Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN?
Hi, Is there a way to connect my FreeBSD 5.4 box to a Microsoft VPN? Basically, I use FreeBSD at home, and want to connect to my XP Pro box at work. On Linux, I think they have a VPN program you can run, then you can use rdesktop to connect to a Windows host on the VPN LAN. On FreeBSD, I have used rdesktop to control a XP Pro box, but it was in my house. I tried this a year ago, but I don't think there was a way to get the VPN connection going, unless I bought a VPN-router, or was running Windows inside VMWare. I also tried to make a VPN connection from inside QEMU, but it did not work. Is amyone able to connect a home FreeBSD box to a remoted XP Pro box that is on a VPN? I have a DSL modem, and a router from my ISP. I might be able to buy another router that supports VPN's, and add it to my home LAN, and plug my FreeBSD box in to it (or buy another NIC and plug the 2nd NIC in to it). thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN?
I use /usr/ports/net/pptpclient to connect to a MS VPN endpoint and /usr/ports/net/rdesktop to "Remote Desktop" to my XP machine at the office. Works great. This sounded like what I needed to do. When I run the pptp client, it doesn't appear to do anything. I did the following: cd /usr/ports/net/pptpclient make install clean cd /usr/ports/net/rdesktop make install clean rehash I found these instructions at FreeBSD Diary and tried to follow them: http://www.freebsddiary.org/pptp.php My connection information is as follows: My workplace's outside VPN Name: vpn.wobs-work.com My workplace's outside VPN external IP: 100.200.300.16 My workplace Username: wob My workplace Password: wobpassword My Workplace's Windows XP Pro PC: 5.10.15.79 My Workplaces Internal Subnet: 5.10.15.x My home FreeBSD's IP: 192.168.1.25 My FreeBSD's machine NIC: fxp0 My home router's IP: 192.168.1.1 So I made a /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file: WORKVPN: set authname wob set authkey wobpassword set timeout 0 set ifaddr 0 0 add 100.200.300.16/24 HISADDR alias enable yes Then I ran it as root: cd /etc/ppp /usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN The program seems to run for about 5 seconds, then returns to shell prompt. I then tried: /usr/local/sbin/pptp vpn.wobs-work.com WORKVPN --loglevel 2 and: /usr/local/sbin/pptp 100.200.300.16 WORKVPN --loglevel 2 But it still did not print out anything. ifconfig tun0 displays: tun0: flags=8010 mtu 1500 I think I might have to add a route command once the "tunnel" is up. My understanding is, is that the pptp client is not supposed to return to the shell prompt until I cancel it with a CTRL-C. I normally use my home Windows XP Pro box to connect to my works VPN, and then use RemoteDesktop to connect to my Work PC - so I know the connections work under Windows. I want to get rid of my home Windows box. Any suggestions? I'm kinda new, but I am trying to learn. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN?
Hi Eric, WORKVPN: set authname wob If you are authenticating against a domain change the above to set authname domain\\wob I had left out my domain, and had one IP address wrong - now it works! Thanks !!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
what tweaks for stable-supfile in RELENG_6 ? (update after initial install)
Hi, I'm going to try in to install FreeBSD 6.0-Beta3, and am curious how I should tweak the stable-supfile. Actually I did an install from CD, I usually immediately update from the net after a CD install, so I can get the latest stuff. When I installed 5.4 I made these changes to the stable-supfile: nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. For 6.0-Beta3, I plan to only change to RELENG_6, like this: nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. I thought I had read somewhere that I am not supposed to put the ports-all and doc-all lines in to the stable-supfile for 6.0, but I cannot find where I saw it. I think some guy got ports from RELENG_7, or something like that (though I later read there is only set of ports). Is it okay to put them in like this? ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. Thanks! (below are my instructions I usually try to follow) cd /usr/src cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile . cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/refuse . nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. cvsup -g -L 2 stable-supfile less UPDATING make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC make installkernel shutdown -r now shutdown now cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster delete hosts file run MAKEDEV at end shutdown -r now portsdb -Uu portversion -l "<" portupgrade -arR reboot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
what tweaks for stable-supfile in RELENG_6 ? (update after initial install)
Hi, I'm going to try in to install FreeBSD 6.0-Beta3, and am curious how I should tweak the stable-supfile. Actually I did an install from CD, I usually immediately update from the net after a CD install, so I can get the latest stuff. When I installed 5.4 I made these changes to the stable-supfile: nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. For 6.0-Beta3, I plan to only change to RELENG_6, like this: nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. I thought I had read somewhere that I am not supposed to put the ports-all and doc-all lines in to the stable-supfile for 6.0, but I cannot find where I saw it. I think some guy got ports from RELENG_7, or something like that (though I later read there is only set of ports). Is it okay to put them in like this? ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. Thanks! (below are my instructions I usually try to follow) cd /usr/src cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile . cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/refuse . nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. cvsup -g -L 2 stable-supfile less UPDATING make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC make installkernel shutdown -r now shutdown now cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster delete hosts file run MAKEDEV at end shutdown -r now portsdb -Uu portversion -l "<" portupgrade -arR reboot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: what tweaks for stable-supfile in RELENG_6 ? (update after initial install)
Hi Giorgos, For 6.0-Beta3, I plan to only change to RELENG_6, like this: nano -w stable-supfile host = cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 ports-all tag=. doc-all tag=. You're not getting any of the "source" collections this way and you have unnecessarily trimmed useful defaults. That is actually just a snippet from my stable-supfile, those are just the lines that I changed. The file is otherwise the same as the one in the examples directory. I start with these commands: cd /usr/src cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile . cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/refuse . nano -w stable-supfile thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
I had to make some symlinks for Flash to work on 6.0-Beta4.
I had to make 3-4 symlinks to get Flash to work with Firefox on FreeBSD 6.0-B4 These are the commands I entered: cd /usr/lib ln -s libstdc++.so.5 libstdc++.so.4 cd /lib ln -s libm.so.4 libm.so.3 ln -s libz.so.3 libz.so.2 I made those changes based on errors I saw. I don't know much about what I am doing, so hopefully I didn't break anything by making those symlinks. For example, once this gets fixed, I dont't know if I will need to undo my symlinks. It looks like the "...so.x" files got incremented, and something is expecting them to have their old values. thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
nphelix.so: Undefined symbol "stderr", when using linuxpluginwrapper on 6.0-B4
I fixed my Flash error, but I don't how to fix this error on the Helix player (and the same error for Acrobat7) I'm using Firefox on 6.0-B4. I thought "stderr" was alway defined (from my C days). any suggestions? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Which games are good, and easy to install?
I installed the nvidia driver, and player enemy-territory - which was a lot of fun! Foobillard worked well, too. I started going through the ports installing a lot of games, but some of them required other files. For example, doomlegacy needed a WAD file - so I couldn't play it. Other games were client-server based, and it wasn't immediately obvious how to get them running. A few games just core dump, like flightgear. I'm using FreeBSD 6.0-B4. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD 6.0-B1 install on HP Pavillion zv5445us hangs after acpi.ko message
Installing 5.4 use to turn off my HP Pavillion, so I thought I would try 6.0 since I heard it was more laptop friendly. I have a 6.0-B1 CD that I am trying to install from. 6.0-B1 doesn't turn it off, but it does hang with a frozen ACII spinning character immediately after displaying: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x41e40 data-0x20e0+0x10b0 syms[0x4+0x7740+0x4+0x9ead] If I interrupt the boot manager, and enter: unset acpi_load boot It still hangs with a frozen ASCII spinner character, but there is no acpi.ko message. I don't know a lot about ACPI stuff. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
HP Pavillion laptop work with any version of FreeBSD?
I have never been able to get through an install of either 5.4 or 6.0 on my HP Pavillion zv5445us laptop. Trying to install 5.4 would poweroff the latop, and 6.0 hangs during the install. I have not tried 4.10, and was hoping I wouldn't have to. I had tried earlier version of 5.x when they were out (5.3 I think). I posted the error messages to the mobile list, and didn't get a response - I guess no one has this type of laptop. Has anyone had any luck with any version of FreeBSD on any version of HP Pavillion laptop? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: pptp microsoft vpn
I had a thread on 8/31/2005 about getting VPN to work, maybe it will help: "Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN?" I had left the domain out of my login. I ending up using pptpclient. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Deep in printer hell.
When JFK said, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..", I always wondered what exactly "the other things" were. Apparently, one of them is printer configuration under FreeBSD. If I am using a HP Deskjet 940 connected via parallel cable, is there not some simple way of configuring this printer? Is it really necessary to follow all the steps in the handbook - just to print? The "Basic Setup" instructions are 15 pages printed. Assuming you can print them. I got this printer working 6 months ago under FreeBSD, and apparently my many notes on it are too many. Now I'm starting from scratch, to redocument it, and it just seems like there should be a simpler way. I'm using 5.4, Fluxbox, Abiword, and Firefox - that's it. Eventually I will figure it out again, I just wanted to know if there was some simple script I could run, or "preferred short-cut" for setting up desktop printer. I realize the handbook is written to be precise and server-centric, but I just want to print Yahoo driving directions, and other such things. thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Printing with Firefox
Rem P Roberti wrote: When I attempt to either do a printview, or print, using Firefox the program shuts down. My printcap file contains entries that were automatically created by CUPS. Any ideas why the Firefox printing functions are inop? I solved that problem last night, but I'm not sure how. I was able to print from within Abiword, but Firefox would core-dump. I ended up doing two things, one of which apparently fixed the problem. First, when I ran apsfilter, I made sure a test page printed - then chose to add the new printer definition to my printcap file (before exiting SETUP). Second, in the printcap file, I changed the first line from "ps|lp|aps1..." to "lp|ps|aps1..." - since I read somewhere that "lp" was the real name for the printer. Now I can print. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Desktop usability ideas.
I am in the process of making FreeBSD my primary desktop OS, which is not always easy since I have a limited amout of *nix experience. I chose FreeBSD after doing the Linux distro-dance, and eventually settled on FreeBSD because it seemed to be the best behaving OS. Based on word-of-mouth, and netcraft figures, the FreeBSD team has accomplished the goal of creating a completely free world-class Operating System. My problem is that my goal is slightly out-of -alignment with the FreeBSD teams's goal, since I *also* want an OS that is easy to use as a desktop OS. When I was having problems getting the Helix player to work on FreeBSD, I briefly went and tried "Ubuntu Linux", since it appeared to be a good desktop OS. I quickly found that using Ubuntu meant learning how to do everything "the Ubuntu way", which would not have been so bad if things worked as advertised. Trying to play an mp3 file in XMMS resulted in my machine locking up. There are some good Ubuntu sites that have detailed explanations of how to accomplish certain tasks, but it quickly became apparently that getting Ubuntu to work wasn't going to be any easier that using FreeBSD - so I might as well stick with FreeBSD. Which is what I did. I know about DesktopBSD and PC-BSD. They both appear to use KDE, which I think might be a fatal flaw (for my puposes). I tend to use Gnome, but I also think Gnome would be a mistake. I prefer to use programs that have as few dependencies as possible. I currently use FluxBox, and plan to use FVWM2 (once I figure out how to control it). I've had sound problems when I used KDE, and heard about CD-burning problems when people use Gnome. KDE and GNOME are probably fine if you are going to use them exclusively, but I prefer a best-of-breed approach. I want a lean and fast machine, that doesn't break easily. Recently I have been able to get my FreeBSD desktop PC to an ideal state. I got my deskjet printer working. I can play enemy-fortress now that I have the nvidia drivers loaded. Anjuta is a good IDE with wxWidgets support. XMMS doesn't hang. Pptpclient can connect to my workplace's Win XP machine. QEMU can run Win2k when I need to. Life is good and getting better. It just took a long time to get here. One remaining issue is that I tend to update my machine, which sometimes breaks things. It occurred to me, that the solution to this should be to not track x-current. I'm not completely familiar with the way the branches are named, but I believe a "release" is a stable snapshot in time - the type of release that would be burned on a CD. At that point in time, "release" is frozen, and "current" continues to march ahead with new features and fixes. I think there is another type of branch called "tracking"(?), which only adds fixes to a "release". The "tracking" branch is better for servers where you don't want new features and the bugs that sometimes accompany them. I now realize that a desktop machine running a lot of GUI apps should probably be tracking "tracking" instead of "current". That way, a new fancier version of some dependency would not break portions of my desktop. Instructions on how to configure a desktop system might suggest the user not track "current", but instead the "tracking" branch that only has security fixes. What I wish existed is a document that I will eventually write, if it does not already exist somewhere. This document what be how to configure a functional desktop that had a high chance of working, and a high chance of not breaking. It would have to assume certain things, like a deskjet-compatible printer, ne2000 compatible NIC, nvidia based video, VESA compliant monitor, etc. If those requirements were met, there could be a long list of apps that were guaranteed to work out-of-the-box for a specific "release" of FreeBSD - if specific instructions were followed. This might sound draconian to people with a lot of FreeBSD experience, but for newbies trying to escape the Windows World it is a passport to the New World. The list of possible tasks would be something like: Connect to work via VPN and RemoteDesktop, browse with Firefox+Java+Flash, print on an HP printer, play 2-3 OpenGL games, develop within Anjuta C++ IDE, play-rip-burn DVDs and CDs, connect to iPod, connect digital camera, connect scanner, update system (without it breaking), run QEMU, run WINE, Thunderbird email, and just about everything else a typical desktop user might want to do. It would *not* be things like, "run a major Apache website", or configure email for 10,000 users, etc. It would be about being Free and functional. I liked DesktopBSD's goal of being FreeBSD+otherstuff, where the base system is still 100% FreeBSD. I also like what PC-BSD will probably be trying soon, to mimic the way Mac OSX runs apps with all their dependencies in a type of "jail" - that would make installing desktop apps a breez
Re: Desktop usability ideas.
I think part of my solution is to encourage other newbies to track a release instead of stable. So we would follow "5_4" instead of "5", since "5" is on its way to become "5_5" - and might have some bugs with the features that are being added. I read about this here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html thx! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
