Re: Even more documentation?
quoth the Edward Ruggeri: > It seems like the man pages would be a good place to go, but my > trouble with using them is that they're difficult to put together the > information on different pages. I suppose I want something like a > textbook. I dream of a K&R type text that is very comprehensive and > well-organized. > > If anyone has advice, I'd very much appreciate it! Not sure how 'K&R' like it is, but I have just finished reading 'Absolute FreeBSD' by Micheal W. Lucas. At 700+ pages it is almost textbook like. It seems comprehensive, and logically organized so that very little of the text depends on knowledge not yet explained. Plus, it is witty and well written IMHO. Speaking as a moderately experienced Linux guy new to FreeBSD it has served me well. Also, There is 'The Complete FreeBSD' by Greg Lehey available from O'Reilley (and for download from the author's site) but I haven't (yet!) read it so I cannot say much about it... Also, also, I seem to recall a 'further reading' section in the back of the FreeBSD handbook which had more suggestions. > Sincerely, > > -- Ned Ruggeri -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nfs & firewall, hard vs soft mount
quoth the Colin Brace: > Hi all, > > I have a FreeBSD v7 box set up as gateway/mailserver/WAP. I leave my WAP > unencrypted, so my neighbors can use it, and use PF to allow just a few > specific services (dhcp dns, http, https). > > I'd like to be able to mount a couple of NFS shares from a desktop box > running Fedora on a wireless client. I've opened the sunrpc and nfs ports > in PF, but that doesn't seem to be enough. tcpdump indicates some high upd > ports in the 40k-50k range are used in the nfs negotiation, but I can't > figure out exactly what is going on. Does anyone know what additional ports > need to be opened for nfs? Will I need to use PF to redirect this udf > traffic to the fedora host or will it find the nfs server on its own? 'rpcinfo -p ' will show the ports/proto you need open. However, it should change some each time because rpc.mountd, rpc.statd, and lockd assign ports dynamically. You can set a few NFS options to lock these down: Eg: RPCMOUNTDOPTS="-p 4002" RPCSTATDOPTS="-p 4000" Sadly, I have only ever run an NFS server on Linux, so I do not know if there is a config to set these, or if you have to add the '-p n' to the startup scripts directly. Also, On Linux you must set the lockd port at boot time. Perhaps there is a sysctl for this on FreeBSD? HTH -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Build a single kernel module?
quoth the Wojciech Puchar: > > today. The new card is a D-link DGE-530T which shall work with the 'sk' > > driver. My custom kernel does not have this driver. > > > > I wonder if I can build this single driver as a module to use with my > > already > > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/whatyouwant > make > Thanks, I will remember this for the future. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
[solved] Re: Build a single kernel module?
quoth the darren kirby: Please disregard. I have realized the module is called if_sk.ko, not sk.ko, so it is in fact built... -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Build a single kernel module?
Hi all, I recently built a custom kernel for my new FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE system, and it is working well. Sadly, I had to purchase and swap out a nic on this machine today. The new card is a D-link DGE-530T which shall work with the 'sk' driver. My custom kernel does not have this driver. I wonder if I can build this single driver as a module to use with my already built custom kernel. The handbook mentions using MODULES_OVERRIDE: "If you want to update a kernel faster or to build only custom modules, you should edit /etc/make.conf before starting to build the kernel" So as I understand it, if I add "MODULES_OVERRIDE = sk" to make.conf then it will build only the sk module? The page [0] is light on details so I am unsure hoe to proceed with this, ie: I just do a normal 'make installkernel' or some other way? Also, I did look around, but if there are some docs that speak more clearly to this issue a pointer would be great. Thanks for consideration, -d [0] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Filesystem full......
quoth the darren kirby: > quoth the Martin Tournoij: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:44:43PM +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > During "make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC" I get > > > > > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > > > install: /boot/kernel/wlan_tkip.ko.symbols: No space left on device > > > *** Error code 71 > > > > > > output of df -H gives > > > > > > Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on > > > /dev/ad0s1a260M259M-20M 108%/ > > > devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev > > > /dev/ad0s1g127G 30G 87G25%/home > > > /dev/ad0s1e260M 26M213M11%/tmp > > > /dev/ad0s1f 26G6.0G 18G25%/usr > > > /dev/ad0s1d260M209M 30M87%/var > > > /dev/ad4s1d387G119G237G33%/backup > > > linprocfs 4.1k4.1k 0B 100%/usr/compat/linux/proc > > > > > > It's a system I've had for a few years, and it has been upgreded a few > > > times before. > > > > > > My question is can I get around this or have I made my / slice to > > > small? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > /Leslie > > > > 256M should be enough. > > Might not be. I have a brand new install here of 7.0 Release (I did build a > second kernel), and df is reporting my '/' is 267M. I have /usr and /var > (not /tmp) mounted elsewhere. My /tmp is only using 10K right now, and > /home has nothing but .cshrc et al so if you want a backup kernel you may > need more than 256M. > > Did the install yesterday so there is no cruft yet... Ahhh Disregard this. I copied GENERIC kernel to kernel.good, plus the kernel install made kernel.old for total of three kernels. After removing one my '/' is 155M Sorry, -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Filesystem full......
quoth the Martin Tournoij: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:44:43PM +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > During "make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC" I get > > > > /: write failed, filesystem is full > > install: /boot/kernel/wlan_tkip.ko.symbols: No space left on device > > *** Error code 71 > > > > output of df -H gives > > > > Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s1a260M259M-20M 108%/ > > devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev > > /dev/ad0s1g127G 30G 87G25%/home > > /dev/ad0s1e260M 26M213M11%/tmp > > /dev/ad0s1f 26G6.0G 18G25%/usr > > /dev/ad0s1d260M209M 30M87%/var > > /dev/ad4s1d387G119G237G33%/backup > > linprocfs 4.1k4.1k 0B 100%/usr/compat/linux/proc > > > > It's a system I've had for a few years, and it has been upgreded a few > > times before. > > > > My question is can I get around this or have I made my / slice to small? > > > > Thanks > > > > /Leslie > > 256M should be enough. Might not be. I have a brand new install here of 7.0 Release (I did build a second kernel), and df is reporting my '/' is 267M. I have /usr and /var (not /tmp) mounted elsewhere. My /tmp is only using 10K right now, and /home has nothing but .cshrc et al so if you want a backup kernel you may need more than 256M. Did the install yesterday so there is no cruft yet... > You probably have some "junk" on the root filesystem, you may want to > check /boot/kernel.old and /root > > You can use du -hxd1 to check the sizes of directories, and see which > are taking up so much space. > > Regards, > Martin Tournoij -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Changing Console Video Modes
quoth the Edward Ruggeri: > I'm just reading through the manual for FreeBSD, and I am at section > 3.2.6 "Changing Console Video Modes." This discusses how to change > the default console resolution. I would try this out, but as I can > only access my FreeBSD box remotely at the moment, I am hesitant to > recompile the kernel with the necessary options (I currently get an > error when running "#vidcontrol -i mode": "getting active vty: > Inappropriate ioctl for device". I assume this is because the current > kernel is insufficient?). I got this error too, over a ssh connection. vidcontrol worked fine when I tried it from the physical console. This was after rebuilding the kernel however. > I'm afraid my computer might need to be > booted by hand, which I wouldn't be able to do. I guess I would say hold off until you have physical access, because it makes no difference unless you are sitting in front. Perhaps it works over serial? I am not sure. > In any case, lacking the ability to experiment, I am curious about > different video modes. Will greater resolutions allow me to fit more > text on the screen in the console? Yes. Plus it just looks nicer, for lack of a better term. > Of course I know (maybe less than > I think) about resolution in terms of graphical environments (e.g., > can see more of a high-resolution image w/ a greater resolution), but > is it the same for text? Can't speak to this issue technically, but it essentially allows you to use much smaller, yet readable fonts in the console. > Thanks! > > Sincerely, > > -- Ned Ruggeri -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Weather temperature indicator, KDE
quoth the Benjamin Dover: > Does anyone know of a program for KDE that will just show the outside > temperature down near the clock? Something similar to the Windows > version of WeatherBug. Right-click on the panel, select "Add -> Applet -> Kweather". -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpgTQyyR187g.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Freebsd vs. linux
quoth the Anthony Atkielski: > darren kirby writes: > > I think your interpretation here is a tad glib. > > I think it's right on the money. The entire Linux movement is fueled by > hatred for Microsoft. And the ultimate goal of the Linux movement is to > build an OS that walks, talks, and quacks like Microsoft Windows, but > doesn't come from Redmond. That is just not right. Perhaps for Redhat, SuSe et al this may be the case, but what do you expect? MS is their primary (only?) competition. There are a million different reasons to run Linux, and a million different types of people that run it. I am part of the Linux community, or movement, or whatever you want to call it, and I sure as hell do not need people presuming to tell me my motives for running it. > To me, that seems like a waste of time and energy. To me, massive generalizations about the 'communities' of free *nix users, and all the bickering and infighting therein is a waste of time. Case in point: this email :) > The idea in itself of building an alternative desktop operating system > is fine. But why does it have to look like Windows? The more closely a > system approaches the look and feel of Windows, the less reason there is > to use that system instead of Windows. Now you seem to be implying that the only difference between any two operating systems is what the GUI looks like. > And why use UNIX as a basis for a desktop GUI? Just because it's there? > I know Apple was forced to resort to that, but that doesn't make it a > good idea. So what's your solution, feed the Redmond beast? No thanks. > > Do you think these people are writing any software? Are they designing > > programming interfaces? Do they have a damn thing to do with the > > development of Linux or any of its supporting software? > > Yes, a lot of them do. In my experience, the developers are the quiet ones that speak with their software. It's the lusers that scream "Linux is teh roxor" everywhere you go. I am in full-on agreement that this particular group needs to grow up. Again, I am not trolling, and I am not a Linux zealot. I run FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and any other free unix I can get my hand on. Why? Because I think they're cool. All of them. Including Linux. Peace, -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgp4drKpLi7Qk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Freebsd vs. linux
quoth the David Kelly: > Look closely at the Linux community and you'll find its mostly > ex-Windows users focused on what Microsoft is doing. The desire is to > one-up Microsoft at Microsoft's own game. Their definition of > "computer" and "human interface" was written by Microsoft and still > can't think outside of that box. I think your interpretation here is a tad glib. Sure there are thousands of people coming to Linux because they 'hate' MS. Sure they don't know gcc from ppc but I don't think it is fair to call them the 'community', rather a small subset. Do you think these people are writing any software? Are they designing programming interfaces? Do they have a damn thing to do with the development of Linux or any of its supporting software? Hell no. They are just users clogging up the message boards and mailing lists with stupid questions. "Human Interface"? Am I missing something? Can you please tell me where the much superior FreeBSD human interface can be downloaded? In the console they are pretty much the same keystroke for keystroke, and on the desktop it is all the same software... I run FreeBSD and Linux, and I love them both. I am trying to point out that when you slam Linux developers with pettiness and name calling that you are no better than all the lusers slamming MS, and thinking they're leet because they installed Fedora? I have noticed a lot of this on FreeBSD lists, and I think it is counterproductive because it is unprofessional and in the end more people using Linux means more people running free software which benefits _all_ of us...and besides, it is offensive to people like me that just like playing with 'nix boxes and run both. Why can't you just run your FreeBSD and feel superior, silently? > Look closely at the BSD community and you'll find those who are working > at creating a better tool to serve their needs. Much debate about > exactly what constitutes "better" so there is also quite a bit of > experimenting. What you won't find is Microsoft as the yardstick by > which BSD's measure. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpViivpoUsPt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Change Apache version string
quoth the Pat Maddox: > I've got mod_php installed as well as mod_jk, so whenever there's a > 404 Apache displays > Apache/2.0.52 (FreeBSD) PHP/4.3.10 mod_jk/1.2.6 > > I'm not sure if I'm being overly paranoid, but I don't really like the > fact that all that info gets displayed. Is there any way I can change > Apache's version string, like I can with any ftp or smtp daemon? In your apache conf file change "ServerTokens" directive: ### Set to one of: Full | OS | Minor | Minimal | Major | Prod ### where Full conveys the most information, and Prod the least. ServerTokens Prod -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpRVzoHEDVBD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: tinderbox ?
quoth the Gert Cuykens: > On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:50:13 -0800, darren kirby > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > quoth the Gert Cuykens: > > > what is a tinderbox ? > > > > The third result of a http://www.google.com/bsd search for 'tinderbox' is > > the Tinderbox FAQ, of which the first question is "What is Tinderbox"... > > > > -- > > darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org > > "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more > > expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 > > Is this something new from google? http://www.google.com/bsd Sorry, meant to send that last one to the list. Not sure how old google.com/bsd is. At least a year I'd say... -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpraMmiMsgd2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Change Bash-3.00 Prompt
quoth the Adam: > I installed bash shell and now my prompt says "bash-3.00#" > > How do I change the text before the #? I'd like it to say bash# instead of > bash-3.00#. > > Thanks > Bash prompt is created from the env variable "PS1" If really all you want is "bash#" then try: $ export PS1="bash$ " to make it permanent, add to (or edit) one of your bash startup files, probably /etc/profile for systemwide, or ~/.bashrc for users I like a bit more info in my prompt, so I use: PS1="\[\033[0;31m\][$(date +%H:%M)[EMAIL PROTECTED] \W]#\[\033[0m\]" -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 pgpQXGBbn4X38.pgp Description: PGP signature
