Re: MUA questions
Rem Roberti wrote: I just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on a new box and am having trouble getting either fetchmail or getmail to talk to the ISP. Is this a question that can can be answered here, or is there another more appropriate forum. I thought it best to ask that question first before going any further. Thanks... Rem ___ 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" I have fetchmail working on 7.2. describe your problem in detail and post you control statements. ___ 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: 8.0 release serial mouse not working
Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:43:17 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2. Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements dont work any longer. # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse moused_port="/dev/cuad0" moused_type="intellimouse" moused_enable="YES" Nothing has changed on the box hardware. Mouse worked in 7.2 but not in 8.0 I even tried sysinstall/configure/mouse to test other options and none worked. Has serial mouse support been dropped in release 8.0 and not removed from sysinstall? I'm not sure about the moused_port, it's some time ago that I've used a serial mouse, but I had moused_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/cuaa0" moused_type="mousesystems" moused_flags="-r 300 -a 2.0" in /etc/rc.conf - cuaa0 instead of cuad0. For some checking, why not use moused -f -i all -p /dev/cuad0 and moused -f -d -t auto -p /dev/cuad0 for some checking? I checked /dev and there are no cuaa* or cuad* In 7.2 used the sysinstall/configur/mouse menu and it was the one that crated the moused_port="/dev/cuad0" rc.conf statment as showen in first post. /dev does have cuau0 & cuau1 for uucp dialer. could this be the names of the serial ports in 8.0? ___ 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"
8.0 release serial mouse not working
Been using the same serial mouse since release 7.0 through 7.1 and 7.2. Just installed release 8.0 and the rc.conf statements dont work any longer. # serial port radioshack 2 button mouse moused_port="/dev/cuad0" moused_type="intellimouse" moused_enable="YES" Nothing has changed on the box hardware. Mouse worked in 7.2 but not in 8.0 I even tried sysinstall/configure/mouse to test other options and none worked. Has serial mouse support been dropped in release 8.0 and not removed from sysinstall? ___ 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: Making bootable USB keys
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: In fact, we provide the servers and the keys. So we're sure everything will work. And also, our install CD is already able to create this kind of USB stick. I am just curious. What manufacture / model and GB size of USB stick are you using? When you plug the USB stick into a FreeBSD system what version of the USB standard is used in the firmware on the USB stick (1.0, 2.0 or 2.2)? The firmware USB version standard used by the stick is displayed when the stick is first plugged into a Freebsd release 7.2 ___ 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: Making bootable USB keys
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: Hello I'm having some troubles, trying to create bootable USB keys. I found (freebsd-hackers ML archives) a script, supposed to create the bootable image from my iso file. But, it still don't boot... (I may do it wrong) In details: -We distribute a FreeBSD (4.7, 5.4, 6.2 and 7.2) "custom" server. -We burn our install CD (and, in a few, our USB sticks) on a Ferdora 9 (sorry...) -USB sticks must contain a FAT32 partition (we'ld like to provide doc for windows users) Well, my english isn't so great... so I'll post my code (more understandable) clip I have same problem with getting a usb stick to boot. After much testing with different sticks and PC combinations have come to this conclusion. When usb hardware first can out they were created for usb 1.0 standard and at that same period PC's where using software drivers for usb support and the PC's bio's boot selection did not include option to boot from usb disk. As usb devices became more popular PC manufactures started adding USB firmware to their motherboards for usb 2.0 standard. From my research into usb 2.0 it only supports data recording and does not support booting function. About 2007 usb 2.2 standard came out and it supports an usb memory stick as bootable. In 2008 some manufactures of motherboards added usb 2.2 standard to their motherboards and bio's selection to boot from memory stick. To be bootable the first file on the the stick has to be the boot image. Haveing a ms fat partition first on the stick will never work unless you fill it with an bootable ms/windows or ms/dos system or the same kind of setup found on the cdrom1 release cd. Only usb 2.2 memory sticks are bootable on newer PC's that have usb 2.2 firmware on their motherboards and matching Bio's with selection for booting from usb 2.2 memory sticks. Please note that bio's booting selection for booting from USB disk is different than booting selection for booting from usb memory stick. I have posted many posts on this list about this subject and have not received any posts contrary to the above statement. The pending 8.0 release has a complete rewrite of the USB code and a new stick.img is being generated as part of the release install distribution's. I can dd the 8.0-stick.img file to an 2.0 stick and it never boots, but do the same thing to a 2.2 stick and it boots on all 3 of my PC manufactured since June 2008. Final Conclusion: Booting from a USB memory stick successfully is totally dependent on using new start-of-the-art hardware. ___ 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: Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?
Randi Harper wrote: On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi < lenzi.ser...@gmail.com> wrote: Em Qui, 2009-07-23 às 12:52 +0800, Fbsd1 escreveu: Hello I found here that some bios does have problem with booting from partitions they do not know So first I initialize the USB stick with == dd count=100 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 fdisk -BI da0 sade == than edit the partitions... ls /dev/da* should show da0s1 da0s2 than disklabel -wB da0s1 disklabel -wB da0s2 newfs -L Freebsd7 da0s1a newfs -L Freebsd8 da0s2a boot0cfg -vB da0 mount the partitions, copy the files boot from the usb... it will show you the F1 F2 chooser for me, this worked Sergio Just to clarify, are you trying to boot from a USB stick that you've installed FreeBSD onto, or is this a USB stick that you've dd'ed the memstick.img to? You should NOT use disklabel on a usb stick that you're dd'ing the memstick.img to. -- randi ___ 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" Here I will try to re-state the problem. I have two USB Flash Memory sticks. One is a 2GB stick and the other is a 8GB stick. I can install Freebsd 8.0 from disc1 cd onto the 2GB stick or dd the memstick.img to the 2GB stick and in both cases it will boot just fine. When I repeat the same procedure using the 8GB stick it will not boot. AS a test I have fdisk'ed the 8GB stick under MS/XP and loaded files to it ok. The only thing I see different between the 2 memsticks is in the messages 7.2 issues when the sticks get plugged in. Take note of the revision level differences between them. 2.00/1.00 versus rev 2.00/2.00 The only other guess I have is that the usb code in 7.2 has am error in it. Brand new 8GB Kingston DataTraveler 120 purchased 7/16/09 umass0: on uhub1 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 7643MB (15654848 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 974C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0a is ufsid/4a615a2cc673eb3d. # 3 year old 2GB Kingston DataTraveler umass1: on uhub1 da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0 da1: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da1: 1.000MB/s transfers ___ 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"
Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to a new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed partitions manually by mounting then on the 7.2 system. So I know the 8GB stick has been loaded correctly. I am doing this on a 7.2 release. Below are the console messages that get displayed when I plug in each of the USB Flash Memory stick. You can see a great difference between the first set of messages for the 8GB stick versus the 2GB stick that follows. I want to boot off the 8GB stick just like I do with the 2GB stick. What is going on here? They should be handled the same way. Brand new 8GB Kingston DataTraveler 120 purchased 7/16/09 umass0: on uhub1 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 7643MB (15654848 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 974C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0a is ufsid/4a615a2cc673eb3d. # 3 year old 2GB Kingston DataTraveler umass1: on uhub1 da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0 da1: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da1: 1.000MB/s transfers ___ 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: Install from a USB Pen
Randi Harper wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no compression of the data. -rw-r--r--1 110 1002 346845184 Jul 16 02:04 8.0-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso -rw-r--r--1 110 1002 917391360 Jul 16 02:00 8.0-BETA2-i386-memstick.img Note the filesize. This may be the reason it took 3 times longer. Just a guess. Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick. Might have something to do with the amount of data being written. Again, just a guess. Are you sure it wasn't 3 times longer? Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution, It completed successfully, but the new 8.0 8gb memstick was not recognized as bootable. I don't know why that's the case as I am unable to reproduce this problem, but if the memstick.img is <1GB, why are you using an 8GB memstick instead of the 2GB? Here is a script i have used in the past to convert the disc1.iso to bootable memstick. Maybe its better to add this script to the place where 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso is located in place of the memstick.img. That way the 3 times larger memstick.img is not needed any more. No. If you took a look at the contents of the memstick, you'd realize it's not just a copy of disc1. It also includes livefs. This is probably why the memstick.img is so much bigger. :D -- randi ___ 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" Instead of combining disc1 and livefs into a single memstick.img would't it be better to make 2 memstick images. One of disc1 and one of livefs. This matches the standard all ready in place. ___ 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"
USB Flash Memory stick not bootable
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to the new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed partitions manually by mounting then on the 7.2 system. So I know the 8GB stick has been loaded correctly. I am doing this on a 7.2 release. Below are the console messages that get displayed when I plug in each of the USB Flash Memory stick. You can see a great difference between the first set of messages for the 8GB stick versus the 2GB stick that follows. I want to boot off the 8GB stick just like I do with the 2GB stick. What is going on here? They should be handled the same way. Brand new 8GB Kingston DataTraveler 120 purchased 7/16/09 umass0: on uhub1 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 7643MB (15654848 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 974C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0a is ufsid/4a615a2cc673eb3d. # 3 year old 2GB Kingston DataTraveler umass1: on uhub1 da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0 da1: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da1: 1.000MB/s transfers ___ 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: Install from a USB Pen
Fbsd1 wrote:
dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 worked
I used my laptop to boot from the usb memstick. The 8.0 sysinstall
started right up but it has problems. In this test i am booting off a
2gb usb memstick containing the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img and
installing on a second 8gb memstick.
While trying to do a [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution sysinstall
issues error msg saying package index not on current media them gos on
to tell me that docproj, manpages, proflibs, dict, info, sbace, ssys and
srce are not on the media.
I take this to mean that they are missing from the
8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img.
So I tried to install again this time doing a minimal selection. This
when through to completion but the resulting memstick was not bootable.
I'll try this test again when BETA2 is released.
OK used the 8.0-BETA2-i386-memstick.img.
Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to
download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another
method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no
compression of the data.
dd the memstick.img to my 2gb memstick ok. It booted ok.
Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer
than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution, It completed
successfully, but the new 8.0 8gb memstick was not recognized as bootable.
Here is a script i have used in the past to convert the disc1.iso to
bootable memstick. Maybe its better to add this script to the place
where 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso is located in place of the memstick.img.
That way the 3 times larger memstick.img is not needed any more.
#!/bin/sh
#Purpose = Use to transfer the FreeBSD install cd1 to
# a bootable 1GB USB flash drive so it can be used to install
from.
# First fetch the FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso to your
# hard drive /usr. Then execute this script from the command line
# fbsd2usb /usr/7.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /usr/7.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.img
# Change system bios to boot from USB-dd and away you go.
# NOTE: This script has to be run from root and your 1GB USB flash drive
# has to be plugged in before running this script.
# On the command line enter fbsd2usb iso-path img-path
# You can set some variables here. Edit them to fit your needs.
# Set serial variable to 0 if you don't want serial console at all,
# 1 if you want comconsole and 2 if you want comconsole and vidconsole
serial=0
set -u
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 source-iso-path output-img-path"
exit 1
fi
isoimage=$1; shift
imgoutfile=$1; shift
# Temp directory to be used later
#export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -t fbsdmount)
export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /usr/fbsdmount)
export isodev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${isoimage})
ISOSIZE=$(du -k ${isoimage} | awk '{print $1}')
SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*4))
#SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*2))
echo " "
echo "### Initializing image File started ###"
echo "### This will take about 4 minutes ###"
date
dd if=/dev/zero of=${imgoutfile} count=${SECTS}
echo "### Initializing image File completed ###"
date
echo " "
ls -l ${imgoutfile}
export imgdev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${imgoutfile})
bsdlabel -w -B ${imgdev}
newfs -O1 /dev/${imgdev}a
mkdir -p ${tmpdir}/iso ${tmpdir}/img
mount -t cd9660 /dev/${isodev} ${tmpdir}/iso
mount /dev/${imgdev}a ${tmpdir}/img
echo " "
echo "### Started Copying files to the image now ###"
echo "### This will take about 15 minutes ###"
date
( cd ${tmpdir}/iso && find . -print -depth | cpio -dump ${tmpdir}/img )
echo "### Completed Copying files to the image ###"
date
if [ ${serial} -eq 2 ]; then
echo "-D" > ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console="comconsole, vidconsole"' >>
${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
elif [ ${serial} -eq 1 ]; then
echo "-h" > ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console="comconsole"' >> ${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
fi
echo " "
echo "### Started writing image to flash drive now ###"
echo "### This will take about 30 minutes ###"
date
dd if=${imgoutfile} of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
echo "### Completed writing image to flash drive at ###"
date
cleanup() {
umount ${tmpdir}/iso
mdconfig -d -u ${isodev}
umount ${tmpdir}/img
mdconfig -d -u ${imgdev}
rm -rf ${tmpdir}
}
cleanup
ls -lh ${imgoutfile}
echo "### Script finished ###"
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Re: Install from a USB Pen
Randi Harper wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending. It's all in the email about the 8.0 BETA(s). Use dd, a memstick that is of equal to or greater size than the memstick.img, and no, it's different from disc1. It currently lacks packages, but it does include livefs. -- randi The email about 8.0 BETA(s) was not posted to the questions list that is why I did not see it. This is what I tried Plugging in the stick auto generated these messages # /root >umass0: on uhub1 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 1905MB (3903487 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 242C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/ço¤żňÚktń I have to hit enter key to get prompt of=da0 or of=da0s1 resulted in same thing, no img on stick # /usr >dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=da0 bs=10240 conv=sync 57412+0 records in 57412+0 records out 587898880 bytes transferred in 192.035793 secs (3061403 bytes/sec) Can not mount with (mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt) But (mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt) does work but stick still contains the original data. Has not been overwritten by the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img What is the problem here? You're writing to a file called da0 inside /usr instead of /dev/da0. -- randi ___ 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" dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 worked I used my laptop to boot from the usb memstick. The 8.0 sysinstall started right up but it has problems. In this test i am booting off a 2gb usb memstick containing the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img and installing on a second 8gb memstick. While trying to do a [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution sysinstall issues error msg saying package index not on current media them gos on to tell me that docproj, manpages, proflibs, dict, info, sbace, ssys and srce are not on the media. I take this to mean that they are missing from the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img. So I tried to install again this time doing a minimal selection. This when through to completion but the resulting memstick was not bootable. I'll try this test again when BETA2 is released. ___ 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: Install from a USB Pen
Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending. It's all in the email about the 8.0 BETA(s). Use dd, a memstick that is of equal to or greater size than the memstick.img, and no, it's different from disc1. It currently lacks packages, but it does include livefs. -- randi The email about 8.0 BETA(s) was not posted to the questions list that is why I did not see it. This is what I tried Plugging in the stick auto generated these messages # /root >umass0: 2.00/2.00, addr 2> on uhub1 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 1905MB (3903487 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 242C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/ço¤¿òÚktñ I have to hit enter key to get prompt of=da0 or of=da0s1 resulted in same thing, no img on stick # /usr >dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=da0 bs=10240 conv=sync 57412+0 records in 57412+0 records out 587898880 bytes transferred in 192.035793 secs (3061403 bytes/sec) Can not mount with (mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt) But (mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt) does work but stick still contains the original data. Has not been overwritten by the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img What is the problem here? ___ 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: Install from a USB Pen
... or you could just download an official image instead of going to all of that trouble. Check the FTP site, there's a memstick.img if you're down for using with 8 instead of 7. There are currently three PRs about this, and I recently took ownership of them. Filing duplicate bug reports doesn't "get attention", it's just annoying and it makes trying to improve sysinstall that much more difficult because I'll have to spend more time closing these duplicates and less time fixing problems. There has been an email that stated there is USB install support in sysinstall as of 8.0 BETA1, and USB livefs support as of 8.0 BETA2. The PRs for USB support in sysinstall will be updated and closed soon. Don't open new ones. You're welcome! :D -- randi What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? ___ 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: Install from a USB Pen
Mark Wallbank wrote: OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut it does seem to be a bit over the top. Does any body know of an easy way to create a bootable USB install media for 7.2 using either linux or vista (or using an option from the install dvd). I have tried some of the tricks from openBSD and linux to no avail. Any help appreciated... Cheers Mark ___ 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" If your asking how to put the cd1 install contents onto a usb stick and use the sysinstall program to perform the install on the target box then check the archive. It has a post with a script to convert the cd1 install disk to usb stick. But the show stopper is the sysinstall program does not have option for usb stick as install source. There was a bug report submitted 2 years ago pointing out this oversight, but as of 7.2 it has not been corrected. If you think the sysinstall program should have install source option for usb stick them file your own bug report. The more people who file bug reports the more attention this problem will get from the developers. ___ 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 7.2 o/s on a flash stick
Al Plant wrote: Aloha Gurus. All the gogle-ing I did does not give a current status on or how-to on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a flash stick on one slice with the default partions. I want to boot from it on a mini lap top ( no CD ) and use it like the hd inside. I see plenty of how-to's on loading Flash sticks for installing on other boxes and using a 2 slice flash to load FreeBSD onto other duplicate boxes again. All I need is to have a FreeBSD o/s on the stick so I can use it instead of the OS on the existing laptop. I'm sure I saw on this list where somebody did this successfully but I cant find it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ 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" Hi Al The way i have done this in 7.0 7.1 and 7.2 is to boot off the cd1 install cd and do a normal install to my 1gb flash stick. A 1gb flash stick is to small for the default slice sizes. You will have to manually allocate the / /usr /var /swap sizes. I also found it usefully to set the boot flag when allocating the whole flash stick. A 2gb or larger flash stick allows you to take the auto-allocate option for / /usr /var /swap sizes. Keep in mind that your /var log files can fill up you flash stick real quick and lock up your system. If your running this flash stick 7/24 then rotate them more often deleting the oldest one. It's as simple as that. ___ 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: it is about installing FreeBSD on USB stick
Eric Hsieh wrote: hello, this is my first time to ask a help from FreeBSD. I have a question about installing FreeBSD on USB stick. There are so many informations about how to install FreeBSD on USB stick from Internet, but I can not find out any information about follow : first, if i install FreeBSD on USB stick. Could I operate it on any computer. if not, how to reach this issue ? second, if i install FreesBIE on USB stick, i know i can operate it on any computer. but i don't know how to store my setting and installed software on USB stick directly instead of copy my setting to another store device. thanks, good luck for you. ___ Your statement of "any computer" is too undefined. The answer to your first question as you wrote it is NO. But if we define "any computer" as "any 386 type of computer" then the answer is yes. Note: Not all PC's manufactured have option to boot from USB stick or use the 386 type of CPU. Your second question is wrong. FreesBie has same limitation as Freebsd. "any 386 type of computer" with USB stick boot option then the answer is yes. There are other versions of Freebsd for the other CPU types of Pc's. If you use one of those other versions for CPU type then your USB stick can only run on PC's of the same CPU type. All of Freebsd run time configuration files are in /etc /etc will be on your USB stick Freebsd system and will be the ones you are modifying. ___ 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: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z"
Wojciech Puchar wrote: ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. it's exactly what you want. pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` gives error 'no such package `cat /tmp/pkglist` installed for sure you used ' instead of ` Yet that was the error. I did not know there was another type of quote key on the keyboard. The one used in the example is below the Esc key. ___ 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: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z"
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Hello list. I am trying to clean up a system with a LOT of cruft. Is there some argument I could pass to pkg_deinstall that would result in "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z" (and obviously their dependancies)? just do pkg_info |cut -f 1 -d " " >/tmp/pkglist edit pkglist and delete lines X, Y and Z do pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` rm /tmp/pkglist ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. it's exactly what you want. pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` gives error 'no such package `cat /tmp/pkglist` installed ___ 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"
Software creating karaoke from mp3 files
Been unable to purchase karaoke of rock and roll greats like "AC/DC, THE ROLLING STONES, THE DOORS, LED ZEPPELIN". Looking for advice on software that will allow me to edit out the singing voice tracks from a mp3 file and write the resulting music as a avi file so I can have the song words show on tv. If any one has done this type of thing, sure would like to hear about how they did it. Thanks ___ 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: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources manually? Why not use the ports system, or even install from a precompiled package? This would install any needed dependencies (kqemu) as well. The ports collection contains version 1.1. From the port: # cd /usr/ports/emulators/win4bsd # make install clean From the package: pkg_add -r win4bsd It will install run dependencies as well. Here is the error-msg: kqemu-freebsd.c: In function 'kqemu_schedule': kqemu-freebsd.c:211: error: 'sched_lock' undeclared (first use in this function) kqemu-freebsd.c:211: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once I'm not sure, but are you trying to compile Linux sources on a FreeBSD system? All sources are installed. Suggestions are very welcome and will be appreciated! Try the port, if you want to compile it yourself, or try pkg_add. I have to admit that I haven't tried it, so it's a "dry advice". :-) The port build of win4bsd will not build on 7.2 because you have first to rebuild the freebsd kernel with option SCHED_4BSD. win4bsd-1.1_3 requires the traditional 4bsd scheduler. Good possibility this is also true for 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 Gave up on testing win4bsd because of performance impact on server from using traditional 4bsd scheduler. OMHO this port needs to be updated to function using the new scheduler. ___ 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: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources manually? Why not use the ports system, or even install from a precompiled package? This would install any needed dependencies (kqemu) as well. The ports collection contains version 1.1. From the port: # cd /usr/ports/emulators/win4bsd # make install clean From the package: pkg_add -r win4bsd It will install run dependencies as well. Here is the error-msg: kqemu-freebsd.c: In function 'kqemu_schedule': kqemu-freebsd.c:211: error: 'sched_lock' undeclared (first use in this function) kqemu-freebsd.c:211: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once I'm not sure, but are you trying to compile Linux sources on a FreeBSD system? All sources are installed. Suggestions are very welcome and will be appreciated! Try the port, if you want to compile it yourself, or try pkg_add. I have to admit that I haven't tried it, so it's a "dry advice". :-) There is no package for win4bsd on the pkg ftp servers for releases 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, or 8.0. Looks like the release build team has been missed this one for some time now. ___ 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: no pkg for apache13 in 7.2
Ltcddata wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:22:34 +0800 Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to create a named package for apace13 in the Latest directory. Is apache13 at end-of-life?? ___ 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" using apache13 here on 7.2.. just build it from ports Building from port does not address the posted problem. Can also get pkg from 7.1. ___ 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"
no pkg for apache13 in 7.2
In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to create a named package for apace13 in the Latest directory. Is apache13 at end-of-life?? ___ 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"
7.2 disc1 & bootonly cds not recognized as bootable
Running 7.1 and trying to do clean install of 7.2. Downloaded both disc1 and bootonly iso files because the 7.2 release announcement says this. Note: late in the testing cycle it was discovered some machines do not recognize the i386 disc1 as bootable (they just fall through to booting off the next boot device). All affected machines did see the other discs as bootable. If you have a machine with that problem booting off either bootonly or livefs and then swapping in disc1 once sysinstall starts should work. In my case I have the described booting problem with both disc1 and the bootonly disk. Disc1 and bootonly cd are bootable on different computer so know they are good. Dead in the water, Help ___ 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"
source for sysinstall
How can i just download the source for sysinstall? ___ 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: Fetchmail problem
Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise ___ 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" post your .fetchmailrc config file ___ 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: Problem: PPOE and a Static IP.
Paul Halliday wrote: I am following the instructions on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html I had initially thought it was a problem with the modem so I had a technician come in to take a look; when hooked up to his windows laptop: 1) He had to assign the interface the static address 2) no uname/pass were required. What needs to change in my ppp.conf to accommodate a static address? Thanks. ___ 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" set ifaddr s.s.s.s 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 where s.s.s.s is your static ip address ___ 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: Splash screen color issues
Eugene L. wrote: Hello everyone, I have a FreeBSD 7.1-Release (generic kernel), and I am trying to make splash screen feature work properly, so I followed the procedure described in handbook and the splash screen actually loads, except the black is now white, red is violet, etc. So all the colors of the bitmap are messed up, and I checked, they fit the requirements and I've tried other pics and pcx format. I tried gimp, photoshop. The issue isn't pic related What could possibly be the reason? I use Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP ___ 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" Has to be your video card. If you have an X-desktop installed try displaying the splash screen and see how it looks there. The x-desktop should have auto loaded a driver for your video card. If the colors are ok them unplug your video card and try the motherboard default video. ___ 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: 7.1 System Crashing
APseudoUtopia wrote: My FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 system has gone down a few times in the last two days. I'm trying to figure out why, but there is nothing in /var/log/messages or dmesg about the incident. Here's the output from the `last` command: User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 19:02 still logged in User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 18:52 - 19:02 (00:09) reboot ~ Tue Apr 14 18:52 User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 18:42 - crash (00:09) User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 16:06 - 18:42 (02:36) User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 11:23 - 12:53 (01:29) reboot ~ Tue Apr 14 07:44 User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 20:01 - 22:58 (02:57) User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 19:56 - 20:01 (00:04) User ttyp01.2.3.4Mon Apr 13 19:31 - 19:56 (00:25) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 15:02 - 16:15 (01:12) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 14:48 - 15:02 (00:14) reboot ~ Sun Apr 12 14:48 shutdown ~ Sun Apr 12 14:45 User ttyp01.2.3.4Sun Apr 12 14:24 - shutdown (00:21) User ttyp01.2.3.4Sat Apr 11 13:03 - 17:00 (03:56) wtmp begins Wed Apr 1 21:21:28 UTC 2009 As you can see, the system reboot several times, and crashed the most recent time. Only one of the shutdown/reboots listed is valid - the furthest one. I have no idea why it is rebooting/crashing. It has been completely stable until about 1-2 days ago. If anyone can direct me to post the output to any commands or any log messages, I'd be more than willing to do so in order to help anyone diagnose my problem. Thank you for your time. ___ 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" What you are experiencing are the early warning signs of disk drive failure or over heating problems. Before doing any thing else make backup of your user data if you have not done so already. Then open your box and use a small brush and a can of compressed air to blow the dust off the motherboard and the fans. Give special attention to the fan in the power supply. If PC is older than 3 years or has over 1 year of continues use then replace the power supply. IF problem still happens replace hard drive. ___ 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: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
Ricardo Jesus wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. Read up http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html, namely entries 9.1 and 9.2. Very detailed and helpful stuff. None of that was helpfull. Found post in questions archives from 1992 that gave me pointer to correct direction. Here is the solution I used. ls /dev/ad* listed all the slices on both HDs. mount /dev/ad1s1f /mntmounted the /usr dir from the second HD just like i wanted. ___ 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"
mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. ___ 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: installing ports xorg
Tim Judd wrote: I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated ports tree today. # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install # So what am i missing? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html tells me to install this port. I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* and /var/db/ports/* to try to hook it to install... Retrying the above install every time. Nothing works. What to do? Thanks ___ 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" it will take many many hours to compile. If you read more in handbook it also says you can install the package version which should only take 30 minutes. pkg_add -r xorg ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM)
Keith Seyffarth wrote: At this point, I guess I'm looking for recommendations on a window manager. Here are the major problems with XFCE4 4.6: * < 20% probability of starting X without crashing and locking computer * 20-25 minutes to start X (was about 1 under XFCE4 4.4) * 0% chance of shutting down successfully if X is running * can't exit X once started (switches monitor to power save mode and hangs) * maximum run time of 8 hours (average around 5 hours) * won't save settings and a couple minor ones: * XFCE menu doesn't work * missing icons, even after theme is changed from rodent to tango None of these were issues under XFCE4 4.4, but I'm guessing there's not a good way to get 4.4 back... What other window managers do people use, or what would you recommend and why? Thanks. ___ In 7.1 I installed the xfce mega package and it is version 4.4.2, It installed every thing xfce has available. It works fine for me. xfce 4.6 is very dirty and needs alot more work before it's usable. I had some of the same problems as you so i deleted it and returned to 4.4.2. also installed the Xorg mega package. First time startx takes about 30sec, after that it comes up in 5-10sec. ___ 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: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:16:38 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk Oh yes, you can! As a side product of my attempt to restore data from an UFS partition with orphaned inodes, I found some good utilities that might be helpful fo you. What tools do you suggest to use? Check 'em out! System: dd fsck_ffs clri fsdb fetch -rR recoverdisk Ports: ddrescue dd_rescue ffs2recov magicrescue testdisk The Sleuth Kit: fls dls ils autopsy scan_ffs recoverjpeg fatback Especially magicrescue can do wonders. If everything fails, The Sleuth Kit is a good tool. Don't forget to try mtools. I have installed these ports autopsy dd_rescue ddrescue fatback formost sleuthkit If my understanding of reading their documentation is correct, they all need a empty disk to copy the bad disk sectors to in sequence. Is this a correct understanding? msdos fat32 file system has a backup fat table as stated in the docs. Do any of the sectors rescue programs read the backup fat table? Not interested in the XP system or programs directors. Just want user data files created by adobe pagemaker. Dont know what the file extension is for sure or if there are any way to ID the file from internal content. Best guess I have on file extension is .cv5 Do not have a file to examen. What are the general steps I need to do to recover data from this msdos FAT32 disk with corrupted fat table and maybe corrupted data? ___ 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: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
Fbsd1 wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you need to use 'config' authentication mode. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#authentication_modes It's probably the least secure authentication mode provided, so you should take further steps in your Apache config to stop the world gaining access to your database. Cheers, Matthew Read the user id info on mysql and phpmyadmin. It's so much overkill. Don't need to secure then at all. I have inhouse development box on private lan and mysql has always worked just fine with superuser mysql id of root without password. In the previous version of phpmyadmin no login id was required and I was able to see my DB definitions. Tried to setup config.inc.php by adding statement $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; but no joy. What is needed in config.inc.php to allow the default mysql superuser user id root full access in phpmyadmin? For the archives. Figured it out for myself after much testing. This is the contents of my working config.inc.php file. ___ 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: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you need to use 'config' authentication mode. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#authentication_modes It's probably the least secure authentication mode provided, so you should take further steps in your Apache config to stop the world gaining access to your database. Cheers, Matthew Read the user id info on mysql and phpmyadmin. It's so much overkill. Don't need to secure then at all. I have inhouse development box on private lan and mysql has always worked just fine with superuser mysql id of root without password. In the previous version of phpmyadmin no login id was required and I was able to see my DB definitions. Tried to setup config.inc.php by adding statement $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; but no joy. What is needed in config.inc.php to allow the default mysql superuser user id root full access in phpmyadmin? ___ 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"
7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?
In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? ___ 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: error in php5 make install
Peter wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Turn off all options accept Apache module ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found ===> Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create /usr/ports/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.9/aclocal.m4: No such file or directory *** Error code 2 Script didn't even look for m4 dependent. m4 is installed already. are you using root account when performing the install ? Type: id, this will give you the current account you are using. Peter ___ 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" Yes i am using root to install. I fixed the problem by doing make clean then make install. Must have been trash left over from first try. It worked ok now. Thanks any way. ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6
Keith Seyffarth wrote: Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off" statement as last line in "ServerLayout" section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf will build you one. By the way i used the package version of xfce4 on 7.1 and it's working just fine after i added the above xorg fixes. That line was already in xorg.conf (it was necessary to get a mouse to work after the last xorg update in January). However, I did not have it as the last line in the ServerLayout section. I moved it to the last line, but that didn't make a difference. There's still no XFCE menu, and without the ability to update the settings in XFCE, it's pretty much unusable... Keith As i said the packages worked for me. Blow away the xfce and xorg ports and do the xorg mega package and the xfce mega package. if that fails then bkup your user data and install a clean virgin version of 7.1 and the xorg and xfce packages. ___ 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"
error in php5 make install
Turn off all options accept Apache module ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found ===> Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create /usr/ports/lang/php5/work/php-5.2.9/aclocal.m4: No such file or directory *** Error code 2 Script didn't even look for m4 dependent. m4 is installed already. ___ 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: issues in XFCE 4.6
Keith Seyffarth wrote: I went through pkg_rmleaves and deleted xfce and then everything it exposed, then re-installed using portinstall -R This installed 32 packages when I had only deleted 31, so something got installed that wasn't previously. Unfortunately, this still didn't fix the problems. The XFCE menu still isn't available, and the screen resolution is really horrible (did the developers assume everyone has a 30" monitor?) Anyway, what I really need is to know how to manually fix the configuration since access to "settings" isn't available through XFCE in 4.6 so I can make this usable until XFCE can be fixed. Unless someone else has another idea... ___ 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" Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off" statement as last line in "ServerLayout" section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf will build you one. By the way i used the package version of xfce4 on 7.1 and it's working just fine after i added the above xorg fixes. ___ 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: php5 changes in release 8.0
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Fbsd1 : Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the maintainer going to change the config menu before php5 8.0 is released for production? If you want a different version of Apache, all you have to do is install Apache first, then PHP will use the version you have installed. It's always been that way. It's just that up till now the default was 1.3. It's _LOOONG_ past time when the default should have moved to 2.X. I had Apache 13 installed before installing php5 and it did install php with files for apache22. It did not default to using apache 13 which was all ready installed. ___ 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"
php5 changes in release 8.0
Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the maintainer going to change the config menu before php5 8.0 is released for production? ___ 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"
autoconf262 package error
When doing a pkg_add for autoconf262 it does not do auto package add for its dependents like other packages do. Some thing is wrong with the autoconf262 package on 7.1. ___ 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: desktop app/config
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: "Jean-Paul Natola" wrote: Ok so I left the machine running over the weekend to install KDE, And when I got in this morning it said that my disk was out of space- I loaded nothing but the basic freebsd os and nothing other than kde (granted its only a 10 gig drive) but that should be enough for a kde desktop no? It may be that you need to clean-out the workspaces with rm -rf /usr/ports/*/*/work, and start again. BTW I'd go for KDE3 rather than KDE4. The latter still seems to be very fragile to me, and it needs a fairly up-to-date machine, with and a well supported 3-d graphics card if you want the effects. ___ 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" So I followed the instructions above, and after a few days I wount up again with my 6 gig slice filling up before kde3 could install- I must be doing something wrong if I cant install kde 3 on a 6 gig slice? You would be better off to install the package version of kde. ___ 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"
purpose of /etc/wall_cmos_clock
What is /etc/wall_cmos_clock used for and how is it created? ___ 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"
bsdstats not working in 7.1
bsdstats is now in the base system. Have bsdstats_enable="YES" is rc.conf Worked this way in 7.0. What am I missing here??? ___ 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: link to dos2unix
Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:00:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos instead. I also tried ln -s /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u and got same results. ls -l does not show dos2unix as linked all ready. What am I doing wrong here? Usually, programs like this perform dos2unix or unix2dos translations depending on how they are called. So renaming them won't work. Try adding an alias to your favorite shell. That should work. E.g.put 'alias d2u dos2unix' and 'alias u2d unix2dos' in your .cshrc. Roland Thank you. That worked. ___ 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"
link to dos2unix
I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos instead. I also tried ln -s /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u and got same results. ls -l does not show dos2unix as linked all ready. What am I doing wrong here? ___ 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: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ 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" portupgrade has an option to install packages if current with the port version ___ 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" I don't do ports if at all possible. I even do the package of the dependents of the ports I am forced to do. So portupgrade is useless to me. ___ 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"
Xorg mouse and massive error log messages problems
Just installed Xorg package from parkages-current hoping to get
environment containing all the fixes. Still have the no mouse curser
movement on xfce desktop.
Adding
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off"
statement to ServerLayout section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf
got the mouse curser moving.
But I still get the the mouse error messages in the X11 log.
{EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psm0 Device busy.
(EE) PS/2 Mouse: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "PS/2 Mouse"
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
Is there some other correct solution?
I am receiving massive flooding of the Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
with the follow messages
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0"
I found a post in the questions archives where the person was saying
these messages are meaningless and can be ignored. It's not a problem
the ignore them, but my log get massive in size and consumes my free
disk space. I know i can configure to rotate the log at a given size.
But that is not the solution. I need to know how to stop these messages
from being issued in the first place.
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portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?
I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ 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"
Xorg package update
When is the the X-Org mega package going to be recreated so it contains all the fixes caused by 7.1 release as detailed in /usr/ports/UPDATEING? ___ 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: can't find an internal flash reader that doesn't crash 7.1
Steve Franks wrote: I've tried several. I have a need of this - anyone have one that works with our USB stack? Thanks, Steve ___ 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" If you really want a meaningful reply them you have to describe your problem in some detail. NO one on this list has ESP to read your mind. ___ 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: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: Em Sex, 2009-02-20 às 20:51 +, Formula 1 escreveu: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? I have it running here... two small scripts save it from the disk into a 2mb usb stick. once in the usb you can boot (from the usb) and install it on any other disk in 5 minutes and using zfs (a 1gb ufs partition, a swap partition and a big zfs partition. if needed I can put the script in the web fo testing or download. I adivse that there is no need to enter sysinstall. Hope it can help ___ 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" Sure would like a copy of your scrips. Thanks ___ 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: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?
Formula 1 wrote: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? In 7.1 I installed from cdrom cd1 to USB memory stick using the sysinstall utility. When you do the fdisk be sure to allocate whole USB memory stick as a single partition and mark it bootable. ___ 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"
bootable 7.1 USB disk versus flash drive versus internal ide hard drive
Is there a differences between a usb external hard drive and a usb flash drive boot loader pgm? When i plug a usb flash drive in FreeBSD handles it just like a internal IDE hard drive. To make a hard drive bootable you have to write the boot loader pgm to the disk. Does the ide hard drive boot loader pgm work on usb external hard drives and a usb flash drive? My pc has bios option to boot from usb disk but will not boot when i plug in a bootable flash drive. What am i missing here? ___ 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"
Apache/php
I have php code on home page to count how many times it is accessed from
the internet. Problem is pages deeper in website can jump back direct to
home page and this again gets counted.
Is there any way to give the php counter routine intelligent so it will
bypass bumping the counter on accesses coming from pages in the site?
I looked at the php variables but nothing jumped up that looked usable.
Am I wanting to do something that is imposable?
$fh = fopen($counter_file, 'r+'); # use 'r+' so file can be read and
written.
if ($fh)
{
if (flock($fh, LOCK_EX)) # don't do anything unless lock is
successful
{
$count = chop(fread($fh, filesize($counter_file)));
$count++;
rewind($fh);
fwrite($fh, $count);
fflush($fh);
ftruncate($fh, ftell($fh));
flock($fh, LOCK_UN);
} else echo "Could not lock counter file '$counter_file'";
fclose($fh);
} else echo "Could not open counter file '$counter_file'";
ignore_user_abort(false);## put things back to normal
echo "
You are the $count visitor since 2/15/2009";
?>
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Re: Bios chip update suggestions
Chris Whitehouse wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? What do you mean the update url's are customised for windows? The bios doesn't know anything about operating system. Most likely you could download a dos boot disk image - google, there are plenty around - create a bootable floppy and copy your latest bios image and bios update program, eg awdflash.exe onto it. Just boot from the floppy and run the update. Just be sure the bios image is really intended for your motherboard and don't interrupt the update. Chris ___ 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" What i mean is all the bio update sites have a utility that runs from the website to fetch your bio id string info. This utility will not work on a non-windows operating system. ___ 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"
reread newsyslog.conf without reboot
How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out rebooting the system? ___ 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 7.1 Install -- acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)
patrick wrote: (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the disks, I start getting messages like: acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left) and so on. Google results suggested that I disable ACPI from the boot menu. This works insofar as I get to the installation menu; however, when I go to partition the disk, it says that no disks were found. Is there a way I can disable ACPI, but set some boot-time variables to help the system find the disk controller? I'm in the process of creating a LiveCD to see if acpidump might help isolate just what the problem is, but if anyone has some advice in the meantime, I'd greatly appreciate it. ... time passes ... Booting in safe-mode doesn't have the TIMEOUT - READ_BIG messages, but instead I get an interrupt storm detected. The LiveCD didn't work because when I boot with ACPI disabled, no disks are detected which means that I cannot mount the LiveCD. :( Has anyone found a way to work around this sort of issue before? Thanks, Patrick ___ 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" Change your Bios. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It’s a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM or finding the hard drive. plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. Disable or set to auto any BIOS option to assign IRQ numbers to PCI expansion slots. Operating system type=, set to ‘other’ or any Unix type of operating system, don’t set to MS/Windows. Disable all power management options. Open your box and check that the cdrom reader device is not slave on ribbon with no master. Freebsd assumes the motherboard primary ide controller has hard disk on master nipple and cdrom or another hard disk on slave nipple. The motherboard secondary ide controller can not have empty master nipple with an device on the slave nipple. If this is what you have, move the slave device to the master nipple and change the device jumper pin to indecate master. ___ 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: Bios chip update suggestions
matt donovan wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1 <mailto:fb...@a1poweruser.com>> wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto: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 <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org>" if bios does not allow booting from usb a update won't either The current bios allows booting from usb-hard drive, floppy, cdrom, zip, all which are external drives. This desktop was mfg before usb memory sticks can on the market. So the desktop does not have support for booting from usb memory stick. Freebsd 7.0 can find and use the usb memory stick for writing and reading data. Just need to update bios containing option to boot from usb memory stick. ___ 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"
Bios chip update suggestions
I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id string is 01/08/2002-694T-686-P6VXM2TC-00 All the internet bio's chip update url's found by Google search are customized for MS windows. Suggestions on how or where to purchase the correct bio's chip update? ___ 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 USB Install
Brian McCann wrote:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Brian McCann wrote:
Well this just got a LOT more frustrating and interesting. I made a
stick following those directions using a new stick...worked fine,
booted off of it...did some work on it...somehow the filesystem got
very corrupted in one of various things I was doing to it (I think it
was when I accidentially unplugged it before running a sync and
umount). I figured it'd just be easier to start over and build it
again from scratch. So...I try to newfs it ("newfs -U -L FreeBSDStick
/dev/da1s1a", and newfs fails with "cg 0: bad magic number" . Now I'm
really getting pissed. So...I run a dd ("dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1
bs=1m"), and do the whole thing over...here's the console output:
umm# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1m
dd: /dev/da1: short write on character device
dd: /dev/da1: end of device
3830+0 records in
3829+1 records out
4016045568 bytes transferred in 4324.380202 secs (928699 bytes/sec)
umm# fdisk -BI /dev/da1
*** Working on device /dev/da1 ***
fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
fdisk: Geom not found: "da1"
umm# bsdlabel -B -w da1s1
umm# newfs -U -L FreeBSDStick /dev/da1s1a
/dev/da1s1a: 3827.9MB (7839640 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
using 21 cylinder groups of 183.77MB, 11761 blks, 23552 inodes.
with soft updates
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
160, 376512, 752864, 1129216, 1505568, 1881920, 2258272, 2634624,
3010976, 3387328, 3763680, 4140032, 4516384, 4892736,
5269088, 5645440, 6021792, 6398144, 6774496, 7150848, 7527200
cg 0: bad magic number
So now I'm getting seriously ticked off. Anyone have any ideas what
the heck could be causing this? This thumb drive was working fine
with FreeBSD! I'm trying a dd on a thumb drive w/o specifying a block
size / BS...we'll see what that does...but I'm still open to
suggestions since I'm just about out of ideas.
Thanks!
--Brian
To the list of things tried...add formatting the USB stick with the
HDD Low Level Format Tool
(http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2006.04.12-HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool/).
Still no joy...
For those following along at home, I found the cause of my problems.
It apparently all came down to the machine I was making the stick on.
Any machine that had an Intel SCB2 motherboard in it, would screw it
up. I switched to using a different & newer machine, re-did the
directions at
http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2
, and all my problems with it went away. YAY!!!
Thanks to all those who provided input. Long live FreeBSD!
--Brian
Your link to the instructions is dead.
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Re: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail
Pieter Donche wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box># ps -jaxw | grep sendmail smmsp 26649 1 26649 266490 Is??0:00.00 sendmail: Queue run...@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) root 26651 1 26651 266510 Ss??0:00.04 sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) The machine is listening on port 25 freebsd7box># netstat -na | grep 25 tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN But telnettting the freebsd box with its own ip address at port 25 from the root account of the box freebsd7box># telnet 143.129.75.1 25 Trying 143.129.75.1... telnet: connect to address 143.129.75.1: Connection refused The only thing that works is freebsd7box># telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ... How do I make the FreeBSD7 box accept connections to port 25 from all of the internet ?? ___ 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" Your problem is not with sendmail but with your understanding of how email works. You need your own registered domain name pointing to the ip address assigned by your isp that is used by your freebsd system running your public sendmail program. Or if you use your isp domain name for your email then you need to add the fetchmail program to your freebsd system to get your eamil from your isp and hand it off to sendmail for queing on your system. The 'Freebsd install guide' at www.a1poweruser.com has section explaining this subject in detail. ___ 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: local copy of handbook
Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel & world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Dec 17 13:27:42 UTC 2008 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARGON18 amd64 now i cannot see local copy of handbook, i had look at FreeBSD Documentation Primer but that seems overkill and geared towards contributing documentation http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ also I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? also csup didn't help here is my csup file *default tag=RELENG_7 *default host=ftp2.tw.freebsd.org *default prefix=/usr *default base=/var/db *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all doc-all csup updates the source each time, but now i am not sure about doc!! hints and help ? Masoom Shaikh Minimal install does not include the handbook. Thats why its called a minimal install. Normal install you get handbook. The following link to the handbook's first page tell you where to ftp your copy from. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html ___ 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-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition
I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk What tools do you suggest to use? ___ 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: general question about setting up gateway
Richard Yang wrote: hi, i am trying to use freebsd as my home network gateway to the internet. any good reference i should know besides what's in the handbook? thanks rich ___ 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" The Freebsd Install guide www.a1poweruser.com ___ 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: Double Posts
Gabe wrote: Its a conspiracy. Is it safe to say that it is in fact gmail related? -Original Message- From: Odhiambo Washington Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Double Posts On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:38:17 -0500 "Gary Hartl" wrote: Anyone have any clue what I would be getting two of every message posted to the group? It started yesterday and nothing has changed on my end (that I am aware of) I'm using outlook 2008, picking up from gmail. Thanks Gary Consider yourself lucky. I have been reading horror stories on the GMail forum regarding users losing email. In any event, if it just started and you did not change MUAs, it is almost guaranteed to be a Google (GMail) problem. By the way, are you using IMAP or POP? Hmm, this disappearing e-mails issue: I experienced it today. 2 test mails from my gmail account, to a mailing list where I am member, I see the mails sent to a gmail server from the logs of my mailing list server, but the mails failed to show up on my gmail account, Completely!! I canceled my gmail account because its so un-reliable. Goggle should not enter the field of online email. They have a good search engine but their email system is the worse i have ever seen. ___ 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: update packages or reinstall
Glen Barber wrote: Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X session. I attempted to upgrade to 7.1 from 6.3-STABLE yesterday, and to make a long story short, am now running 6.4-RELEASE. If you do decide to go with 7.1, I'd test drive it first, before committing that machine to that OS. So far, I've had no problems with 6.4-* on any of my machines. Regards, I installed 7.0 from scratch and its rock hard. 7.1 release may be 6 months or longer away from being released and its not completely tested yet or ready for production. Make backups of your data on 6.4 you want to move forward and install 7.0 from scratch. Nothing is better that a brand new system to add your ports to. Use pkg_add -r command to add your ports. ___ 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: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating
G magicman wrote: And incomplete yes i agree that the doc does need to be updated and examples (more) need to be added. --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Dean Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dean Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 10:07 AM I was just setting up ipfilter and ipmon on a FreeBSD 7 server, and noticed that the ipmon and syslog information under the ipfilter section of the handbook is incorrect. The section reads: -snip- 31.5.7 IPMON Logging Syslogd uses its own special method for segregation of log data. It uses special groupings called "facility" and "level". IPMON in -Ds mode uses security as the "facility" name. All IPMON logged data goes to security The following levels can be used to further segregate the logged data if desired: LOG_INFO - packets logged using the "log" keyword as the action rather than pass or block. LOG_NOTICE - packets logged which are also passed LOG_WARNING - packets logged which are also blocked LOG_ERR - packets which have been logged and which can be considered short To setup IPFILTER to log all data to /var/log/ipfilter.log, you will need to create the file. The following command will do that: # touch /var/log/ipfilter.log The syslog function is controlled by definition statements in the /etc/syslog.conf file. The syslog.conf file offers considerable flexibility in how syslog will deal with system messages issued by software applications like IPF. Add the following statement to /etc/syslog.conf: security.* /var/log/ipfilter.log The security.* means to write all the logged messages to the coded file location. To activate the changes to /etc/syslog.conf you can reboot or bump the syslog task into re-reading /etc/syslog.conf by running /etc/rc.d/syslogd reload Do not forget to change /etc/newsyslog.conf to rotate the new log you just created above. -snip- In trying to configure this I found that ipmon -Dsa doesn't log to security, but logs to local0 instead. Reading the man page for ipmon does in fact state this. However it also list the -L option as being able to change this default behavior, I tried ipmon -DSa -L security, it excepts this, but doesn't actually change the logging to use security. It still only outputs to the syslog using local0, I also tried using ipmon -DSa -L local7 as well, still outputs to local0. It was easy enough to modify my syslog.conf to output the local0.* as well as security.* to the /var/log/security file. However it would be greatly appreciated if someone that actually understands what's going on here could get this info updated. It would have saved me some time, as well as I am sure some other people in the future. Of course it's always possible I am missing something simple here that is causing this discrepancy, please do inform me if I did. It's probably worth mentioning that I am starting ipmon using the rc.conf file with ipmon_enable="YES" and ipmon_flags="-DSa", just in case the /etc/rc.d/ipmon script actually changes the default behavior of ipmon in some way, though I didn't see anything in it that should. And ps wwaux | grep ipmon does display the process running with the flags exactly as stated on the ipmon_flags line of the /etc/rc.conf file. Thanks, Dean Weimer Network Administrator Orscheln Management Co I wrote that whole firewall handbook section. How is the following for complete replacement of the 31.5.7 IPMON Logging section? 31.5.7 IPMON Logging Syslogd uses its own special method for segregation of log data. It uses special groupings called ‘facility’ and ‘level’. IPMON in –Ds mode uses local0 as the ‘facility’ name. All IPMON logged data goes to local0. You have to manually configure the /etc/syslog.conf file by adding the statements to direct the Local0 'facility' to the log file name recording the log records. FBSD keeps all of its syslog files in /var/log/ directory. First allocate the new named log file for the IPFMON logged data. touch /var/log/ipfilter.log # will allocate the file The syslog function is controlled by definition statements in the /etc/syslog.conf file. You will have to edit the /etc/syslog.conf file. Add the following statement to syslog.conf: local0.* /var/log/ipfilter.log The local0.* means to write all the logged messages to the coded file location. To activate the changes to /etc/syslog.conf you can reboot or bump the syslog task into re-reading /etc/syslog.conf by kill –HUP pid. You get the pid (IE: process number) by listing the tasks with the ps ax command. Find syslog in the display and the pid number is the number in the left column. Don’t forget to change /etc/newsyslog.conf to rotate the new named IPFILTER log you just created above. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So on the Limewire "Advanced -> Firewall" config page enter a port number, such as 6346 in both the "Listen on Port" and the "Manual Port Forward" boxes. Then after your NAT rule in pf.conf enter something like the following: rdr on $ExtIF proto tcp from any to any port 6346 -> 192.168.10.2 port 6346 and a corresponding filter pass rule: in both the "Listen on Port" and the "Manual Port Forward" boxes. 192.168.10.2 is my desktop machine where I use Limewire. It works just fine. Thank you for the solution to this problem. I was un-aware Limewire had it's own firewall configuration options. In Limewire version 4.18 Tools/Options/Advanced/Firewall I entered the same port number in both the "Listen on Port" and the "Manual Port Forward" option fill in boxes. Then in IPF rules added these 2 lines. pass out quick on $oif proto igmp from any to any keep state pass out quick on $oif proto tcp from any to any port = flags S keep state Each XP box on the lan running Limewire gets it's own unique port number and the corresponding firewall rule. No need for NAT RDR rules. Limewire works fine and my firewall is tight as every. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-28 07:24: Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# -> internal-ip port port# tcp rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# -> internal-ip port port# udp How about explaining just why this is going to allow p2p limewire work? Read the handbook on ipfilter. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. Change port# to port range, then. Or you can skip the firewall. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I checked the ipfilter online handbook and can not find anything about rules for igmp packets, p2p or limewire. I know what a rdr statement does but can not see how it can be applied to a p2p application which does NOT use dedicated port numbers. The only way i can run limewire is to disable my firewall and that does not make me happy. I think the conclusion is that all 3 of the freebsd firewalls are unable to monitor packet exchange of p2p applications. These firewalls were designed before p2p applications were developed and their (p2p) inherent design is to defeat standard firewall designs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
APseudoUtopia wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Well, what port does limewire use? You need to figure out what port each application uses, then open the port in your firewall rules. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. Limewire starts off with a proto igmp multicast packet to the limewire master server where all the other users online computers are listed. Really need someone who has firewall rule for limewire using ipf or pf to share their knowledge. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
Bernt Hansson wrote: Fbsd1 said the following on 2008-11-27 09:56: What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. Put this in your /etc/ipnat.rules rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# -> internal-ip port port# tcp rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port port# -> internal-ip port port# udp How about explaining just why this is going to allow p2p limewire work? I think you are missing the fact that limewire does not use dedicated port numbers. Every session uses different port numbers and the remote computers come in on different hight port numbers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Limewire package install error
Andrew D wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml How am i to get these mis-matched package names to fulfill the limewire dependent name? You do realise you don't have to install it using a pkg. you can 'make install' it in /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk16 :) You do realize that I don't want to full around with compiling port source. That is the whole reason behind the package system. I am looking for answer to error in the package install of limewire and it's dependent diablo-jdk. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Limewire package install error
Tried to pkg_add -r limewire. Dependant diablo-jdk-1.6.0.07.02.tbz File unavailable. The package diablo-jdk is not on 7.0 or 7.1 pkg server. Looking up diablo-jdk on the ports website, the long description points to here http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml How am i to get these mis-matched package names to fulfill the limewire dependent name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
pf or ipf rules to allow p2p Limewire through
What pf or ipf firewall keep-state rules needed to allow p2p application such as limewire through? Using same firewall rules as in handbook example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
dick hoogendijk wrote: My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. Is this your FreeBSD POV or more windows oriented? The program does not use fixed ports, so the services are hard to block. In essence, the program gets the user to bypass security measures from the inside. I have never needed a block on limewire. Firstly, all main conmputers run solaris and therefore also limewire on solaris and secondly, all windows machines are virtual. So -IF- one of them is infected I just put a recent snapshot ;-) Limewire is a windows only application. So how can you say it runs on solaris which is a flavor Unix? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
These applications have predefined ports they use to start up the bi-directional packet conversation. But them unsolicited packeted come in from other pc nodes to share data using a wide range of high port numbers. IPFW, IPF, and PF don't seem to have a rule option to allow packs in/out based on program name that started the conversation. I thought i read in openbsd pf manual that pf state processing will allow applications like limewire to function normally by accepting the inbound high number port to pass through the firewall. I have inclusive firewall rule set which means only packets matching the rules are passed through. The inbound hight port numbers are blocked by design. How do other firewall users code rules to allow limewire to work? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg?
Mike Price wrote: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" If you mean the ip address to get from your isp? You have to purchase an permanently assigned ip address from your ISP. If you mean ip address on a private Lan. You do that in your gateway dhcp server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem about ppp -nat
Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: Hi All, I have just subscribed to freebsd-questions and I have a question about ppp -nat. I have 2 computers. One is running FreeBSD-7.0R, the other is running WinXP. The host running FBSD7.0R has been connecting to the outside world using user-ppp without any problem for very long. Now I want to share internet access to the other host behind NAT through this FBSD host. My FBSD machine has 2 interfaces i.e. tun0 (connecting to ISP) with dynamic IP (of course) fxp0 (for internal LAN) with static IP of 192.168.1.10 My WinXP machine has 1 interface (internal LAN) with static IP of 192.168.1.11 Previously I have a router acting as a gateway for all machines behind NAT. But now I want FBSD machine to work as a gateway. I have never done this before. I tried some googling with reading ppp(8) and ipfw(8). And I tried masquerading but it didn't work. I have plenty configuration files. But the relevant configurations are listed here. /etc/rc.conf # enable IP forwarding gateway_enable="YES" # previously I ran web-server, just disable it or comment it out, not sure why! #apache_enable="YES" On the host running WinXP, I set its gateway and DNS server to the IP of ppp host i.e. 192.168.1.10. I then inserted the following line as the first rule in /etc/ipfw.rules. /sbin/ipfw add allow all from any to any via fxp0 (I know this rule is dangerous, but just for testing.) I then issue the ppp command. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ppp -background -nat myisp FBSD host (running ppp) can access anywhere but WinXP host can't. I learned from some site explaining that ppp itself has the capability of IP masquerading. And it does not require natd(8). So I don't mention about natd here. Anyone have a clue or who have done the correct configurations, please point me out. Thank you in advance. Pongthep ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" You need to run dhcp so you can assign ip address on the LAN so the down stream xp box can gain access to the public internet through your gateway freebsd box. There is a detailed step by step instructions in the install guide at www.a1poweruser.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Using diff
Trying to use diff program to create a patch. Output gos to console and does not create the patch file. If it do diff original updated > patch.file The patch.file does not look like a normal patch file. What am I doing wrong here? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Suggestions for PII 400 boot failure
Vinny wrote: Hi, A friend of mine is trying out FreeBSD and ran into a booting problem. Here is his message: "Well, that's discouraging. I have put together an old PII 400 with three 20GB drives and a CDROM that I'd like to run BSD on. Half a GB of RAM I figured would be respectable. Downloaded the ISO files, burned CDs of them and when I try to run them it starts to boot and then freezes tighter than a muskrat's arse. Three lines coming on the screen and it ends with "Starting the_" and just hangs. I've got a PIII 1000 here that I use as a file server and the boot disks run fine on that. Just won't boot off the PII 400. Weird. Really, really weird. I tried five different CDROMs in case it was the actual drive but same thing. I tried using version 6.3 instead of release 7.0 and same thing. That system doesn't like BSD/Linux whatever. I use GParted as a partition manager all the time which is bootable and same thing on that machine. It just don't like booting to that OS." Any suggestions? Thanks Vinny Excerpt from Installers guide www.a1poweruser.com PC BIOS The first thing your PC does after being powered on or when rebooting is the motherboard BIOS ROM chip gets control and it interrogates all the hardware ports on the motherboard to determine what I/O devices are attached. This is called the POST process. As part of this POST process the user changeable BIOS values stored in a CMOS chip on the motherboard are read and used to configure the PC’s hardware. These BIOS values are changed using the BIOS setup utility. The most common BOIS chip in use today is manufactured by Award. If your PC does not use an Award BIOS chip then you have to read the manual that came with your PC for details. This summary screen information is very helpful in debugging FBSD hardware problems, because it tells you what your PC hardware is and how the IRQ numbers are assigned. IRQ stands for interrupt request. An interrupt is the doorway the I/O device uses to tell the CPU that it wants its turn at getting some processing cycles. This is how the CPU shares service time among all the devices attached to the motherboard. Starting Award BIOS setup utility During the power up/reboot POST process you will see in the lower left corner of the monitor screen the message ‘Press DEL to enter setup’. While this message is showing press the keyboard delete key and the Award BIOSs setup utility main menu displays on the screen. First time changes to PC BIOS Navigate around the menus using the keyboard arrow keys looking for the following options. Your PC BIOS may not have all of these. Virus Warning=, set this option to disable. It’s a firmware check of the hard drive boot sector looking for MS/Windows boot virus. This will stop FBSD booting from the install CDROM. plug-n-play=, set this option to disable. FBSD is not sensitive to Microsoft plug-n-play standard and may refuse to install, or cause PCI cards not to be found. Disable or set to auto any BIOS option to assign IRQ numbers to PCI expansion slots. Disable any ISA expansion slots. Operating system type=, set to ‘other’ or any Unix type of operating system, don’t set to MS/Windows. Disable all power management options. boot sequence=, set this option to (CDROM,C) Since you are installing FBSD from CDROM you must tell the PC what I/O device to boot from. Follow the BIOS menu instructions to save your changes and exit. The PC will reboot it self. Keep in mind that some older CDROM drives and older legacy PC BIOS do not support booting off CDROM. Generally with PCs manufactured after 1999 this is not a problem. If you do run into this, you have a really old PC and you will need to create boot floppies to boot from. This is outside the scope of this document. Please read the FBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html#INSTALL-FLOPPIES Legacy BIOS also are incompatible with the larger hard disk sizes and the faster 66 and 100 UDMA drives. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Free usenet nntp servers
In the past (alt.binaries.warez) contained monthly posts of a list of Free usenet nntp servers. I dont have access to a nntp server so I can't search foe the list. Does any one here know of a Free usenet nntp server I can access? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1
Greg Larkin wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fbsd1 wrote: On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=2283&group_id=2663 [ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass. How can i get "make install" to apply this patch while compiling the port? Hi Fbsd1, Since you've already found a unified diff of the change that you want to incorporate into the port, you can submit a PR (problem report) using the form here: http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. Just follow the instructions on that page, and your patch will be submitted to the PR system. The port maintainer reviews your PR, makes the necessary change and possibly updates the port's revision number. You then use portupgrade or some other means to install the new version of the port with the incorporated patch. Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin I submitted PR like you suggested, But i am in need of more immediate results. What changes to the port files do i need to make to get the port to complie in the patch file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
best way to add patch to x11/slim-1.3.1
On the developers website there is a patch i want to apply
http://developer.berlios.de/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=2283&group_id=2663
[ Patch #2283 ] Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root pass.
How can i get "make install" to apply this patch while compiling the port?
This is the contents of the patch file
From: Nicolas Pierron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: r???: Add a variable to run shutdown commands without root
password.
URL: http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/slim/trunk
ChangeLog:
2007-12-16 Nicolas Pierron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Add a variable to run system command without root password.
* app.cpp: Add the test for reboot, halt and suspend.
* cfg.cpp: Add the new variable with the default value set to false.
* slim.conf: Add an example of the command.
---
app.cpp |5 +
cfg.cpp |1 +
slim.conf |5 +
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
Index: slim.conf
===
--- slim.conf (revision 150)
+++ slim.conf (working copy)
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
console_cmd /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb
-T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd/usr/sbin/suspend
+# Let normal users have access to systems commands. If the value is true,
+# then the root password is requiered to start a system command.
+# Valid values: true|false
+# root_password false
+
# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth
Index: cfg.cpp
===
--- cfg.cpp(revision 150)
+++ cfg.cpp(working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
options.insert(option("login_cmd","exec /bin/bash -login
~/.xinitrc %session"));
options.insert(option("halt_cmd","/sbin/shutdown -h now"));
options.insert(option("reboot_cmd","/sbin/shutdown -r now"));
+options.insert(option("root_password","true"));
options.insert(option("suspend_cmd",""));
options.insert(option("sessionstart_cmd",""));
options.insert(option("sessionstop_cmd",""));
Index: app.cpp
===
--- app.cpp(revision 150)
+++ app.cpp(working copy)
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@
case Panel::Console:
cerr << APPNAME << ": Got a special command (" <<
LoginPanel->GetName() << ")" << endl;
return true; // <--- This is simply fake!
+case Panel::Suspend:
+case Panel::Halt:
+case Panel::Reboot:
+if (cfg->getOption("root_password") == "false")
+ return true;
default:
break;
};
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Desktop image of Beastie
I picked up this jpg of Beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. http://www.a1poweruser.com/beastie.JPG Does any one know where i can get a darker version of this image? I tried to use gimp to make the image darker, but had no luck due to my lack of understanding of what I was doing. I sure appreciate you help. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with Xfce & console
Bernt Hansson wrote: Hello list When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox, windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the "Virtual" directive helps but then I have to set the reolution every time xfce is started. The other WM's get really strange resolutions if "Virtual" is commented out, like 2880x1400 and such. Is it a driver or xfce issue? %uname -a FreeBSD testbox 7.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug 28 14:13:44 CEST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "his radeon 3870" Driver "radeon" # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "DDCMode" "1"Driver specific option Option "PanelSize" "1280x1024" Driver specific option EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "his radeon 3870" Monitor "Hitachi CM752ET" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200" Virtual 1280 1024 ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection EndSection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Did you try ctrl-Alt-backspace on the blank screen to return to the command line. I think what you are seeing is the xorg screen. Try while in xfce ctrl-alt-f1 to switch from desktop to virtual console. and then alt f9 to return to desktop? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Boot splash screen, was Disabling boot messages
Daniel Bye wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 06:40:29PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done? It can - see the FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#INSTALL-SPLASH Dan Thank you for the pointer to the boot splash screen. That was exactly what is was looking for. The documentation on activating the boot splash screen is not up to date. It was written for Freebsd 3.1 and seems to have bugs and undocumented functions. The FAQ says; FreeBSD have a feature to allow the display of “splash” screens during the boot messages. The splash screens currently must be a 256 color bitmap (*.BMP) or ZSoft PCX (*.PCX) file. In addition, they must have a resolution of 320x200 or less to work on standard VGA adapters. If you compile VESA support into your kernel, then you can use larger bitmaps up to 1024x768. The actual VESA support can either be compiled directly into the kernel with the VESA kernel config option or by loading the VESA kld module during bootup. To use a splash screen, you need to modify the startup files that control the boot process for FreeBSD. You need to create a /boot/loader.rc file that contains the following lines: include /boot/loader.4th start and a /boot/loader.conf that contains the following: splash_bmp_load="YES" bitmap_load="YES" This assumes you are using /boot/splash.bmp for your splash screen. If you would rather use a PCX file, copy it to /boot/splash.pcx, create a /boot/loader.rc as instructed above, and create a /boot/loader.conf that contains: splash_pcx_load="YES" bitmap_load="YES" bitmap_name="/boot/splash.pcx" *** end of faq First the /boot/loader.rc already contains these statements include /boot/loader.4th start So nothing needs to be done to it. Secondly. /boot/loader.conf statements splash_bmp_load="YES" bitmap_load="YES" are doing the same thing. you only need one or the other, not both. Thirdly: If you move a 320x200 resolution image named the default name of splash.bmp to /boot and reboot the system you will get this error, module_ register_init: mod_load (splash_bmp) error 2 But if you rename that splash.bmp file to something like splash320x200.bmp and make your loader.conf look like this bitmap_load="YES" bitmap_name="/boot/splash320x200.bmp" you no longer get the module_ register_init: error 2 message at boot time and your splash image will show up centered on a white background screen. You still see the boot messages through boot options menu and the timed wait count down. If you want a full screen splash image, the easiest way is to load vesa in the loader.conf vesa_load="YES" bitmap_load="YES" bitmap_name="/boot/splash640x400.bmp" In both these cases you still see the boot massages through boot options menu and the timed wait count down. There are 2 another loader.conf options you may be interested in. Loader_logo="beastie" This will replace the default FREE BDS words next to the boot menu with the beastie logo like in releases in the past had. beastie_disable="YES" Will stop the boot options menu from being displayed. You will still get the timed wait count down. While the splash screen is displayed during the booting process you can hit any keyboard key to return to the boot message display. Now for the undocumented behavior. First your boot splash screen becomes the system default screen saver. Secondly this new default screen saver cycles through steps of changing intensity of the image, from bright intensity to a very dark intensity. Adding a saver= option to /etc/rc.conf will disable the boot splash screen as the default system screen saver and the saver= selection will be used. This post is for the archives so others can benefit from finding this post in a search of questions archives. Would also like to find out to get this info used to update the FAQ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Desktop image of Beastie
I picked up this attached jpg of beastie over 10 years ago. Tried using it for a gdm logon screen background, but it's really light. Does any one know where i can get a darker version of the image? Or if you have a beastie background image you would care to share. I sure appreciate you help. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Disabling boot messages
Running a release 7.0 Xorg / Gdm / Xfce Desktop world. Would like to go from powering on the PC directly to the Gdm login screen. Don't want the users seeing all those boot message roll by. Can this be done? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
My /etc/ttys looks like this ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure #ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure The "init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8" msg has stopped. When I start xdm from root command line nothing happens. NO error log msgs, nothing. F1 thru F12 just issue the freebsd console logon prompt. My understanding is when /etc/ttys contains this statement ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure followed by a kill -HUP 1 command to reread tyys file the following should happen. F1 thru F8 virtual consoles work as normal (ie: freebsd console logon prompt). F9 thru F12 virtual consoles will show the xdm logon screen. To make xdm the system default logon method have to add xdm_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Then only the xdm logon screen will be seen on all virtual consoles F1 thru F12. A ctrl+alt+backspace key sequence is the only way to force a return to the freebsd console logon prompt for the Fx virtual console being used. Is this the correct interpretation of how xdm is designed to function?? I can not find in man xdm or xorg website or handbook an explanation of how it's suppose work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? Yes. When I said 'range', I did mean range. Not 2 possibilities. Missing libraries, tainted environment, typos, tied up resources, tight security settings, existing pid file, xdm not being xdm but an aliased command or shell script sooner up in the path - that's just from the top of my head. I installed xorg as a package. Then installed xfce package. Made no config changes to xorg or the xdm config files. At this point i suspect the port of xorg as not being configured correctly. That the default xdm config files have statement error causing xdm not to function. So the big question is has anybody installed the release 7.1 package version of xorg and was able to get xdm to function without any config file changes? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:09:01 Fbsd1 wrote: Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. What does xdm -debug 1 turn up? You said nothing related to xdm in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it would still be helpful to see the last lines of the file, so we know why X quit. And since Xorg.0.log isn't timestamped, check if the last modification time of the file corresponds with the last time you ran the command. This will determine if xdm actually gets to the stage of starting the X server or gives up sooner. You may also want to set the -error option (see man xdm) and check if anything useful is written there. With current information, the possible causes range from errors in a configuration file xdm reads on start up to X display problems. Startx works ok so not xorg problem. Next question is are the xdm configuration files suppose to work as delivered by the port install AS IS? As a default config demo? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 11:35:41 Fbsd1 wrote: Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second You first need to get rid of that. xdm can't open /dev/ttyv8 while getty is hammering at it. I turned that off all ready before running xdm from root command line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Mel wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2008 00:56:29 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second That's why. xdm can't get the display. Set on to off in /etc/ttys for ttyv8, kill -HUP 1 and if the message does not stop, reboot the machine. Then start by running xdm from the command line (as root) and inspect /var/log/Xorg.0.log if no screen comes up. I all ready did that (run xdm from the command line) getting no /var/log/xdm.log. Inspecting Xorg.0.log shows nothing related to xdm. When issuing the xdm command from root and then doing (ps ax command) I do not see xdm listed. What am i to see happen from running xdm from the root command line? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: trouble getting x11 xdm to work
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. The file is ~/.xsession, without an s at the end. I assume that csh is your login shell. Put these in your ~/.xsession: #!/bin/csh source ~/.cshrc exec ~/.xinitrc This sources your individual user setting from .cshrc and the executes .xinitrc (trivial, isn't it?) to control how the startuo of your xsession will go. Make sure both files (.xinitrc and .xsession) are +x attribute. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second Hey, I saw this one... but I'm not sure how I solved it. Is your /etc/hosts and hostname set correctly? I think it was something like this, something I would never had put in any combination with X... By the way, in order to try if xdm is working correctly it can be started directly by the command "xdm" anytime. I had ~/.xsession spelled correctly in the directory. Just typo error in email. Changed the contents of ~/.xsession as you posted. Still no joy. /etc/hosts file is correct. Running release 7.0. When i enter xdm on command line of root nothing happens. ps ax command shows no xdm running. Still getting error msg init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
trouble getting x11 xdm to work
logging in at command line works and startx works. Now want to use x11 xdm to control logins for virtual terminals 9+ Followed handbook instructions 5.6.2 Using XDM doing this ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure Then kill -HUP 1 to reread the file. Also created the .xsessions file in the users home directory. Keep getting this console error message hundreds of times init: getty repeating too quickly on port /dev/ttyv8, sleeping 30 second ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Console size and scrollback buffer.
James Williams wrote:
Hello List,
[On FreeBSD 7.1-BETA2, i386.]
1) How can I change the number of rowsxcols of the console? I'd like
to use the maximum rows/cols available for the 1440x900 screen.
2) How can these settings be made default (takes effect at boot)?
IOW, what is the equivalent of the "vga=0x365" Linux kernel option?
3) How I can set the scrollback buffer size (if that's the name) of
the console -- the equivalent of Shift+{PgUp,PgDn} on Linux?
I played around with vidcontrol but was not quite successful.
Thanks in advance.
-James.
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try adding this in /etc/rc.conf
vidcontrol -h 200
# -h = Set the size of the history scrollback buffer in number of lines.
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