Re: Flash Disk
With all my USB pens I invariably use: /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt And it works. Thank you. It worked for me too. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flash Disk
I have been doing a lot of key work over the last couple of days What I am doing is: dmesg | grep da0 To find the drive that is listed on as it might not be da0 if you have other things plugged in. Then: mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt Does the same thing but I think ends up being a little cleaner. Actually, this is what I did when I noticed I had a device node da0s1, and ding!, I mounted it. Just by pure trial and error. Thanks so much. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flash Disk
Hi, Please don't remote the list from the recipients of the message, unless the reply contains confidential material that you don't wish to disclose to all the subscribers of the list. By keeping the list, you ensure that other subscribers may reply too in case I'm wrong about something, and you make it possible for future readers who find the thread in the archives to read all the relevant material. I am aware of the importance that the discussions take place in the list. It, I confess, happens with my newsreader that if I just hit: reply, the address entered in the reply is the sender's address, and I have sent many messages that way for not correcting it. But invariably I have realized the mistake and copy and paste my reply to the list again. So, in that case the person I am replying to receives two messages, one in the list and one private. I have no account of having replied only to the recipient. On 2006-01-06 00:07, Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I plug my USB JetFlash disk, the following appears in /var/log/messages (and the system console, but I mostly use X11 these days): umass0: USB Flash Disk, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 250MB (512000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 250C) I get something similar too. The Device Node is created all right. Cool! :o) When you plug the USB flash disk in, /dev/da0 (or another daX device) is automatically created. If the flash disk already has partitions (they usually come with a single FAT partition), you'll also see da0s1 or something similar: # ls -l /dev/da* crw-r- 1 root operator - 4, 44 Oct 16 17:38 /dev/da0 Yes, I also get something similar to this. That's nice. It means that the kernel has recognized the flash disk as a block device and the CAM layer of the kernel has created a 'direct access' disk device for it -- much like it does for SCSI disks. :o) If you see only da0, it's possible that the 'raw disk' is formatted using FAT, without a real BIOS-style partition, which means that you should be able to 'mount' it with something like: # /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt I do not only see da0 above and this command results in: mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument The flash disk is not formatted, so you'll have to create a filesystem on it. I did this for mine, using fdisk(8) and bsdlabel(8), as described in the following post of my old weblog: http://keramida.serverhive.com/weblog/archives/2004-10-16/using-a-usb-20-flash-mini-disk-on-freebsd The disk was formatted all right. The problem I had is that I was trying to mount /dev/da0, instead of /dev/da0s1. Enabling USB 2.X will also increase the access speed of the flash disk a lot, so you may want to read this too: http://keramida.serverhive.com/weblog/archives/2005-06-23/usb-2x-support-in-freebsd I only have USB 2.0 in my computer. Actually I would like to have at least one port 1.1 for some old devices. You told me how to mount my flash disk in case the command ls -l /dev/da0 results incomplete or I have the disk raw formatted. But what should I do if I get all similar to what you get? In other words, how do you mount your flash disk? If you successfully mount the disk once, using the mount(8) and the related utilities (mount_msdosfs, etc), then you can add a line in your ``/etc/fstab'' file to make things easier the next time. My USB disk doesn't have slices these days (just a UFS filesystem on it) so the relevant line from fstab is: /dev/da1a /mnt/jflash ufs rw,noauto,noexec,nosuid 0 0 Yes, I have written a line similar to this in /etc/fstab, and I now just hit: mount /mnt/Ant. Ant is the label of my flash disk. I very much appreciate your feedback. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Flash Disk
Hello: Can someone tell me, or point to me where I can find, how to mount a Flash Disk in release 6.0? I have Googled, but I simply cannot find the right way. An icon to mount and unmount on the desktop would be nice. Thanks. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flash Disk
On 2006-01-05 15:28, Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me, or point to me where I can find, how to mount a Flash Disk in release 6.0? I have Googled, but I simply cannot find the right way. An icon to mount and unmount on the desktop would be nice. Thanks. When I plug my USB JetFlash disk, the following appears in /var/log/messages (and the system console, but I mostly use X11 these days): umass0: USB Flash Disk, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 250MB (512000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 250C) I get something similar too. The Device Node is created all right. When you plug the USB flash disk in, /dev/da0 (or another daX device) is automatically created. If the flash disk already has partitions (they usually come with a single FAT partition), you'll also see da0s1 or something similar: # ls -l /dev/da* crw-r- 1 root operator - 4, 44 Oct 16 17:38 /dev/da0 Yes, I also get something similar to this. If you see only da0, it's possible that the 'raw disk' is formatted using FAT, without a real BIOS-style partition, which means that you should be able to 'mount' it with something like: # /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt I do not only see da0 above and this command results in: mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument That's it. Copy files to and from the /mnt directory. When you are done, make sure you unmount the flash disk before removing it. If you don't, chances are your kernel will panic when it discovers the physical flash disk is gone. # umount /mnt Now, it's safe to pull the flash disk out. You told me how to mount my flash disk in case the command ls -l /dev/da0 results incomplete or I have the disk raw formatted. But what should I do if I get all similar to what you get? In other words, how do you mount your flash disk? Thanks for your feedback. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC-BSD
- Original Message - From: Victor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 4:46 PM Subject: Re: PC-BSD Can PC-BSD be installed in a logical partition? I understand FreeBSD can only be installed in a primary partition. Teilhard. I'm quite sure you are correct, but I'd ask on the PC-BSD forums, as this list deals with straight FreeBSD. Victor Thank you for your reply. I found the answer explicitly in one of the FAQs of the PC-BSD site. My suspicions were right. It can only be installed in a primary partition. So, now we know. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PC-BSD
Can PC-BSD be installed in a logical partition? I understand FreeBSD can only be installed in a primary partition. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot start X
Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi: I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a P4 HT, and I cannot start X. Actually I want to start KDE; the .xinitrc is in place, but I couldn't start it before I wrote it, either. As I cannot copy and paste, I do not give you my xorg.conf file, but I need the i810 driver for a Realtek A'67 integrated sound device whose chip apparently is Intel. Hrm, isn't i810 the integrated video? Oh, yes, I am sorry. Don't know how I could mess things. Upon startx, I get in the end: (==) Using config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf [drm] failed to load kernel module i915 (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. start: not found. This looks suspiciously like a misconfiguration. Is the word start by itself in your .xinitrc, by chance? Yes, I didn't know it couldn't be used. I replaced my .xinitrc file to contain 'exec startkde', and all is well now. Thanks so much for your feedback. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB mice
It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB mice
Teilhard Knight wrote: It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it automatically It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a central unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works well, with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the mouse work. Any suggestions? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB mice
On 12/24/05, Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it automatically It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a central unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works well, with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the mouse work. Any suggestions? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] load the ums module by typing these command. you need to be root though. # kldload ums # moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto then see if the mouse daemon is running using top or ps. --- if this does not work you may have to rebuild yoru kernel with the following options device ohci device ums -- Thanks. Upon issuing the command: # kldload ums, I get: 'kldload: can't load ums: file exists'. But if I go to /dev, ums is not present. Are you sure kldload is the right command? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB mice
It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it automatically It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a central unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works well, with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the mouse work. Any suggestions? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] load the ums module by typing these command. you need to be root though. # kldload ums # moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto then see if the mouse daemon is running using top or ps. --- if this does not work you may have to rebuild yoru kernel with the following options device ohci device ums -- Thanks. Upon issuing the command: # kldload ums, I get: 'kldload: can't load ums: file exists'. But if I go to /dev, ums is not present. Are you sure kldload is the right command? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] i am positive. The message basically means that the ums module is already. You can check this by issuing the command # kldstat Yes, I have found it. It is under /usr/src/sys/modules. Shouldn't it be under /dev? The second command you ask me to perform gives an error: 'no such device ums0'. What should I do now? Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB mice
On 12/24/05, Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently all three systems which run FreeBSD have USB mice, two of them just plain Logitech optical mouses, the third is a Logitech MX 300, but every other mouse should work when you have enabled moused. Try plugin in the mouse when FreeBSD is up and running, it should detect it automatically It didn't work. Actually I have a little more than a USB mouse, I have a wireless mouse and wireless keyboard which are both controlled by a central unit which plugs into an USB port in the computer. The keyboard works well, with the option of booting with an USB keyboard, but I cannot make the mouse work. Any suggestions? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list load the ums module by typing these command. you need to be root though. # kldload ums # moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto then see if the mouse daemon is running using top or ps. --- if this does not work you may have to rebuild yoru kernel with the following options device ohci device ums -- Thanks. Upon issuing the command: # kldload ums, I get: 'kldload: can't load ums: file exists'. But if I go to /dev, ums is not present. Are you sure kldload is the right command? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] i am positive. The message basically means that the ums module is already. You can check this by issuing the command # kldstat Yes, I have found it. It is under /usr/src/sys/modules. Shouldn't it be under /dev? The second command you ask me to perform gives an error: 'no such device ums0'. What should I do now? Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] From what you said earlier, i can deduce that the ums module is *already* loaded. It seems that FreeBSD cannot de tect your mouse at bootup. I don't really know what to do next. Could you tell me what you get when you issue: # cat /var/run/dmesg.boot | grep ums uname -a will tell me what version of FreeBSD you are using and # uname -a This can tell us what is detected at boot time. I'm having problems now. ums seems to have disappeared, at least when I go to /usr/src/sys/modules, I cannot find it. However when I run: # kldload ums I get the same as before: file exists. Konqueror cannot find ums either. It found it when I wrote to you, but not anymore. I have been fiddling with Konqueror manually in absence of a mouse and I highlighted the module path to be able to read it complete and then I hit enter to leave it as it was. Do you think I might made it hidden? The first command you ask me to perform gives nothing under these circumstances. uname -a, gives 'FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE', and gives the time and says I am using the GENERIC kernel, that's all. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Two simple questions
What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB mice
- Original Message - From: Russell J. Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:43 AM Subject: Re: USB mice On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 03:36:28AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: It seems to me that the way FreeBSD is catching up with new hardware leaves you unsatisfied. One has to choose, upon boot, the option to use an USB keyboard by hand, and I have found no way to make a USB mouse to work. The OS broadly supports serial mice and hardly PS/2 mice, both almost out of the market nowadays. Are USB mice supported by FreeBSD? I have a USB keyboard and I don't have to choose the ``USB Keyboard'' option at start up. Also, I have a USB Mouse hooked up via a hub in my keyboard. Works fine. Are they, your keyboard and your mouse, wireless? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Saturday 24 December 2005 06:51, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. 1) ls -A (see man ls) 2) if you use the standard csh shell try ll (see .cshrc) -Mike Thanks. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 08:51:13AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? If you're referring to dot files, then the following will show them: ls -a If that is too tedious, then an alias in your shell's RC file can sort that out (e.g. for /bin/sh: alias ls='ls -a'). - Russell Thank you. I find nothing tedious in typing a '-a'. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005, Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Assuming you use ls(1) to display your files the command would be ``ls -a'' as explained in the the manual page. Depending on your shell you can create an alias for the ls command which includes the -a option every time. For sh you can edit $HOME/.profile to include a line as alias ls=ls -a For csh you can edit $HOME/.cshrc to include a line as alias ls ls -l -- Martin P. Hansen Thank you for such a detailed info. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. You should specify if you mean at the command line or in knoqueror (which you mentioned in another post). From the command line use ls -a or la in the default csh install. In konqueror use view-show hidden files. You cannot unhide a hidden dot-file without renaming it. Renaming it will make it impossible for the programs that use the file to find it. HTH, Micah Thank you. I need to think differently than windoze, but I have to learn how. Sort of apologizing. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two simple questions
Teilhard Knight wrote: What is the command to see the hidden files and folders? And how to unhide them? Teilhard. Micah's response is correct, but just an additional comment. In FreeBSD UNIX, there are really no 'hidden' files. They are all just files with names in a specific style - in most cases that means they start with a dot (.). They are no different than other file names as far as UNIX is concerned. They are no 'hidden' to keep you from seeing them or doing things with them as in MS. But, because most of the time you do not want to waste display time or space looking at those file names when you list files, many utilities such as ls do not show then by default - they skip over them. In almost all cases, to get those utilities to show them in their listings, you just need to use a flag on the command - the -a flag in the case of ls. Thanks. One has to learn how to detatch oneself from Windows, huh? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple question
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:08:33PM -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Killall. Seems like a bad idea, unless the service is hung. Using the proper init script would make more sense. To simply stop the service, /etc/init.d/gdm stop as root would do the trick. To change things so that it does not start on the next boot, removing the symlink in the appropriate runlevel (the default is 2, I believe) would do the trick. If you're concerned with managing services on boot in general then I highly recommend a program such as sysv-rc-conf or rcconf to manage the symbolic links for you. Actually, I needed to stop gdm only for installing a package. But you have given me very valuable information. I appreciate your feedback. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple question
Teilhard Knight wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Formally it's: invoke-rc.d gdm stop But everybody (including myself) uses: /etc/init.d/gdm stop To stop it permanently use: update-rc.d gdm remove Thanks a lot. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple question
Am 2005-12-20 04:04:24, schrieb Teilhard Knight: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? It depends. 1) For killing it the current bootet Computer /etc/init.d/gdm stop 2) Only from the runlevel 2 rm /etc/rc2.d/??gdm 3) Permanently apt-get --purge remove gdm Thank you very much. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple question
Teilhard Knight wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Teilhard. Simple answer: RTFM Extended answer: $ info gdm Thanks. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple question
as root: /etc/gdm stop Are you sure? I haven't tried it, but seems something is missing. Thanks anyway. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cannot start X
Hi: I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a P4 HT, and I cannot start X. Actually I want to start KDE; the .xinitrc is in place, but I couldn't start it before I wrote it, either. As I cannot copy and paste, I do not give you my xorg.conf file, but I need the i810 driver for a Realtek A'67 integrated sound device whose chip apparently is Intel. Upon startx, I get in the end: (==) Using config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf [drm] failed to load kernel module i915 (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. start: not found. I have checked the xorg.conf file and it has no mention of module i915. I have tried with the config files made by xorgcfg -textmode, but none of the options for the driver i810 works. The check: Xorg -config xorg.conf.new, after making Xorg -configure and changing the resolution to 1280x1024, works all right, though. I would appreciate if you could give me a hint of what to do. I'll be happy to provide any additional information. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot start X
On Saturday 24 December 2005 03:58, Teilhard Knight wrote: Hi: I just installed FreeBSD 6.0 on a P4 HT, and I cannot start X. Actually I want to start KDE; the .xinitrc is in place, but I couldn't start it before I wrote it, either. As I cannot copy and paste, I do not give you my xorg.conf file, but I need the i810 driver for a Realtek A'67 integrated sound device whose chip apparently is Intel. Upon startx, I get in the end: (==) Using config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf [drm] failed to load kernel module i915 (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. start: not found. This last line indicates that you are trying to run a program called start. Likely this is in your .xinitrc. Is it possible that you have something othere than the following in your .xinitrc: exec startkde I have checked the xorg.conf file and it has no mention of module i915. I have tried with the config files made by xorgcfg -textmode, but none of the options for the driver i810 works. The check: Xorg -config xorg.conf.new, after making Xorg -configure and changing the resolution to 1280x1024, works all right, though. I would appreciate if you could give me a hint of what to do. I'll be happy to provide any additional information. Hope that helps. It helped all right. I am in now, thanks a lot. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound driver
Mark Kane wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: Mark Kane wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the driver pcm worked fine for me. My question is whether I should stick to the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4 install. Any feedback will be appreciated. Teilhard. Hi. Check out: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html It's device sound in 5.x instead of device pcm. Obviously then add in support for your specific sound card with the documentation provided there. Hope that helps. :) It helped a lot. I issued the command kldload sound in my original kernel, and loaded the module snd_ich. I have sound now when I click on test sound in the sound section of the CC and on starting a KDE session. Problem is, I only get sound through the right hand side and I get nothing when trying to play a CD. Any ideas? Teilhard. Glad you got it working. Now for the new issues: I have not used KDE in a long time but I do know that their aRTs daemon takes over sound. Are there any settings showing the left and right channels that you can adjust? Maybe called Balance? You might also make sure that the connector on the actual sound card going to your speakers/headphones is plugged in all the way. I know if mine is only halfway in then I only hear one channel. As for CD audio not playing, have you made sure that the audio connector is connected from your CD drive to your sound card? It could be that, or the mixer levels in aRTs are muted or not raised for CD's. As far as I can see, the only thing present in my system to make audio adjustments is Kmix. Very simple compared to Alsamixer in Mandriva. It does not have any sort of balance or individual controls for left and right channels, but for example, only slider for volume. I have now compiled my kernel and included support for audio. It came out without it, as the generic kernel. I'd better make another post and explain in more detail, as it is a different issue. Thanks so much for your feedback. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound driver
Mark Kane wrote: Teilhard Knight wrote: Hello: I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the driver pcm worked fine for me. My question is whether I should stick to the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4 install. Any feedback will be appreciated. Teilhard. Hi. Check out: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html It's device sound in 5.x instead of device pcm. Obviously then add in support for your specific sound card with the documentation provided there. Hope that helps. It helped a lot. I issued the command kldload sound in my original kernel, and loaded the module snd_ich. I have sound now when I click on test sound in the sound section of the CC and on starting a KDE session. Problem is, I only get sound through the right hand side and I get nothing when trying to play a CD. Any ideas? Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I compiled mykernel seeking for sound support
Hello: This is a second post in which I seek for advice about sound. I tried to solve my problem with the kernel after install, by using kldload snd_driver. The result was that I had sound only in the right channel, and there was no output from audio CD's. I now compiled my own kernel with sound support and I have no sound regardless. The two lines I added to have sound in the configuration file are: device sound device snd_ich snd_ich is the driver loaded by snd_driver. Did I make anything wrong? Surely I did, and any help you can give me will be highly appreciated. I know my card, speakers and CD wiring are OK, as this machine has several OS's and everything works perfectly in them. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound driver
Hello: I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the driver pcm worked fine for me. My question is whether I should stick to the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4 install. Any feedback will be appreciated. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Difficulties to launch KDE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El día Monday, October 17, 2005 a las 08:58:00PM -0500, Teilhard Knight escribió: Hello: I am sure you will find my problem quite easy. I just installed FreeBSD 5.4, and I configured KDE and related configurations according with the handbook. My .xinitrc file contains only the line: echo exec startkde. When I type startx everything seems to be well, but KDE doesn't start. There are no errors reported or anything pointing to the problem, except a line at the end which reads: ... change the file to exec startkde Thanks so much. I knew it was a very petty mistake on my side. It works fine now. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Difficulties to launch KDE
Hello: I am sure you will find my problem quite easy. I just installed FreeBSD 5.4, and I configured KDE and related configurations according with the handbook. My .xinitrc file contains only the line: echo exec startkde. When I type startx everything seems to be well, but KDE doesn't start. There are no errors reported or anything pointing to the problem, except a line at the end which reads: xauth: (argv):1: bad display name Monique.gateway.2wire.net:0 in remove command I am behind a wireless modem-router with domain name gateway.2wire.net. I do not know what command remove is referred here or where it occurs, and how to fix it. No entry like this in xorg.conf. I will appreciate any help. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Boot manager
Could you recommend a good boot manager, please? I mean, to boot several OSs, but not relying on Lilo. Not Xosl, because it doesn't work together with a Drive Overlay. Teilhard. ___ 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
- Original Message - From: Emanuel Strobl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: Re: Boot manager Thank you. I have had a look at it, and I would prefer a boot manager which can be installed in a dedicated partition the way Xosl can be installed. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CD Doesn't boot
I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 in a laptop which I just recently bought. Problem is that the installation CD wouldn't boot. I have tried burning several brands of disks and trying them in other computers and I am now sure is not the media. I even disabled hyperthreading in the BIOS and nothing. Anyone can offer some advise about what to do? Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Correction CD doesn't boot
I posted this message a while ago: I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 in a laptop which I just recently bought. Problem is that the installation CD wouldn't boot. I have tried burning several brands of disks and trying them in other computers and I am now sure is not the media. I even disabled hyperthreading in the BIOS and nothing. Anyone can offer some advise about what to do? What I should have said is that the CD itself boots but doesn't boot the kernel. After selecting the kind of kernel boot you want, I get a line and everything freezes. Sorry for my bad explaining. Teilhard. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Booting problems
I am not an expert on FreeBSD and I am not an expert on hardware. I think I am going nuts compiling my kernel of release 4.11. It compliles all right but it wouldn't boot. The error I get is: panic no BSP found. Anyone has an idea of what that means? I'll give you my configuration file just in case someone takes the trouble to have a look at it. My machine is the HP t730m, 3GHz HT, 512 Meg of RAM. I would gladly give more info, thing is that install works just fine I just do not have sound or Internet (I use a wireless connection) Anyway, here is my conf file. % # # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 # # For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on # Kernel Configuration Files: # # http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html # # The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook # if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the # FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the # latest information. # # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the # device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT. # # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.62.2.1 2005/01/14 03:07:39 scottl Exp $ machine i386 #cpu I386_CPU #cpu I486_CPU #cpu I586_CPU cpu I686_CPU ident AURORITA maxusers 0 #makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols #options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation options INET #InterNETworking options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support #options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories options MFS #Memory Filesystem options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device #options NFS #Network Filesystem #options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required #options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required options PROCFS #Process filesystem options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] #options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev #options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~128k to driver. options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~215k to driver. # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O device isa #device eisa device pci # Floppy drives device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 # # If you have a Toshiba Libretto with its Y-E Data PCMCIA floppy, # don't use the above line for fdc0 but the following one: #device fdc0 # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives #device atapist # ATAPI tape drives options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering # SCSI Controllers #device amd # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T)) #device isp # Qlogic family #device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT/Fusion #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic #device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets) #options SYM_SETUP_LP_PROBE_MAP=0x40 # Allow ncr to attach legacy NCR devices when # both sym and ncr are configured #device adv0 at isa? #device adw #device bt0 at isa? #device aha0 at isa? #device aic0 at isa? #device ncv # NCR 53C500 #device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 #device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50 # SCSI peripherals device scbus # SCSI bus (required) device da # Direct Access (disks) #device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) device cd # CD device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem #device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID #device dpt # DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options! #device iir # Intel Integrated RAID #device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID #device ciss # Compaq SmartRAID 5* series #device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID # RAID controllers #device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID, Dell PERC2/PERC3 #device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM) #device ida # Compaq Smart RAID #device ips # IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID #device amr # AMI MegaRAID
Booting problems
I am not an expert on FreeBSD and I am not an expert on hardware. I think I am going nuts compiling my kernel of release 4.11. It compliles all right but it wouldn't boot. The error I get is: panic no BSP found. Anyone has an idea of what that means? I'll give you my configuration file just in case someone takes the trouble to have a look at it. My machine is the HP t730m, 3GHz HT, 512 Meg of RAM. I would gladly give more info, thing is that install works just fine I just do not have sound or Internet (I use a wireless connection) Anyway, here is my conf file. % # # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 # # For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on # Kernel Configuration Files: # # http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html # # The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook # if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the # FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the # latest information. # # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the # device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT. # # $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.62.2.1 2005/01/14 03:07:39 scottl Exp $ machine i386 #cpu I386_CPU #cpu I486_CPU #cpu I586_CPU cpu I686_CPU ident AURORITA maxusers 0 #makeoptions DEBUG=-g #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols #options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation options INET #InterNETworking options INET6 #IPv6 communications protocols options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support #options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories options MFS #Memory Filesystem options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device #options NFS #Network Filesystem #options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, NFS required #options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required options PROCFS #Process filesystem options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] #options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING options ICMP_BANDLIM #Rate limit bad replies options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev #options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~128k to driver. options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~215k to driver. # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O device isa #device eisa device pci # Floppy drives device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 # # If you have a Toshiba Libretto with its Y-E Data PCMCIA floppy, # don't use the above line for fdc0 but the following one: #device fdc0 # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 device ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15 device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives #device atapist # ATAPI tape drives options ATA_STATIC_ID #Static device numbering # SCSI Controllers #device amd # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T)) #device isp # Qlogic family #device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT/Fusion #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic #device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets) #options SYM_SETUP_LP_PROBE_MAP=0x40 # Allow ncr to attach legacy NCR devices when # both sym and ncr are configured #device adv0 at isa? #device adw #device bt0 at isa? #device aha0 at isa? #device aic0 at isa? #device ncv # NCR 53C500 #device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3 #device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50 # SCSI peripherals device scbus # SCSI bus (required) device da # Direct Access (disks) #device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) device cd # CD device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem #device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID #device dpt # DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options! #device iir # Intel Integrated RAID #device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID #device ciss # Compaq SmartRAID 5* series #device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID # RAID controllers #device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID, Dell PERC2/PERC3 #device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM) #device ida # Compaq Smart RAID #device ips # IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID #device amr # AMI MegaRAID #device mlx
Re: Booting problems
- Original Message - From: Toomas Aas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Booting problems Teilhard Knight wrote: I am not an expert on FreeBSD and I am not an expert on hardware. Neither am I, but... The error I get is: panic no BSP found. Anyone has an idea of what that means? I'll give you my configuration file just in case someone takes the trouble to have a look at it. My machine is the HP t730m, 3GHz HT, 512 Meg of RAM. (sznipp) # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O BSP sounds suspiciously like something that has something to do with SMP (we're getting really technical here, eh?). I would try removing those two options from your kernel config and/or disabling Hyperthreading in BIOS, if that's an option. Thank you Toomas for taking the time. I commented out the two lines you suggested and unfortunately not even in that way I have a working kernel. When the system tries to boot it just shows the lame symbol | and then after a few seconds it reboots. I'll go through the configuration file again and try to see if something was related to a symmetric multiprocessor. I wouldn't like to disable hyperthreading in the bIOS because what would be the point of having an HT processor? Any more ideas from your part would be highly welcome. Teilhard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:05:24 -0500 Teilhard Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I just installed FreeBSD 4.10, and everything went all right. I typed: startx, and I could enter KDE and do some tweakings. Then I shut down and rebooted, and something happened I cannot enter KDE, nor as a root or as a user anymore. I get the message: do you have any clue about what 'tweakings' you might have done? did you touch /etc/ttys or the 'kern_securelevel' settings in /etc/rc.conf? making certain changes to either of these can seriously hamper your ability to use X. No, I didn't touch those files. Actually I guess I used the word tweaking in the wrong way. I only did things like selecting desktop mat, registering my root password, setting myself as a user, etc. (install didn't do it in the end). X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) though it sounds as though X was working, another possibility is that your XF86Config is misconfigured, thus broken. how did you set-up X? during the install or after with xf86config? During install. I used /stand/sysinstall only when X was broken, but X was already installed. please check/var/log/XFree86.0.log for error messages. i'm pretty sure that you'll see something that will point you in the right direction. if you think that it is X that is 'broken', please have another look at the handbook section on X: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html if you think that it was one of your 'tweaks', please let us know what you did, so that we can help you undo it. Actually, I have installed again, and now everything is all right. I could have tryied to fix the problem as a challenge, but I felt I am too newbie for that. That is, it was too much for me. Does it mean I'll have to re-install? almost certainly not. we just need to figure out what happened. I very much appreciate your feedback; I am grateful for that. Cordially, Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE
Hello: I just installed FreeBSD 4.10, and everything went all right. I typed: startx, and I could enter KDE and do some tweakings. Then I shut down and rebooted, and something happened I cannot enter KDE, nor as a root or as a user anymore. I get the message: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) Does it mean I'll have to re-install? After install I just had to re-enter my root password and sign me up as a user again, because the install didn't keep those settings. That's why I shut down and rebooted, to test if everything was all righ then. All help will be appreciated. Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE
Hello: I just installed FreeBSD 4.10, and everything went all right. I typed: startx, and I could enter KDE and do some tweakings. Then I shut down and rebooted, and something happened I cannot enter KDE, nor as a root or as a user anymore. I get the message: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) Does it mean I'll have to re-install? After install I just had to re-enter my root password and sign me up as a user again, because the install didn't keep those settings. That's why I shut down and rebooted, to test if everything was all righ then. All help will be appreciated. Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: About KDE (X-Windows, in fact)
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:10:35AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: I posted about my problem in the questions group, but I only got replies from one person, and although helpful, it didn't solve my problem. It's about my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 graphics card with NVIDIA chipset. It was working all right (for simple tasks, I didn't try games or something complicated) with the driver nv. I decided to install the NVIDIA driver for FreeBSD, and now I am getting the error message: NVIDIA: Chipset GeForce3 in Device section card0 isn't valid for this driver. I cannot Try removing (if there is it) the line Chipset in your device section (XF86 You got it. I removed the line, and I could start KDE all right. Read also these documents: /usr/X11R6/share/doc/NVIDIA/README /usr/X11R6/share/doc/NVIDIA/README.Linux /usr/X11R6/share/doc/NVIDIA/XF86Config.sample And check /var/log/XFree86.0.log I had read them already. Had to add the option: USER_LDT and recompile my kernel. Thanks so much for taking the time to give me your advise. Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't get KDE
I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When I command the machine startx, I get the error message: NVIDIA: chipset GeForce3 in device section card0 isn't valid for this driver. Now, I cannot even revert to the old nv driver because I get another error. I have found the line start nvidia in an archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my system. I'll appreciate any help. Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't get KDE
I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When I command the machine startx, I get the error message: NVIDIA: chipset GeForce3 in device section card0 isn't valid for this driver. Now, I cannot even revert to the old nv driver because I get another error. I have found the line start nvidia in an archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my system. I'll appreciate any help. Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get KDE
On Sunday 04 April 2004 06:49 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When I command the machine startx, I get the error message: NVIDIA: chipset GeForce3 in device section card0 isn't valid for this driver. Now, I cannot even revert to the old nv driver because I get another error. I have found the line start nvidia in an archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my system. I'll appreciate any help. If you have locate turned on, do a locate XF86Config. There may be old versions lying around. X expects it in serveral places, I have mine in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config Thank you for your answer. I have XF86Config in /etc/X11. I have fiddled with the configuration file to no avail. First thing I did was to change the driver nvidia for the one loaded by default (nv). I also set up the modules as the file README. Linux (in the NVIDIA driver package) instructs, and I haven't been successful. FAQ in the package do not address the problem, let alone the Handbook. Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get KDE
On Sunday 04 April 2004 08:55 am, you wrote: On Sunday 04 April 2004 07:22 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: On Sunday 04 April 2004 06:49 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: I have been doing my research, reading all pieces of information which can help me. My problem is that I installed the NVIDIA driver for my Leadtek WinFast GeForce3 with NVIDIA chipset. When I command the machine startx, I get the error message: NVIDIA: chipset GeForce3 in device section card0 isn't valid for this driver. Now, I cannot even revert to the old nv driver because I get another error. I have found the line start nvidia in an archive, God knows where else there are configured files in my system. I'll appreciate any help. If you have locate turned on, do a locate XF86Config. There may be old versions lying around. X expects it in serveral places, I have mine in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config Thank you for your answer. I have XF86Config in /etc/X11. I have fiddled with the configuration file to no avail. First thing I did was to change the driver nvidia for the one loaded by default (nv). I also set up the modules as the file README. Linux (in the NVIDIA driver package) instructs, and I haven't been successful. FAQ in the package do not address the problem, let alone the Handbook. I would look at the XFree86 web page for your video card and add it to your config file. I ran xf86cfg and haven't had to go back to it in some time. There used to be a web page devoted to the video cards but I I had done it before posting. As for the page you mention, I can't find it either. I'll keep searching, though. Thanks. http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/nv.4.html You should be able to man nv. Thanks a lot. The README.Linux includes the GeForce3 among the cards supported by the nvidia driver. I cannot tell why my system doesn't like it for my card. Weird, huh? Teilhard. Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Off Topic) Question
Why is it that some people here in the list send their posts as an attachment? Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wireless driver
On Thursday 11 March 2004 19:44, Teilhard Knight wrote: I am writing my kernel config, and I do not know what wireless driver to pick for an SMC SMC2662W USB adapter. If you could also help me configure my wireless Internet reception, I will be grateful. I know the Handbook is there, but I have never succeeded doing what it says. Have a look at : http://vitsch.net/bsd/atuwi It's a driver for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE for these USB WLAN adapters that I've written. It's not yet part of FreeBSD, but that's just a matter of time since the FreeBSD team eagerly wants to have this driver into the main source tree. If you can't get it to work with the step-by-step manual on the site please contact me and I will try to help you. grtz, Daan This is really cool, Daan. However, I am running FreeBSD 4.9. Do you think it will work? I am not optimistic after reading a little of the web page. If it doesn't work, do you know of a driver I can benefit from? Thank you for taking the time to reply. Teilhard 30MB 250MB Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound
I just checked my post with header: no sound, and I didn't mean to send that. Lately Outlook express is not playing fair with me. Here is what I wanted to send: Now, I did my homework. I did exactly what the Handbook says, but I cannot make my Creative Platinum Live SoundBlater card to produce sounds. I compiled my kernel with the pcm driver, just that. And then I added what the handbook says for non PnP ISA cards. Could you help? Teilhard 30MB 250MB Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wireless driver
I am writing my kernel config, and I do not know what wireless driver to pick for an SMC SMC2662W USB adapter. If you could also help me configure my wireless Internet reception, I will be grateful. I know the Handbook is there, but I have never succeeded doing what it says. Teilhard 30MB 250MB Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wireless networking
I recently changed from a regular ADSL account, to a wireless account. I have a modem-router in one device (2wire). This modem has two Ethernet connections, one of which I am using for this computer. I have five computers using FreeBSD, and I have a key to open reception. Could someone be so kind so as to help me configure Internet sharing and my network? Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount floppy
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 06:40:10AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: I would appreciate if someone would told me how to mount my floppy. If you could tell me the exact entries in the fstab file would be great. Thank you. Please send technical questions to freebsd-questions. That said ... open your favourite browser, go to http://www.google.com and search for 'freebsd mount floppy' :) Cheers You used more saliva than if you had answered my question. Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mount floppy (Gotta love 'Nix...)
Teilhard Knight wrote: I would appreciate if someone would told me how to mount my floppy. If you could tell me the exact entries in the fstab file would be great. Thank you. Teilhard You've already received good suggestions, and answers, and pointers to the other list --- or Google, whatever, IIRC. And this one's *not* for fstab. Just wanted to mention this for its humor ... everybody needs that on Monday, right? :-) First off, understand that I've been thinking about writing a tongue-in-cheek article called something like FreeBSD for MSDOS users ... mostly for my own entertainment, I suppose. Anyway, this is likely comfy for ex-DOS people. Make sure you've created /floppy, then put this in /root/.cshrc or /root/.profile, or wherever you keep root's aliases... here's my line from /root/.cshrc: alias a: mount_msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy cd /floppy ls -l :-D Nice suggestion, thanks. :o) Teilhard. 30MB 250MB Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.hotpost.co.uk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Athlon
Just a couple of easy questions for you. Is a machine with an Athlon processor 1.4 MHz an i386 machine? And if so, what kind of processor should I select in my kernel? i586, or i686? Teilhard 30mb Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Athlon
- Original Message - From: DanGer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 12:20 PM Subject: Re: Athlon On Sunday 29 February 2004 19:12, Teilhard Knight wrote: Just a couple of easy questions for you. Is a machine with an Athlon processor 1.4 MHz an i386 machine? And if so, what kind of processor should I select in my kernel? i586, or i686? 1) yes, athlons are i386 machines. 2) you should read your /var/run/dmesg.boot if it is i586 or i686 processor Right, I'll read that file. Thanks so much for the feedback. Teilhard 30mb Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Athlon
It's an i386 Architecture yes, the processor is not an 80386 if you ment that. I think you can select i686 if a 1.4Ghz machine (i think you ment that instead of Mhz?) But setting the defaults will also work :) I guess you composed your reply twice. Thaks so much for taking the time. Teilhard Cheers, -- Kind regards,___ 30mb Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Athlon
On 29-Feb-2004 Teilhard Knight wrote: Just a couple of easy questions for you. Is a machine with an Athlon processor 1.4 MHz an i386 machine? And if so, what kind of processor should I select in my kernel? i586, or i686? I use an Athlon here, myself. In my kernel config, I have: machine i386 cpu I686_CPU# aka Pentium Pro(tm) options CPU_DISABLE_5X86_LSSER options CPU_FASTER_5X86_FPU options CPU_UPGRADE_HW_CACHE options CPU_WT_ALLOC options NO_MEMORY_HOLE And in /etc/make.conf: CPUTYPE?=k7 CFLAGS= -O -pipe COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe Thanks a lot. This info will help me very much. I have compiled a kernel for a Pentium IV 1.6 GHz, and I had no problems. I hope this time I can make it right too. Teilhard 30mb Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Athlon
On Sunday 29 February 2004 10:36 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 12:12:02PM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: Just a couple of easy questions for you. Is a machine with an Athlon processor 1.4 MHz an i386 machine? And if so, what kind of processor should I select in my kernel? i586, or i686? One of these? CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP1600+ (1400.06-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = AuthenticAMD Id = 0x662 Stepping = 2 Features=0x383f9ffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC A,CMOV,PA T,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE AMD Features=0xc048MP,AMIE,DSP,3DNow! As /var/run/dmesg.boot says, it's a 686 class processor. I was going to send one of these but then I got to thinking about what you needed to know before you download an iso or whatever. The web site really doesn't tell you that an Athlon is a 686 and you need to know that before you do the install and can look at the dmesg output. Many thanks. Yes, the web site only speaks about Pentium. Couldn't find the info there. But now I know where I'm standing. Teilhard 30mb Web based, POP3 IMAP4 e-mail. Sign up now: http://www.ghostmailbox.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ad6s1
I posted some days before I intend to install FreeBSD on the first partition of a master disk on the secondary channel. I was lucky nobody replied The installation fails just when the partitions are to be written. I have noticed that the installer detects one disk as ad4 (master, primary channel), and the other as ad6. Now, counting my IDE drives, including HDs, I have only 5 of them. So, why the installer wants to create a root partition where there is nothing (ad6s1)? I suppose the floppy drive doesn't count as a IDE drive. The error I get is: couldn't create a new root filesystem. Could you help? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ad6s1
FBSD sees each partition on each hard drive as an separate hard drive, just like windows does. I see. Thanks for the info. I now have to find out why the installer cannot write the root filesystem. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ad6s1
FBSD sees each partition on each hard drive as an separate hard drive, just like windows does. I see. Thanks for the info. I now have to find out why the installer cannot write the root filesystem. On second thoughts, is it not that the s1 after ad6, is counting the primary partitions on ATA drives? So, ad6s1 means: the first primary partition of ATA drive 6 Am I wrong? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ad6s1
You should be installing 4.9, all the 5.x series is from the development branch of the code tree, it's where all the new and untested code is first tested out. 5.2 has many show stopper bugs dealing with the install process to any thing other than the first partition on the primary IDE master hard drive. If you don't know how to debug system kernel code, 5.2 is not for you. Yes, right, you confirm my doubts about installing 5.2. I knew what you say about 5.0 when I decided to install 4.7 in another machine. But there is so much promotion of 5.2 in the FreeBSD page, that I entertained the idea that it was OK to install it now. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Root filesystem cannot be created
In my post: Is this an stupid question, I forgot to say I am trying to install FreeBSD in the second HD, nor the first boot disk. Not long ago, when 5.0 and 4.7 were the main releases, everybody advised me not to fiddle with 5.0, but to go with 4.7 as I am a newbie. 4.7 installed all right in another machine in the second HD, by which I mean secondary channel, and the first HD is the bootable. I still have it installed. Should I go for 4.9 now? Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is this an stupid question?
I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.2. My problem is that after being questioned about whether I really want to carry on with the installation, I get a message saying the root filesystem could not be created Also, I have three CD and DVD drives, and when questioned about which to use, I haven't got the slightest idea. But, in any case, I have tried with the three, and the result is the same. My system is set as: Primary channel: Main HD (160 Gig) as master, and a CD-RW as slave Secondary channel: A 60 Gig HD as master and a DVD-ROM as slave. All the above in a ULTRA ATA card. There is as well a master DVD+RW in the primary channel of the motherboard. Thanks for reading- Teilhard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Partitioning
I am trying to install FreeBSD 5.1. I have created by means other than the installation program, a partitioning of my disk (160 Gig), and I want to install on one of those partitions. I have three primary partitions and one extended where I have installed Linux in one logical partition. I want FreeBSD to go in another logical partition. When I installed 4.7 in another computer, I had no problems whatsoever. But with 5.1 the partitioning utility only sees the primary partitions, the first three and the extended one as a whole. It sees the extended partition as one partition without the logical ones created there. Apparently I must have the partition for FreeBSD as FAT, but other tools do not help me because the partition is too large to be FAT. Any help to solve this will be appreciated. Teilhard. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What should I install?
On Monday 05 January 2004 11:34 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: I have running FreeBSD 4.7 in one computer and version 5.0 was not for newbies. I see now, version 4.9 is out, but version 5.1 is too. In the official FreeBSD web page, they recommend to install 5.1. Now, I haven't grown up from the newbie category, so the question is: Should I install 5.2 or 4.9, perhaps 4.8, in another computer? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox I would recommend you download and install 5.1 if you can. The upgrade from 4.x to 5.x is nearly impossible and you're better off doing a fresh install. I've been using 5.x for quite a while now, even on a production web server with little problems. There's also better hardware support. Expect to see a few bugs, but they're getting taken care of pretty quickly. Thanks a lot. A few months ago, in the times of 4.7, everybody was against newbies to install 5.0. I see you guys have tested and approved version 5.x. I'll start downloading 5.1 right away. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What should I install?
I have running FreeBSD 4.7 in one computer and version 5.0 was not for newbies. I see now, version 4.9 is out, but version 5.1 is too. In the official FreeBSD web page, they recommend to install 5.1. Now, I haven't grown up from the newbie category, so the question is: Should I install 5.2 or 4.9, perhaps 4.8, in another computer? Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change privacy for softhome if you want to intrude my inbox ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apsfilter
Hello: Apsfilter doesn't work for me. I have read all the manual and checked all possible sources of failure, and I do not find where it goes wrong. I get an excellent test printout, but apart from that, the spooler fails to send any jobs to the printer. On the other hand, cups works great on me. I have had reports that it doesn't work with KOffice, but I haven't checked that. I write because apsfilter handles .dvi files, and apparently cups does not. I work quite a bit with TeX, and I am very interested in printing .dvi files in a desjket printer. Does anybody know about a workaround? If it helps at all, my printer is an HP Laserjet 845c. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
