Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 04:12:51PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > FreeBSD Questions wrote: >> And what about "Absolute FreeBSD"? It's updated for FreeBSD 7, so I >> know it's current. Is it a "good book"? Is it worth the read? How >> valuable is its content? (I know I'm asking some very subjective >> questions, but if I'm going to spend hundreds of $$$ to build my >> library in this area, I'd like at least a couple of opinions about the >> books I buy.) >> >> >> > > Absolute FreeBSD is an excellent book, a must have if you ask me. > Excellent tips, very good explanation of how things work, relaxed and easy > writing style. > You will get a lot out of this book. (Note: it is concentrated on server > tasks, you will not get any "X" tips from it) I also recommend _X Power Tools_ for X-related info. Doesn't have everything I would like to know about X, but it filled in many gaps for me. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Java
I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this package. Does it exist? Thanks, Dave Feustel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Portupgrade
I ran the command 'portupgrade -all' yesterday and now I have some questions about the way the command works. Building of numerous packages was preceeded by a graphical menu of build options for the package to be built. In the case of clisp, I changed the default to include building the pari math module. A compile error with pari then broke the build of clisp. I tried running the command 'portupgrade clisp' but no menu came up for me to deselect pari and redo the build. The old clisp was removed by portupgrade. How do I get clisp back? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox 3 for FreeBSD 7.0 release
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 07:31:28PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 06:12:15PM +0200, Mel wrote: >> >>> On Saturday 05 July 2008 17:56:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 04:40:35PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 02:27:42PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> I downloaded the firefox*gz file from devel but it doesn't make for >> 64-bit. Is Firefox 3 available for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0? >> > It builds fine from ports on amd64 7-STABLE. Use the port www/firefox3. > > Roland > I'm running 7.0-release. I ran portsnap and then porsnap extract. Then I cd'd to the firefox3 subdirectory and ran make. Make aborted with the message that it could not find -lgio-2.0. I checked the Freebsd ports tree and found gio-2.16. I downloaded it and ran make, but that make aborted with the same message as the make of firefox3. >>> Your gnome2 is outof sync. Read: >>> /usr/bin/less -p 20080323 /usr/ports/UPDATING >>> /usr/bin/less -p 20080630 /usr/ports/UPDATING >>> >>> -- >>> Mel >>> >> >> Unfortunately there is no subdirectory /usr/ports/UPDATING on my system. >> ___ > > UPDATING is not a directory, it is a text file in /usr/ports, and if you > are missing it, something went terribly wrong when you fetched the ports > tree. > ___ /usr/ports/UPDATING is not shown by ls. My original install of the ports tree was from the 7.0 release on DVD. Then today I ran portsnap and portsnap extract. portsnap extract reported 5 new ports. How to find out their names? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox 3 for FreeBSD 7.0 release
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 06:12:15PM +0200, Mel wrote: > On Saturday 05 July 2008 17:56:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 04:40:35PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 02:27:42PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I downloaded the firefox*gz file from devel but it doesn't make for > > > > 64-bit. Is Firefox 3 available for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0? > > > > > > It builds fine from ports on amd64 7-STABLE. Use the port www/firefox3. > > > > > > Roland > > > > I'm running 7.0-release. I ran portsnap and then porsnap extract. > > Then I cd'd to the firefox3 subdirectory and ran make. Make aborted with > > the message that it could not find -lgio-2.0. I checked the Freebsd > > ports tree and found gio-2.16. I downloaded it and ran make, but that > > make aborted with the same message as the make of firefox3. > > Your gnome2 is outof sync. Read: > /usr/bin/less -p 20080323 /usr/ports/UPDATING > /usr/bin/less -p 20080630 /usr/ports/UPDATING > > -- > Mel Unfortunately there is no subdirectory /usr/ports/UPDATING on my system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox 3 for FreeBSD 7.0 release
On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 04:40:35PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 02:27:42PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I downloaded the firefox*gz file from devel but it doesn't make for > > 64-bit. Is Firefox 3 available for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0? > > It builds fine from ports on amd64 7-STABLE. Use the port www/firefox3. > > Roland I'm running 7.0-release. I ran portsnap and then porsnap extract. Then I cd'd to the firefox3 subdirectory and ran make. Make aborted with the message that it could not find -lgio-2.0. I checked the Freebsd ports tree and found gio-2.16. I downloaded it and ran make, but that make aborted with the same message as the make of firefox3. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Firefox 3 for FreeBSD 7.0 release
I downloaded the firefox*gz file from devel but it doesn't make for 64-bit. Is Firefox 3 available for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox 3
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 02:01:46PM +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > Now that there's been quite some focus on the release of Firefox 3, I'm > wondering if anyone on the list knows when one can expect it to appear in > the ports tree? > Thanks > Leslie Also, will the port of Firefox 3 work with AMD 64-bit 7.0 release? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Amazon Kindle
Has anyone used Amazon's Kindle ebook reader with FreeBSD? Kindle has a usb interface for up/down-loading documents to/from a computer. I wonder whether and how well that interface works with FreeBSD and/or with OpenBSD. Thanks, Dave Feustel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:00:52PM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: > First of all I want to thank all who responded to my question, but I > gotta tell you, if it isn't one thing it's another. I opted to install > msmtp, and it did just what I hoped it would do, working perfectly out > of the box, including TLS. But now...I can't receive mail. As you > recall from my first post I indicated that I could receive email, using > mutt and getmail, and indeed I can, on my laptop, which was set up by > someone who knew what they were doing. The computer in > question is a desktop with a virgin installation of FreeBSD 7.0. I > obviously spoke too soon. I have mutt and getmail installed, > and now I can send from that computer, but when I try to receive > I get error messages (maillog) saying, among other things: > > DSN:Data format error > Invalid hostname > stat=User unknown > savemail panic > savemail cannot save rejected email anywhere > > I have a feeling that this is a no brainer, probably related to what is > or isn't stated in my rc.conf. But my newbieness has me on the ropes > once again. Any help would once again be appreciated. > > Rem I'm running getmail version 4.7.6. My getmailrc file is i2/home/daf/.getmail}head -40 getmailrc # # This file contains various examples of configuration sections to use # in your getmail rc file. You need one file for each mail account you # want to retrieve mail from. These files should be placed in your # getmail configuration/data directory (default: $HOME/.getmail/). # If you only need one rc file, name it getmailrc in that directory, # and you won't need to supply any commandline options to run getmail. # # # Example 1: simplest case of retrieving mail from one POP3 server and # storing all messages in a maildir. # [retriever] type = SimplePOP3Retriever server = mail.mindspring.com username = [EMAIL PROTECTED] password = ** [destination] type = Maildir path = ~/Maildir/ [options] message_log = ~/.getmail/log delete = true Does this help? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Java Package for FreeBSD 7.0
Now that Java is opensource, I have looked for a Java package to install on 64-bit FreeBSD 7.0, but so far without success. Is there a simple and quick-to-install Java package for FreeBSD? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:05:56AM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: > I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be > able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client > such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail > from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system > isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. > Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple > configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of > course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any > rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can > get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. > > Rem I use getmail to receive mail, mutt to manage that mail, and msmtp to send mail. Works great. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New to FreeBSD
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:35:26PM +0530, nerd fan wrote: > Hello Every body, > > I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading > Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way > FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. > > > Started having fun with FreeBSD 7.. Thanks for your responses. > > ~ Sundar ~ Two other handy FreeBSD books: BSD Hacks The Best of FreeBSD Basics both by Dru Lavigne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD and Xorg: session ending ends up in locked up Xorg server
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 03:46:17PM +, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello, > > I have a strange problem on one of my FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE boxes. > > The machine is a FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE/AMD64 box, most recently built-world. > Whenever I logout from a local X11 session (using Xorg, most recent, and > Windowmaker, also most recent, all X stuff recently rebuilt), Xorg eats up > 100% CPU time and I never get back to the login box offered by xdm (xdm is > driven by /etc/ttys as recommended). Instead I see a weird unresponsive > screen with blinking, weird coloured block-graphics and letters, in most > cases the same pattern, but this changes. Logging in from another box and > killing Xorg gives back the expected login box from xdm. > > I have no glue what's going on here. My graphics board is a nVidia driven > GF8600GTS and it worked well a couple of weeks ago. I rebuild the whole X > stuff incl. all the dependencies because I thought it could have something > to do with miscompiled or outdated ports - but thta isn't obviously the > fact. > > Does anyone see this on his box also? > > Regards, > Oliver What happens if you login via console and use startx to run X? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD and User Security
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 01:03:00AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How do you know that the bios has not been reflashed by a virus, > > trojan, or rootkit? > > For that matter, how do you know that the *original* bios was free > of "interesting non-essentials"? It's been a few years since bios > were delivered in socketed ROMs/EPROMs (readable by a standalone > device, independently of their own operation) or since sources were > typically published :) Check out http://www.gensw.com and the book _BIOS Disassembly Ninjutsu Uncovered_. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD and User Security
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:51:16PM -0500, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On Jun 11, 2008, at 8:08 PM, cpghost wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:45:51 -0500 >> Jeffrey Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> First it should consume memory. A very complete test of memory >>> through a modified memtest should be able to detect whether system >>> reported memory is accurate. > >> What if memtest already runs within the virtualization box? How can it >> determine what the "right" amount of memory is supposed to be? > > I was assuming that that would be known by the operator. > >> And if >> the virtualizer hot-patched memtest instructions, either on loading it >> or dynamically while it runs, it could make it report whatever it >> liked. > > Of course. > >>> Secondly, a blue pill would need to be reinserted after a hard >>> reboot. Therefore a look at the boot process (of a non-live system) >>> should be able to see whether there is something that reinserts the >>> blue pill. > >> Yes, but you've got to have a very close look at it, as it won't >> necessarily appear on the screen -- being caught as well by the >> virtualizer. And Joanna also has a paper about fooling hardware >> capture cards into reporting bogus data on her site, so you won't >> even be able to detect that RAM contains something else upon boot >> than those hardware capture cards are supposedly reporting. > > Yes. I've now read through some of Rutowska's slides (following the link > provided by dfeustel in another post in this thread). > >> If all this is as she's described, it is truly brilliant from a >> technical POV... and a very worrying thought as well. > > Yes it is worrying. The next time I reboot the one server I've got with an > SVM capable processor I'm going to disconnect the power (to make sure that > I'm getting a real reboot instead of a spoofed one) and then on reboot I > will disable SVM in the BIOS. How do you know that the bios has not been reflashed by a virus, trojan, or rootkit? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD and User Security
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 07:45:51PM -0500, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On Jun 11, 2008, at 7:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A relatively new security threat known as 'The Blue Pill', based upon >> hardware, is a class of virtual rootkits that can silently take over >> Intel and AMD systems. A good site to visit to learn about these virtual >> rootkits is http://invisiblethings.org/index.html. > > That is simple (in concept) yet absolutely brilliant! I'm sure that people > much smarter that I am have thought about these things more carefully than > I have, but I'm not convinced that a blue pill would be completely > undetectable. Check out also http://bluepillproject.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD and User Security
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 06:53:18PM -0500, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > [mailed and posted] > > On Jun 11, 2008, at 4:03 PM, YANSWBVCG wrote: > >> It is my understanding that since 1995 all computers must have a >> hardware back door that permits undetectable access by the government to >> the computer. This capability can be implemented using System >> Monitor(Maintenance) Mode which is built into all x86 computers now. It >> would appear that, if you are connected to the internet, the government >> has access to your computer. > > This is not the place to get into this debate, but I think that someone > should state for the record that the vast majority of security experts > would disagree with you. A relatively new security threat known as 'The Blue Pill', based upon hardware, is a class of virtual rootkits that can silently take over Intel and AMD systems. A good site to visit to learn about these virtual rootkits is http://invisiblethings.org/index.html. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ?
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 08:50:36PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I brought a new ThinkPad T61 for work, the hardware is as follows: > > T7300(2GHz), 2GB RAM, 120GB 5400rpm HD, 15.4in 1680x1050 LCD, 128MB nVIDIA > Quadro NVS 140M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 802.11agn(n-disabled), Bluetooth, Modem, > 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Intel Turbo, 9c Li-Ion, > > My current working involves scientific calculation and programming. I'm > from a linux background(redhat, debian, ubuntu), but after some googling > and comparison, I found FreeBSD more stable and I want to try FreeBSD. I > am tired of a dual-boot system, so I want to just install FreeBSD or > another linux distribution(maybe ubuntu) on my notebook. > > My questions are: > 1) Can FreeBSD work well with my hardware? The display card, CDRW/DVDRW, > wireless, Ethernet and battery managment are the most important. > > 2) I have read the FreeBSD Handbook. According to Chapter 10: Linux Binary > Compatibility, it seems that FreeBSD lacks support of many commercial > softwares such as MATLAB, Oracle, Mathematica. Is the linux binary > compatibility stable enough for work ? > > Thanks a lot. If FreeBSD runs on your new T61, you can install the Maxima port as a free alternative to MATLAB and Mathematica. Maxima does symbolic math and handles tensors. You can run Maxima code that proves that Einstein's theory of relativity has a far-reaching logical inconsistancy in it because the theory assumes torsion = 0 and curvature is nonzero. Non-zero curvature implies torsion also is non-zero. See the code in paper 93 at http://www.aias.us/index.php?goto=showPageByTitle&pageTitle=Unified_Field_Theory_papers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Playing back motion jpeg saved by firefox
I just discovered that firefox can save motion video in addition to displaying it. But I don't know how to play back the saved video.cgi file. Mplayer complains about missing configuration data. Does anyone know how to play back the file saved by firefox? Is there some other mailing list to which I should post this question? Thanks, Dave Feustel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
