Re: Why are some linux users saying that FreeBSD is dying
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1391352 - Original Message From: Edward Capriolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 4:51:53 PM Subject: Re: Why are some linux users saying that FreeBSD is dying It would be helpful if you provided a URL for the article. I do not think they mean that FreeBSD systems are dying in terms of crashing or uptime. They might mean that the Free BSD community is not growing as fast or staying as active as the Linux community. On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 April 2008 21:32:01 E. J. Cerejo wrote: FreeBSD is a dying OS because netcraft.com confirms it that's the argument used some of these guys, and I'm wondering what data are they using to make their point! Even netcraft is running FreeBSD and the uptimes section I can see quite a few running FreeBSD and not one linux! Is the data from netcraft reliable? I think perhaps the Linux users who say those things are just trying to get people to use Linux, for political reasons and not because Linux is necessarily better. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: jack audio server - it won't work
--- James McNaughton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:30:29 -0700 (PDT) From: James McNaughton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: jack audio server - it won't work To: Questions FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Has anyone ever gotten jackd to work. I'm having no luck. Should I keep trying or is it a lost cause? I got it to work sort of. jackd -d oss -r 44100 will make it work for xmms-jack plugin. But just about anything will send it spiralling out of control. I tried the commercial oss drivers and they were worse, even after I inlcuded (I think) the commercial headers. Updating to jack-0.100.0 didn't help either. Using jackd -d dummy results in the same loss of control. This is the jack output: could not handle external client request cannot read request from client (0/2100/Resource temporarily unavailable) I'm giving up for now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
jack audio server - it won't work
Has anyone ever gotten jackd to work. I'm having no luck. Should I keep trying or is it a lost cause? Jim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Opera crashes after jdk13 install
Native FreeBSD Opera was working fine until I installed jdk1.3.1 from the ports. Now it crashes on startup whentrying to load the plugins. This is the reported error when starting from an xterm: INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not load libjavaplugin_oji.so: linking error=/home/jtm/.netscape/java/lib/libjavaplugin_oji.so: Undefined symbol PR_NewMonitor System error?:: Unknown error: 0 The java plugin seems to work OK with Mozilla. Any pointers would be appreciated. TIA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Soundcard working (was: Soundcard not working)
James McNaughton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Orion Hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The ALS4000 chipset is supported, it's the bios on the machine in question bios that causes problems on 4.x. Try adding the following to your kernel config file and rebuilding and reinstalling the kernel: options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES Thanks for the info. I tried it, but on boot the same messages came up about the soundcard. But worse than that, the new kernel couldn't mount the root file system. Does the PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES option also require PNPBIOS? I didn't have PNPBIOS in my kernel config. I think I'll try hardcoding the resources for the sbc driver and see what that does. For the record, I got the soundcard to work (SIIG Soundwave Pro PCI with ALS4000 chip). After spending too much time enabling and disabling kernel options and playing with BIOS settings for me to still be considered sane, it occured to me that just maybe the PCI slot was FUBAR. It isn't completely FUBAR, but switching the video and soundcards made it all work. Damn PCI Bus! Why can't we just set resoources with jumpers. If God meant for mankind to be plug-and-play, he would have given us better BIOSes ;) More advice is welcome. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Soundcard not working
Orion Hodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The ALS4000 chipset is supported, it's the bios on the machine in question bios that causes problems on 4.x. Try adding the following to your kernel config file and rebuilding and reinstalling the kernel: options PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES Thanks for the info. I tried it, but on boot the same messages came up about the soundcard. But worse than that, the new kernel couldn't mount the root file system. Does the PCI_ENABLE_IO_MODES option also require PNPBIOS? I didn't have PNPBIOS in my kernel config. I think I'll try hardcoding the resources for the sbc driver and see what that does. More advice is welcome. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Soundcard not working
I just got a new soundcard, a SIIG Soundwave Pro PCI. It has what is supposed to be a supported chip, the ALS4000. I get the following errors on boot: pcm0: Avance Logic ALS4000 irq 5 at device 14.0 on pci0 pcm0: unable to allocate register space pcm0: failed to allocate resources I tried setting the bios PNP OS to off as suggested in other messages, but this kills my ATA33 card. I also set the latency timer for the card to 0x100 in the bios and still it doesn't work. The platform is 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 10 13:39:5 I have pcm and sbc devices in the kernel, which worked with the old SB-AWE 32 (ISA) that I just took out. And that card is broken and won't record anymore, not to mention, the integrated IDE controller couldn't be turned off reliably. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
GNUstep applications
Has anyone gotten GNUstep applications (beside Windowmaker) to work? I'm trying to get GNUMail to work and it doesn't in many ways. The first way is that openapp isn't in the path, so I have to use the entire path at the command line. The second way is that GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT has to be defined in the environment or openapp doesn't find GNUMail.app. The third way is that after doing all the above implies to get GNUMail to run, it segfaults. I have rebuilt GNUstep and GNUMail twice already. There doen't seem to be any problem compiling and installing any ot this system, however, I didn't sit and watch the whole process either. So far, I've found no help for these issues on the GNUStep or GNUMail websites. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
xmessage - where did it go?
I tried to upgrade to XFree86-4, only to find that it freezes my system, even though the video card is supported. So I had to go back to 3.3.6. Now, I can't seem to find xmessage (which I used for all kinds of little things on my desktop). It just isn't there. I installed from a binary package -- no xmessage. I re-installed by building from ports -- still no xmessage. I'm wondering if anything else is missing. Anyone have a clue? Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: xmessage - where did it go?
Jon Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: James McNaughton [EMAIL PROTECTED], said on Fri Feb 14, 2003 [09:21:35 PM]: } I tried to upgrade to XFree86-4, only to find that it freezes my } system, even though the video card is supported. So I had to go back } to 3.3.6. } } Now, I can't seem to find xmessage (which I used for all kinds of } little things on my desktop). It just isn't there. I installed from a } binary package -- no xmessage. I re-installed by building from ports } -- still no xmessage. I'm wondering if anything else is missing. } } Anyone have a clue? Port: xmsg-1.0 Path: /usr/ports/x11/xmsg Info: The X11R4 version of xmessage updated for X11R5 and renamed Thanks for the info. I noticed that the commands I'm looking for, like xman, xfontsel, et al are in the XFree86-clients packaage. Can these be compiled under X 3.3.6 or are they specific to 4.2.0? -- Jon Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Opera not working after Java upgrade
I upgraded to J2SE (jdk.1.3.1) and now native Opera won't load any plugins. Does any one know why it worked before and not now? Will Opera work with Java ever? thanks for any info. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Stuck in 640X480 want 800X600
Alvaro Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey guys.. Im still fighting this horrid laptop! (Gateway 2000 Solo P3C) Im stuck in 640X480 mode and would like to have my console in 800X600 mode. I have read that by having the machine boot in 600X800 yields better results when starting X. Here is my question, how do I get my console into 800X600 mode? I have tried my BIOS and there is no option for an extended text mode. DOS also boots into 640X480. If what you're talking about is more text on the screen then you're talking about vidcontrol(1). Read the manpage, load the fonts, and then experiment. Remeber that not all modes work on all hardware. When you find a setting that you like you can put something like the following in rc.conf font8x16=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x16.fnt font8x14=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-8x14.fnt font8x8=/usr/share/syscons/fonts/cp437-thin-8x8.fnt and allscreens_flags=-m on -b blue VGA_80x50 cyan blue or allscreens_flags=-m on VGA_80x30 This machine uses the CT 655548 chip. If anyone can any links, advice, suggestions are will be appreciated. Here are pics of the laptop. You can see the console is 640X480 and so is x. I also cant get x to display more than 4 colors. If setting a higher color depth in XF86Setup doesn't help, I'm at a loss. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: kernel optimization
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Re: mkisofs|burncd AND fitting a cd-r exactly
Peter Leftwich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RE:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html#MKISOFS
Last two questions of the day (always learning wondrous things here)!!
[1] I'm looking for one big command line to do a `mkisofs -o -
/path/to/some/directory/ | burncd -f /dev/acd1c -` etc etc all in one shot,
rather than making the ISO (-allowlowercase or whatever too) in RAM, then
burning that to a CD-R. Can someone share their aliases or scripts with us?
I used the following until the file trees became too big. I used
cdrecord so you'll have to substitute.
#!/bin/sh
# $Id: cdar,v 1.8 2002/01/26 18:09:36 jtm Exp $
# cdar - Run a customized backup to CD-R/CD-RW media
while [ $1 ]; do
SW=$1
shift
case $SW in
-blank)
echo $0: Blanking Medium
cdrecord blank=fast speed=2 dev=0,0 ||\
(echo $0: error blanking medium; exit 2)
;;
# -clean)
# echo $0: Cleaning sources Routine
# pushd
# (cd /usr/src make clean) || echo $0: Could not clean sources
# popd
# ;;
*)
echo $0: Usage cdar [-blank] [-clean]
exit 1
esac
done
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
echo $DATE
SIZE=`(mkisofs -graft-points -quiet -print-size -R \
-p Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve \
-P Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe \
-V ${DATE} \
usr/home/=/usr/home \
var/=/var \
etc/=/etc 21 | awk '{print $NF}' )`
echo ISO-9660 File system size is $SIZE sectors
mkisofs -graft-points -quiet -R \
-p Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve \
-P Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe \
-V ${DATE} \
usr/home/=/usr/home \
var/=/var etc/=/etc | cdrecord speed=2 dev=0,0 tsize=${SIZE}s -
# End of script
[2] I'm also wondering what experiences you have all had with actually
doing it in two steps. More specifically, are there ways to fit directory
trees more less almost exactly? I'm thinking of tarring and gzipping the
highest directory first, then using mkisofs on that one big file (to
transparently mount from cdrom later possibly). Will this work out?
Thanks for your service, I'm burning for answers (lol),
Once you tar or dump to a file, you can use split(1) to break the
archive up into regular chunks to fit on CD-R{W}'s. However, in order
to restore, you must cat them together again.
cat backup.tar.gz.?? | tar -xvf -
When you split, use an output name that will make sense later.
I've recently experimented with using tar to write directly to the
CD-R[W] and it seems to have worked.
tar -b 4 -cf - /files | cdrecord - # I have default options set in the
# cdrecord config file
Note that this only works if the tar output is less than the capacity
of the medium. For spanning multiple disks i found the attached
newsgroup posting in the archives somewhere but haven't tested it
myself.
Path:
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From: Thomas F. Unke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: backup to cdrw?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Scott) writes:
Hmm. I'm missing something then. I tried running dump into a fifo,
but decided to close the fifo between volumes. That killed dump,
which expected eom, not eof. The idea was to use dump's recovery for
single volume failure. Maybe you just left the fifo open -- in which
case a disaster on one cd would mean rewriting the whole set?
When I find the time, I'll make a script.
If you'll give me the hint (last para), I could even do that :-)
OK, I describe what I have tested so far. Actually, it just shows that
it is doable, but to make a script needs some more efforts. For
example, I'd prefer to make a perl script which starts dump and burncd
and moves the bytes around between the two processes, not using a
fifo. Then there are issues of parameters, disk size etc. A script
should be nice to handle this comfortably.
Alright, first I explain how to do a multi CD dump, then how to do the
restore.
Re: kernel optimization
Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:18:44PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Q: Do I comment out the I386_CPU and I486_CPU lines to optimize for a Pentium, ( if not, how do I,) and Yes. Q: Does it make a significant difference? It will make the kernel a bit smaller, but it won't speed anything up. It will speed up some kernel code, because it will use different (non-386 compatible) asm code for things like bzero. Kris Do the options CPUTYPE=i586/mmx CFLAGS= -O -pipe NOPROFILE=true in /etc/make.conf do anything for the kernel, or do they just affect userland? Just wondering... To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
cdda2wav and xcdroast problem
The problem shows when using xcdroast or cdda2wav as a normal user. The process quits with an error regarding permissions: / / / 0%Fatal error: did not drop root privilege. 1/ 2/ 1/ 0 0%child reader sem request failed W Child exited with 1 Versions: cdrtools-1.11.a28 xcdroast-0.98.a.10 This happens in xcdroast or using cdda2wav from the CLI. Anyone know what's going on? TIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
dhclient reports new IP every 15 min.
I just noticed that dhclient on my machine is reporting that I have new IP address every 15 minutes or so. However, it is the same address over and over. Observe: Jul 24 10:16:16 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255 Jul 24 10:42:04 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0 Jul 24 10:42:04 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255 Jul 24 11:09:55 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0 Jul 24 11:09:55 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255 Jul 24 11:36:41 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0 Jul 24 11:36:41 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255 Jul 24 11:59:14 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0 Jul 24 11:59:14 jamestown dhclient: New Broadcast Address: 169.254.0.255 Jul 24 12:22:04 jamestown dhclient: New Network Number: 169.254.0.0 I don't remember it doing this before and I don't look at the log very often. Is this normal? Is this my problem or the ISP's? TIA Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
