BIOS complains about it not >> being bootable and says to fix it or select something else which is > bootable. >> >> I know the drive can be bootable because I used it for the fbsd 9.1 usb > boot >> image and it worked fine. >> >> The documentation for the SSD firmware upgrade says "Create a Bootable >> USB Drive" >> with the following steps (summarized here, no real content omitted): >> >> 1. Start with a newly formatted USB drive >> 2. Open a USB installer program. If you don't have one, you may > download >> a free one such as Universal USB Installer... >> 3. If you are using the Universal USB Installer, then: >> 3a. At the Step 1 drop down box, scroll to the bottom and select >> the last option: Try Unlisted Linux ISO >> 3b. Go to step 2 (in the pgm) and browse to the firmware ISO that you >> downloaded earlier >> 3c. Go to step 3 (in the pgm) and select the flash drive on which you >> want to install the ISO >> 3d. Click the Create button and click Format E:\Drive >> 3e. A sequence of screens will appear and disappear... >> >> The above is all highly confusing to me, as it's not clear who's doing > what. >> I'm guessing the "Universal Installer Program" actually writes a boot > block >> and then the bootable image someplace beyond that, and the iso image >> supplied is not really a complete bootable image for a flash drive -- it's >> missing the boot blocks. >> >> Can anyone suggest a way to create a bootable flash drive using this > image? >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that > can be dd written to the thumb drive > > http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 Thanks, that was a help. However, when it boots, I get the following: No /boot/loader FreeBSD/x86 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel boot: I can mount the thumb drive as a ufs file system, which looks like this: /boot/ solinux/ boot.cat boot2880.img bootmsg.txt isolinux.bin isolinux.cfg memdisk splash.lss /legal.txt /revision.txt Assuming this is all good as a stand-alone linux image, what do I need to enter at the boot: prompt to get it to boot? It's not clear to me what the code to be booted is. The isolinux.cfg file looks like this: PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 30 DEFAULT default DISPLAY bootMsg.txt LABEL default KERNEL memdisk append initrd=boot2880.img floppy raw LABEL alternate KERNEL memdisk append initrd=boot2880.img floppy Thanks for any hints... Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:51:41 -0800 tarihinde Carl Johnson yazmış: > > Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what > can be done? > Hello Carl, What does "# uname -a" or "# uname -r" output says? -- Gökşin Akdeniz pgpxkVgruffrn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: freebsd-update problems
Kevin Kinsey writes: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: >> I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE >> (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of >> files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists >> of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with >> no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be >> absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, >> /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have >> changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB >> of files it downloaded. >> >> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what >> can be done? >> -- >> Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org >> > > I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install > step now. Check the docs ... they should tell you. Thanks, I just saw that a few minutes ago. I wasn't happy about it so I went out for a long walk, but I should have done it before posting. I'll try that right after this. -- Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
Gökşin Akdeniz writes: > Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:51:41 -0800 tarihinde > Carl Johnson yazmış: >> >> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what >> can be done? >> > > Hello Carl, > > What does "# uname -a" or "# uname -r" output says? It still shows 8.1, but another poster just pointed out that I hadn't installed my upgrade. I need to read the man pages more carefully. Thanks. -- Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
On 01/02/2013 22:50, Carl Johnson wrote: Gökşin Akdeniz writes: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:51:41 -0800 tarihinde Carl Johnson yazmış: Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what can be done? Hello Carl, What does "# uname -a" or "# uname -r" output says? It still shows 8.1, but another poster just pointed out that I hadn't installed my upgrade. I need to read the man pages more carefully. Thanks. Better link: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html#freebsdupdate-using -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA High Specification Dedicated Servers from £100.00pm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: how do I restart lagg0 properly?
Erich Dollansky writes: > I have used this configuration with success: > > ifconfig_em0="up" > ifconfig_iwn0="ether MAC address of em0" > wlans_iwn0="wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA" > cloned_interfaces="lagg0" > ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport em0 laggport wlan0 > Your IP address" > > This configuration switched automatically between the available > connections prefering em0. There are no routing problems, nothing of > this sort at all. Thanks for confirming the setup. I basically use the same but with DHCP enabled. I've done quite a bit of testing lately. Turns out that *sometimes* lagg0 works as advertized. When the box was booted with WLAN available only, I can plug in a patch cable and connect to my DSL router via LAN. Most of the times though, this does not work. After plugging in the cable, I cannot make any outbound connections. The box can be pinged from other boxes in my LAN though. *Sometimes* the following commands will enable networking after plugging in the patch cable in these cases: service netif start service routing restart But then, most of the times this does not help either. I'm at a loss now. I'm actually wondering if the problem is located on the other end of the line (I'm using a Fritz!Box 7113 DSL router for both LAN and WLAN). regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
Carl Johnson writes: > Kevin Kinsey writes: > >> On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: >>> I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE >>> (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of >>> files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists >>> of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with >>> no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be >>> absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, >>> /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have >>> changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB >>> of files it downloaded. >>> >>> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what >>> can be done? >>> -- >>> Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org >>> >> >> I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install >> step now. Check the docs ... they should tell you. > > Thanks, I just saw that a few minutes ago. I wasn't happy about it so I > went out for a long walk, but I should have done it before posting. > I'll try that right after this. Everything looks good now: 'uname -r' now show '8.3-RELEASE-p3'. Thanks for the response. -- Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
On 01/02/2013 22:50, Carl Johnson wrote: Gökşin Akdeniz writes: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:51:41 -0800 tarihinde Carl Johnson yazmış: Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what can be done? Hello Carl, What does "# uname -a" or "# uname -r" output says? It still shows 8.1, but another poster just pointed out that I hadn't installed my upgrade. I need to read the man pages more carefully. Thanks. Its well documented here, i've never had any problems yet.. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA High Specification Dedicated Servers from £100.00pm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: On 02/01/13 11:03, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Please see the below site for a script to convert the .ISO into a .IMG that can be dd written to the thumb drive http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 That looks to be specific to converting a FreeBSD installer CD to memory stick... which of course is not needed any more. The implications of trying to custom build an SSD firmware update image from a CD could be big, and it's really not something to experiment with unless you feel lucky. From a user support standpoint, the first thing to do is send a "Why aren't you supporting your users with a memory stick firmware update? Many people no longer have CD drives." Practically speaking, that is not likely to result in a quick result, or possibly any result. So use a program they recommend, or use an external CD drive to update the firmware. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Opera
Hi! I use Opera 12.12. I use KDE 4 and Fluxbox. In operaprefs.ini I have [File Selector] Dialog Toolkit=4 which help me that Opera works othervise I get: libpng error: incorrect data check libpng error: incorrect data check Segmentation fault (core dumped) This happened on KDE but without above lines in operaprefs.ini, Opera works without problem on Fluxbox. What is different, please? Thank you. Mitja -- http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
If I understand correctly, it is iso image from ssd manufacturer. They tend to think everybody uses win and has cd drive. Quick search might give easy answer, if win/linux box is available. You could try out unetbootin. Tutorial says it takes an image and makes bootable usb stick. Best regards Zoran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: freebsd-update problems
Paul Macdonald writes: > On 01/02/2013 22:50, Carl Johnson wrote: >> Gökşin Akdeniz writes: >> >>> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:51:41 -0800 tarihinde >>> Carl Johnson yazmış: Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what can be done? >>> Hello Carl, >>> >>> What does "# uname -a" or "# uname -r" output says? >> It still shows 8.1, but another poster just pointed out that I hadn't >> installed my upgrade. I need to read the man pages more carefully. >> Thanks. >> > > Better link: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html#freebsdupdate-using Thanks, that link is much clearer than the version of the handbook that came with my 8.1 system. -- Carl Johnsonca...@peak.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues
On 02/01/13 22:06, Zoran Kolic wrote: > If I understand correctly, it is iso image from ssd manufacturer. > They tend to think everybody uses win and has cd drive. Quick > search might give easy answer, if win/linux box is available. You > could try out unetbootin. Tutorial says it takes an image and > makes bootable usb stick. On 02/01/13 17:05, Warren Block wrote: > The implications of trying to custom build an SSD firmware update image from > a CD could be big, and it's really not something to experiment with unless > you feel lucky. > >> From a user support standpoint, the first thing to do is send a "Why > aren't you supporting your users with a memory stick firmware update? Many > people no longer have CD drives." > > Practically speaking, that is not likely to result in a quick result, or > possibly any result. So use a program they recommend, or use an external CD > drive to update the firmware. The mfg claims the iso image is suitable for booting either from CD or a usb stick; with the caveat that you use some magic software to write the bootable usb stick. I guess I'll just find a way to write a CD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
