Re: FreeBSD on IBM Blade Center?
I tried to boot a 6.0 Installation CD on a HS20 Blade. I always get can't load 'kernel' from the cdloader. If I type lsdev it shows me no cd devices; a ls brings open '/' failed:.. and the LED of the cdrom-drive stays dark. The BladeCenter is using a USB-CDROM and I think this is actually the problem of booting a Blade from a freeBSD CD. Did you try a Network-Based installation? How far did you come with your installation? On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 01:32:44PM -, Gestur A. Grjetarsson wrote: Hi I have IBM Blade with Qlogic 2312 adapters using DS400 SAN now I have learned that after over 10 years of good FreeBSD experience on various sorts of hardware, I can't use FreeBSD anymore as it does'nt work on IBM Blade. I have read alot on this problem trying to solve this problem and done alot of testing and hacking but without any progress. so I have two questions: is FreeBSD going to support IBM Blade? if it is going to support and work on IBM Blade, can you give me an estimation on when it will be ready to run on IBM Blade? kveðja Gestur Iceland ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to safty unplug a USB Stick
I don't have FS problems. After a umount the USB stick has still the Power LED on. Under Linux an eject turns the Power LED off. I tried /usr/ports/sysutils/eject without success (freeBSD 5.4) I went a little bit through the source of an linux eject and the *BSD eject. The Linux Verion is using cdrom.h and *BSD cdio.h. I think that both eject's are actually doing the same (*BSD: ioctl(fd,CDIOEJECT); Linux ioctl (fd,CDROMEJECT)). I'm not a kernel/driver programmer, but I think the umass Driver or SCSI Driver (because eject /dev/cd0 also doesn't work ) doesn't accept a CDIOEJECT. On 12/20/05, Dinesh Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/20/05 07:44 Thomas Linton said the following: Besides umount, to keep the FS consistant, I belive it would be necessary to actually turn off the USB stick before you remove it. With Windows and Linux there is also a way to safety remove -power off- a USB stick. i've just unmounted and then pulled out various usb sticks, CF cards and sony memory sticks and have not seen any filesystem problems when i stick them back in again. never had to use camcontrol eject. -- Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unmounting USB key (sorry, lost the original title)
I tried the same thing, but the LED stays on; my laptop IBM TP43 has dual-boot with WinXP and under WinXP it is possible to safety remove (turn off) the USB stick. On my previous laptop IBM TP42 with Fedora Core 1 an eject was able to Power Off the USB Stick (LED off). Update from Micah is interresting: On 5.2/5.3/5.4 I've used umount then camcontrol eject dax. The light always turns off for me. HTH, Micah On 12/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I can't remember who posted that and I removed my emails from server. I try to eject my USB key using cmacontrol and I got this: # camcontrol devlist Corsair Flash Voyager 1.00 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass0) # camcontrol eject 1:0:0 Unit stopped successfully, Media ejected #camcontrol devlist Corsair Flash Voyager 1.00 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (da0,pass0) You see, it seems to be successfully stopped but I still have it by asking the devlist the moment after. Don't know how to help more than that, sorry :) Regards, Ivan. -- little P.S: for those who are saying FreeBSD is not ready and the penguin, and M$, etc, etc, Mike is right, let's see what we could have with just a hundredth of M$ money. If you come to FreeBSD then you may want to discover and search many new things by yourself. Help the project, give your time, share your knowledge. I am not a programmer, so I translate the handbook. And from day to day, it will be more accessible. But I am not sure this is the place for pessimism. Also note that almost all questions asked here get their solution in less than 24 hours. -- How you say ? FreeBSD enthousiast, yes :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to safty unplug a USB Stick
My USB stick works fine, but I can't figure out how to safty unplug the USB stick. The LED on my stick is always on; if i try camcontrol stop da0 or camcontrol eject da0 it stays on. Under Linux the eject command turns the LED (Power) off. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to safty unplug a USB Stick
Besides umount, to keep the FS consistant, I belive it would be necessary to actually turn off the USB stick before you remove it. With Windows and Linux there is also a way to safety remove -power off- a USB stick. On 12/19/05, Ivan Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Linton wrote: My USB stick works fine, but I can't figure out how to safty unplug the USB stick. The LED on my stick is always on; if i try camcontrol stop da0 or camcontrol eject da0 it stays on. Under Linux the eject command turns the LED (Power) off. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am not really sure about this but isn't umount your key enough ? If not, I am interested in the solution cause I only mount/unmount my key. No trouble at this point. Regards, Ivan. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: webmail solution
I played with http://www.squirrelmail.org/ in combination with postfix, which was to me pretty good. My ISP (www.inode.at) is porviding their webmail service also via squirrelmail (they changed the look and feel-but it's still squirrelmail). On 12/18/05, Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for experiences with a webmail solution. I want to use postfix as my mta and on a freebsd6 machine. The users who will be using the server probably would do better with a webmail package so they can get to it from anywhere. The box already has apache and php so i don't think that'll be an issue. One thing i'm uncertain is whether to offer direct pop/imap or their equivalent encrypted counterparts or just do it all through webmail. I am using imp from the ports. It need some pop/imap to access the mailboxes. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IBM xSeries 226 ips problem
You have a problem with the ServeRaid Driver. I'm not sure, which ServeRaid Adapter is integtrated on the systemboard of the x226. Have a look on the man page of the ips driver. Following ServeRaid Adapter should work: · IBM ServeRAID 3H · ServeRAID 4L/4M/4H · ServeRAID Series 5 · ServeRAID 6i/6M man page IPS(4): http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipssektion=4manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE On 12/12/05, Tsakhlai Baatar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i got a problem during boot of FreeBSD 6.0 Release on my new IBM @Server xSeries 226. there is something like resetting ips driver it will take a 5 minute message occurs and system not continue to other process. What is wrong with that. How do I install FreeBSD in this situation? - Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Automating a 5.4 install
For problem 2 have a look at: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-November/103093.html On 11/30/05, Raistlin Majere [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to use netboot to automate the install of FreeBSD 5.4. I can get new servers to boot, mount the NFS partition which has all the data from the CD on it (taken from an iso) but I've run into two problems: 1) FreeBSD complains about my disk geometry, even though what it suggests matches what's in the BIOS it's coming up with some wierd numbers and halting my automated install so I can tell it use the more likely geometry 2) after the OS install it complains that it can't find packages. It finds the packages directory, parses the index file, but then it can't find them. The error on screen is Please remove disc #0 from your drive, and add disc #1 and on tty2 the debug messages are: DEBUG: package check for xxx returns failure. Any thoughts? -=Alexander ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How can I programatically eject a live cd?
if you use CAM you could use: # camcontrol eject [device id] [generic args] On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 08:21:11PM -0800, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: At Sat, 12 Nov 2005 it looks like Thomas Linton composed: I believe that you can't do this because you are sitting on this CD. In general: # cdcontrol eject or with port /usr/ports/sysutils/eject just # eject Jeez, first off I didn't know this command existed for *BSD and then read the manpage and saw to my amazement... # AUTHOR Shunsuke Akiyama [EMAIL PROTECTED] HISTORY The eject command appeared in FreeBSD 2.X FreeBSD 5.4 Sep 24, 2000 # -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com ~ You do best what you like most. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How can I programatically eject a live cd?
I believe that you can't do this because you are sitting on this CD. In general: # cdcontrol eject or with port /usr/ports/sysutils/eject just # eject On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 12:19:39PM -0800, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: At Sat, 12 Nov 2005 it looks like Sean Bruno composed: On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 09:35 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Sean Bruno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was looking for an answer to this question. Since my CD is actually the running file system(is mounted), I cannnot eject it while the system is running. So is there a way to do this that y'all have found, or do I have to change my CD to run from memory(RAMDISK) instead of running from the CD. You want to eject your running root filesystem? That's a *really* crazy idea. Why do you want to do that? Well, I don't want to eject my running root filesystem, but I need to have the CD eject on a reboot/halt of the system. So, is there a nicer way of doing this? There is on other Unix type OS's the command eject which will actually open the CD tray. I use it all the time in the server colo when there is some mislabed machines, I'll make sure all the CDROM trays are shut, login to the machine and type eject and the tray of the mislabed machine will pop open. Here is some information that may or may not help you in finding a *BSD equivalent: # [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]- ldd `which eject` libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4002c000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 = /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]- file `which eject` /usr/bin/eject: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]- # -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com ~ You do best what you like most. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache + PHP : Exec format error
I can't get the package WebCalendar-1.0.0 to work; I always get following error in /var/log/httpd-error.log (8)Exec format error: exec of '/usr/local/www/data-dist/WebCalendar/index.php' If I put #!/usr/local/bin/php at the beginning of the index.php it works, however I would like to use the apache module php4_module instead of php as CGI. I'm running 5.4-STABLE with the pkg apache-2.0.54_4 and php4-4.4.0 (Apache Module and CLI). The httpd.conf includes the line LoadModule php4_module libexec/apache2/libphp4.so. Any ideas? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SPAM Filter
I'm installing an old laptop with freeBSD 5.4. It's going to be my mail server (postfix) and a simple ftp Server. I need some suggestions for a spam filter. Many thanky in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing from File System
I do have the same problem and don't really understand the syntax of the INDEX file. I guess the 2 at the end of the line means 2nd CD, but why --there are sometimes more or less pipes at the end of the lines. zap start: from INDEX file at-spi-1.6.3_1|/usr/ports/accessibility/at-spi|/usr/X11R6|An Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface|/usr/ports/accessibility/at-spi/pkg-descr|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|accessibility x11-toolkits|ORBit2-2.12.1_1 atk-1.9.1 bitstream-vera-1.10_1 expat-1.95.8 fontconfig-2.2.3,1 freetype2-2.1.9 gail-1.8.2_1 gettext-0.14.1 glib-2.6.3_1 gmake-3.80_2 gtk-2.6.4_1 hicolor-icon-theme-0.5 intltool-0.33jpeg-6b_3 libIDL-0.8.5_1 libXft-2.1.6_1 libart_lgpl2-2.3.17 libbonobo-2.8.1_1 libglade2-2.5.1_2 libgnomecanvas-2.10.0_1 libiconv-1.9.2_1 libtool-1.5.10_1 libxml2-2.6.18 p5-XML-Parser-2.34_1 pango-1.8.1 perl-5.8.6_2 pkgconfig-0.15.0_1 png-1.2.8_1 popt-1.7 python-2.4_1 shared-mime-info-0.15_9 tiff-3.7.1_2 xmlcatmgr-2.2 xorg-fonts-encodings-6.8.2 xorg-fonts-truetype-6.8.2 xorg-libraries-6.8.2|ORBit2-2.12.1_1 atk-1.9.1 bitstream-vera-1.10_1 expat-1.95.8 fontconfig-2.2.3,1 freetype2-2.1.9 gail-1.8.2_1 gettext-0.14.1 glib-2.6.3_1 gnomehier-2.0_6 gtk-2.6.4_1 hicolor-icon-theme-0.5 jpeg-6b_3 libIDL-0.8.5_1 libXft-2.1.6_1 libart_lgpl2- 2.3.17 libbonobo-2.8.1_1 libglade2-2.5.1_2 libgnomecanvas-2.10.0_1 libiconv-1.9.2_1 libxml2-2.6.18 pango-1.8.1 perl-5.8.6_2 pkgconfig-0.15.0_1 png-1.2.8_1 popt-1.7 python-2.4_1 shared-mime-info-0.15_9 tiff-3.7.1_2 xmlcatmgr-2.2 xorg-fonts-encodings-6.8.2 xorg-fonts-truetype-6.8.2 xorg-libraries-6.8.2|http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/2 zap end: from INDEX file On 10/28/05, Dean Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have setup FreeBSD 5.4, with a minimal installation from the CDRom, I would like to be able to change configuration options, such as adding something from the packages collection on the CDs, or adding more of the distributions at a later point remotely, using /stand/sysinstall. I figured I could copy both cds 1 and 2 into a directory on the machine, and choose file system from the installation media page. All works good up to a point. then I receive a message stating that this is Disc 0 and the packages is on Disc 1. How do I make the install section realize that all of the files are on the file system? Thanks, Dean Weimer Sr. Network Administrator Orscheln Management Company Phone: (660) 269-3448 Fax: (660) 269-3950 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to remove a Hotplug Laptop CD/DVD Drive
I didn't know about atacontrol. The flag stop doesn't exist (freeBSD 5.4) so I tried following things: kingkong# atacontrol list ATA channel 0: Master: ad0 HTS541080G9AT00/MB4IA5BJ ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: no device present ATA channel 1: Master: acd0 MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-822S/1.03 ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: no device present kingkong# kingkong# atacontrol detach 1 kingkong# atacontrol list ATA channel 0: Master: ad0 HTS541080G9AT00/MB4IA5BJ ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: no device present ATA channel 1: Master: no device present Slave: no device present kingkong# At the same time I got following message in /var/log/messages: Oct 26 09:41:42 kingkong kernel: acd0: WARNING - removed from configuration Oct 26 09:41:42 kingkong kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): lost device Oct 26 09:41:42 kingkong kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): removing device entry After this I removed the DVD Drive (the Power-LED of the media-slot was still ON ?) and got following information in /var/log/messages: Oct 26 09:44:50 kingkong kernel: stray irq15 Oct 26 09:44:50 kingkong kernel: too many stray irq 15's: not logging anymore I put the drive back; /var/log/messages didn't get any updates. kingkong# atacontrol attach 1 Master: acd0 MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-822S/1.03 ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: no device present kingkong# got following update in /var/log/messages: Oct 26 09:46:20 kingkong kernel: acd0: DVDR MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-822S/1.03 at ata1-master UDMA33 Oct 26 09:46:20 kingkong kernel: cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 Oct 26 09:46:20 kingkong kernel: cd0: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-822S 1.03 Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device Oct 26 09:46:20 kingkong kernel: cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers Oct 26 09:46:20 kingkong kernel: cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present After the whole procedure I saw the channel with atacontrol list and could mount a CD without any errors. I tried the same thing with WinXP (safe remove) to see, if the Power-LED of the media-slot is switching off and it does. I was wondering, if any kind of hotpluging (e.g. PCI Adapters) is supported by freeBSD? Regards, Thomas. On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:00 +0200, Michal F. Hanula wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 05:27:22PM +0200, Thomas Linton wrote: What is the correct and safe way to remove a Hotplug CD/DVD Drive from a Laptop? If the drive is on a separate IDE channel, try atacontrol stop channel mf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive
I could not compile regionset out of the box. I had to change line 37 in dvd_udf.c to FreeBSD instead of OpenBSD. zap... #if defined(__FreeBSD__) zap... The bad thing: regionset is not working; I get following output: kingkong# ./regionset ERROR: Could not open disc (null)! Please place a DVD in the dvd drive. Usage regionset /dev/dvd or: kingkong# ./regionset /dev/dvd ERROR: Could not open disc /dev/dvd! Please place a DVD in the dvd drive. Usage regionset /dev/dvd The link /dev/dvd is set to /dev/cd0 and I put a DVD into the Drive. I tried it as mounted and also as unmounted. Any ideas? On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 19:21 +0200, Fabian Keil wrote: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 17, 2005, at 2:19 AM, Thomas Linton wrote: mplayer works (beside the sound, but this is a different problem). xine, ogle and totem are not working on my box. If I boot winXP and look at the properties of the DVD Drive it says region code 0. Up to now I didn't change the region code, because you can only change it 5 times. I was just wondering, if there is a tool available under freeBSD to change the region code of a DVD Drive or at least a tool which gives you the current region code of the drive. Is it necessary for xine, ogle, and totem to have a region code set? Sorry, but you exceeded the max number of DVD region changes hardware-wise, where you cannot change your region since it is something built into the firmware and software in your OS. I don't think so, he just hasn't set the Region Code yet. Region Code 0 is the factory default. There is a region code setting program for Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) at: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31346release_id=168415 But as I use mplayer and mencoder I have never tested it. Fabian -- Thomas Linton IT-Systeme und Consulting GmbH Hosnedlgasse 16A A-1220 Wien Mobil: +43(0)664/821 02 52 Tel: +43(0)1/285 98 88-52 Fax: +43(0)1/285 98 88-99 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to remove a Hotplug Laptop CD/DVD Drive
What is the correct and safe way to remove a Hotplug CD/DVD Drive from a Laptop? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive
mplayer works (beside the sound, but this is a different problem). xine, ogle and totem are not working on my box. If I boot winXP and look at the properties of the DVD Drive it says region code 0. Up to now I didn't change the region code, because you can only change it 5 times. I was just wondering, if there is a tool available under freeBSD to change the region code of a DVD Drive or at least a tool which gives you the current region code of the drive. Is it necessary for xine, ogle, and totem to have a region code set? Many thanks in advance, Thomas. On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 01:29 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fabian Keil Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:21 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing the region code of DVD-Drive Alastair G. Hogge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:33, Garrett Cooper wrote: I don't think that region coding really matters for Unix. But, just try mplayer since from what I remember it didn't require region coding at all in order to play DVDs in Linux/*BSD. Aren't DVD players(the hardware) region restricted thou? Does mplayer get around that? The firmware restriction only works in combination with the software. If you are making a DVD player and want a license to descramble CSS, you have to sign that you also implement the user restrictions. If you descramble CSS without license (like mplayer does), you don't have to. However, most DVD rom manufacturers that I have seen go ahead and implement the user restrictions that the MPAA wants (ie: region codes) anyway, even on bare drives sold primariarly for data useage. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Changing the region code of DVD-Drive
Hi, Is there any tool available to change the region code of a DVD-Drive? Many thanks in advance, Thomas. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
