DEFAULT_VERSIONS=
Has the "DEFAULT_VERSIONS=" been extended to include ports other than python=2.7 python2=2.7 python3=3.3 perl5=5.18 ruby=2.0 tcltk=8.6 as presently shown in UPDATING? Are their plans to extend it to ports like db6, mysql56\*, etcetera? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 Sound from Firefox
On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 05:08:09 +0200 Bernt Hansson articulated: > On 2013-10-06 21:31, Jerry wrote: > > $ /usr/local/bin/firefox > > > > (process:71385): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion > > `sys_page_size == 0' failed > > > > This is all I could gather. > > > I get the same for firefox and thunderbird > > % firefox & > [1] 37788 > % > (process:37788): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion > `sys_page_size == 0' failed > > % thunderbird & > [2] 38745 > % > (process:38745): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion > `sys_page_size == 0' failed > > My guess it's related to glib. I did a quick check with other users of FreeBSD & Firefox and they all reported the same thing. Either the error is harmless or the FreeBSD team doesn't give a crap about it. Either way, I would like to see some sort of an official statement on it. Something along the lines of why it cannot be corrected or is safe to ignore. A list of side effects would be nice to. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Peter Frampton ___ 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 Sound from Firefox
On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:15:18 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > In my netbook it is like this: > $ uname -a > FreeBSD tiny.Sisis.de 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r235646: Sat May > 19 15:52:36 CEST 2012 g...@aurora.sisis.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 > $ ls -l /compat/linux/lib/libssl* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 303584 15 abr 07:54 > /compat/linux/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8g > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16 15 abr 07:54 /compat/linux/lib/libssl.so.7 > -> libssl.so.0.9.8g > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 198456 15 abr 07:55 /compat/linux/lib/libssl3.so FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.3-STABLE FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0: amd64 /compat/linux/lib $ ls -l /compat/linux/lib/libssl* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 303584 Sep 14 2010 /compat/linux/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8g* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16 Sep 14 2010 /compat/linux/lib/libssl.so.7@ -> libssl.so.0.9.8g -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 198456 Sep 14 2010 /compat/linux/lib/libssl3.so* $ /usr/local/bin/firefox (process:71385): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed This is all I could gather. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 Sound from Firefox
On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 16:40:16 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > El día Sunday, October 06, 2013 a las 10:27:48AM -0400, Jerry > escribió: > > > Firefox has suddenly went silent. I can view videos on Youtube for > > instance, but there is no sound. If I save the video to dist and > > play it with MPlayer, there is sound. I did update several PHP > > modules the other day, but I don't know it that would have any > > effect on it. Also, on several sites, a video starts to load then a > > blank white area takes its place and that ends it. Any suggestions > > as to what might be the problem. > > Jerry, > > In my records about firefox && flashplugin I have about the no sound > problem: > > no sound problem: > see also > http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-3353.html # > cd /compat/linux/proc # ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8g libssl.so.5 This is what I attempted to do: /compat/linux/proc # ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8g libssl.so.5 ln: libssl.so.5: No such file or directory /compat/linux/proc # locate libssl.so.5 /usr/local/lib/compat/libssl.so.5 /usr/local/lib32/compat/libssl.so.5 cd /usr/local/lib/compat /usr/local/lib/compat # cd /usr/local/lib/compat /usr/local/lib/compat # ln -s libssl.so.0.9.8g libssl.so.5 ln: libssl.so.5: File exists So where do I go from here? Do I force the link? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 Sound from Firefox
On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 15:33:38 +0100 Dave Morgan articulated: > On 06/10/13 at 10:27am, Jerry wrote: > > Firefox has suddenly went silent. I can view videos on Youtube for > > instance, but there is no sound. If I save the video to dist and > > play it with MPlayer, there is sound. I did update several PHP > > modules the other day, but I don't know it that would have any > > effect on it. Also, on several sites, a video starts to load then a > > blank white area takes its place and that ends it. Any suggestions > > as to what might be the problem. > > > > -- > > Jerry ♔ > > > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > > __ > > > > ___ > > 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, > > I think OSS support has been dropped from Firefox. Okay, so what exactly does that mean? -- Jerry ♔ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
No Sound from Firefox
Firefox has suddenly went silent. I can view videos on Youtube for instance, but there is no sound. If I save the video to dist and play it with MPlayer, there is sound. I did update several PHP modules the other day, but I don't know it that would have any effect on it. Also, on several sites, a video starts to load then a blank white area takes its place and that ends it. Any suggestions as to what might be the problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Vulnerability
Has this been rectified: <http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-5710> -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Contributing to FreeBSD
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:16:54 +0530 karan garg articulated: > Hi all, > > I am an open source enthusiast and new to freeBSD community. I am an > RHCE and have a reasonable knowledge of linux administration, > database, Bash Scripting, and C/C++. > > I want to contribute to the community. I have gone through the FreeBSD > handbook, and list of various projects under the community. However, > I was unable to determine a suitable project for me to get started. > So, I would really appreciate if you could help me find a project > that would require my field of knowledge. > > Also, I wish to apply for GSOC-2014 and have checked the ideas page > but found the similar problems as above. > > Also, if you could give me a link of resources and handbook for me to > go through before starting to contribute. Well, if you really want a suggestion, you could try updating the "linux_base-f10-10_7" port that was released by Fedora on November 25, 2008 to something newer, say the Fedora 19, released July 2, 2013. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Getting tlmgr working
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:39:17 +0200 Roland Smith articulated: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 07:59:32AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:26:09 +0200 > > Roland Smith articulated: > > > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 06:04:03PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > > > Has there been any movement on getting "tlmgr" working on > > > > FreeBSD? The inability to get and install updates is annoying. > > > > > > Basically there are two ways of dealing with TeXLive; > > > > > > 1) Install it from ports. This also means using ports to update > > > it. 2) Use the TeXLive installer to install it. In this case you > > > can use tlmgr to update it. > > > > > > I've used method 2 since 2007, and that has worked fine for me. > > > > The problem is that the ports system is not keeping individual > > TeXLive packages. > > My guess would be that this was a consideration between convenience > and workload, given that TeXLive contains a gazillion packages. Check > the archives of the freebsd-ports list for more info. > > In _principle_ it would have been possible to make a port out of all > CTAN/TeXLive packages. But the maintenance overhead would be _huge_. > Plus, it takes a TeXpert to determine which specific packages you > need to do something, and even most TeX users don't fall into that > category. So that approach is unrealistic. > > Given the amount of disk space on a modern PC, doing a full install > would not be a problem for most people. (Unless you're trying to run > TeXLive on a raspberry pi or a beaglebone, in which case I would > respectfully question your sanity. :-) ) > > > There is an old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." > > Unfortunately, in the case of "tlmgr", they failed to pay heed to > > that advice. > > There were other considerations. Suppose a single "TeXLive" port was > made, that would just let tlmgr do its thing. What would that port > provide, and what would its dependencies be? That is _impossible_ for > the ports system to tell, because it would be determined _outside_ > the ports system. > > In this case you could get a situation that a program that depends on > a part of TeXLive could be installed (because the TeXLive port is > installed) but it wouldn't work because the right option wasn't > selected in tlmgr. Not a good situation. > > Another problem scenario is that you use tlmgr to install something > that doesn't work because it needs a library that isn't installed yet. > > > The ports system is not keeping individual TeXLive packages updated. > > Indeed, but is that such a big deal? > > TeX is a relatively mature piece of software. That's one of the > reasons why there is only one release every year. I tend to update my > TeXLive install once every year after the new release comes out, and > that strategy has served me well over the years. > > > Besides, using a big, complex system like the FreeBSD ports system > > to keep the individual packages of a single program, in this case > > TeXLive, updated when the program supplies its own mechanism for > > doing so, is just another failed attempt at reinventing the wheel. > > Damned if they do, damned if they don't? The thing is, TeXLive > _isn't_ a single program, that is the basis of the problem. > > > There area also a slew of other ports that fail to install if the > > system is configured to run TeXLive. When they will get that > > problem solved is anyone's guess. > > Submitting PRs would help. I was told by the maintain of the "*-freebsd-doc-*" ports that they know there is a problem and that it will be looked into. Interestingly enough, that is the exact same answer I use when I have no clue what is wrong and no intention of doing anything about it in the immediate future. Clearly, this should not have happened. Seriously though, tlmgr is the name of the package and configuration manager included in TeX Live. It operates completely separately from any package manager the operating system may provide. I fail to see why it was disabled. I think I will take the advice I was given and clear TeXLive from my system and then download and install it from it from "tug.org". I have been told it works perfectly and without any of the BS that FreeBSD apparently decided to attach to it. Again, if it wasn't broke, why did they feel the need to fix it? Are we sure that FreeBSD doesn't work for the government? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: test if script called by cron
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:26:59 +0100
Paul Macdonald articulated:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a simple way of testing whether a given script was called
> via cron,
>
> I'd rather find a solution that would work from within the script
> rather than setting an environment variable in the crontab.
>
> thanks
> Paul.
>
> (anyone here going to EuroBSD con?)
If you want to learn if the running script was called via cron, this
would work, assuming you are running Bash.
if [[ ! -t 0 ]]; then
echo "Running from Cron"
fi
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Re: Getting tlmgr working
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:26:09 +0200 Roland Smith articulated: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 06:04:03PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > Has there been any movement on getting "tlmgr" working on FreeBSD? > > The inability to get and install updates is annoying. > > Basically there are two ways of dealing with TeXLive; > > 1) Install it from ports. This also means using ports to update it. > 2) Use the TeXLive installer to install it. In this case you can use > tlmgr to update it. > > I've used method 2 since 2007, and that has worked fine for me. The problem is that the ports system is not keeping individual TeXLive packages. I primarily use TeXLive on an MS Windows system where it runs faster and is easier to maintain then on FreeBSD. There is an old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Unfortunately, in the case of "tlmgr", they failed to pay heed to that advice. The ports system is not keeping individual TeXLive packages updated. Besides, using a big, complex system like the FreeBSD ports system to keep the individual packages of a single program, in this case TeXLive, updated when the program supplies its own mechanism for doing so, is just another failed attempt at reinventing the wheel. As my deceased grandmother would say when she witnessed something incredibly stupid being done, "What the hell were they thinking?" There area also a slew of other ports that fail to install if the system is configured to run TeXLive. When they will get that problem solved is anyone's guess. The bottom line is the port and all of the assorted problems with it and other ports it affects were not resolved prior to its release. At the very least, a nice large warning banner should have been displayed when the port was first installed clearly listing all of the known problems and side effects of the port. However, that is just my 2¢. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Getting tlmgr working
Has there been any movement on getting "tlmgr" working on FreeBSD? The inability to get and install updates is annoying. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Let People Find You in Google!
On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 09:32:39 +0100 Graham Todd articulated: > Isn't this pure SPAM? Why yes it is. Would you prefer it mixed with non-spam to make it more palatable? Seriously, the ration of spam to non-spam is increasing exponentially on this list. Until the moderators change this to a subscriber list it will remain aa "any spammer can post" list. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Potential Vulnerabilities list on US Cert
I usually check the US Cert listing every week to see if anything interesting is listed. <https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB13-245> I discovered that there are two listings for FreeBSD: 1) http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-3077 2) http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-5209 I just thought that users should be aware of this. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: dig
On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:14:04 +1000 Colin House articulated: > On 22/08/2013 9:34 AM, Doug Hardie wrote: > > There appears to be a problem with dig and the +trace option in > > 9.2. I believe its also in 9.1. The command: > > > > dig freebsd.org +trace > > > > Only yields a dumb response. No useful information is provided. > > Running the same command on FreeBSD 7.2 yields a complete trace > > with lots of useful information. > > Have you tested against another NS? I ran into a similar problem > when setting up unbound as a local recursor recently on a 9.1-STABLE > (r251985) box. > > dig +trace would return (next to) nothing. dig +trace > @8.8.8.8 worked as expected. > > I found it was the access-control configuration of unbound. Changing > my "access-control: ::1 allow" to "access-control: ::1 allow_snoop" > restored the +trace functionality. > > I'm not sure how this translates with bind.. Perhaps the defaults > have changed between the versions that you're running (if you're > running the base versions on 7.2 and 9.1) or your recursive server > isn't allowing it on 9.2? Fwiw, in unbound, "allow" allows recursive > lookups, "allow_snoop" allows both recursive and non-recursive > lookups. $ dig freebsd.org +trace ; <<>> DiG 9.6.-ESV-R7-P2 <<>> freebsd.org +trace ;; global options: +cmd ;; Received 12 bytes from 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) in 0 ms $ drill freebsd.org +trace ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, rcode: NOERROR, id: 28341 ;; flags: qr rd ra ; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;; +trace. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: +trace. 10 IN A 69.16.143.110 +trace. 10 IN A 66.152.109.110 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 209.18.47.62 ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 22 06:35:54 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 56 I was surprised at the difference between the output of the two commands. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Custom Software for Municipalities
I have been charged with investigation alternate software packages for use in our community. The one shown at this URL: <http://www.granvillecounty.zpuser.com/> is an example of what I am referring to. This is the home URL for that software: <http://zoneprosoftware.com/support/index.htm> I work for a town in the county shown above. We are investigating the possibility of setting up something like this on the town's web site to assist our citizens in searching for information. This project has a one year lead-in time, so it is not particularly time sensitive at this moment. We are still in the preliminary stage. The system will undoubtedly be using Microsoft 2013 servers, although I could always get a FreeBSD server integrated into the system if I could find a viable piece of software to handle the job that the ZonePro software does. I have not been able to locate an open-source application that works in a similar manner. Perhaps someone might be familiar with one or has heard of one. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: undelete files in msdosfs
On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:00:39 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > After a nice day in the fields, my wife deleted accidently the > pictures in her cam; the microSD mounts fine in FreeBSD as -t > msdosfs; do we have some FreeBSD 10-CUR tool to undelete the files, > as there are some for M$? There are dozens of Microsoft based applications that are intended to undelete a file, assuming you have not otherwise over written the file or messed up the file system. I even saw one designed just for cameras. Google is your friend. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: texlive and package updating
On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:40:10 -0500 Tim Daneliuk articulated: > On 08/09/2013 11:36 AM, Jerry wrote: > > Port: texlive-full-20120701 > > Path: /usr/ports/print/texlive-full > > Info: TeX Live, Full Version > > Maint: h...@freebsd.org > > > > With: TEX_DEFAULT=texlive placed in the /etc/make.conf file. > > > > My question is how do I update the packages since the package > > updater has apparently been deliberately disabled? I install/update > > dozens of packages each week on my Windows machine, so I know that > > they are available. > > > > Also. all of the "*-freebsd-doc-*" ports are bonked due to the > > use of "texlive". Is there any headway being made on that front? > > I've given up on all OS distribution-based TexLive drops. I install > texlive manually from their installer and then run tlmgr under > cron control nightly to keep it up-to-date. I do this on > FreeBSD (my primary dev and server platform) as well as all > linux instances in my environment. It makes things a lot simpler. I have to admit that I am somewhat confused myself. Why the port was released sans any viable method of updating the packages seems counter productive. I know for a fact that this problem does not exist on an MS Windows machine, nor from what I have been able to ascertain, most other *.nix operating systems. Hopefully these two glaring problems will be rectified soon. I am wondering if I simply make "tlmgr" operational, if it will work. Did you have to do anything special to accomplish getting "tlmgr" working and updating correctly? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
texlive and package updating
Port: texlive-full-20120701 Path: /usr/ports/print/texlive-full Info: TeX Live, Full Version Maint: h...@freebsd.org With: TEX_DEFAULT=texlive placed in the /etc/make.conf file. My question is how do I update the packages since the package updater has apparently been deliberately disabled? I install/update dozens of packages each week on my Windows machine, so I know that they are available. Also. all of the "*-freebsd-doc-*" ports are bonked due to the use of "texlive". Is there any headway being made on that front? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Unable to access http://sane-project.org/
Not really a FreeBSD problem; however, I was wondering if anyone else had been unable to access http://sane-project.org/ in the last 24 hours? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: xcdroast cannot locate cdda2wav
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:26:58 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > Version 3.00 is better than 2.01 (required), so it should work. Whether "3.00" is better than "2.01" is debatable. However, the fact that it definitely superseded it is not. The application's web site lists a patch for this problem. <http://www.xcdroast.org/xcdr098/patches/>. I don't believe it has been incorporated into the application's port, nor do I know if it will even work on FreeBSD. In any case, the port maintain has been made aware of it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: xcdroast cannot locate cdda2wav
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:29:26 +0200 Oliver Lehmann articulated: > cdrtools should be installed on your system. Please verify this with > pkg_info. cdda2wav should then be installed > in /usr/local/bin/cdda2wav Please check this. Please don't top post. I all ready posted regarding the installation of cdda2wav. It is there but either xcdroast doesn't find it or more likely, doesn't understand the version correctly. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: xcdroast cannot locate cdda2wav
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:37:38 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > The cdda2wav program is part of the "cdrtools" port. > Try updating that one. Been there, done that, doesn't work. I am considering doing a forced update of the xcdroast port and its dependencies via portupgrade. I really hate wasting time like this, but I need the port to work. Interestingly enough, this is the output from cdda2wav: # cdda2wav -version cdda2wav 3.00 (amd64-unknown-freebsd8.3) Copyright (C) 1993-2004 Heiko Ei�feldt (C) 2004-2010 J�rg Schilling Defaults: stereo, 16 bit, 44100.00 Hz, track 1, no offset, one track, type: wav filename: 'audio', don't wait for signal, not quiet, use: 'generic_scsi', device: 'yourSCSI_Bus,yourSCSI_ID,yourSCSI_LUN', aux: '' Obviously, it is installed. The "xcdroast" application suddenly cannot locate it though or is not able to properly determine the version number. I am thinking of filing a PR against it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
xcdroast cannot locate cdda2wav
The "xcdroast" application use to work, but lately it has started to throw an error message. First, it would not let me start it unless I was "root". I had long ago done the reacquired preliminary start-up as root. Now, when I attempt to start it as root, it emits this error message: ~ # xcdroast ** (xcdroast:96970): WARNING **: Invalid cdda2wav version -unknown- found. Expecting at least version 2.01 Start xcdroast with the -n option to override (not recommended!) ~ # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/xcdroast I have tried deleting the port and rebuilding it, but the same problem exists. I have not been able to locate "cdda2wav" on the system or in a port. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Theft in the Clouds
Not really a FreeBSD issue, but I did find this article rather fascinating. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506976/how-to-steal-data-from-your-neighbor-in-the-cloud/ -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Saving scanned document
On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:15:09 -0500 Mark Felder articulated: > Can your machine email the PDF? That's how I'd solve it... have it > send to a mailbox on your local machine and have a script that grabs > the attachment and puts it in a directory shared on the network. That is a novel idea and yes it does have the ability to send a scanned document via email; however, I think that is way more trouble than it is worth. I have the problem solved by sharing the directories on the MS machines. It isn't perfect, but it does work. Porting the Brother scanner software to FreeBSD would probably be ideal, but I have neither the time, a spare machine nor probably the skill to do it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Saving scanned document
On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:22:46 -0400 Lowell Gilbert articulated: > Jerry writes: > > > On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:50:00 -0400 > > Lowell Gilbert articulated: > > > >> Jerry writes: > >> > >> > Does anyone know of a way of getting the scanner to "see" the > >> > FreeBSD machine and saving a file to it? > >> > >> I'm not sure I correctly understand your intention, but maybe > >> Samba is what you're looking for? > > > > Samba is working fine and all of the other computers on the network > > can see each other and the printer/scanner. The problem is that the > > scanner does not see the FreeBSD machine. > > I'm going to make some guesses here, because your information is still > sketchy. Specifically, I'm assuming that you have Samba running on the > FreeBSD machine, and that the other (Windows) computers can write > files to the Samba shares on the FreeBSD machine, but that some kind > of GUI comes up when you scan, and offers Windows machines as possible > destination, but doesn't offer the FreeBSD machine. > > Assuming all of that is correct, this is a Samba-tuning question, and > you may need a Samba expert. But first you can check whether the > machines agree on the master browser, and whether there's an Active > Directory lookup occurring in each (Windows machine vs. > printer-scanner) case. Are these hosts all on the same IP subnet? Yes, they are all on the same IP subnet and there is no active directory. I believe the problem to be that the software needed by the scanner is not running on the FreeBSD machine, nor is it likely to in the near future. Brother makes the software for *.nix, MAC and Windows, but that is it. I seriously doubt that i am going to spend anymore time on this issue. I have all ready shared the directories that the scanner saves files into on the Windows machines, and can mount and access them from the FreeBSD one. Spending hours to save a few minutes work of time is not a good use of my time or energy. If it was only a matter of a tweak here or there I would do it; however, it has become apparent to me that it goes further than that. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Saving scanned document
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:16:06 -0300 Mario Lobo articulated: > Doesn't Brother printers have a webpage where you can scan from it? At > least that's what the HP I have does. Any computer on the network can > access this page and scan from it. Including my BSD. I don't know. It seems like a lot more work than is really necessary though. There is a web interface, but that only allows me to make settings to the unit. There is a application that controls printing, scanning, faxing and copying but that is only available on a Windows or Mac machine. They do have some utilities for *.nix, but none of them work out of the box on FreeBSD. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Saving scanned document
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:50:00 -0400 Lowell Gilbert articulated: > Jerry writes: > > > Does anyone know of a way of getting the scanner to "see" the > > FreeBSD machine and saving a file to it? > > I'm not sure I correctly understand your intention, but maybe Samba is > what you're looking for? Samba is working fine and all of the other computers on the network can see each other and the printer/scanner. The problem is that the scanner does not see the FreeBSD machine. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Saving scanned document
On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:09:59 +0200 Bernt Hansson articulated: > On 2013-07-23 19:14, Jerry wrote: > > I have a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. The printer is hooked up > > wireless > > If you want it to work, use HP. Or make sure its compatible with HP. I certainly don't want start a flame war over HP vs Brother; however, with the exception that Brother doesn't support FreeBSD, I like everything about it better than the HP offerings. I all ready shared the "scanned" directory on my main MS machine, so I can easily access it from the FreeBSD PC. It is not the best solution; however, it is certainly a workable one. Brother does have scanner drivers available at: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_index.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc9560cdw_us&dlid=&flang=English&os=127&type2=-1 I have just never been able to convert them into something that works on FreeBSD. Plus, the fact that I don't have a spare machine that I can use to try it out on isn't helping the problem either. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Saving scanned document
I have a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. The printer is hooked up wireless to the router. From the router it is connected via Ethernet cable to my FreeBSD machine. I also have four Microsoft machines on the network. They are all networked together wireless. Now, the five computers can all see each other and I can print to the printer, using CUPS from my FreeBSD machine. The problem is with scanning. I don't expect to be able to access the scanning features of the printer via the FreeBSD machine. There is no software available for it. However, I would like to be able to scan directly from the scanner into my FreeBSD machine. At present, I can scan and save from the scanner to any of my Microsoft machines. The scanner does not even "see" the FreeBSD machine, so it cannot save a scan to it. Brother makes software for some *.nix distributions, but not FreeBSD. Their support network said that they cannot assist me. Presently my only option is to save to a Microsoft machine, whether or not I intended to use the document on that machine, and then transfer it to the FreeBSD machine. Does anyone know of a way of getting the scanner to "see" the FreeBSD machine and saving a file to it? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF
On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:40:24 +0200 Roland Smith articulated: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 03:18:19PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > I am looking for an application that can convert a standard "flat" > > PDF file into an "interactive" PDF. I can locate several that work > > under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to > > find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. > > A lot of those kinds of features are only supported by acrobat reader. > E.g. with KDE's Okular, annotations, forms and playing movies are > listed as in development (see http://okular.kde.org/formats.php). > > Furthermore, it seems that the PDF viewer often needs javascript > built-in and enabled for them to work. Few open source PDF readers > support that, because it can be a huge security risk. The > graphics/mupdf port supports it, but the port is built _without_ > javascript by default. > > Using e.g. print/pdftk you can uncompress the streams in a PDF file, > so you can edit it in any editor. This would allow you to see which > stream contains javascript. Using that and the relevant adobe > documentation, you should be able to add javascript to your own pdf > files. I am think about giving "print/scribus-devel" a try out. "Acrobat XI" is a pretty nice application, but if I could find something that worked in a similar fashion for a non Windows system, it would be nice. The work I am doing is for a municipality, so cost is not an issue, job security is. If I can do the same job on a non Windows machine, the odds of someone else being able to do the same thing are greatly reduced. If I use Acrobat XI, anyone would be able to do the job making my presents less of an issue. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Convert flat PDF to interactive PDF
I am looking for an application that can convert a standard "flat" PDF file into an "interactive" PDF. I can locate several that work under MS Windows, including Acrobat XI; however, I was trying to find one that will work under KDE on FreeBSD. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Firefox 21 not proceeding to URL
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 07:53:13 +0200 Leslie Jensen articulated: > > > 2013-06-28 19:07, Jerry skrev: > > Using Firefox 21, if I enter this URL: > > > > http://www.nclawreview.org/documents/91/1/wegner.pdf > > > > nothing happens. The PDF is not displayed nor is there any evidence > > that Firefox did anything at all. > > > > Now, entering the same URL using the same version of Firefox on a > > Windows machine, it works perfectly. No surprise there. Why is it > > failing on the FreeBSD machine? I posted on another forum and was > > told it works under Linux, so it must be a FreeBSD problem. Can > > anyone confirm this or have an idea what the problem is? > > > > It works for me. It turns out the problem was caused by the "PDF Download" add-on I had installed. I disabled it and all is well again. I contacted the author who informed me that it works on *.nix and the problem probably lies with FreeBSD; however, he will look into it. In other words, it isn't gong to be fixed anytime soon, if at all. There is just no urgency is wasting the time to fix a problem for a small niche of users and an even smaller niche who are employing their add-on combined with an infinitesimal number of users actually trying to access a site similar to the one shown above. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Firefox 21 not proceeding to URL
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:46:43 +0400 Boris Samorodov articulated: > This works for me: Edit -> Prefernces -> Applications -> PDF: > preview in Firefox. As well as other viewer (mupdf tested). > My current Firefox version is 22.0 though. But I recall it > working at previous firefox versions. I have tried every setting listed under the TAB, but they all fail. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Firefox 21 not proceeding to URL
Using Firefox 21, if I enter this URL: http://www.nclawreview.org/documents/91/1/wegner.pdf nothing happens. The PDF is not displayed nor is there any evidence that Firefox did anything at all. Now, entering the same URL using the same version of Firefox on a Windows machine, it works perfectly. No surprise there. Why is it failing on the FreeBSD machine? I posted on another forum and was told it works under Linux, so it must be a FreeBSD problem. Can anyone confirm this or have an idea what the problem is? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 compiling world
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:10:54 +0200 Chris Knipe articulated: > Hi all, > > I've been battling the whole day now trying to compile 9 STABLE > I've svn'ed the source from branch base/stable/9 numerious times and > the code base as far as I can tell is up to date... > > cc -O2 -pipe -I/usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump > -I/usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -DINET6 -DLBL_ALIGN > -I/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/include/openssl -DHAVE_LIBCRYPTO > -DHAVE_OPENSSL_EVP_H -DHAVE_NET_PFVAR_H -std=gnu99 -fstack-protector > -Wsystem-headers -Werror -Wall -Wno-format-y2k -W > -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes > -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-pointer-sign -c > /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump/print-pfsync.c > /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump/print-pfsync.c: > In function 'print_src_dst': > /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump/print-pfsync.c:330: > error: 'tcpstates' undeclared (first use in this function) > /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump/print-pfsync.c:330: > error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once > /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump/../../../contrib/tcpdump/print-pfsync.c:330: > error: for each function it appears in.) > *** [print-pfsync.o] Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpdump. > *** [all] Error code 1 > > Can someone perhaps recommend a course of action? Have you followed all of the directions precisely as stated on <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html>, especially <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html#idp91153200> and <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html#idp91104944>. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ___ 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: Flash failing with videos on "youtube"
On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:57:09 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > El día Sunday, June 16, 2013 a las 07:39:30AM -0400, Jerry escribió: > > > I saw the answer to this a while back, but I cannot find it now. > > dom.ipc.plugins.enabled = false > > to be set via about:config in FF Perhaps that should either be the default setting, I really have no idea what else it pertains to, or clearly displayed in "Chapter 7. Desktop Applications" <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html>. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
Flash failing with videos on "youtube"
I saw the answer to this a while back, but I cannot find it now. After working fine for quite a while, this problem has started. When attempting to play videos on "youtube", I am greeted with a message that states "Adobe Flash Player is Required for Video Playback? It then offers me a link to the site; obviously though that link is useless in FreeBSD. I double checked everything, the ports are all up-to-date, and I ran "nspluginwrapper", etcetera as specified in "Chapter 7. Desktop Applications" <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop-browsers.html> Someone else had a similar problem and reported it here awhile ago and was given the solution. I am running Firefox 21.0 via the ports system on a FreeBSD-8.3 amd64 system. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ In 1900, a father came home from work to find his wife and children at the supper table. Today, a father comes home to a note: "Jimmy's at baseball, Cindy's at gymnastics, I'm at adult-Ed, Pizza in fridge." ___ 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: USB can't mount msdosfs drive
On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:12:59 -0400 Joseph Mays articulated: > Yes. It's one of several thumb drives that were mounted in the back > of some linux machines at remote sites we help a customer with. The > client is unsure what was on them, but needs to know. We asked them > to gather them up and stick them into usb ports on a freebsd machine > we have access to and manage at their location (in another state). > Most of them I got mounted as either msdosfs, or ufs, or ntfs, or > extfs2, and was able to get the data off them. This thumb drive is > one of two holdouts. Is it possible that they are petitioned as exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) drives? That is how I partition all of my flash drives. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: RALINK RT3572 supported in 9.1-RELEASE ?
On Sat, 25 May 2013 03:11:48 -0700 Ronald F. Guilmette articulated: > > I have a Trendnet TEW-684UB wireless dual-band USB adapter. Googling > around for awhile leads me to believe that this probably contains an > Ralink RT3572 chipset. > > Further googling also leads me to believe that a version of the > run(4) driver which should support this chipset was comitted some > considerable time ago. > > Can anyone confirm either or both of these two impressions? Does > the TEW-684UB contain an Ralink RT3572? Is support for that chipset > present in 9.1-RELEASE? > > If the answer to both of the above is "yes", then where might I find > a "HOW TO" sort of doc which might help me to get this running? I've > already added the following lines to /boot/loader.conf and rebooted: > >if_run_load="YES" >runfw_load="YES" > > but apparently to no avail. > > After adding the above two lines to loader.conf and rebooting, > shouldn't the device thenceforth appear in the output of "ifconfig > -a" ? (Mine does not.) Seriously, it took me three seconds to go to the TRENDnet page and discover that it uses the RT3573 chip set. <http://wikidevi.com/wiki/TRENDnet_TEW-684UB> I will leave discovering if the run(4) driver supports it as a lesson for the student. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: linux_base-c6 && Skype 4.2
On Thu, 23 May 2013 20:09:35 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > M$ has Linux Skype 4.2 for some Linux distributions, for example for > F16; would it be possible to run one of these distributions on top of > linux_base-c6? Is there any work in progress I could support? > I have enough systems at home running some 10-CURRENT and could use > one of them for additional tests/work According to the web site, these are the minimum requirements for a Linux version of Skype 4.2.0.11 Skype for Linux 1 GHz processor or faster. 256 MB RAM. 100 MB free disk space on your hard drive. Video card driver with Xv support. Either a built-in or external microphone is required for voice calls. An internet connection – broadband is best (GPRS is not supported for voice calls). Qt 4.7 • D-Bus 1.0.0 libasound2 1.0.18 PulseAudio 1.0 (optional) BlueZ 4.0.0 (optional) I saw a post, I think it was SlashDot, that the FreeBSD kernel was not robust enough to handle Skype. You might want to talk to the developers. You can always download a clean distribution of Skype from the web site and experiment with it. <http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/> -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Hot Swapping SATA drive?
On Sat, 18 May 2013 10:49:13 -0400 Quartz articulated: > You need the sata ports running in straight up pure ahci mode (as > opposed to "IDE mode" or "compatible" or something that emulates old > style parallel-ata). Be aware that Windows up through XP doesn't > support ahci, so if you're dual booting an old system you'll have > problems. You'll also almost certainly want to disable any > motherboard-based raid options too, as they tend to be complete crap. There is a huge amount of information via a quick Google search that would seem to contradict your statements regarding WinXP and AHCI. http://expertester.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/how-to-enable-ahci-windows-xp/ http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-hardware/how-do-i-change-windows-xp-to-use-ahci-disk-mode/7819a905-cfd9-4966-b2aa-67afc80a31d8 -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: List Spam Filtering
On Fri, 17 May 2013 14:03:01 +0100 RW articulated: > On Fri, 17 May 2013 08:45:29 -0400 > Jerry wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:32 +0100 > > RW articulated: > > > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:29 +0100 > > > Bruce Cran wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, seriously. Have you seen the number of people who post > > > > messages "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!", apparently > > > > not understanding how to manage their subscription? > > > > > > There's also the likelyhood that reluctant subscribers are less > > > likely to take care about avoiding various types of backscatter. > > > > Well, unless the reluctant subscriber is running an incorrectly > > configured MTA, I don't see a problem with "backscatter". Now, if > > they do have a maladjusted MTA, they have more problems then just > > subscribing to a list. > > Out of Office replies, sieve rejects, anti-spam challenges etc Yes, an incorrectly configured MTA or one of its milters. There are ways to deal with these assholes. Allowing a blanket "open-door" policy is like setting file permissions on everything to 0777 just because you are to lazy to find a correct solution to a problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: List Spam Filtering
On Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:32 +0100 RW articulated: > On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:29 +0100 > Bruce Cran wrote: > > > On 17/05/2013 11:42, Jerry wrote: > > > Seriously? If some potential poster were so brain dead that > > > he/she could not comprehend how to subscribe to the mailing list > > > then I would seriously doubt that they would possess the > > > necessary skills to install and run FreeBSD to begin with. Lets > > > be honest here. All that the present system does is act as an > > > enabler for Spam merchants and Trolls. > > > > Yes, seriously. Have you seen the number of people who post > > messages "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!", apparently > > not understanding how to manage their subscription? > > There's also the likelyhood that reluctant subscribers are less likely > to take care about avoiding various types of backscatter. Well, unless the reluctant subscriber is running an incorrectly configured MTA, I don't see a problem with "backscatter". Now, if they do have a maladjusted MTA, they have more problems then just subscribing to a list. > It seems to me that the level of spam in list is pretty much > negligible. That would be a subjective statement. It is like asking how many times you have to slap your wife before you are considered a wife beater. Interestingly enough, the FBI won't classify you as a serial killer until you have killed a minimum of three people. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: List Spam Filtering
On Thu, 16 May 2013 23:05:33 +0100 Bruce Cran articulated: > There have been some discussions about this in the past. > freebsd-questions doesn't require subscribing to avoid people who may > be unfamiliar with mailing lists being put off posting to it. Seriously? If some potential poster were so brain dead that he/she could not comprehend how to subscribe to the mailing list then I would seriously doubt that they would possess the necessary skills to install and run FreeBSD to begin with. Lets be honest here. All that the present system does is act as an enabler for Spam merchants and Trolls. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Will i be force.
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 09:18:43PM +, k_win...@ovi.com wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > > My name is Kevin, I want to build an OS that is derived from freebsd but > Should i be worried about FreeBSD license when i am deriving. No. Not at all. FreeBSD allows free use including modifying. Look it up on the FreeBSD web sitehttp://www.freebsd.org/ jerry > -- > Sent from my Nokia phone > ___ > 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"
Re: List Spam Filtering
On Sun, 12 May 2013 07:39:31 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith articulated: > On Sat, 11 May 2013 19:44:46 +0200 > "Julian H. Stacey" wrote: > > > Hi, > > "Steve O'Hara-Smith" wrote: > > > On Thu, 09 May 2013 02:26:26 +0200 > > > "Julian H. Stacey" wrote: > > > > > > > If list write access was changed to Subscribers Only: > > > > - List could silently discard such spam. > > > > - Postmaster@ (& webmaster@ weeding web archives) would have > > > > less work. > > > > - Less individual need to select spam phrases to copy to > > > > personal filters (& less time searching WTF dialect American > > > > above meant in English ;-). > > > > > > The downside is that it would require people to subscribe > > > in order to ask a question, > > > > True. I suggest the up side outweighs the down side though. > > From the point of view of subscribers perhaps, however from > the point of view of users who don't wish to subscribe in order to > ask a single question it is the other way round. I am not really a big fan of paying for a hunting license since I only hunt once a year; however, they still make me do it. As a POC earlier this year, I subscribed to this list under a different name & address, returned to my MUA and the responding message from this list was waiting. I replied to it and was there upon subscribed. Total time, less than 1-1/2 minutes. And that included me taking a sip of coffee. The time to remove myself from the list was similar. Hell, it takes me longer than that to gather all of the info I might need to either ask or respond to a question on this list. > > > this is also the reason for the convention of using > > > "Reply to all" in FreeBSD mailing lists. It's been a convention > > > for a *long* time, at least since FreeBSD 1.1 was shiny and new > > > in 1993. > > > > I'm not intending to question or suggest any change re CC behaviour. > > (Maybe you mis-read or mis-infered what I intended, > > Not at all, just pointing out that the two things have a > common reason in the FreeBSD lists. Personally I doubt that either > will change any time soon. > > >or maybe I mis-wrote, or mis-implied, whatever, please forget > > that bit, though as background I'd observe: > > Questions@ didn't exist for quite a while after FreeBSD > > started, Hackers@ & some others preceded it. > > A good many others indeed - but all the "user" lists have > always had the same conventions. > > > Various people prune CC when they get littered with too > > many CC. ) I never respond to CC'ers. If they cannot take the time to subscribe, I cannot afford the time to respond. > True enough - and occasionally this loses the unsubscribed OP. Perhaps our list should include a disclaimer (I hate them) that states: WARNING: CC ARE YOUR OWN RISK Actually, I think this is kind of funn: From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Technically, I am responding to a CC'er who happens to be the list operator/owner or whatever terminology turns you on. My sieve filters are designed to filter out an CC messages; however, they are also designed to accept any mail from FreeBSD*. Since I was not in the CC address (directly), I ended up getting a CC'd mesage. I really have to rework my filters. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: is there any books about network with FreeBSD
On Fri, 10 May 2013 13:32:12 +0800 (CST) Aric articulated: > Hi > all. > is there some books about network, such as > gateway,vpn,turnnel,bridge! the books is more about netwok, no server > or the basic Unix telnologic or only a little server and basic > command thanks ! Seriously! For starters, go to <http://oreilly.com/> and type in "networking" and dozens of potential targets will appear. You can also use Amazon <http://www.amazon.com/>, change the search scope to books and type in "network". This certainly isn't rocket science. You could use <http://www.barnesandnoble.com> or visit their book store, any decent book store, (the ones with XXX splashed across the front window probably not so much) and locate exactly what you want. You probably will not locate a "FreeBSD & Networking for Dummies"; however, since FreeBSD does, at least for the most part, stays consistent with what the other major operating systems do. Your biggest problem will be locating drivers for the the newer or high end devices that are constantly becoming available on the market. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Typo in portmaster man page?
On Thu, 09 May 2013 06:06:42 -0500 Bryan Drewery articulated: > (I'm not the original author on portmaster). Personally the manpage > really confuses me. There's been bigger issues to tackle first though > so I have not touched the manpage much. You do realize that the "man" in "manpage" is an acronym for, "Much About Nothing". -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
update from apache22 to apache24
I was just wondering if anyone had updated from apache22 to apache24. Specifically, are there any problems to be overcome? Does the existing httpd.conf file work with the apache24 branch. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
portmaster -- no execute command
Does portmaster have a "--noexecute" flag like portupgrade? Specifically, I want to run the following command and see exactly what would be updated / modified sans actually doing it. portmaster -o new_app old_app -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: none
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:07:30 -0400 Lowell Gilbert articulated: > You'll need to run -CURRENT instead of 9.1, and all the caveats that > apply. You'll also need the special HAL that hasn't yet been commited > to -CURRENT. There are instructions on the freebsd-wireless mailing > list. I'm using that exact card right now. Really off-topic, but HAL is now deprecated on many modern systems. Why is FreeBSD continuing to use it? It is being replaced by "udev". You would think that FreeBSD-10 would be a perfect time to put HAL to bed and take a more modern approach. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Youtube & Flash Videos broken?
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:05:19 +0200 Ralf Mardorf articulated: > On Sun, 2013-04-07 at 06:21 -0400, Jerry wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:57:47 +0200 > > Ralf Mardorf articulated: > > > > > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 23:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 23:39 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywn2Lz5zmYg > > > > > > > > Firefox 20.0 Arch Linux x86_64 can't play this video too. > > > > Neither flash, nor gnash installed. Perhaps it's a video with a > > > > commercial, before the video can be watched? Wicked! > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPtiYiMCbQ > > > > > > > > Video and audio are ok for this video, still without flash or > > > > gnash. > > > > > > Perhaps we should switch to Windows :D. SICR > > > > I have pretty much given up on using Firefox with FreeBSD on sites > > that utilize Flash. It usually just sucks. Sites like "comedy > > Central" are just not view-able utilizing that combination. I use > > my Windows PC or Laptop for those times. Plus, I can keep Flash and > > or Java "up-to-date" far easier. > > I never needed to use Windows, I could switch from the Atari ST to > *nix around ten years ago, but since around 1½ years I need to run > Windows in VBox. I planed to start making music on Friday, now it's > Sunday noon and I still couldn't start, because I still need to fix > issues. However, I experienced less issues with *nix software, > usually I run into issues regarding to hardware. Fortunately I don't > care about the flash issue, if tube videos don't work, I don't watch > tube videos and if flash should be needed for something else on a > homepage, it for sure isn't a homepage I want to visit. Usually web > pages for *nix are programmed like http://www.freebsd.org/ > and very seldom like > http://linux-audio.com/ > but even this site doesn't expect flash. Serious homepages, e.g. from > departments, usually are good programmed and commercial homepages, > e.g. from the porn industry, are usually bad programmed. > > If users would stop visiting bad programmed sites, we would get better > programmed websites, so IMO we shouldn't fix the issues others cause, > it's their task to fix their websites. This site: <http://aattp.org/watch-jon-stewart-annihilate-anti-gun-control-arguments-in-this-amazing-daily-show-clip-video/ plays fine on Windows using either IE or Firefox. It also works on Ubuntu. However, it bombs out with FreeBSD and Firefox. I haven't had an opportunity to try it on a Linux system yet.. The bottom line is where exactly does the problem exist. FreeBSD users love to blame everyone else for their problems; however, is that actually the problem here or is it something else? Using Flash is way harder than it needs to be on FreeBSD. You hear FreeBSD users who claim that they never use Flash, which in itself is an interesting statement. If it doesn't work, then obviously you cannot take advantage of it. I suspect at least 50% of them are liars. The rest are more than likely expressing their "sour-grapes" wrath. The real goal should be to get it working and working correctly and as easily as other Operating Systems have. The world is not going to adapt to your specifications, you have to adapt to its or else fall by the wayside. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Youtube & Flash Videos broken?
On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:57:47 +0200 Ralf Mardorf articulated: > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 23:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-04-06 at 23:39 +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywn2Lz5zmYg > > > > Firefox 20.0 Arch Linux x86_64 can't play this video too. Neither > > flash, nor gnash installed. Perhaps it's a video with a commercial, > > before the video can be watched? Wicked! > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPtiYiMCbQ > > > > Video and audio are ok for this video, still without flash or gnash. > > Perhaps we should switch to Windows :D. SICR I have pretty much given up on using Firefox with FreeBSD on sites that utilize Flash. It usually just sucks. Sites like "comedy Central" are just not view-able utilizing that combination. I use my Windows PC or Laptop for those times. Plus, I can keep Flash and or Java "up-to-date" far easier. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:17:55 -0700 (PDT) Anton Shterenlikht articulated: > Jerry, Matthew, thank you > > I think I got it working. > In addition to your advice, this guide was very helpful: > > http://www.phinesolutions.com/sendmail-gmail-smtp-relay-howto.html > > It seems these two options were required: > > define(`RELAY_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 587') > define(`ESMTP_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 587') After reading that "How-to", I am so glad I use Postfix. Anyway, glad you got it to work. You might find the idiot who wrote that first "manual" you referenced and tell him/her they are a dumb-ass and post a corrected manual. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:49:45 + Matthew Seaman articulated: > Given you're seeing that CONNECTED message there, it certainly does. > The problem with that openssl command seems to be the 'unable to get > local issuer certificate' part. That's possibly openssl being pickier > about verifying certs than sendmail would be, but that certificate > verification step is probably where you're coming adrift. You need to > have the intermediate certs used by Google in your cacert.pem file, so > sendmail will trust the smtp.gmail.com cert. Check the 'confCACERT' > setting in your sendmail.mc. I have a block of code like this: > > define(`CERT_DIR', `MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR`'certs')dnl > define(`confCACERT_PATH', `CERT_DIR')dnl > define(`confCACERT', `CERT_DIR/cacert.pem')dnl > define(`confSERVER_CERT', `CERT_DIR/cert.pem')dnl > define(`confSERVER_KEY', `CERT_DIR/key.pem')dnl > define(`confCLIENT_CERT', `CERT_DIR/cert.pem')dnl > define(`confCLIENT_KEY', `CERT_DIR/key.pem')dnl > > which allows me to put all the keys and certs in /etc/mail/certs/ If you really need the Gmail certs, you can use this to get them: openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:587 -starttls smtp -showcerts If you feel you really need the "Equifax Secure Certificate Authority" pem, go here <http://www.geotrust.com/resources/root-certificates/> and download it. Again, how to set up Sendmail is a task I leave for the student. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
On Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:14:44 GMT Anton Shterenlikht articulated: > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:36:19 -0400 > From: Jerry > To: FreeBSD > Subject: Re: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please > help > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:32:34 GMT > Anton Shterenlikht articulated: > > > Please help debug sendmail / smtp.gmail config. > > > > My University just switched to gmail (dickheads) > > and I'm trying to figure out how to set it up. > > > > It used to work ok with the University smtp auth > > server. Now I get in /var/log/maillog: > > > > sm-mta[72300]: r2TI0vQc072134: to=, > > ctladdr= (1001/1001), > > delay=00:20:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=210424, > > relay=smtp.gmail.com, dsn=4.0.0, > > stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com > > > > I switched the firewall off completely. > > > > I have: > > > > # cat /etc/mail/auth/client-info > > AuthInfo:smtp.gmail.com "U:root" "I:me...@bristol.ac.uk" > > "P:x" # > > > > and this in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc: > > > > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 > > LOGIN')dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.gmail.com')dnl > > > > I rebuilt (run make under /etc/mail. This just > > renames freebsd.mc to .mc, and freebsd.submit.mc > > to .submit.mc) and restarted sendmail. > > > > I also use: > > > > MASQUERADE_AS(`bristol.ac.uk') > > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`bristol.ac.uk') > > > > to use the university domain instead of > > may .men.bris.ac.uk, which is not > > acceptable. > > Try this at the command line: > > openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:25 -starttls smtp > > If it times out, change the port number to 587 and try it > again. If you cannot make a connect using either port number then you > have a firewall problem. > > Thank you, I get: > > $ openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:25 -starttls smtp > connect: Operation timed out > connect:errno=60 > $ > > $ openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:587 -starttls smtp > CONNECTED(0003) > depth=1 C = US, O = Google Inc, CN = Google Internet Authority > verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate > verify return:0 > --- > Certificate chain > 0 s:/C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google > Inc/CN=smtp.gmail.com i:/C=US/O=Google Inc/CN=Google Internet > Authority 1 s:/C=US/O=Google Inc/CN=Google Internet Authority >i:/C=US/O=Equifax/OU=Equifax Secure Certificate Authority > --- > Server certificate > -BEGIN CERTIFICATE- > MIIDgDCCAumgAwIBAgIKO3T/ewBoqDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBGMQswCQYD > VQQGEwJVUzETMBEGA1UEChMKR29vZ2xlIEluYzEiMCAGA1UEAxMZR29vZ2xlIElu > dGVybmV0IEF1dGhvcml0eTAeFw0xMjA5MTIxMTU3NTBaFw0xMzA2MDcxOTQzMjda > MGgxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlhMRYwFAYDVQQHEw1N > b3VudGFpbiBWaWV3MRMwEQYDVQQKEwpHb29nbGUgSW5jMRcwFQYDVQQDEw5zbXRw > LmdtYWlsLmNvbTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAv0UvQmjW1y96 > cOK6AdQVEYPRd3ZQ9UhxkKfuVaYS9riOESFkWxkz+b3Ts/EOA5SY8axkaJS7Qa/v > N7laztYY8tTkx9Ml+eCY4xh0fFq9z4/WWADGqTY5I0wvqjZr+jBuYGulK1fU4ZUS > QpuZMMO9x7Bmr5LVP9C5r2qnoqtMtJUCAwEAAaOCAVEwggFNMB0GA1UdJQQWMBQG > CCsGAQUFBwMBBggrBgEFBQcDAjAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUaCtARMZ9urIDfdpR6v1AkQsr > 44owHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUv8Aw6/VDET5nup6R+/xq2uNrEiQwWwYDVR0fBFQwUjBQ > oE6gTIZKaHR0cDovL3d3dy5nc3RhdGljLmNvbS9Hb29nbGVJbnRlcm5ldEF1dGhv > cml0eS9Hb29nbGVJbnRlcm5ldEF1dGhvcml0eS5jcmwwZgYIKwYBBQUHAQEEWjBY > MFYGCCsGAQUFBzAChkpodHRwOi8vd3d3LmdzdGF0aWMuY29tL0dvb2dsZUludGVy > bmV0QXV0aG9yaXR5L0dvb2dsZUludGVybmV0QXV0aG9yaXR5LmNydDAMBgNVHRMB > Af8EAjAAMBkGA1UdEQQSMBCCDnNtdHAuZ21haWwuY29tMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUA > A4GBADSkwmtEUhy/AhX2sIULT0Q5S9OlfKxbyE8hEc8nxls3jbk5yKZYd35Bzyy8 > raoUPFuD3IH+zP/FGj5LPQirjnJLUvuFDsiM4eowPUthQad9SGWWdz6hCx8HpEUZ > 1ssGnwb3HX34e9RH57v9LdtVUPdFYQsBJ36miGPylWk6r0xx > -END CERTIFICATE- > subject=/C=US/ST=California/L=Mountain View/O=Google > Inc/CN=smtp.gmail.com issuer=/C=US/O=Google Inc/CN=Google Internet > Authority --- > No client certificate CA names sent > --- > SSL handshake has read 2317 bytes and written 476 bytes > --- > New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA > Server public key is 1024 bit > Secure Renegotiation IS supported > Compression: NONE > Expansion: NONE > SSL-Session: > Protocol : TLSv1.2 >
Re: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com - please help
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:32:34 GMT Anton Shterenlikht articulated: > Please help debug sendmail / smtp.gmail config. > > My University just switched to gmail (dickheads) > and I'm trying to figure out how to set it up. > > It used to work ok with the University smtp auth > server. Now I get in /var/log/maillog: > > sm-mta[72300]: r2TI0vQc072134: to=, > ctladdr= (1001/1001), > delay=00:20:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=210424, > relay=smtp.gmail.com, dsn=4.0.0, > stat=Deferred: Operation timed out with smtp.gmail.com > > I switched the firewall off completely. > > I have: > > # cat /etc/mail/auth/client-info > AuthInfo:smtp.gmail.com "U:root" "I:me...@bristol.ac.uk" "P:x" > # > > and this in /etc/mail/freebsd.mc: > > define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl > define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.gmail.com')dnl > > I rebuilt (run make under /etc/mail. This just > renames freebsd.mc to .mc, and freebsd.submit.mc > to .submit.mc) and restarted sendmail. > > I also use: > > MASQUERADE_AS(`bristol.ac.uk') > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`bristol.ac.uk') > > to use the university domain instead of > may .men.bris.ac.uk, which is not > acceptable. Try this at the command line: openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:25 -starttls smtp If it times out, change the port number to 587 and try it again. If you cannot make a connect using either port number then you have a firewall problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Upgrade devel/py-setuptools
On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:22:19 +0100 Loic Capdeville articulated: > I'm trying to update devel/py-setuptools which has been replaced by > devel/py-distribute. > As mentioned in /usr/ports/UPDATING I did "portupgrade -fo > devel/py-distribute devel/py-setuptools" since I'm using ports, but > nothing happens. > > Output of "pkg_version -vIL=" : > py27-setuptools-0.6c11_3> succeeds index (index has > 0.6.35) > > I already tried to fix the package registry using "pkgdb -F". > > I've been trying to fix this for days, but still can't find a > solution. I have the same problem. However, since everything is apparently working I just chose to ignore it. It probably should get corrected though. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Client Authentication
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:09 +0200 l...@lena.kiev.ua articulated: > Bad idea. Legitimate users connecting from dynamic IP-addresses is > normal. I disagree. There is no legitimate reason a user cannot use a bonafide ISP to send mail. I block dynamic ISPs by default. I have found that 99% of it is just SPAM or some asshole attempting to relay thorough my system. If a user cannot afford to get a STATIC IP, then I cannot afford to waste my time with them. Just my 2¢. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 sound with Thinkpad X60
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:28:57 +0100 Bernt Hansson articulated: > 2013-03-22 00:42, Peter Harrison skrev: > > Put this in your /boot/loader.conf and report back. > > hw.snd.default_unit="0" > > Test with other nubers if 0 do not work. Using an nVidia card, I had to do the following: /etc/sysctl.conf hw.snd.default_unit=4 Rebooted and the sound worked. I never found any truly accurate information on it, it was basically just a trail and error experiment. And YES, it sucks that in all to many cases, sound doesn't "just work". -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 openssl from ports
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:06:52 -0400 Jim Ballantine articulated: > Hi, > > I understand that heimdal and openssl are both port of the base > system and both install > fine with a system build/install. But when I attempt to install the > latest openssl for the > port system, it fails with a conflict (installs file in the same > place) with heimdal. I've search > the web for an answer but haven't found one and asked the port owner. > > So my question is short of editing the Make file to remove the > installation of the file in > conflict, what do I need to do to install the openssl port? I have the port version installed also. You need to put this in your /etc/make.conf file sans quotations marks: "WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes" and then build the port. Be sure to run "make config" in the port prior to actually building it and that is about it. If you are building it manually, you might want to run "make clean" in the port prior to attempting to build it though. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: OT: Installing 9.1 without re-partitioning hard drive
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 09:15:43AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 15:37 -0700, leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: > > Please Cc responses to the mailing list > > I know that it's tolerated by the FreeBSD lists, but for most mailing > lists nowadays it's common to reply to the list only. Most MUA nowadays > provide an option to automatically reply to the list only. As a matter of fact, on the FreeBSD Questions list it is recommended to send to both the poster and the list. On this list it is not required to be subscribed to post. It is an open list. jerry > So IMO even > for this list the advice should at least be, "_if possible_ reply to the > list only", if you want receive a copy directly, than ask the OP "reply > to the list and (carbon copy) me, but don't address it to somebody > else". > > 2 Cents, > Ralf > > ___ > 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"
Re: day light saving time happened today
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:23 -0500 Noel articulated: > On 3/11/2013 7:49 AM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > > Even though the system is now on DST the date command still > > displays EDT. Does the date command ever show DST? > > EDT = Eastern Daylight Time timezone > not to be confused with > EST = Eastern Standard Time timezone > not to be confused with > DST = daylight savings time, not a timezone, never shown on a > computer. > > Your system correctly switched to daylight savings time, as verified > by the EDT timezone indicator. Most likely the clock was already an > hour slow before the time change. Just wondering, but do you have NTP running to keep the time accurate? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: fbsdmon error message
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:13:10 +1030 Shane Ambler articulated: > On 09/03/2013 22:24, Jerry wrote: > > After working fine for over a year, the "ports-mgmt/fbsdmon" port > > has started spitting out errors once a week for the past month. > > > > ** > > Rebuilding locate database: > > > > Rebuilding whatis database: > > makewhatis: /usr/local/man/man3/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover_init.3.gz: > > No such file or directory > > > > Sending statistic to fbsdmon.org > > > > -- End of weekly output -- > > * > > The error isn't from fbsdmon, the message is from the weekly periodic > run which has fbsdmon on it's list of tasks. The error is from the > task before fbsdmon - rebuilding the whatis database. > > While I know the error originates from an openssl item being renamed > from EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover_init to EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init I'm > not sure why it still tries to find the old man page. Should a PR be filed against this or has one all ready been filed? I didn't find any. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
fbsdmon error message
After working fine for over a year, the "ports-mgmt/fbsdmon" port has started spitting out errors once a week for the past month. ** Rebuilding locate database: Rebuilding whatis database: makewhatis: /usr/local/man/man3/EVP_PKEY_verifyrecover_init.3.gz: No such file or directory Sending statistic to fbsdmon.org -- End of weekly output -- * This line is from the "/etc/periodic.conf" file. weekly_fbsdmon_enable="YES" Has anyone else experienced this problem? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Problems Printing
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:57:30 +0100 Matthias Apitz articulated: > El día Tuesday, March 05, 2013 a las 02:10:51AM -0600, Joseph A. > Nagy, Jr escribió: > > > Cups is setup so I should be able to print: > > http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/cups-printer.png > > > > My pdf reader sees the printer: > > http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/printer-there.png > > > > yet it won't print and delivers this dialog: > > http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.us/images/problems/print-error.png > > > > any ideas on how to correct this? > > Looks like you have FreeBSD's lpr(1) in front of CUPS' lpr(1) in > /usr/local/bin/lpr in your PATH; just do as root: > > # chmod /usr/bin/lpr A long time ago, I don't remember by whom or when, I was told to put this in the "/etc/make.conf" file: WITH_CUPS=YES CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=YES WITHOUT_LPR=YES Then rebuild the system and re-install CUPS and all would be well. I did it and it worked so I guess it was okay to do. Was that info actually correct or did I just luck out? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Confused by restore(8) man page example
Subject: Re: Confused by restore(8) man page example On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 10:08:37AM +, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:47:24 -0800 > "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > > > > > In the man page for restore(8) I see the following: > > > > The -r flag ... can be detrimental to one's health if > > not used carefully (not to mention the disk). An example: > > > > newfs /dev/da0s1a > > mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt > > cd /mnt > > > > restore rf /dev/sa0 > > > > Personally, I utterly fail to see what point the author is attempting > > to illustrate with the above example. I mean what part of this, exactly, > > may be "detrimental to one's health" ? It's an enigma to me. > > There's nothing wrong with the example. I think "An example:" > should be in a new paragraph to make it clear that it is not related to > the warning. The detrimental effects cut in when you use -r on a filesystem > that is not pristine, or at least in the expected state for restoring an > incremental dump. This and the previous reply are correct. This example shows a correct way to use 'restore -r' The '-r' flag causes it to write where you are cd-ed to without any warning what you are doing or overwriting. If there are other files in the directory that is to receive the files from a 'restore -r' has other files, you may unexpectedly overwrite some of them. Also, if you are not cd-ed in to the correct place (the mount point, for example) using the '-r' will quickly write all over whatever directory you are cd-ed to without warning.In other words '-r' causes it to splat out everything right where you are without warning and too fast to interrupt it before too much damage is done. I often do a 'restore -r' into an existing -eg not newly newfs-ed, directory, but have to make sure I am clear about what I am doing. For example, I usually keep a large (large for my little stuff) drive mounted as '/work'. Within that filesystem I may create a directory such as './unroll' eg '/work/unroll' or some other similar name and mass restore a dump in to it using 'restore -r' so I can easily shuffle files around from the backup in to several new directories. If there are a bunch of destination directories, it is easier this way than doing a 'restore -i'. But, as said, I have to be careful just how I am using it. It works well. Have fun, jerry > > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith > ___ > 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"
Re: https://wiki.freebsd.org/ certificate error
On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:47:46 +0200 Zyumbilev, Peter articulated: > On 02/03/2013 13:30, Jerry wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 06:12:22 +0100 > > No problem with IE 10. See <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2013-March/249513.html> for the full explanation. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: https://wiki.freebsd.org/ certificate error
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 06:12:22 +0100 Polytropon articulated: > On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:42:58 -0500, Fbsd8 wrote: > > Javad Kouhi wrote: > > > Also no problem with FreeBSD 9.1 and chromium. But sometimes ago > > > I have this problem with all https sites. because the government > > > forged the wrong SSL certificate and my browser and my browser > > > warned me about it. Do you have this problem with other websites? > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Zyumbilev, Peter > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On 01/03/2013 16:14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > >> > > >>> [1] $ firefox -version > > >>> Mozilla Firefox 19.0 > > >>> > > >> No problem with SeaMonkey 2.16. > > >> > > I use xp browser and it's certificate checking is enabled. > > You are sure using a more than 10 year old system should > be considered safe enough to provide a reference? > > > Maybe the browsers running from xorg desktops are NOT certificate > > aware so them not getting the error warning would be expected. > > They are. Or to be correct: The most prominent ones are, > like Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. More lightweight browsers > like dillo actually might not have this functionality. > > > The fact remains, the ms/browsers do find the wiki.freebsd.org > > wedsite's certificate invalid because the certificate ip address > > does not match the ip address the public dns points to. > > As it has been mentioned, one certificate can be used for > several IP addresses. Both www and wiki are located at > 8.8.178.110 (returned by "host" command), so there might > be a DNS issue or something comparable strange... > > I've checked with Opera 11.50 here, no problems. I think Brad Mettee nailed it with his response. And in this particular case, the certificate is for www.freebsd.org and freebsd.org, and the browser is complaining because it's being used on wiki.freebsd.org. Their certificate should have been issued for *.freebsd.org instead of just the main site name. Unfortunately I think all of the certificate issuers charge big $$$ for that type of cert.. I have seen this sort of thing several times before with different sites. The older versions of Firefox never picked up on it as often as IE would. I just tried this site using IE and immediately received the error message. The message stating: "The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address. Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server." It then went on to give me the normal options of leaving the site or ignoring the error. Interestingly enough, Firefox, on the same machine, does not provide any indication that the certificate is questionable. Given the choice of being warned about a questionable certificate or having the browser silently ignore it, I would choose to be warned about it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: https://wiki.freebsd.org/ certificate error
muLsDD4ULS+YSJ2uFmqsLUKqtWSkcLvrc5R7 RkznehR2W0wdhKEgdB8uS1xwiNy99xk97VkN4j8m4pyspDyVHPi+jAOu8OWcTbzH m1gAv6+t+jducW0YNA7B6mr4Dd9pVFYV8iiz/qRj7MUEZGC7/irw9IehsK69quQv 4wMLL2ZfhaQye0btJQzn8bfnGf1gul+Hd96YB5bkXupjfajeVdphXDyQg0MEBzzd 8/ifBlIK3se2e4/hEfcEejX/arxbx1BJCHBvlEPNnsdw8dvQbdqP -END CERTIFICATE- --- Server certificate subject=/OU=Domain Control Validated/OU=Gandi Standard SSL/CN=www.freebsd.org issuer=/C=FR/O=GANDI SAS/CN=Gandi Standard SSL CA --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 3289 bytes and written 520 bytes --- New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Server public key is 2048 bit Secure Renegotiation IS supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE SSL-Session: Protocol : TLSv1 Cipher: DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Session-ID: F4731E0FE7795DB2ADD9B41909DCC42AAE3C18E3D0267652203A54F1BFB14283 Session-ID-ctx: Master-Key: 7D85DD55FCE7502A92BFF7B18A25857DDC1CD6731B36DF5E2172773F618E043228076142258387E6F3CCA41952F288E2 Key-Arg : None PSK identity: None PSK identity hint: None SRP username: None TLS session ticket: - 90 02 ad a1 a6 ca 65 5e-c2 d5 f5 c7 70 f4 8c da ..e^p... 0010 - f1 1d 2b 81 6d ac 9e f3-90 0b 12 63 f0 0f 2b 5f ..+.m..c..+_ 0020 - c3 b0 aa 1a e5 c0 8d 1c-96 14 70 14 04 35 89 c2 ..p..5.. 0030 - c5 99 04 46 dd ae 71 40-5d be d7 31 51 2f 00 0d ...F..q@]..1Q/.. 0040 - 8a 40 15 3b 3d 59 d2 98-fb 00 8c 94 5d de 74 9a .@.;=Y..].t. 0050 - ad 7f ed ec 6a 56 e6 f2-ac 0a 19 25 db fe bd 24 jV.%...$ 0060 - 90 c9 ab 73 da de 5d f6-8f 3c b8 de 37 9e 4d 9d ...s..]..<..7.M. 0070 - 7e 1b f5 76 99 4b 88 80-8d ff d6 60 3b d7 6c fc ~..v.K.`;.l. 0080 - d7 d7 02 3d ec 06 46 9d-f6 22 c4 e9 fa 07 ac 9b ...=..F..".. 0090 - 90 c9 48 21 ad c2 c7 44-14 2d 45 a2 ac a2 c8 8b ..H!...D.-E. Start Time: 1362151251 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 20 (unable to get local issuer certificate) --- -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: zoneedit.com
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:10:09 -0500 Pierre-Luc Drouin articulated: > Thanks, I will take a look. I got Zoneedit for free though.. As always, you get what you pay for. I have had a few instances when I had to contact the technical support team at DynDNSs and was quite impressed. They got back to me very quickly and answered my questions. I think they now have live support and telephone support, but all I ever used was plain email. Again, YMMV. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: zoneedit.com
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:48:06 -0500 Pierre-Luc Drouin articulated: > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Mike. wrote: > > > > > On 2/3/2013 at 3:04 PM Fbsd8 wrote: > > | [snip] > > | > > |After reviewing zoneedit new website looks like they are no longer > > free > > |and there now in the domain register business > > = > > > > > > Zoneedit was purchased by Dotster a while ago (few months? couple > > of years?) > > > > If you look at an legacy zoneedit page, you'll see at the bottom: > > (http://legacy.zoneedit.com/contact.html) > > > > Zone Edit, LLC is a Dotster, Inc.-owned company. > > > > I have noticed zoneedit's quality of service declining since the > > purchase. I switched to tunnelbroker.net's FreeDNS serivce and > > haven't looked back. > > > > The registration company I used, 000domains.com, was also purchased > > by Dotster, and I had to leave 000doamins.com due to customer > > service issues after the purchase. I went to namecheap.com, and > > have been very satisfied. > I had a similar issue about my emails not getting forwarded by > Zoneedit. Now I am using the Google SMTP server to collect the emails > for my domain. Maybe I should also switch the DNS to another service. > I need my router to be able to update the DNS information for my > dynamic IP address though... "http://dyn.com/dns/"; can do that and "ddclient" needed to update the DNS is available in the ports system. I have set up several PC's with just this system and they work quite well. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: http://localhost/phpmyadmin
On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 17:12:15 -0600 ogidiagba obaroene articulated: Seriously dude, the crystal ball is hung over from watching the Super Bowl yesterday. You are going to have to do it the old fashioned way and actually write your question out in long hand. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: lagg problems (or lack of understanding?)
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:20:13 +0100 markus.hoeni...@mhoenicka.de articulated: > hald_enable="NO" Its defaults to "NO". No reason to specifically set it. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: SSH on FreeBSD
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:52:04 + Matthew Seaman articulated: > On 15/01/2013 10:10, Mannase Nyathi wrote: > > I have just configured FreeBSD on my server. I would like to find > > out how can I be able to login to it via ssh? > > Start by editing /etc/rc.conf and add the line: > > sshd_enable="YES" > > (anywhere in the file -- order doesn't matter) > > Then as root: > >/etc/rc.d/sshd start > > It should generate some host keys and then start the sshd daemon. > > That's all. sshd will restart automatically after any reboots. You > should be able to log into any ordinary user account remotely using > the account username and password. > > Note: if your system is exposed to the internet, it will be attacked > by bots attempting to brute-force SSH username and passwords. Make > sure you have good passwords on all user accounts -- see the archives > of this list for many, many discussions of further steps you can take > to prevent this activity filling up your logfiles... You might want to consider using certificates rather than 'usernames' 'passwords' for logging in. Your system will be far more secure. As Matthew stated, you can check the archives. If needed, start a new thread and ask for assistance on the subject here. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: recommendation instead of portmanager
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:16:15 +
RW articulated:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:23:08 -0800
> David Brodbeck wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Artifex Maximus
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am using portmanager for updating my ports. I love its -p
> > > switch. Is there any similar program with such option? I am
> > > asking because portmanager is gone from ports tree.
> > >
> > > " -p or --pristineUpdates a port if any dependency in
> > > it's /var/db/pkg/{port name}/+CONTENTS
> > > does not match what is installed. The effect is when
> > > a
> > > port is updated, any port who uses
> > > the updated
> > > port in it's dependency chain, no
> > > matter how
> > > deep, are rebuilt. Normally only
> > > ports one level up are rebuilt."
> > >
> >
> > I think "portupgrade --recursive" will do what you want.
>
> It doesn't
The is one of the reasons I loved "portmanager" as opposed to
"portupgrade". The only way I think you can get some semblance of the
same behavior in "portupgrade" is to use the "f" flag. 'portupgrade -fr
'. However, that also forces a rebuild of the port whether it
requires it or not. Portmanager checked to make sure that the ports,
both dependencies and those ports that depended on the port
were built consistently. You would probably have to use the "R" flag
also with "portupgrade" to get that action.
I really wish a real "C" programmer (I'm not) would update the program
to make the program compatible with the present state of FreeBSD.
Written in "C", the program didn't require other languages to be
installed and ran far faster than any of its competition. It was also,
IMHO, far easier to configure. On more than one occasion it fixed
problems that the other two port management applications failed to
correct.
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IPFW stopped logging
I have discovered that IPFW stopped logging any messages in the security log over a week ago. I did a reset, etcetera, but without favorable results. I even tried a cold reboot to see if that made any difference; however, it didn't. Other than that, it appears to be working fine. I am looking for suggests on what might be broken. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:27:31 -0800 (PST) Bill Tillman articulated: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:08:38 -0800 (PST), Bill Tillman wrote: > > Typically, Samba is used so that Windows or other SMB type > > OS'es can access the server. That said, I would simplify all > > this with the way I have mine setup. You will of course need > > the shares configured in your smb.conf, then simply put a > > command in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/ to launch smdb > > and nmbd. I don't rely on anything in /etc/fstab to use samba. > > It's all in my smb.conf file. > > Yes, that would be "the other way round", which I thought would > be less probable due to the question presented in the subject. > Terms like "mount [...] on boot" suggests that FreeBSD would act > as a SMB client here. Of course, the standard way to do things > like this would usually be something like NFS, which is not > very well supported in "Windows" land (and therefor requiring > SMB stuff). > > Delegating the configuration into _one_ file (instead of spreading > it across /etc/fstab, /etc/nsmb.conf and maybe some handcrafted > /usr/local/etc/rc.d script) sounds like a much better approach. NFS is available on Windows 7, it's just not installed by default. In order to activate the Client for NFS, go into the Control Panel, and go to "Programs and Features". In the left hand column, you'll see a link for "Turn Windows features on or off". Select that, and it will open a list box that shows all of the optional components built in to Windows 7. Some are already activated. Expand the entry for "Services for NFS". There are two check boxes under that. Check them and hit OK. Windows will install those components and ask to reboot your system. Once you have rebooted, Client for NFS will be installed. To use it, go to Administrative Tools->Services for NFS to configure it. Alternatively, you can use the command line program 'nfsadmin' to configure. For other versions of Windows, see: How to install Client for NFS on Windows: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055> I have seen several setups with this sort of integration that worked just fine. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 Release Date Challenge, plus other stuff the project needs
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:58:38 -0800 Michael Sierchio articulated: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Anonymous > wrote: > > > We, the users of FreeBSD > > You speak only for yourself. Another interesting item referencing FreeBSD. <http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/12/09/1726222/freebsd-project-falls-short-of-year-end-funding-target-by-nearly-50> -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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 Release Date Challenge, plus other stuff the project needs
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 01:52:04AM -0500, Anonymous wrote: > We, the users of FreeBSD, *do hereby challenge* the FreeBSD project > to meet its future release dates. OK. Get busy. You have a lot of work to do. Have you ever created or maintained a large project using volunteer help? Get serious and think what you are talking about before making such comments. Release dates are estimates. Would it help your sensitive situation to call them release estimates rather than release dates? ////jerry > > Why: Because the FreeBSD project has not met a significant number > of its release dates. It's an apalling state of affairs and makes > you, the project, look silly. Business and personal users plan > elements of their schedules, budgets and capabilities around OS > updates. And the continual failure of FreeBSD to deliver causes us > to have no alternative but to look at our bosses and just shrug. > We've taken to padding it out a week, two weeks, a month, two > months... just to cover the random slippage. Since there seems to > be no public statements about this ongoing situation, we might as > well pad it to a quarter or a half... FreeBSD's already a half > behind on status reports. > > No one is asking for a commercial dictatorship here. But please > FreeBSD, coordinate better amongst yourselves!!! Be honest about > what is and isn't going to make it. Grow the wiki as your central > coordination center [ie 1] and start moving dynamic docs from www > to there (the community). Replace GNATS (omg, ugh), SVN, and even > MoinMoin so the world can interface with some things that it has > some (good / market leading) experience with [2]. > > Other than that, FreeBSD is great :) > > [1] > http://wiki.freebsd.org/WhatsNew/FreeBSD10 > > [2] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_issue_tracking_systems > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_help_desk_issue_tracking_software > http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/ > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software_(PHP) > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_forum_software > http://www.simplemachines.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" ___ 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"
kdialog error message
FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE kde Platform Version 4.8.4 (4.8.4) I am attempting to create a custom action in "claws-mail". The action command line reads: | kdialog --msgbox "Characters: $(wc -c)" This works fine except it also issues an error message: --- Ended: kdialog --msgbox "Characters: $(wc -c)" kdialog(26489)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible. :( kdialog(26489)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even though it claims otherwise. kdialog(26489)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 0x8095c3000 Since this works on other OSs, it appears to be a problem with FreeBSD. Can anyone elaborate on it? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: bash pipe redirection gets stuck
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 16:35:15 +0200 (EET) l...@rule.lv articulated: > Dear all, > I stumbled upon a problem where multiple pipe redirection > occasionally get stuck when trying to get sha256 sum of a stream. > > You can try to reproduce the problem if you > have /usr/ports/shells/bash installed (output redirection used in > this command is possible only in bash). > Create temporary test file with command: "dd if=/dev/urandom > of=/tmp/file1 bs=1k count=10" > And the command I'm using is: > /usr/local/bin/bash -c 'cat /tmp/file1 | tee >(/sbin/sha256 > > /tmp/file1.sha256) > /tmp/file1.copy' ; echo $status > > Command gets stuck about once in 20 executions. > top output when command gets stuck (irrelevant processes removed): > PID USERNAMETHR PRI NICE SIZERES STATE C TIME WCPU > COMMAND 84073 HappyUser 1 520 17612K 2268K wait0 > 0:00 0.00% bash 84154 HappyUser 1 520 10084K 844K fifoow > 1 0:00 0.00% tee > > And more strangely, I can reproduce this problem on 9.0-RELEASE and > 7.4-RELEASE-p6, but couldn't reproduce on 8.2-RELEASE-p4. > > Thanks for any pointers/explanations, > Normunds For starters, what version of Bash? FreeBSD is still a few patches behind the current patch level, so that is also a possibility. I would suggest you visit: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash>, subscribe to the list and then ask your question . -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Communicate! It can't make things any worse. ___ 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: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken articulated: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? From "/etc/defaults/rc.conf" clear_tmp_enable="NO" # Clear /tmp at startup. clear_tmp_X="YES" # Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /tmp populate_var="AUTO" # Set to YES to always (re)populate /var, NO to never cleanvar_enable="YES" # Clean the /var directory I use the first two options without any apparent problems. I have never used the last two. Maybe someone who is more familiar with them could explain them in more detail. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Anybody use the Dell 3010??
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:43:06 +0100 Polytropon articulated: > Allow me to provide just one example: > > More in the series of bizarre UEFI bugs > http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/20187.html That doesn't appear to be a bug. It appears that the code is doing exactly what the designer wanted it to do. At best this was an oversight by the designer; at worse just plain incompetence. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk
On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:26:33 +0100 Leslie Jensen articulated: > I've replaced my dual boot hard drive with an SSD. > > My hard drive had one 100 GB windows partition and one 300 Gb Freebsd > slice with five partitions (/, /usr, /var, /tmp and /home). > > In order to move my Win7 partition a Norton Ghost program was > supplied with the new disk. > > When trying to clone that partition the process couldn't finish > because it needed a chkdsk command to be executed before cloning. > > I ran a chkdsk c: with the choice of correcting errors. > > Somewhere in that process the chkdsk program touched my freebsd > partition in a way so that it now is recognized as NTFS. > > That I trusted the chkdsk program to do what I told it to do was in > retrospect a bit naive ;-) I do have a backup although it's not as > recent as I would have liked. > > Can you think of any way to perhaps recover the data from the freebsd > partition? Let me get this straight. You ran the program with the "/F" flag, or perhaps the "/R" flag which implies "/F", the program then did exactly what it was designed to do and now you are bitching about it. Like an attorney who never asks a question of a witness without knowing what the answer is going to be, never run a program and then hope it somehow magically knows exactly what you want it to do. Actually, in this case it did exactly what you wanted it to do. Next time run "chkdsk" sans flags and it will only report what it would have done. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Test
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:16:55 +0100 Paul Wootton articulated: > Just a test message Per URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL Note: If you wish to test your ability to send to FreeBSD lists, send a test message to freebsd-test. Please do not send test messages to any other list. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Considering purchase off SSD! Follow up
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:23:36 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block articulated: > On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > Got my new SSD. Have some additional questions. > > > > My old disk is MBR partitioned. I want to reserve only a part of > > the disk for my Win7 installation and in order to do that I must > > initialise the disk (This is in Windows7). > > > > A question comes up about using MBR or GPT (GUID Partition Table) > > > > I know I can just go ahead and use MBR but I would like to ask if > > GPT would be beneficial. > > > > Is it possible to use GUID when one has a dual boot system? > > > > I presume that FreeBSD can handle GPT but I'm unsure! > > Yes, FreeBSD can handle it. As usual, Windows is the problem. From > what I've read, only Windows 7 64-bit supports GPT, and then only > with UEFI. So it's very likely that MBR is the only practical choice. > > Another trick is that Windows generally only has drivers for what was > present when it was installed. So switching the BIOS to AHCI for > better performance can result in Windows not booting. It is possible > to locate the Windows drivers and install them. > > Otherwise, FreeBSD will work fine without AHCI, disk IO will be just > a bit slower. A somewhat more concise discussion of Windows 7 and GPT can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/gg463525.aspx Information on ACHI is available at: http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2010/05/25/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7/ http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-enable-ahci-in-windows-7-rc-after-installation/ -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: Your UPS Invoice is Ready
On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:39:33 -0400 (EDT)
freebsd-questi...@fongaboo.com articulated:
> How is it that we are getting spam on the list like this?
{SNIP}
Primarily because you do not need to register to get access to this
list. Apparently, there are people who feel the trivial exercise of
registering yourself for this list is too much trouble although
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Re: Building Ports: Is there a "make" equivalent for --batch ?
On 8 Oct 2012 02:42:33 - John Levine articulated: > >... Note that setting the BATCH environment variable to yes will > > answer yes to any prompts during this process, removing the need > > for manual intervention during the build process. > > > >(This was said with respect to upgrading ports via portupgrade.) > > Or you can use portmaster, which runs through all the ports first and > does the config dialogs before starting the rebuild. There are stil > a few places it can get stuck, but many fewer than portupgrade. > > Portmaster is worth a look just out of amazement. It is a 4,000 line > shell script. While you are at it, you might want to give "portmanager" a spin. While it can be a bit of a monster when used with the "-p" flag, I have found it capable of fixing problems and building ports that portupgrade and potmaster both choked on. As always, read the documentation thoroughly first. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ All's well that ends. ___ 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: PR 161548
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:03:57 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: > On 24/09/2012 22:29, Jerry wrote: > > Is there any specific reason that this PR: 161548 is still marked as > > open? > > > > o 2011/10/13 bin/161548 [patch] getent(1) inconsistent treatment of > > IPv6 host data > > It simply hasn't attracted the attention of anyone with a src commit > bit. Yet. This deficiency was mentioned on the Postfix forum <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.postfix.user/cutoff=232317> recently. The PR was filed nearly a year ago. I would have thought that by now someone would have given some thought to committing it BEFORE they continue to pump out new versions of FreeBSD. Just my take on the matter. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Forbes Thought Of The Day “When a man tells you he got rich through hard work, ask him: Whose?” — Don Marquis signature.asc Description: PGP signature
PR 161548
Is there any specific reason that this PR: 161548 is still marked as open? o 2011/10/13 bin/161548 [patch] getent(1) inconsistent treatment of IPv6 host data -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: wifi drivers support for "n" standard
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:11:42 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > I have USB UMTS dongle and sticks which work fine with FreeBSD. > > The OP, as he says, has an USB wifi stick which works fine too with > FreeBSD and only wanted (for whatever "important" reason) a new "n" > one. Speed and transmitting distance would be two factors that come readily to mind. I love the fact that I can take my laptop out to my hammock which is situated near the back of my lawn and still be able to send a document to my printer without having to relocate or set up repeaters. Or, for that matter, stream a movie to watch. > He bought it without checking the man pages before, not even after > having problems he checked the man pages by his own to see if the > chip is supported or not. The problem is that he actually HAS to check to see if the device is supported. > I someone, including me, wants to have better or more recent drivers, > he should help in development or testing. Either use an OS that fully supports the device, or find a suitable work around, such as the one I described, to circumvent the OS's short comings. I have suggested before and offered to contribute to a fund to be used to hire competent coders to write fully compatible drivers for devices used on FreeBSD. As usual, as soon as I mentioned monetary contributions from prospective users the idea was met with total disdain. Interestingly enough, it would appear that other OSs are doing it with positive results. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: wifi drivers support for "n" standard
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 Waitman Gobble articulated: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > I have 3 usb wifi sticks. > > One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. > > The other 2 support the "n" standard for faster connection speed > > between the usb stick and the network AP. > > These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. > > Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for "n" > > standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work > > with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? > > According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the > AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 > chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ > > If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding > one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however > I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not > supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063&view=markup). > Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer > ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to > chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 > US. > > If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device > with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently > a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD > source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run > FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless support in FreeBSD. Rather that wasting your time hoping in vain that FreeBSD will actually provide suitable drivers for high grade wireless devices, might I suggest the following. 1) Install a good quality NIC card -- obviously one supported by FreeBSD. 2) Connect that card to a suitable wireless N router. I use the Linksys E4200 with excellent results. You will now be able to use all of your wireless devices, such as printer or connect to other wireless networked PCs. I might add, whenever possible, keep FreeBSD and USB devices as far away from each other as possible. DO NOT attempt to connect a router via USB to FreeBSD. Connect it via cable. Otherwise, you are just look for trouble and pain. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: What replaces csup?
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:44:46 +0200 Stas Verberkt articulated: > We should not be forgetting that Git and Subversion represent two > different > workflows. The latter stands for a centralistic development cycle, > and the > former for a distributed manner. Thus, this type of choice does not > really > have to do with big or small steps and leading of following, but more > about > the production cycle you want to have. > If we were to use a Git-like system, the releng team would (probably) > be in > control on which patches are excepted from the pool of suggested > changesets > by the community of developers. This community would be more free in > the > manner in which they experiment, and there would be a less strong > differentiation between "committers" and other people suggesting > updates. On > the other hand, our current approach has a controlled group of > committers > and the releng team only has the additional power of setting the > schedule > and taking the snapshot that becomes the release. (Gravely > simplified.) It is a matter of taste. > > On a side note, using Git does mean that everyone has to download a > complete > repository. This makes using a csup-like architecture quite > "heavy-weight". I found the information at this URL <http://wiki.freebsd.org/GitConversion> quite interesting, especially the numbers under the "Speed Comparisons" heading at the end. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: What replaces csup?
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:00:08 -0700 Michael Sierchio articulated: > We are really behind the curve here. Git assumes (correctly) that > disk space is inexpensive, much cheaper per byte than network > bandwidth. By the time we adopt SVN completely, every serious project > I know of will have moved from subversion to git. If you are going to make a sweeping change anyway, it makes no sense to do it in a half–assed manned. However, it does appear that in all too many instances, FreeBSD plays follow the leader rather then taking the bulls by the horns and getting ahead of the curve. I am sure I'll be hearing from the "baby steps" choir now. In any event, a comprehensive side-by-side evaluation of the two should be done by an impartial party. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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: apache 2.2.22_8
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:17:55 +0100
Chris Rees articulated:
> You need to use ${UNIQUENAME}_SET, and to find the UNIQUENAME you
> need to;
>
> [crees@pegasus]~% cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
> [crees@pegasus]/usr/ports/www/apache22% make -VUNIQUENAME
> apache22
>
> Now we know it's apache22, we can use:
I tried this with "postfix" and the "postfix-current" port and both
returned the same unique name. Is that to be expected? I would have
though that two different ports would return different unique names.
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Re: (no subject)
On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:41:22 -0500 Andy Recker articulated: > stop You didn't say, "Simon says." -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ The three best things about going to school are June, July, and August. ___ 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 after upgrading to php 5.4.6
On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:52:45 +0200 Bas Smeelen articulated: > On 09/03/2012 01:26 PM, Darrell Betts wrote: > > My php pages will no longer render in a web browser after upgrading > > to php 5.4.6. Used port upgrade to do this. Running apache > > 2.2.22_6. Checked the error log and this is what I receive > > > > [notice] child pid 38232 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) > > > > This does this on all php pages. > > Any idea how to fix this error? > > > I had the same issue on a 8.3-STABLE machine. > On other machines php is still at 5.4.3 and does not have this > problems. > > On the machine where 5.4.6 gave the problems I completely removed php > and installed lang/php53 (5.3.16) which solved the issue > > If you are using portmaster -b to update ports, then a backup of the > previous port will be in /usr/ports/packages and you can reinstall > the previous version I completely removed all traces of PHP from my system, including configuration files, made sure to run "make config" in each PHP port I intended to install and then installed the latest version of PHP without a single problem. I believe, although I can not prove it, that the problem is not in the PHP port but rather in the update process. Running "portmanager" with the "-p" option might take care of some ports not being updated correctly with PHP also. Again, there is nothing wrong with the latest version but rather in the way it is presently running on your system. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ 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"
