Re: Impossible install of 5.4 - fixed
Hi all! On Monday 16 May 2005 10:26 am, Olivier Gautherot wrote: Hi folks! I've tried to install 5.4 but can't boot the disk. I see a FreeBSD prompt (the master boot selector being a Linux version of grub) but it complains about a missing /kernel. Just a quick update: my problem was a buggy partition table on the disk. I reformated it all and it now works like a charm - I'm typing this message from the newly installed 5.4. Thanks to Andrew and Kris for their support. -- Olivier Gautherot Tel: 0688 380 434 (intl) +33 688 380 434 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Impossible install of 5.4
Hi folks! I've tried to install 5.4 but can't boot the disk. I see a FreeBSD prompt (the master boot selector being a Linux version of grub) but it complains about a missing /kernel. When I check my 5.3 disk with the new 5.4 install, the content of /boot looks fine. I tried all 3 options for the bootmanager but none works. Any clue of what I should investigate? I've installed several versions of FreeBSD in the past but never got this behavior. Thanks in advance P.S. Please copy me on answers... -- Olivier Gautherot [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exabyte 221L Auto Loader
Hi Michael! Is there anyone using this device with FreeBSD 4.x or 5.x? I'm new to the world of auto-loaders and am curious if FreeBSD's tar / dump utilities can support it properly for backing up of 3tb of data from various partitions. If so, are there any specifics that I should be aware of when using this device? Any recommendations on using other software other than tar or dump to do this that are available in the ports tree? rsync and rsnapshot are alternatives - I particularly like the second one as it provides a kind of incremental backup (you can have several snapshots of the same file, what can be handy to retrieve an old version of a file after a deadly edit without having the sysadmin fiddle with tapes...) Regarding tar, make sure you don't save a huge file on an ext2fs file system. I did this mistake once on a machine that was shared between FreeBSD and Linux and I've lost a significant amount of data: ext2fs does not support files of more than 4GB (compressing the archive does not shift the threshold - data will be lost before this). UFS2 is the way to go: the inodes management is not quite as efficient from a disk usage point of view but for huge disks, it will bring you peace of mind, which is priceless. Hope it helps -- Olivier Gautherot [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pb with portupgrade
Hi folks! I have a problem with the ports tree: every time I run pkgdb, portversion and some others, the command dies with the following error (don't worry about the stale dependency: I've installed cdrtools-cjk, which is required for the GNOME upgrade... forget it for now). I followed the hints in /usr/ports/UPDATING but no luck. The error message goes: Stale dependency: cdbakeoven-1.8.9_6 - cdrtools-2.01 (sysutils/cdrtools): cdrdao-1.1.9 (score:20%) ? ([y]es/[n]o/[a]ll) [no] /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd5/readline.so: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd5/readline.so: Undefined symbol rl_completer_quote_characters - /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-freebsd5/readline.so (LoadError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:364:in `choose_from_options' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:363:in `loop' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgtools.rb:363:in `choose_from_options' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:985:in `input_pkg' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:803:in `query_dep_fix' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:580:in `fix_dependencies' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:564:in `each' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:564:in `fix_dependencies' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:339:in `fix_db_phase1' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:335:in `each' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:335:in `fix_db_phase1' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:285:in `fix_db' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:231:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:64:in `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:64:in `new' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:64:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/pkgdb:1043 bash-2.05b$ For some reason, ruby18 seems to have an issue with a faulty library. Any clue of how to fix it? Please copy me on answers as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks in advance -- Olivier Gautherot [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Decent partition editor
Hi folks!
I was reorganizing my hard-disks these days to suppress all Linux and
ext2fs stuff - I finally decided I wanted to keep just FreeBSD on my desktop
at home. The 2 disks were scattered in 8 partitions in total and I
decided to
group some of them. That's where the headaches started...
I tried to use fdisk but the syntax is complex - I'm sure it is a
powerful tool
but changing partitions is not a game where you just take a chance: when
your data are gone... they *ARE* gone. I tried also sysinstall but, for some
reason, the partition table was not updated (I just mean to extend the
/home partition, not install a new system).
If you take Windows, Linux or BeOS, they all come with a decent editor.
In the end, I spent more time on the FreeBSD man pages than { shutting down
FreeBSD, booting Zeta (the new BeOS), opening the partition editor,
3 mouse clicks (to unlock the partitions, select the partition type and
commit the changes), moving a slider to the appropriate size, shutting
down Zeta and booting FreeBSD }. It worked like a charm.
Does anyone know if there is such an editor in the ports? I have not seen
any but it would be damn good...
Thanks in advance
Olivier
P.S. please copy me on follow ups as I not subscribed to this list.
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Error in port gal2 / FBSD5.3
Hi folks! I came across an error when compiling pkg gal2. I attached the logs. Any idea before I try to update my ports tree? I'm still on the official tree of the new 5.3. (Please copy me on your replies as I had to unsubscribe). Cheers Olivier This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by gal configure 1.99.11, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57. Invocation command line was $ ./configure --enable-static --with-libiconv --localstatedir=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome --datadir=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome --with-html-dir=/usr/X11R6/share/doc/gal2 --disable-gtk-doc --with-gconf-source=xml::/usr/X11R6/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --prefix=/usr/X11R6 --build=i386-portbld-freebsd5.3 ## - ## ## Platform. ## ## - ## hostname = ogautherot.gautherot.net uname -m = i386 uname -r = 5.3-RELEASE uname -s = FreeBSD uname -v = FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC /usr/bin/uname -p = i386 /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = unknown /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /usr/local/libexec/libtool13 PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /usr/games PATH: /usr/local/sbin PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin PATH: /usr/ccs/bin PATH: /home/olivier/bin PATH: /usr/local/firefox ## --- ## ## Core tests. ## ## --- ## configure:1500: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:1554: result: /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel configure:1565: checking whether build environment is sane configure:1608: result: yes configure:1623: checking whether gmake sets $(MAKE) configure:1643: result: yes configure:1675: checking for working aclocal-1.4 configure:1686: result: missing configure:1690: checking for working autoconf configure:1701: result: missing configure:1705: checking for working automake-1.4 configure:1716: result: missing configure:1720: checking for working autoheader configure:1731: result: missing configure:1735: checking for working makeinfo configure:1742: result: found configure:1752: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles configure:1761: result: no configure:1844: checking for perl configure:1862: found /usr/bin/perl configure:1874: result: /usr/bin/perl configure:1894: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool ## ## ## Cache variables. ## ## ## ac_cv_path_INTLTOOL_PERL=/usr/bin/perl ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=set ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=set ac_cv_prog_make_gmake_set=yes lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=65536 ac_cv_env_CPP_value= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=set ac_cv_env_host_alias_set= ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=set ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=-L/usr/local/lib ac_cv_env_target_alias_set= ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value='-O -pipe -march=athlon-xp' ac_cv_env_CC_set=set ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=-I/usr/local/include ac_cv_env_host_alias_value= ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=i386-portbld-freebsd5.3 ac_cv_env_target_alias_value= ac_cv_env_CC_value=cc ac_cv_env_CPP_set= ## - ## ## Output variables. ## ## - ## ACLOCAL='/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gal2/work/gal-1.99.11/missing aclocal-1.4' ALLOCA='' AUTOCONF='/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gal2/work/gal-1.99.11/missing autoconf' AUTOHEADER='/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gal2/work/gal-1.99.11/missing autoheader' AUTOMAKE='/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gal2/work/gal-1.99.11/missing automake-1.4' CATALOGS='' CATOBJEXT='' CC='cc' CFLAGS='-O -pipe -march=athlon-xp' CPP='' CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include' DATADIRNAME='' DEFS='' ECHO='echo' ECHO_C='' ECHO_N='-n' ECHO_T='' EGREP='' ENABLE_GTK_DOC_FALSE='' ENABLE_GTK_DOC_TRUE='' EXEEXT='' EXTRA_GNOME_CFLAGS='' EXTRA_GNOME_LIBS='' GAL_AGE='' GAL_API_VERSION='' GAL_CFLAGS='' GAL_CURRENT='' GAL_HAVE_ALLOCA_H='' GAL_LIBDIR='' GAL_LIBS='' GAL_REVISION='' GETTEXT_PACKAGE='' GLIB_GENMARSHAL='' GMOFILES='' GMSGFMT='' HTML_DIR='' ICONV_CFLAGS='' ICONV_LIBS='' INSTALL_DATA='install -C -o root -g wheel -m 444' INSTALL_PROGRAM='install -C -s -o root -g wheel -m 555' INSTALL_SCRIPT='install -C -o root -g wheel -m 555' INSTOBJEXT='' INTLLIBS='' INTLTOOL_CAVES_RULE='%.caves: %.caves.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(top_srcdir)/po $ $@ -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache' INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE='%.desktop: %.desktop.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(top_srcdir)/po $ $@ -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache' INTLTOOL_DIRECTORY_RULE='%.directory: %.directory.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(top_srcdir)/po $ $@ -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache'
Re: something: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable
What's in your make.conf file? [Not DESTDIR, is it?] Hi Gilbert! No, it is not defined there. The funny bit in this story is that it does not always happen and the same package may work in one shell and fail in another one... Weird... ...in a shell where you have defined DESTDIR? ;-) Kris If I did, I swear I did not do it on purpose ;-) If my fix is to open a new shell, it's easy enough. Thanks for your help Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: something: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable
I'm hitting regularly the same problem with various ports that deinstall properly during upgrades but won't reinstall. I had the case with firefox this morning. The typical message is: bash-2.05b$ sudo make install clean firefox-1.0.1.p_4: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable *** Error code 1 Can anyone tell me where the message is coming from and how to overcome it? I've tried to grep user settable but did not find it... For what it's worth, here is my uname -a: FreeBSD ogautherot.og-lan.freesurf.fr 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 5 19:32:44 CEST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OG_CONF i386 What's in your make.conf file? [Not DESTDIR, is it?] Hi Gilbert! No, it is not defined there. The funny bit in this story is that it does not always happen and the same package may work in one shell and fail in another one... Weird... I guess I'll wait for the problem to occur again, run a printenv and compare it with a shell that does work. Thanks for the tip anyway! Cheers Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
something: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable
Hi there! I'm hitting regularly the same problem with various ports that deinstall properly during upgrades but won't reinstall. I had the case with firefox this morning. The typical message is: bash-2.05b$ sudo make install clean firefox-1.0.1.p_4: DESTDIR is not a user settable variable *** Error code 1 Can anyone tell me where the message is coming from and how to overcome it? I've tried to grep user settable but did not find it... For what it's worth, here is my uname -a: FreeBSD ogautherot.og-lan.freesurf.fr 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 5 19:32:44 CEST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OG_CONF i386 Please copy me on the reply as I'm not subscribed (can't keep up with the traffic :-( ) Cheers Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem installing the ISO images (5.1 and 5.2)
Hi FreeBSD'ers! I'm facing a funny situation that I don't really understand... I'm currently running 5.1 (I thought it was -STABLE but the CDROM says -RELEASE, so I'm not completely sure as I have had it for some time). It installed painlessly. As I was reorganizing my hard disk, I thought I would upgrade to 5.2 but, for some reason, it won't install. The CDROM image seems to have been written fine, it boots properly, I can edit and select the various options, I can repartition the disk (basically to erase the partition contents), the base system loads fine ... until it tries to load the PERL package, where it fails. As a number of packages depend on PERL, they won't install either. This happens with both 5.2-RC1 and 5.2-RC2 (I remember seeing the same on the latest 5.1-RELEASE too). Anyone saw the same effect? Any clue of what could go wrong? Thanks in advance Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE and US International keyboard
Just realized that I should be more specific... I tried to use the keymap us_intl uner OpenOffice but it won't work; actually, I can't even type a single quote. Any clue? It may be related to OpenOffice itself but I'm not sure. On Monday 24 November 2003 11:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I am running FreeBSD 5.1 RELEASE. My X environment is KDE (the one coming with the install). I tried to configure the keyboard as US International in the KDE config panel but, for some reason, it won't work. The ISO alternative (using Alt-Graph for accent composition) is fine but I would like to have the same keyboard set-up than on the other systems running in the box. Any clue how I can achieve this? Thanks in advance Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
