Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster
On 16:58 Mon 01 Sep , Denis Troshin wrote: P.S. Under Windows it is possible to write not bad applications which depend just on libraries (KERNEL32, USER32, GDI32). And these libs exist on every base system!!! Is it possible in unix? Before I thought that unix programs very compact, but they are huge! If you want compact unix programs, don't use X apps or apps written in scripting languages like Perl and Python. FreeBSD by itself doesn't offer the monstrous APIs that Windows offers; it just offers an implementation of the standard C library (libc). As a result, stock FreeBSD is a very barebones environment. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: monitoring
On 04:38 Fri 29 Aug , ZaiD Dashti wrote: Dear experts how i can monitor my machine ? which programs should i use ? I use top to keep track of active processes and to figure out which process decided to be naughty and hog the CPU. You can run it at the console or in a xterm. gkrellm2 (/usr/ports/sysutils/gkrellm2) is a nice system monitor that lets you track CPU, processes, disk usage, network usage, and lots of other stuff while running X. There's also the ps utility, which you can use for a list of processes. I'm sure there's more, but those are what I use. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?
On 03:41 Thu 28 Aug , ZaiD Dashti wrote: Dear security i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? For now, yank the plug on your DSL so you're off the internet. Switch to dialup if you can, and then close as many ports as you can. Change your root password. This is *very* general advice; since you haven't given much in the way of details I can't give specific help. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cron on qmail not sending me logs
On 20:49 Thu 28 Aug , Scott Ballantyne wrote: You can always set the NO_MAILWRAPPER=true and NO_SENDMAIL=true flags in /etc/make.conf. I thought you were supposed to also set sendmail_enable=NONE in /etc/rc.conf as well. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disable PING command
On 12:21 Thu 28 Aug , vkennon wrote: Why would you want to disable the ping command? Are you trying to prevent others from pinging you? If so, you need to filter out incoming ICMP packets. There are some other threads on the list pertaining to firewalling; you might want to search them. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help Required
On 19:53 Thu 28 Aug , Ahmad Memon wrote: Hello.. We are having presentations on different OS in our class.. and i chose the Unix freeBSD for my group to do a presentation on.. i would like some info - if possible - on this system, or anything that could help me with that presentation. So i thought maybe u could give me some tips or some websites where i could find some info that could give me an edge over the other students of my class. Have you read any of the documents at http://www.freebsd.org? Perhaps the handbook, or some of the links listed on the For Newbies page would prove useful. If course, if you really want to research FreeBSD: install it and use it for a while. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Necessary code or trash?
On 00:52 Tue 29 Aug , Denis Troshin wrote: Hi! I have FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE. Why most of bin (sbin) utilities are so big. For example, rm - 410 268 bytes, mv - 407 568 bytes, date - 423 748 bytes. Do they really contain only necessary code or have more than a half of trash? As others explained these commands and others are statically linked so that they do not depend on libraries that live in /usr. Since these are very basic commands, it's a bad idea to have them depend on a library that might not be available if only the / filesystem is mounted. Since / usually just contains /root, /bin, /sbin and a couple of others, statically linked programs in /bin and /sbin are always available, even in single user mode. Booting into single user only mounts /bin, which is why some people on the list have advised sticking with /bin/sh when asked about changing root's login shell. Hope this helps. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewire vs IDE DVD.
On 15:03 Tue 26 Aug , Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: Anyone? The same IDE drive plays back DVDs with mplayer under NetBSD without any problems, however NetBSD seems to be using some IDE-to-SCSI emulation. Is it impossible to get IDE DVD drives to play back DVD videose under FreeBSD? I'm going to try to send this message one last time. Try looking for /dev/acd0c instead of /dev/acd0; I use the former and make sure its permissions are set to 666. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net The best way to lose an argument is to throw the first punch. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Building GTK2 with -O2 might be a bad idea if you use Evolution.
When building GTK2 with -O2 in my CFLAGS under 5.1-RELEASE on an Athlon XP, I noticed that Evolution 1.4.3 has a nasty tendency to segfault. However, rebuilding GTK2 with -O instead of -O2 seems to have cured Evolution's tendency to segfault and die. Has anybody else noticed this? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A little Bash script to help you.
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 17:49, Constantine wrote: Hello! I am writing a script, which involves unzipping some files. I would have to unzip 4 different zip-files from some directory, and I would need to unzip them to the directory, which would have the same name in it as the original zip-file, i.e. I would like to run something like ls *.zip, have each file name recorded in some variable, and do a loop like unzip $filename[$i] -d $filename[$i].unzipped/. Can someone help me with the code? How can I put the results of a command to a variable? The following assumes you have the bash port installed. Just change the ARCHIVE_DIR variable to the full path of the directory in which you have your zip files. Make sure to save this code to a file in ~/bin. I suggest pasting the following code into ~/bin/munzip.sh. Then type chmod +x ~/bin/munzip.sh, then rehash, and then munzip.sh. ** #!/usr/bin/env bash ARCHIVE_DIR=~/archive cd $ARCHIVE_DIR # you don't need ls *.zip for zip in * do # just for diagnostics echo $zip # here's the command you want. unzip $zip -d $zip.unzipped/ done exit 0 ** -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CUPS w/ gimp-print *still *prints garbage on Stylus C82 afterreinstall on 5.1-RELEASE
While reading the howto at http://www.cups.org/cups-help.html#tell I got the following information when examining the ppd CUPS is trying to use for my printer. I don't see anything untoward, though... Output of head -n 25 /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd/inkjet0.ppd *PPD-Adobe: 4.3 *%PPD file for CUPS/Gimp-Print. *%Copyright 1993-2001 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. *%This PPD file may be freely used and distributed under the terms of *%the GNU GPL. *FormatVersion: 4.3 *FileVersion: 4.2.5 *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName:escp2-c82.ppd *Manufacturer: EPSON *Product: (Gimp-Print v4.2.5) *ModelName: escp2-c82 *ShortNickName: EPSON Stylus C82 *NickName: EPSON Stylus C82, CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.5 *PSVersion: (2017.000) 705 *LanguageLevel: 2 *ColorDevice: True *DefaultColorSpace: RGB *FileSystem:False *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 *TTRasterizer: Type42 *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsModelNumber: 55 *cupsManualCopies: True -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD != Linux, but can I use this howto anyway?
I'm thinking of chucking Ximian Evolution. Even though it looks nice and fits in with my desktop, it has a nasty habit of segfaulting when I try to fetch my mail. So, I want to switch to using sendmail, fetchmail, procmail, and mutt to handle my email. Has anybody had trouble following the instructions in http://www.hserus.net/pop_smtp.html, or can I use this HOWTO without causing a royal SNAFU? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CUPS w/ gimp-print *still *prints garbage on Stylus C82 afterreinstall on 5.1-RELEASE
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 00:43, David Johnson wrote: Did you delete the lp* binaries before or after you installed cups? If after, then reinstall cups. I reinstalled both cups and gimp-print, installing the following ports: /usr/ports/print/cups /usr/ports/print/cups-base /usr/ports/print/cups-lpr /usr/ports/print/cups-pstoraster /usr/ports/print/gimp-print I removed the printer config and stopped the scheduler before deinstalling and reinstalling, and then restarted the scheduler and added the printer again through the web tool. However, printing a test page still yields garbage. I'm going to attach the output of tail /var/log/cups/error_log after my sig. I can't see anything obviously wrong in the error log, but this is only the second time I installed CUPS. The first time was under Libranet and everything just worked. I even tried repeating the above, this time adding /usr/ports/print/foomatic-db, but to no avail. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage output of tail -n 100 /var/log/cups/error_log: D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -45.000 3960.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT tossing right 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT reading 8910 1047 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-header.Duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-page = 1 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -45.000 3960.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT tossing right 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT reading 8910 1048 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-header.Duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-page = 1 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -45.000 3960.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT tossing right 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT reading 8910 1049 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-header.Duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-page = 1 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -45.000 3960.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT tossing right 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT reading 8910 1050 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-header.Duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-page = 1 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -45.000 3960.000 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT tossing right 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] GIMP-PRINT reading 8910 1051 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-header.Duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-page = 1 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd = 0x8410400 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] cups-ppd-flip_duplex = 0 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] width = 2970, height = 3915 D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ] D [11/Aug/2003:19:51:40 -0400] [Job 3] HWMargins = [ 9.000 9.000 9.000 0.000 ] D
Re: CUPS w/ gimp-print *still *prints garbage on Stylus C82 afterreinstall on 5.1-RELEASE
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 22:07, David Johnson wrote: I don't see anything obvious in the error log either. What is the output of lpstat -v -l -p [printername]? On my working C82, the relevant lines are: device for stylus: usb:/dev/unlpt0 Connection: direct Interface: /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd/stylus.ppd Here's my lpstat output. I'd better check the CUPS manual and read up on how to manually specify a PPD file. device for inkjet0: usb:/dev/ulpt0 printer inkjet0 is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 Form mounted: Content types: any Printer types: unknown Description: Epson Stylus C82 inkjet Location: christabel.starbreaker.net Connection: direct Interface: /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd/inkjet0.ppd On fault: no alert After fault: continue Users allowed: (all) Forms allowed: (none) Banner required Charset sets: (none) Default pitch: Default page size: Default port settings: p.s. Reply to my address as well as well as the list. OK, I just didn't want to bomb you with that error dump *twice*. Thanks for helping me out. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CUPS w/ gimp-print prints garbage on Epson Stylus C82
I installed cups and gimp-print from /usr/ports/print, followed the instructions at freebsddiary.org/cups.php, removed the lp* binaries from /usr/bin, and modified /etc/make.conf to include a NO_LPR=yes line. Using the web admin tool, I configured my Stylus C82 to use one of the many gimp-print drivers for my model, and tried to print a test page. All I get is garbage. I tried reading the CUPS manual, but I couldn't find anything relevant to my problem. Is there something I might have missed? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video Card
On Thursday 31 July 2003 12:17 pm, Per Nilsson wrote: I am using FreeBSD 4.8, and my video card is: 128 DDR ATI Radeon 9700. I have tried like hell to get the card work, but without any luck.. The X server won`t start without the card working, and so on.. What does your XF86Config-4 file look like? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD question.
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 08:20 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have you tried VLC ( http://www.videolan.org ) for viewing dvds? I really love vlc and it runs on many plattforms. I second this. I find it even better than MPlayer, and it works well for VCDs too. /me hugs his collection of bootleg Rurouni Kenshin fansub VCDs. ^..^ -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD question.
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 02:51 am, marlon corleone wrote: i have xine installed from ports, is there any entry i should put, in order to support dvd playing. Make sure that there's a symlink from your DVD drive to /dev/dvd and that the DVD drive has 666 permissions. Here's an example: chmod 666 /dev/acd1c ln -sf /dev/acd1c /dev/dvd Of course, you have to be root to do this. Also, you might want to put this in a startup script if you run 5.1 and reboot often. My device links don't persist under devfs. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCI modem configuration.
On Wednesday 30 July 2003 04:30 pm, Dead Line wrote: How i can Configure and run this device? whats the device name? all what i found in the handbook its about serial external communications, Would you mind saving all of dmesg's output to a textfile and sending it to me offlist? I use a US Robotics model 5610 PCI modem, and 5.1 detects it and moves it to /dev/sio4 (/dev/cuaa4). If your Conexant modem is a hardware modem and not a WinModem, then FreeBSD will probably have assigned it a serial port already. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: open source content management systems?
On Monday 28 July 2003 07:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'd also be into investigating commercial cms's, although i'd like to stick with open source if possible... Try googling on PHP-Nuke, PostNuke, and Zope for starters. PHP-Nuke and PostNuke use PHP and require a database (MySQL will do), and Zope is Python-based. I don't use any of them, however, preferring to roll my own code; using a big CMS for starbreaker.net is like using Stormbringer to swat flies. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I want using FreeBSD, but...
On Sunday 27 July 2003 06:49 am, Mark Weinem wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Matthew Graybosch wrote: FreeBSD has nothing whatsoever to do with Ahriman, Hades, Lucifer Son of Morning, Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos, Duke Arioch of the Seven Darks, or even big ol' Satan himself. you can never be sure about that... Well, I just had a word with my mistress Xiombarg, who says that Arioch prefers unpatched installations of Windows NT 4.0. I won't speak for the others, though I have it on good authority that Satan is computer illiterate and lets his lover Saddam Hussein handle that stuff. Yes, that as all a joke. ^..^ Beastie: cute version of The Beast? Or what you get if you say BSD really fast. For sure: A clerver satanist or even Satan himself would use FBSD Well, I have it on decent authority (a gent named Malaclypse the Youngest) that most of the US Government is in the half of left-hand path satanists, and it's still mostly a Windows shop. Oh well, government intelligence and all that. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I enable my microphone on 5.1-RELEASE
On Sunday 27 July 2003 06:36 pm, Augusto Jun Devegili wrote: Hi all, I'm using 5.1-RELEASE and I'm trying to enable my microphone. I've browsed the handbook, googled and couldn't find useful information. Multimedia is on-board, device pcm has been compiled within the kernel and audio output is working. Did you use a mixer tool like kmix to unmute the mic channel? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I enable my microphone on 5.1-RELEASE
On Sunday 27 July 2003 09:02 pm, you wrote: Nope. Output from mixer (command line) is: Mixer mic is currently set to 100:100 I use GNOME. Its volume control app reports `mic' at 100, also. However, when I tried GNOME's sound recorder app, it seems there's no input signal. It might be a GNOME issue, though... how can I test the microphone independently from desktop mgrs? Wait. Does GNOME assume that it's recording from Line-In instead of Mic? They're separate jacks occupying separate channels. See if the sound recorder expects input from Line-in instead of Mic. And the mic *isn't* muted, right? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NEED HELP! on how to import new Xdesktop to .xinitcrc
On Friday 25 July 2003 10:09 pm, marlon corleone wrote: hi guys, download fluxbox how do i import it to my .xinitrc? so i can use two X desktop at a time. here's my .xinitrc looks like. im running FreeBSd 5.1-RELEASE Two desktops? If you really want to run both Window Maker and Fluxbox at the same time, then you need to run two X servers, one on screen :0 and one on screen :1. You'll have to refer to the X Window section of the Handbook. If you want to run Fluxbox instead of Window Maker, just replace exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker with exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hi how to edit the freebsd 5.1 setup
On Saturday 26 July 2003 12:38 pm, chris wrote: Hi My name is chris i wanted to know how to edit the freebsd setup i tried and i can't figure it out. And if you guys know how to edit the linux text based setup tell me that if you know Did you read the FreeBSD Handbook at freebsd.org? It gives lots of basic information on how to install, configure, troubleshoot, and use FreeBSD, and it applies to 5.1 as well as 4.x. What exactly do you want to configure? It looks like you've got 5.1 installed, so what do you want to do next? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. PS: If you're using the root account for everyday work, like posting to mailing lists, STOP THIS INSTANT! Read Section 8 of the handbook, Users and Basic Account Management at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users.html Even if you're the only one who uses the machine, you should use a normal account instead of root, both for security reasons (do you want to leave an open root session unattended while you're in the john?) and to avoid destroying your system if you make a silly mistake. Under Unix, root is GOD, and you have to be careful with that kind of power. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: suid bit files and securing FreeBSD
Second question is: Has anybody an exact wizard, how to secure the FreeBSD machine. Imagine the situation, the only person who can do anything on that machine is me, and nobody other. I have set very restrictive firewalling, I have removed ALL tty's except two local tty's (I need to work on that machine), but there are still open port 25 and 53 (must be forever), so someone very tricky can compromite my machine. I'm a little bit paranoic, don't I :-))) Uhm, yes, you *are* just a wee bit paranoid. But it helps to be paranoid if you're root on somebody else's machine. Great power and great responsibility, right? But if you're concerned with security uber alles, I'm surprised you didn't look into OpenBSD first. According to their site (openbsd.org), they've had only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years! FreeBSD certainly can be secured, but it appears that the developers put performance and reliability first, and then security. Theo de Raadt puts security first. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to install a tar.gz from console.
On Saturday 26 July 2003 05:49 pm, Michael L. Squires wrote: How do u install tar.gz packages from terminal. cd install-directory tar xvfz tar.gz directory/file-name.tar.gz or am I missing something? Are you trying to install a software package with a name like foobar.tgz? You have to use the pkg_add tool. If you just want to unzip it, then tar xzvf $archive will do, or tar xjvf $archive if it's compressed with bzip2 (*.tar.bz2) instead of gzip (*.tar.gz) Does this help? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing gnome fonts from KDE
On Saturday 26 July 2003 06:57 pm, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Maybe gnome-control-center only changes fonts for gnome2? In that case, how do I change fonts for gnome1? I want GIMP, Grip, and GnuCash fonts to change too! Install gtk-theme-switch and use that to change fonts for GTK 1.x apps. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I want using FreeBSD, but...
On Friday 25 July 2003 10:33 am, Charlie Schluting wrote: I thought this was a joke the first time I read it.. People are really this stupid? Wow. I guess ...i'm a christian speaks for itself. Never blame on stupidity something that can be attributed to ignorance. That said, it *is* a bit rude to bash other people's beliefs in public. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question?
On Thursday 24 July 2003 06:52 pm, tuningplaques.com wrote: je recherche un disque dur wd205ba (western digital) Si tu entend parler? Merci d'avance Nous parles anglais ici, Monsieur. Let's see, you bought a Western Digital drive, model WD205A. Is something wrong with it? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PHP download manager
On Thursday 24 July 2003 08:16 pm, admin wrote:
OS: FreeBSD 4.8
Apache 1.3.27
I am looking for some PHP open source for handling users who wish
to downlaod files via web browsers/clients. Any ideas where I can
find something like this?
thanks in advance,
What do you mean by handling users in this case? If by download
manager you mean something like wget or Download Accelerator for
Windows; that's strictly a client app. As long as the webserver
supports resumable transfers, the user should be able to manage his
own downloads.
If you just want to make a file available for downloading, I find that
a simple link will do. Something like this:
?php
print('a href=http://www.foobar.net/download/baz.tar.gz;Baz
archive at foobar.net/a');
?
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Re: RELENG_5 ?
On Monday 21 July 2003 06:18 pm, David Rio wrote: If I am not wrong with this, what will be the reason to install 5.1 instead 4.8? I mean, 5.1 has more features but a worst performace that 4.8. On the other hand, there is no -STABLE branch of 5.1 so the only way to keep you system up to date is follow the -CURRENT branch which is a little agresive in my case. Did you tune your installation? I found that after enabling SSE in my kernel and modifying /boot/loader.conf to enable DMA on IDE and ATAPI devices that 5.1 runs like a bat out of Hell. Only when playing DVDs with mplayer do I get slowdown, and it's my fault for using an ancient video card. There isn't a -STABLE branch for 5.1 yet because the maintainers don't think 5.1 is ready for it. Be patient. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. PS: If you want, I'll send copies of my kernel config and /boot/loader.conf. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How can i make dial up PPP easy? !!!
On Sunday 20 July 2003 06:04 am, sweetleaf wrote: I am trying to setup a friends computer with freebsd 5.1. He has used windows for the last 5 years and has never used a unix based computer...so i need to make things as easy and point and click as possible. Well, if you set up dial on demand he wouldn't even have to point and click. Try reading the PPP section of the handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip.html He uses a dial up isp everyones internet for internet service and i dont have any idea on how to make this easy as i have always used a cable modem. What should i use? I have heard that ppp is what most use. Whatever solution, I will need it to have a good gui interface so he can jut click connect and disconnect etc... and username : password. Any good suggestions. I've had good success with KPPP, which comes installed with KDE3. Also, I cant seem to find the modem showing up in dmesg. The modem is a astec pci - modem,,, here is my dmesg. Chances are that the Astec modem is a WinModem (software modem requiring Windows drivers) and isn't supported by FreeBSD. You may want to get a cheap external serial modem and use that. If you want an internal modem that works with FreeBSD, I recommend US Robotics model 5610. Model 5610, however, costs about $100 US. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebuilding the system....
On Sunday 20 July 2003 05:15 am, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:08:52AM +0400, Denis wrote: I try to rebuild the system, but: === config: /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:267: syntax error *** Error code 1 Hmm. What's on line 267 of your custom kernel config? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rebuilding the system....
On Sunday 20 July 2003 04:22 pm, Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2003-07-20T18:58:31Z, Remington L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't think it was that out of line. How many times have you heard clients / friends / employers ask, why did my email bounce? I got a message from someone called Mailer Daemon. What happened?, only to find out that they never bothered to read the error message? No, it wasn't an unreasonable response, but it I wouldn't say it was very constructive, either. It doesn't take any longer to write what do you have on line 267 instead. But, if I wasn't in a good mood today, I'd probably wise off to the guy too. There are times when benevolence just isn't worth the effort. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ask about BSD's history.
On Monday 21 July 2003 12:15 am, Supote Leelasupphakorn wrote: Hi, all I'm now interested in BSD's history and have read some of article from INTERNET. But because English isn't my mother language so I havn't cleared in the point of Please post the URL of the article you read. I'll have a look at it and the BSDi vs. USL lawsuit tomorrow. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ppp connection
On Friday 18 July 2003 08:20 pm, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote: I can't ping anyone. TIA Send me copies of your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and /etc/resolv.conf so I can diagnose your problem. I need firsthand info if I'm to properly troubleshoot your problem. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing gtk application fonts outside of gnome
On Saturday 19 July 2003 10:52 am, Phil Payne wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 4-stable, XFree86 4.30 windowmaker 0.80.2. Default resolution and bitdepth is 1280x1024x24. Whenever I start GTK based apps (e.g. evolution, pan) I'm finding the application font size is too small to be readable. I've had a search through the mail archives and googled but I can't find anything explaining... Hi, Phil. Are you using the GTK2 versions of Evolution and Pan? Are you also reverting back to the default (ugly) GTK2 theme? If so, Try putting the following lines in either ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (as appropriate): * #!/bin/sh # sample ~/.xinitrc export GDK_USE_XFT=1 gnome-settings-daemon ... exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker * Then restart X and see what happens. I had this problem myself, and had other people ask on the Libranet users' list. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SBLive! Sound card doesn't work
On Saturday 19 July 2003 02:57 pm, Denis wrote: I am beginner in FreeBSD. I had installed FreeBSD 5.1 Release, but I don't here sounds I use Creative SBLive! sound card. It sound card work successfully in WindowsXP, but in FreeBSD My friend sad that I must recompile system But I don't know how I can do it. Tell me please what I must do know? The 5.1 kernel doesn't enable sound by default. You just have to rebuild the kernel, which you can do by following the instructions on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html As long as you're careful it'll go fine. All I had to do was copy the generic kernel config file, add a device pcm line to the custom config file, and rebuild the kernel using the config file. It's not hard if you take your time. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Advise needed to write a script
On Saturday 19 July 2003 04:09 pm, Jerry McAllister wrote: Check out the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide on tldp.org. Oh geez. Have him do it in Perl or ... Hey, at least nobody suggested using csh, ^..^ -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no sound with 4.8 KDE
On Saturday 19 July 2003 08:23 pm, Walter wrote: Hi all, After building a new kernel with pcm, and doing sh MAKEDEV snd0 in the /dev directory, there is still no sound from an old Gateway with some kind of PCI Ensoniq card. This is my first crack at setting up an X11 server and sound, so I may be missing something obvious. I've tried running xmms, artsdsp xmms, with and without esd, zinf from a command prompt, and cdcontrol. Did you open up a mixer program like kmix and making sure that the CD, PCM, and Master channels aren't muted? I'd had that happen to me a few times with Linux when installing ALSA. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate meeses to pieces
On Friday 18 July 2003 02:34 am, Daryl Hunt wrote: I am an extreme newbie at FreeBSD. I have it installed but when I go into the Xserver in either of the two GUIs I get a weird mouse that seems to only be able to stay on the very top of the screen and has no vertical movement. I have it setup on Auto and PS/2 Busmouse settings. It works when the config is run from the command line but it blows up like I described upon entering the GUI (i.e. KDE) What sort of mouse do you have? I have a Logitech trackball connected to my PS/2 mouse port, and use the following in my XF86Config: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/psm0 Option Buttons 5 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection If your mouse is a PS/2 mouse, try using /dev/psm0 and auto protocol. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: latex and latex2e
On Friday 18 July 2003 05:11 am, Scott Mitchell wrote: I'm pretty certain teTeX uses some version of LaTeX2e -- it's been the 'standard' LaTeX for many years now. Probably you can just run 'latex' and it'll tell you what version it is. Well, LaTeX2e is just a set of TeX macros. Running latex --version, I got the following output. TeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159 kpathsea version 3.4.5 Copyright (C) 1997-2003 D.E. Knuth. Kpathsea is copyright (C) 1997-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the TeX copyright and the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING and the TeX source. Primary author of TeX: D.E. Knuth. Kpathsea written by Karl Berry and others. teTeX includes pretty much everything you're likely to need for TeX/LaTeX work. The only things I ever added were the LyX editor and a few fonts. LyX is a truly excellent program -- I used it to write my PhD dissertation, and laughed at the other people struggling to do theirs in Word :-) Scott's right. Once you've installed teTeX all you need are some fonts, maybe a class package or two. LyX really works well; by itself it's enough to do just about everything you need. I use it to write letters and to work on my novel, and convinced my girlfriend to use it instead of AbiWord. I would recommend either tth or latex2html if you need to convert TeX to HTML. tth renders your TeX file as a single HTML page, and latex2html breaks it up into nodes by chapter and section. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ppp connection
On Friday 18 July 2003 06:00 pm, Marvin J. Kosmal wrote: Hi trying to get my ppp connection to work And nothing happens Any ideas?? It sounds like you're trying to use kernel ppp. Use user ppp instead. Edit /etc/ppp/ppp.conf to set the modem device, phone number, userid, and password. Then invoke it with ppp -foreground papchap. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
