Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question
2013. június 19. 19:41 napon Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com írta: There have been some excellent responses, and I just wanted to add a quick point: Virtual machines with VirtualBox work very well and avoid the problem of trying to make compatible partition layouts. Enable sshd on FreeBSD and get to the files with rsync or scp or some FUSE module on the other computer. Thank you all for your answers, detailed explanations and document links. I am now digesting what I've read and probably will try different setups on an empty hard disk. Thanks again, Istvan ___ 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 slice/partiton setup question
Hello: I have a question regarding FreeBSD slices/partitions. I have a disk with linux partitions with the following layout: /dev/sda1 / /dev/sda2 /home /dev/sda3 /usr/local /dev/sda5 swap /dev/sda6 /home/user1 /dev/sda7 /home/user2 etc. sda1, sda2, and sda3 are primary partitions, sda5 and above are logical partitions on an extended partition. I would like to have a similar setup with FreeBSD. The goal is that the / root, /home, /usr/local and /home/user1 etc. filesystems should be on independent slices/partitions so that I could mount them independently from linux. How can I do this in FreeBSD? Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? Can I do something like the following: /dev/ad0s1a / /dev/ad0s2e /home /dev/ad0s3e /usr/local /dev/ad0s5b swap /dev/ad0s6e /home/user1 /dev/ad0s7e /home/user2 etc. where the partitions (a, e, b) occupy the whole slice where they reside on? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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 slice/partiton setup question
2013. június 18. 19:49 napon Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.com írta: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: ... How can I do this in FreeBSD? Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? Can I do something like the following: /dev/ad0s1a / /dev/ad0s2e /home /dev/ad0s3e /usr/local /dev/ad0s5b swap /dev/ad0s6e /home/user1 /dev/ad0s7e /home/user2 etc. where the partitions (a, e, b) occupy the whole slice where they reside on? Thanks, but I don't understand your answer. I am puzzled a little bit. My understanding based on the FreeBSD handbook is that slices in FreeBSD are the partitions in linux. And that on one slice (linux partition) FreeBSD has (or can have?) several partitions. These are labeled as letters: a for root partition, b for swap, c for the whole slice, and e for a regular non-root partition. Why bother with partitions if you're going to use the whole slice? Are you saying that one can use/mount a whole slice without adding partitions to it? For example /dev/ada0s1 could be the root partition? Why bother with slices if you won't run out of partitions? Do you mean putting all partitions on one big slice? I would like to be able to mount different partitions independently from other OS, eg. from linux. As far as I know linux cannot mount FreeBSD partitions, only the whole slice. If one slice has several partitions, one single partition can not be mounted from linux. Could you please confirm if my understanding is correct, or explain a little bit more detailed what you meant? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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: configure recursively and build question
2013. március 19. 23:32 napon kalth...@googlemail.com írta: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 05:45:07PM +0100, Istvan Gabor wrote: Hello: As there are no compiled FreeBSD 9.1 packages for pkg_tools I decided to build them. Last I started to build kde3. First I issued make configure-recursive in /usr/ports/x11/kde3, then make install clean, and left the computer for overnight to work. I expected a successful build by the morning but instead I found a screen requiring some config options (for apache). I selected the options and the build went on. But later other config windows came up, so far for mysqlclient, sane-backends, tk, tcl, libxine and sdl. So my question are: What is configure-recursive good for then? I thought it is for preventing interactions during the build process. Ho can I really configure everything in one step and leave the computer alone? Second, after I've done a configure-recursive, how can I start it over from scratch in case I want to change some config option? If I reissue make configure-recursive, I get only no configuration needed messages. Thanks, Istvan make config-recursive seems to be buggy. It seems not to be recursive as this would mean that with every change of an option of the root port or it's dependencies dependencies of the root port might change. This could mean that make config needs to be invoked for a port that wasn't in the inital dependecy list of root port. The root of all evil seems to be in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk line 6187 ff. You might want to use ports-mgmt/portmaster. It creates options-files of a port and it's dependencies in a better way before starting to compile ports. OK. Thanks for the explanation and suggestion. Istvan ___ 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: w and who don't list users in FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1
2013. március 19. 17:12 napon Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com írta: On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 16:59 +0100, Istvan Gabor wrote: I tried google search but w and who are not good search terms. Indeed, it for sure isn't easy, but did you try with quotes and other options? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=freebsd+%22who+command%22 I don't know if there is a solution, but you're at least not the first who experienced this issue. Thank you. I tried this type of search before my posting but the results I looked at were not relevant or did not give a solution. I did not know about let me google that for you, thanks for that. Istvan ___ 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: w and who don't list users in FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1
2013. március 19. 17:03 napon Ruben de Groot mai...@bzerk.org írta: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:59:56PM +0100, Istvan Gabor typed: Hello: I have both FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1 on two different computers. w and who commands do not list logged in users in any of them (either for root or a regular user). The output of w is: root@:/root # w 4:56PM up 10 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.18, 0.26, 0.20 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT root@:/root # And the output of who: root@:/root # who root@:/root # Why is this and how can I fix it? This can happen if your kernel and world are out of sync. 1. How could I check this? 2. I found that users are reported if they are logged in on terminal session or through ssh. User who is logged in through KDM3 into KDE3 session is not shown. Does this change the above diagnosis? Can it be something else, maybe? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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: w and who don't list users in FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1
2013. március 19. 18:44 napon Nikos Vassiliadis nv...@gmx.com írta: On 19/3/2013 6:03 μμ, Ruben de Groot wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:59:56PM +0100, Istvan Gabor typed: Hello: I have both FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1 on two different computers. w and who commands do not list logged in users in any of them (either for root or a regular user). The output of w is: root@:/root # w 4:56PM up 10 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.18, 0.26, 0.20 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT root@:/root # And the output of who: root@:/root # who root@:/root # Why is this and how can I fix it? This can happen if your kernel and world are out of sync. It can also happen if /var/run/utx.active is corrupt. Could you try deleting it? It will be re-created after a successful login. I tried this but did not make any change. Maybe the problem is related to the session type, KDE3. See my answer to Ruben. Thanks, Istvan ___ 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
getopt port in FreeBSD-9.1
Hello: I would like to install firefox-esr-i18n port but is stops at getopt install. I tried to install getopt port but it gives: root@:/usr/ports/misc/getopt # make install clean === Extracting for getopt-1.1.5 = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz. === Refetch for 1 more times files: getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz = getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. = Attempting to fetch http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/getopt/files/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz fetch: http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/getopt/files/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz: Connection refused = Attempting to fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz fetch: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) = Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this = port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. *** [do-fetch] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/misc/getopt. *** [checksum] Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/misc/getopt. The getopt which has the checksum mismatch is from http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/getopt/files/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz downloaded manually by browser and copied into /usr/ports/distfiles. I tried to download manually ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/getopt-1.1.5.tar.gz but my browser can't find it either. That directory has getopt-1.1.4.tar.gz How to solve this? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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
w and who don't list users in FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1
Hello: I have both FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1 on two different computers. w and who commands do not list logged in users in any of them (either for root or a regular user). The output of w is: root@:/root # w 4:56PM up 10 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.18, 0.26, 0.20 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT root@:/root # And the output of who: root@:/root # who root@:/root # Why is this and how can I fix it? Thanks, Istvan ps: I tried google search but w and who are not good search terms. ___ 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: configure recursively and build question
2013. március 12. 21:17 napon Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org írta: Thank you for answering. Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu writes: As there are no compiled FreeBSD 9.1 packages for pkg_tools I decided to build them. Last I started to build kde3. First I issued make configure-recursive in /usr/ports/x11/kde3, then make install clean, and left the computer for overnight to work. I expected a successful build by the morning but instead I found a screen requiring some config options (for apache). I selected the options and the build went on. But later other config windows came up, so far for mysqlclient, sane-backends, tk, tcl, libxine and sdl. So my question are: What is configure-recursive good for then? I thought it is for preventing interactions during the build process. Ho can I really configure everything in one step and leave the computer alone? First of all, I think you mean config-recursive. Yes, I did. Second, config-recursive only does the configuration of the port options. Then I misunderstood the handbook, chich says: To avoid this when there are many dependencies, first run make config-recursive to do the configuration in one batch. I understood this as the configuration is done on all the dependencies as well. The handbook also writes: Tip: When using config-recursive, the list of ports to configure are gathered by the all-depends-list make(1) target. It is often recommended to run make config-recursive until all dependent ports options have been defined, and ports options dialog(1) screens no longer appear, to be certain all ports options have been configured as intended. Does this mean if I run config-recursive several times in a raw, all the dependencies will be configured? ... Fourth (and, you'll be glad to hear, finally) some ports are interactive for reasons beyond options. See the manual for ports(7), noting the environment variables INTERACTIVE and BATCH. I will look at this. Second, after I've done a configure-recursive, how can I start it over from scratch in case I want to change some config option? If I reissue make configure-recursive, I get only no configuration needed messages. If you really want to start from scratch, you can use rmconfig-recursive on the dependent port. Yes I meant only the given port and its dependencies, not the all ports. Thank again, Istvan ___ 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
linux program with kernel module
Hello: This might be a silly question but I would like to be sure. FreeBSD can run linux programs with its linux compatibility module (linuxulator). Can it run linux programs that have their own (linux) kernel module? If yes, how can I install such program, and how can I load the kernel module? (If I know correctly nvidia drivers have their own kernel modules, and FreeBSD can run linux nvidia drivers). Thanks, Istvan ___ 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
configure recursively and build question
Hello: As there are no compiled FreeBSD 9.1 packages for pkg_tools I decided to build them. Last I started to build kde3. First I issued make configure-recursive in /usr/ports/x11/kde3, then make install clean, and left the computer for overnight to work. I expected a successful build by the morning but instead I found a screen requiring some config options (for apache). I selected the options and the build went on. But later other config windows came up, so far for mysqlclient, sane-backends, tk, tcl, libxine and sdl. So my question are: What is configure-recursive good for then? I thought it is for preventing interactions during the build process. Ho can I really configure everything in one step and leave the computer alone? Second, after I've done a configure-recursive, how can I start it over from scratch in case I want to change some config option? If I reissue make configure-recursive, I get only no configuration needed messages. Thanks, Istvan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to connect to VPN
2013. március 5. 23:44 napon Любомир Григоров nm.kn...@gmail.com írta: I have been trying to find a way to connect to a PPTP or L2TP VPN for over a year now. There is no GUI client that I know of and any text configuration I try with pptpclient fails. How can I connect to a VPN, the fast way as in Windows, OS X and GNU/Linux. I have the following information (no internal IP's or ranges or NAT): Gateway - I have the URL to connect to, I suppose I can map it to IP Username Password MSCHAP MSCHAPv2 Use point-to-point encryption (MPPE) Allow BSD data compression Allow deflate data compression Use TCP header compression How can I connect to the VPN with just this information above? Everything I find requires internal IP's, ranges, NAT and other things making a 5 second gui configuration take months. The VPN server supports PPTP and L2TP as mentioned. Any advice on how I can connect will be helpful. Hello: I too had problems with vpn in FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE. I don't know specifically about PPTP or L2TP, but there is vpn over ipsec. Fot that you need to customize and rebuild your kernel. FreeBSD handbook says: To add IPsec support to your kernel, add the following options to your kernel configuration file: options IPSEC#IP security devicecrypto see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ipsec.html After this install shrew vpn client. Once more, I don't know whether this is relevant in any way in your case but that's how I solved vpn to cisco server earlier. Istvan ___ 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
kde3 maintainer contact
Hello: I have a few specific questions regarding kde3 in freebsd. As there is no freebsd kde3 list I would like to ask my questions directly from port maintainer(s). Do you know how can I contact them? Thanks, Istvan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD update
2012. október 8. 17:35 napon Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net írta: On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:52:24 +0200 Istvan Gabor suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: As I remember correctly during the fetch I saw a message that the current patch level is p4. After rebooting the computer uname gives p3 on the updated system: Why does uname reports p3 while freebsd-update indicates p4 state? Hi, if freebsd-update does not update the kernel uname will not show the 'correct' patch level. Andreas Thanks Andreas. FreeBSD Handbook (at the end of section 25.2.2) says: However, freebsd-update will always update the /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh file. The current patch level (as indicated by the -p number reported by uname -r) is obtained from this file. Rebuilding your custom kernel, even if nothing else changed, will allow uname(1) to accurately report the current patch level of the system. From this I conclude that if I rebuild the kernel (the general kernel, not a custom kernel), it should reflect patch level correctly. This raises another question: are the updates made sequentially, as p1, p2, etc.? This would explain why the kernel stayed at p3 level while the system was updated to p4. I Suppose if the update was done in one step after fetching and applying all update patches the kernel should reflect the system's patch level. Is this correct? I am confused a little bit. Istvan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
FreeBSD update
Hello: I updated FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE (FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 r...@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386) using freebsd-update fetch and freebsd-update install commands. As I remember correctly during the fetch I saw a message that the current patch level is p4. After rebooting the computer uname gives p3 on the updated system: # uname -r 9.0-RELEASE-p3 If I run freebsd-update fetch on the updated system I get: # freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 9.0-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Inspecting system... done. Preparing to download files... done. No updates needed to update system to 9.0-RELEASE-p4. The file /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh on the updated system also indicates p4 state. TYPE=FreeBSD REVISION=9.0 BRANCH=RELEASE-p4 Why does uname reports p3 while freebsd-update indicates p4 state? Regards, Istvan ___ 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
proxy setup
Hello: My FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE system is behind a institutional firewall. Obviously I can not change any settings of this firewall. After installing FreeBSD and not setting any proxy servers I could install packages using pkg_add -r command. But when I tried to update the system freebsd-update fetch stopped. I traced that it stopped because getting the file through ftp failed: (with failed: Connection refused: messages). Therefore I have set http_proxy and ftp_proxy variables in my .profile file. After this the update ran without any problem. But now pkg_add -r refuses to fetch files with message: Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD: Forbidden wget with --no-proxy option can fetch the file, that is the problem for pkg_add is probably the configured http or ftp proxy. How can fix this so that I should not every time set/unset proxy when I want to update the system or install a package? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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
stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0
Hello: I configured FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE with X starting automatically at boot. I use kdm3 login manager, and it works. I would like to make changes to xorg.conf and test the effects. How can I stop X in a terminal temporarily? If I kill kdm it is restarted immediately. In openSUSE I could do this by switchiong runlevels but I learned that FreeBSD has no runlevels. Thanks, Istvan ___ 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: stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0
Polytropon, Mike, Thank for your answers. 2012. október 2. 17:29 napon Mike Clarke jmc-freeb...@milibyte.co.uk írta: On Tuesday 02 October 2012 14:49:54 Polytropon wrote: For the desired test scenario, I'd suggest to disable KDE (kdm) startup in /etc/rc.conf, and finally stop the related service (from /usr/local/etc/rc.d probably). Then you can easily use the startx command to start an X session from a user's VT, test your settings, terminate the session, and you'll be back in text mode. The OP is using kdm3 which is normally managed through /etc/ttys instead of an rc script. To stop kdm3: * edit /etc/ttys, find the line 'ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm xterm on secure' and changie on to off I did this one before. I hoped I could make it without editing ttys every time. * kill -1 1 * killall kdm-bin Thanks for pointing out which program has to be killed. To restart * edit /etc/ttys and change off back to on for kdm * kill -1 1 But it isn't necessary to do all this just to pick up changes in xorg.conf. Just make your desired changes to xorg.conf, then log out of kde and switch to a console as root and killall kdm-bin. This will stop and start X as well as kdm. You can do all this from a terminal window in your kde session but I prefer to logout cleanly instead of having the rug pulled from under my feet which has sometimes corruptedf my kdmrc file. I guess this is the way to go. Thanks! Istvan ___ 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
filter this folder extension in FreeBSD kde3 konqueror
Hello: As I could not find a kde3 specific freebsd list I am asking the question here. How can I make filter this folder extension work in kde 3 konqueror as the image at the link shows? http://i48.tinypic.com/5x5t2s.jpg I have FreeBSD 9.0-REELEASE with the following kdeaddons packages: kdeaddons-3.5.10_5 Additional plugins and scripts for some KDE applications kdeaddons-atlantikdesigner-3.5.10_3 Editor for Atlantik kdeaddons-kaddressbook-plugins-3.5.10_5 Plugins for KAdressbook kdeaddons-kate-plugins-3.5.10_5 Additonal plugins and features for kate kdeaddons-kfile-plugins-3.5.10_5 Plugins for Konqueror (in filemanager mode) kdeaddons-kicker-applets-3.5.10_5 Additional applets for Kicker kdeaddons-knewsticker-scripts-3.5.10_3 Additional scripts for KNewsTicker kdeaddons-konq-plugins-3.5.10_5 Additonal plugins and features for Konqueror kdeaddons-ksig-3.5.10_3 Signature randomiser, available standalone or as a plugin w kdeaddons-noatun-plugins-3.5.10_3 Various plugins for Noatun kdeaddons-renamedlg-plugins-3.5.10_3 Plugins for Konqueror's rename dialog Thanks ins advance, Istvan ___ 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: older version of programs in freebsd
2012. szeptember 29. 13:16 napon Polytropon free...@edvax.de írta: On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:48:49 +0200, Istvan Gabor wrote: Hello: ... But I would like to use/keep with libreoffice 3.4 (since I don't like the interface changes they made in version 3.5 and 3.6). How can I do it in FreeBSD? ... Use portdowngrade. This tool is excellent in obtaining older versions of a specific port, for example to make it functional again (like the xzgv image viewer where the last usable version has been xzgv-0.8_9). Thank you. I will try it. Istvan ___ 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
older version of programs in freebsd
Hello: I am a freebsd beginner. As I understood correctly there is only one ports tree which contains the most up to date (and stable) versions of programs. And there are compiled packages for the different releases, which reflect the version at the time of the release. For example the ports tree currently has libreoffice 3.5.6 version. I guess when FreeBSD RELEASE-9.1 will be final it will also have libreoffice 3.5.x (or 3.6). But I would like to use/keep with libreoffice 3.4 (since I don't like the interface changes they made in version 3.5 and 3.6). How can I do it in FreeBSD? Do I have to build it independently from the ports tree? Or is there an older package that can be installed on newer system? Thanks, Istvan ___ 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: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD
2012. szeptember 11. 15:26 napon Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de írta: El día Tuesday, September 11, 2012 a las 02:56:07PM +0200, Polytropon escribió: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:15:50 +0200, suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: Hello FreeBSD users: I am new to FreeBSD. I've been using openSUSE for 8 years but would like to try something different. I have installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE from DVD and configured KDE3. I also configured DSL (pppoe) connection that automatically connects the computer to the network. In openSUSE I have kinternet (and its alternative qinternet), an application which incorporates into KDE system tray and indicates whether network connection is active or not. It can also be used by the desktop user to disconnect and connect from/to the network (eg. for getting new dynamic IP address or test downloaded web pages offline). Is there a similar program in FreeBSD? I could not find kinternet or qinternet in ports database or by googling. I'm not aware of a tool that integrates both with KDE _and_ the FreeBSD operating system. KDE is quite Linux-centric, and FreeBSD is a different operating system. ... FreeBSD (as Linux) is a OS, while KDE is just a desktop which works fine on FreeBSD and SuSE; I'm using kde-3.5.10 and tested kde-4.x (which did not do what I expected; that's why I stay with 3.5.10 which is now unmaintained, but still compiling as a port; the OP did not say in which KDE version he used 'kinternet', but it seems that the component is not in the port; the best way would be to check in openSUSE what 'kinternet' is (i.e. where the sources come from) and check in the FreeBSD KDE project the status of a port; matthias Matthias, Polytropon: Thank you for your answers. I am using KDE 3.5.10. I would like to use FreeBSD as a desktop machine for replacing openSUSE if it's possible at all. For clarity, I do not need exactly kinternet, I want only an GUI frontend for pppdial which possibly resides in system tray and can be used to control network connections. In openSUSE kinternet is a frontend for smpppd package, and smpppd requires ppp. I will try to look into it whether smpppd can work with FreeBSD ppp. Thanks, Istvan ___ 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: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD
2012. szeptember 11. 15:26 napon Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de írta: El día Tuesday, September 11, 2012 a las 02:56:07PM +0200, Polytropon escribió: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:15:50 +0200, suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: Hello FreeBSD users: I am new to FreeBSD. I've been using openSUSE for 8 years but would like to try something different. I have installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE from DVD and configured KDE3. I also configured DSL (pppoe) connection that automatically connects the computer to the network. In openSUSE I have kinternet (and its alternative qinternet), an application which incorporates into KDE system tray and indicates whether network connection is active or not. It can also be used by the desktop user to disconnect and connect from/to the network (eg. for getting new dynamic IP address or test downloaded web pages offline). Is there a similar program in FreeBSD? I could not find kinternet or qinternet in ports database or by googling. I'm not aware of a tool that integrates both with KDE _and_ the FreeBSD operating system. KDE is quite Linux-centric, and FreeBSD is a different operating system. ... FreeBSD (as Linux) is a OS, while KDE is just a desktop which works fine on FreeBSD and SuSE; I'm using kde-3.5.10 and tested kde-4.x (which did not do what I expected; that's why I stay with 3.5.10 which is now unmaintained, but still compiling as a port; the OP did not say in which KDE version he used 'kinternet', but it seems that the component is not in the port; the best way would be to check in openSUSE what 'kinternet' is (i.e. where the sources come from) and check in the FreeBSD KDE project the status of a port; matthias Matthias, Polytropon: Thank you for your answers. I am using KDE 3.5.10. I would like to use FreeBSD as a desktop machine replacing openSUSE if it possible at all. For clarity I do not need exactly kinternet, I want only an GUI frontend for pppdial which possibly resides in system tray and can be used to control network connections. In openSUSE kinternet is a frontend for smpppd package. smpppd requires ppp. I will try to look into it whether and smpppd can work with FreeBSD ppp. Thanks, Istvan ___ 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
