Re: How to interpret ipfw log?
On 2005-04-13, Ed Stover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 23:28 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Your ipfw rule 2500 is denying those outbound packets >> 192.168.0.200:65117 is your ip address: port number >> 65.87.165.45:5800 is the remote target ip address and port number >> and this is leaving your pc on NIC named tx0 >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sergei >> Gnezdov >> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:08 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: How to interpret ipfw log? >> >> The following firewall log seems to make very little sense to me. >> What could it possibly mean? >> >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:65117 >> 65.87.165.45:5800 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:49761 >> 65.87.165.45:1003 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:50116 >> 65.87.165.45:1362 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:50055 >> 65.87.165.45:6101 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:62352 >> 65.87.165.45:888 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:61272 >> 65.87.165.45:969 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:58267 >> 65.87.165.45:471 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:54164 >> 65.87.165.45:1496 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:61306 >> 65.87.165.45:5716 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:64970 >> 65.87.165.45:281 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:64115 >> 65.87.165.45:106 out via tx0 >> Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:62007 >> 65.87.165.45:284 out via tx0 > looks like nmap ;) I don't remember running nmap. What are the chances that machine is compromised? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
How to interpret ipfw log?
The following firewall log seems to make very little sense to me. What could it possibly mean? Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:65117 65.87.165.45:5800 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:49761 65.87.165.45:1003 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:50116 65.87.165.45:1362 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:50055 65.87.165.45:6101 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:62352 65.87.165.45:888 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:61272 65.87.165.45:969 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:58267 65.87.165.45:471 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:54164 65.87.165.45:1496 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:61306 65.87.165.45:5716 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:64970 65.87.165.45:281 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:64115 65.87.165.45:106 out via tx0 Apr 11 04:27:05 name kernel: ipfw: 2500 Deny TCP 192.168.0.200:62007 65.87.165.45:284 out via tx0 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ls colorized in freebsd csh??
On 2005-04-11, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --QKdGvSO+nmPlgiQ/ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 03:47:26AM -0700, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: >> On 2005-04-10, N. Raghavendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > ## Enable color display for listing files. >> > set color >> > >> > ## Specify the colors for listing various file types. >> > setenv LS_COLORS "no=3D00:fi=3D00:di=3D01;34:ln=3D01;36;40:pi=3D40;33:s= > o=3D01;35" >> > setenv LS_COLORS "$LS_COLORS":"bd=3D40;33;01:cd=3D40;33;01:or=3D40;31;0= > 1" >>=20 >> Where can I learn about these cryptic numbers? > > Start with the manpage, of course. The man page says that colors are set in the form of "exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad" This is very different from bd=3d40;33;01: style. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ls colorized in freebsd csh??
On 2005-04-10, N. Raghavendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ## Enable color display for listing files. > set color > > ## Specify the colors for listing various file types. > setenv LS_COLORS "no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36;40:pi=40;33:so=01;35" > setenv LS_COLORS "$LS_COLORS":"bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01" Where can I learn about these cryptic numbers? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Boot manager
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 08:47:22PM +0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > Am Sonntag, 3. April 2005 20:36 schrieb Gert Cuykens: > > On Apr 3, 2005 7:33 PM, Christopher Nehren > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2005-04-03, Teilhard Knight scribbled these > > > What's wrong with FreeBSD's boot manager? > > > > It writes ?? instead of windows > > Nobody knows how it works for example how to install it witout sysinstall > > :P > > The latter is not true, the manpage very clearly points to boot0cfg, a very > convinient tool and there's probably nothing out there which describes the > booting stages on i386 better than the boot(8) manpage. I just checked boot0cfg and it really seems to be impossible to control ?? characters. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing portupgrade without X.org
On 2005-04-09, Lewis Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once you've got portupgrade installed you can control individual > ports more specifically through editing pkgtools.conf > in /usr/local/etc. Manpage does not seem to provide much help and I could not find anything related to individual package configuration options such as WITHOUT_X11 in the file itself. Are there any instructions on pkgtools.conf file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 5.3 not accepting connections - What I'm missing?
On 2005-04-08, Maximiliano Eschoyez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:27:37 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2005-04-08 18:18, Maximiliano Eschoyez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > I've recently moved from FreeBSD 4.8 to 5.3. After the upgrade, I >> > found that my computer doesn't accept outside connections anymore. >> >> Are you using ipfw, ipfilter or pf as a firewall? If yes, what >> rules do you use? > > No, I'm not using any firewall. > > Also, I tried enabling a firewall through rc.conf with the parameters > firewall_enable="YES" > firewall_type="open" > but nothing changed. :-( > > It's very strange because I'm not using any filtering policy. Misconfigured network or firewall is the most typical reason for a problem. The output from the following commands might help to solve your problem: ifconfig netstat -r ipfw show ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Installing portupgrade without X.org
On 2005-04-09, Lewis Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:26:48PM +0100, Paul Waring wrote: >> I'm currently trying to get portupgrade onto my new FreeBSD system by >> running make install clean from /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade (after >> doing a recent cvsup). Everything seems to go along fine, it starts >> fetching all the packages it requires and then suddenly I see a >> download for X.org. > > It is not portupgrade that needs X but a dependent port. Which specific > port? In general just with WITHOUT_X11=1 to /etc/make.conf. I think it is WITHOUT_X11="YES" Does it make any difference? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Portupgrade problem
On 2005-04-08, Aperez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I am having the following problem when I try to upgrade my ports: > > portupgrade -arR > cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/multimedia/nautilus-media > Port directory not found: multimedia/nautilus-media > !multimedia/nautilus-media (nautilus-media-0.8.0_4) (port directory error) > > I checked in /usr/ports/multimedia and of course there is not such > directory. >From /usr/ports/UPDATING 20050312: AFFECTS: all users who have glib/gtk/gnome libraries installed AUTHOR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the FreeBSD gnome team Gnome has been upgraded to 2.10 and gtk/glib to 2.6. DO NOT USE portupgrade(1) to update any gnome or gtk or any port that depends on them. Using portupgrade will cause problems and you will have to manually upgrade ports. Please use the gnome_upgrade.sh script from http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/gnome_upgrade.sh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the definition of the stale port?
On 2005-04-07, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --y0ulUmNC+osPPQO6 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:49:00PM -0700, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: >> What is stale port? > > It's not entirely clear what context you're talking about, but the > answer is probably "One for which a newer version is available." I'd say that installed port is stale if its version is older then the version of the port in the /usr/ports/ >> How do I end up having stale ports? > > As time marches on :-) I am guessing, that port becomes stale after running cvsup. So, what exactly are we supposed to accomplish in respect to stale ports, when we run pkgdb -F (deinstall, some kind of fix, simple ignore)? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
What's the definition of the stale port?
What is stale port? How do I end up having stale ports? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problem with 'pkgdb -F'
Here is the interaction with pkgdb. If I start 'pkgdb -F' after running it once, the process will repeat itself. owl2-root % pkgdb -F ---> Checking the package registry database Stale origin: 'multimedia/nautilus-media': perhaps moved or obsoleted. -> The port 'multimedia/nautilus-media' was removed on 2005-03-12 because: "Deprecated, and no longer builds" -> Hint: nautilus-media-0.8.1 is required by the following package(s): gnome2-2.8.2 -> Hint: checking for overwritten files... -> No files installed by nautilus-media-0.8.1 have been overwritten by other packages. Deinstall nautilus-media-0.8.1 ? [no] yes ---> Deinstalling 'nautilus-media-0.8.1' pkg_delete: package 'nautilus-media-0.8.1' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: gnome2-2.8.2 ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! nautilus-media-0.8.1 (pkg_delete failed) ---> Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed --> Failed. Stale origin: 'print/teTeX-latex2e': perhaps moved or obsoleted. -> The port 'print/teTeX-latex2e' was removed on 2005-02-06 because: "obsolete by new teTeX-texmf" -> Hint: teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201 is required by the following package(s): teTeX-2.0.2_7 -> Hint: checking for overwritten files... -> No files installed by teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201 have been overwritten by other packages. Deinstall teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201 ? [no] yes ---> Deinstalling 'teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201' pkg_delete: package 'teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: teTeX-2.0.2_7 ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! teTeX-latex2e-1.0.20031201(pkg_delete failed) ---> Packages processed: 0 done, 0 ignored, 0 skipped and 1 failed --> Failed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
What's the best upgrade procedure to avoid build errors?
I've been using FreeBSD and ports for quite a while and I like the ports system. The only problem is that in about half of the time ports installation or upgrade does not go that well. When it works without errors it is perfect. First, how I am using the system. I started to use portupgrade only and I am running cvsup sometimes, although I prefer not to do it unless I need it. Normally, I run cvsup for all. Is it safe to run cvsup for category I am intrested in? For example, I want to update nvu HTML editor. My typical commands: portupgrade -PR port_name I prefer to use the following command (it is faster), but it seems to work the best, when everything is in perfect synchronized state: portupgrade -wWPR port_name Most of the time I run portupgrade -PR port_name Here are the typical problems. -- Inconsistency in the database, please, run: pkgdb -F I run it and then I have no clue what to say about stale dependencies. If I say no error does not go away. I have to say yes. I am not sure of what the consequences are. Sometimes things just don't get deleted. I will post a separate message about this problem. -- The option -R takes care of dependencies. Quite often dependencies fail to build. For example, the port was installed, but the dependency on /usr/local/bin/automake14 was not satisfied. I had the same problem with perl gettext port. Sometimes build process actually recommends to reinstall failed port. The good news are that after reinstallation missing files appear. Normally, the following command takes care of the dependency problem: portupgrade -f failed_depency_port I understand, that portupgrade makes our life easier, but the pain does not really go away. What do I do wrong? It seems to me that, when I try to install new application after cvsup I end up with inconsistencies. Am I supposed to upgrade absolutely everything, every time I run cvsup? portupgrade -rRa The line above would take a while. What should I do if it breaks in the middle of building Gnome or X. Will I end up without X environment, until the problem is fixed? Is it safe to update everything from X terminal in Gnome or KDE? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Digital Cameras
Is there a chance to get digital camers working with FreeBSD? All I need is load images from camera using USB port. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Russian from ssh console
On 2005-03-13, Volodymyr Kostyrko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergei Gnezdov wrote: >> I'd like to be able to read Russian messages from slrn. I set LANG >> environment variable to ru_RU, but it does not help. I think it is >> because the underlying system does not support Russian or something >> like this. I don't plan to type messages in Russian. Most of the GUI >> apps seem to support foreign languages out of the box. What's so >> difficult with the console apps? > >Compare your ~/.login_conf to /etc/login.conf. Set the LANG there. > I added the following to ~/.login_conf: me:\ :charset=KOI8-R:\ :lang=ru_RU.KOI8-R: SLRN and mutt started to send guarbage messages in some cases. I decided that it is font related and tried to execute the following command from ssh terminal: vidcontrol -f cp866b I've the the following message: vidcontrol: must be on a virtual console: Inappropriate ioctl for device So, is there any way to change font loaded when using ssh terminal? Also, how do I know which encoding to use (KOI8, DOS, Windows)? What if some messages use KOI8 and some are Windows? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Howto monitor system security
On 2005-03-14, Jerry Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are many tools that will send alerts to you, but very few that will > work "out of the box", without some level of tuning. There is a > collection of them here: > http://www.syslog.org/Web_Links+index-req-viewlink-cid-4.phtml and here: > http://www.syslog.org/Web_Links+index-req-viewlink-cid-19.phtml I see lots of log analizer tools. Which one is a good choice? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Howto monitor system security
Sorry, it is a rather generic message, but the problem is a generic as well. I am running my FreeBSD machine on DMZ. I use ipfw and I expose http and smtp ports. I also expose sshd port, but only to a trusted network (work). I'd like to know what is the best way to monitor my machine security. FreeBSD security email is rather anoying, because it keeps sending messages even if nothing has changed. I need an email sent to me only if there is something abnormal. For example, I'd like to know if there is a significant change in network activity. My mailserver might be hijacked and is sending spam. I am running snort, but most of the time it simply reports MySQL warm attempts. Is there a log to see messages sent by sendmail? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: password manager?
On 2005-03-05, Sergei Gnezdov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like Windows password manager "Access Manager". > > Is there an easy way to manage my passwords, pin numbers on FreeBSD? > It would be nice to have both UI and Console interfaces as long as > they are easy to use. > > I like to use Gnome oriented tools when it comes to UI. Figaro's Password Manager seems to be the best choice. http://sergei.homeunix.org/~sergei/notes/PasswordManagersOnFreeBSD.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Decent HTML editor?
On 2005-03-13, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 12 March 2005 10:59 pm, bsdzz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a simple HTML editor that is known to be pretty good in the >> ports tree? nvu (best) amaya (confusing) mozilla (too simple) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
How to identify xterm font
I like the size of the xterm window. It is small and it uses very easy to read font. Unfortunately, it does not play very well with emacs. For these reasons I use Gnome terminal. Gnome font is bigger, thus it takes more space on the screen. How do I identify which font is used by xterm, so I can apply it for gnome terminal? I also would like to know why my ~/.Xdefaults configuration is not applied in Gnome. It worked just fine in KDE and most other environments. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Recommend a Printer for FreeBSD
My printer is dead. Can anybody recommend a good printer for FreeBSD: - Lazer (black/white) - Some colored printer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Configuring xdm
On 2005-03-09, Fractal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE with Xorg X server installed on > my machine and I have problems with configuring xdm. > Namely, the problem is: if I run xdm on X display :0, and > set session program, /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker for example, in > ~/.xsession, when I try to login using xdm, after few seconds of > blank screen I see again xdm login prompt, but no wmaker. > After this, my ~/xsession-errors contain message like this: > "Connection to display :0 refused by server". I tried following > command in .xsession: > xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xorg :1 > This worked, but in this case after login I have two X displays > on different terminals: one with only X server screen with cross > cursor, and another with wmaker. Does it mean that if I run xdm > on display :0 then I cannot run session program on the same display? Try in your ~/.xsession: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker Let me know if it works. I don't use wmaker. What's so good about it? Sergei ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Russian from ssh console
I'd like to be able to read Russian messages from slrn. I set LANG environment variable to ru_RU, but it does not help. I think it is because the underlying system does not support Russian or something like this. I don't plan to type messages in Russian. Most of the GUI apps seem to support foreign languages out of the box. What's so difficult with the console apps? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
password manager?
I like Windows password manager "Access Manager". Is there an easy way to manage my passwords, pin numbers on FreeBSD? It would be nice to have both UI and Console interfaces as long as they are easy to use. I like to use Gnome oriented tools when it comes to UI. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Cheap, reliable mass storage
On 2005-01-23, markzero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To clarify, I'm looking for long-term reliability, low cost and large > space rather than high performance. I have a budget of around $600-900 > to spend but I would not have to buy a PC as I have plenty of old > machines (average spec: Intel P3 700mhz) laying around that would=20 > probably be up to the job. You can buy lots of storage for $900... How much storage do you need? One way to do it. Take one machine, get 2 large drives for the data, one smaller drive for the OS and a CD-ROM drive. Send all the data to the first data drive and configure OS to sync second drive every 24 hours. If you have a pranoia about safety of the data on one machine, buy external drive enclosure. Attach external drive only when it is time to run a backup. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: bug report submission
On 2005-01-23, Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the recomended vay is to use send-pr(1) I tried to use send-pr once to submit my port. Id did not specify any arguments and it did not work. Do I have to specify site name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU
> Since we're posting specs and such, my P3 800MHz. w/ 256 RAM does all I > ask of it, with plenty of room to spare. AMD K6 350MHz 320 MB RAM ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU
On 2005-01-19, faisal gillani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although I don't think FreeBSD with desktop OS but > with server OS I more then recommend . FreeBSD desktop has become better in the last 2 years. Thanks to applications like: Gnome Evolution OpenOffice and AbiWord Firefox Thunderbird GUI Instant Messenger app (I forgot its name) I'd say that PDF support is good now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Browsing ports from console
I'd like to browse ports from console sometimes. I'd like to use UI similar to /stand/sysinstall during installation from CD. Is there a way to start /stand/sysinstall against /usr/ports directory? Are there any console ports browsers? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Software mirgration from Windows for my friend
> Again, these can be found on the website - > http://www.freebsd.org/applications.html... And again, have "your > friend" research it on his own. Right. Not everybody knows English and not everybody has unlimited Internet connection. And by the way, lots of free software is for geeks only. I have FreeBSD already and I can't spend 1 month installing each app just to figure out which one is the best. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Will my friend's computer work with FreeBSD?
> I think most of your questions will be answered on the FreeBSD website > under "Hardware Notes"... Have "your friend" research it. I would not ask if I could find the answers in "Hardware Notes". For example, onboard sound is known to be tricky. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Software mirgration from Windows for my friend
Hi, I need to consider if my friend can migrate from windows. Do you know of a good user friendly alternatives (may be not as powerful)? I might be able to answer most of the items, but I'd like to make sure that I know about the options: Alternatives for: - MS Office XP. I don't think he has very complex documents. - ACDSE 5.0, Photoshop. I am not convinced that he edits or creates images. - WinRAR and WinZIP - WinAMP - Virtual CD - Some kind of CD Burner - Some DVD Player - AC3filter - Decoding DVD to AVI (I have no idea why anybody would need this) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Will my friend's computer work with FreeBSD?
Hi, The computer of my friend has the following specs: Motherboard: Asus A7V8x-x, chipset VIA-KT400, with onboard sound, LAN, ATA133, USB Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce4 MX440SE with TV-out Modem: acorp-56K Printer: OKI okipage 6w Scanner: mustec1200CP So, what is supported and what is not supported by FreeBSD in his case? Thank you signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Mailing Lists (and high volumes) vs Newsgroups
Although I've been using FreeBSD for several years, I have not been active with mailing lists at all. I preferred to use newsgroups search and a little bit of posting. I am wondering, why mailing list is the official support mechanism (as opposed to newsgroups)? Ruby seems to be supported through newsgroups quite nicely. It seems to me that mailing lists still expose senders email address. I am worried about getting spam because of this. Ok, nntp is even worse, but I can manage that. I also find that email applications don't deal as well with high volume email messages. I am comparing against newsreaders like: - Emacs GNUS - slrn I like these newsreaders, because they allow me to assign scores based on the subject and authors. I can easily handle a very high volume ruby newsgroup. The longer I use the newsreader the faster I become. For example, if I did not pay attention the the original message the replies are ignored automatically for me. I will read 2 - 3 messages I am interested out of 1000 post list in 30 seconds. Ok, may be I am using the wrong tools... I settled on Evolution as my primary application and I like it. Thunderbird is not bad either. Neither can handle high volume subscriptions. I'd appretiate advice on how to improve email handling. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Recommended Mail Transfer Agent
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 14:36 -0600, Adam Fabian wrote: > Configuration is pretty easy with the m4 macros, and sendmail still > amounts to something of a de-facto standard. I am not saying senmail is bad. In fact, I have no plans to get rid of it. I just want to know where to find the information about sendmail when I need it. Where do I go to learn about sendmail configuration? Any HOWTO instructions? Where do I send newbie questions to? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
CDROM Mounting and Permissions (easy)
Hi, I need to mount /dev/acd0 (cdrom) from the standard user account. Do I have to give the user account write access to /dev/acd0 device or there is another way I don't know about? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: cannot startx elf-ld.so.1 problem
I had this problem recently. I don't remember exactly, what I did to fix it. I am sorry if this is a completely wrong advice. Try to reinstall gettext package. If you use portupgrade make sure that you force reinstall: portupgrade -fP gettext Let me know if it works. On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 23:15 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear fellows! > Happy new year to everybody! > I have FreeBSD 4.10 installed! > I do not know why and for what reason > I got the following error message when trying to startx: > > > > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 > Release Date: 27 February 2003 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.10 i386 [ELF] > Build Date: 29 April 2004 > Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Jan 1 21:13:47 2005 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.6: Undefined symbol > "stpcpy" > > > Is there anything I can do to fix it or should I reinstall FreeBSD? > > Thanks in advance! > D.K. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Sharing drive data with windows
Is it possible to have NTFS writable? Do I have to use FAT32 to share data with Windows XP? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
External USB Harddrive
Hi, I am using Asus A7N8X Rev 1.06 motherboard on FreeBSD 5.3 release. I want to use my USB hard drive. It would be the first USB device I use. What is the procedure? Here is what seems to be a related dmesg output: usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb1: on ohci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 umass0: Western Digital USB Hard Drive, rev 2.00/11.05, addr 3 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 114473MB (234441648 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 14593C) I think the drive is probably NTFS formatted. If it is not NTFS it is FAT32. I don't remember the drive specs, but it can do better than USB 1.0. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
News from several NNTP Servers
NNTP clients I like (Emacs) work with one NNTP server at a time. I use some free NNTP server, but its reliability is not the best. So, I am thinking of collecting news from free servers, which specialize on certain newsgroups. I don't know how to do that or what to use. I also would like to collect/cache newsgroup messages on my machine, so I can decide expiration rules. I think I could use INN server, but I have no idea how upstream servers are different from NNTP client connections. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: RSS thru mozilla, how?
On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 23:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > Gang, > > I just installed RSS on mozilla; now I can't figure out where to > click or howto use RSS. I have use separate RSS apps but I'd rather > read headlines (&c) thru my browser. Can anybody clue me in? > > thanks much, > > gary I don't know much about mozilla, but I think that Firefox does not do much with RSS. It just XML file for it. You can bookmark URL and not much more. Thunderbird can present RSS messages as email. I tried Liferea 0.6.4 today and was rather satisfied with it. It provides message overview and integrates with Firefox on Gnome rather well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Checking that floppy is still usable
Hi, Every once in a while I need to use floppy (my old machine has floppy and hard drive only). I have a number of floppies. I'd like to know which floppies are dead and which are still in working condition. I don't need to preserve any data, when testing floppy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
OpenOffice Fonts
Hi, I've got OpenOffice 1.1.3 installed. It is nice for the free office, but its text area fonts are really ugly. I can type bold text in KMail and it looks better. Firefox HTML is better. I know that OpenOffice fonts are not good in Windows, but it is even worse on FreeBSD. Glyph positioning seems to be on the bleding edge. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: libgcc_s.so.1 not found, required by "user_home"
On Wednesday 29 December 2004 08:18 pm, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: > My default shell is csh. Every time I start rxvtEvery time I start rxvt or > csh from rxvt I get the following message. The message does not seem to > affect anything: > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgcc_s.so.1" not found, required > by "user_home" I found that the following line in .cshrc caused the error message: source /usr/local/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.csh any idea why? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
libgcc_s.so.1 not found, required by "user_home"
My default shell is csh. Every time I start rxvtEvery time I start rxvt or csh from rxvt I get the following message. The message does not seem to affect anything: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgcc_s.so.1" not found, required by "user_home" I've never seen this message before. I just finished cvsup and portupgrade for the significunt portion of my system. I am running FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
