PVR/DVR software on FreeBSD
I'm aware of the existence of MythTV, but don't know a heck of a lot more than that it exists. What PVR/DVR software do you (the population of this list) recommend for use with FreeBSD? What online resources do you recommend for guidance in setting it up (both for hardware compatibility and configuring the system)? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] John W. Russell: People point. Sometimes that's just easier. They also use words. Sometimes that's just easier. For the same reasons that pointing has not made words obsolete, there will always be command lines. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Review on Software Firewalls
Here is a great blog on seven Linux/BSD firewalls. http://linuxcult.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-different-linuxbsd-firewalls.html The winner is PFSense which is (ta-da!), based on FreeBSD. I have been using PFSense for nearly a year now and totally agree with this blog's conclusions. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org iD8DBQFHJ19nNTm8fWdRgmIRAv50AKClzN70xw0he/d5PXm+ctUUzxGbXgCfYu7o 2Bb7liWQ39eQtDjziTmDwJY= =C4Em -END PGP SIGNATURE- On 10/27/07, zbigniew szalbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! Another one worth mentioning is webcollab. I had it running on FreeBSD at my last job and it works great. http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/ -- Andy Harrison public key: 0x67518262 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
El día Saturday, October 27, 2007 a las 08:00:36PM +0330, Bahman M. escribió: On 2007-10-27 zbigniew szalbot wrote: I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! You may wish to take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj. Quoted from project's description: OpenProj by Projity is a desktop replacement of Microsoft Project. OpenProj has equivalent functionality, a familiar user interface and even opens existing MSProject files. OpenProj is interoperable with Project, with a Gantt Chart and PERT chart etc I've fetched the source code and even the pre-compiled jar installation from sourceforge.net; with the source, it took me half hour to guess how to build and launch it and with the pre-compiled half hour to make the launch shell script ready to run; as always: nice Java, but less docs and even more less robust shell scripts :-) , for example #!/bin/bash as shell directive ... matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
On 2007-10-29 Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Saturday, October 27, 2007 a las 08:00:36PM +0330, Bahman M. escribió: On 2007-10-27 zbigniew szalbot wrote: I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! You may wish to take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj. Quoted from project's description: OpenProj by Projity is a desktop replacement of Microsoft Project. OpenProj has equivalent functionality, a familiar user interface and even opens existing MSProject files. OpenProj is interoperable with Project, with a Gantt Chart and PERT chart etc I've fetched the source code and even the pre-compiled jar installation from sourceforge.net; with the source, it took me half hour to guess how to build and launch it and with the pre-compiled half hour to make the launch shell script ready to run; as always: nice Java, but less docs and even more less robust shell scripts :-) , for example #!/bin/bash as shell directive ... You're right. The good point is that they left the shell directive out there; I've seen some Java projects that even don't mention the shell directive at all, assuming all users use BASH as their shell! -- Bahman Movaqar If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. -Fyodor M. Dostoevsky ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
project management software for freebsd?
Hello, I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! Kind regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
On 2007-10-27 zbigniew szalbot wrote: I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! You may wish to take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj. Quoted from project's description: OpenProj by Projity is a desktop replacement of Microsoft Project. OpenProj has equivalent functionality, a familiar user interface and even opens existing MSProject files. OpenProj is interoperable with Project, with a Gantt Chart and PERT chart etc -- Bahman Movaqar With and without, And who'll deny it's what the fightings all about? -Pink Floyd ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
On 2007-10-27 Bahman M. wrote: On 2007-10-27 zbigniew szalbot wrote: I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! You may wish to take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj. Quoted from project's description: OpenProj by Projity is a desktop replacement of Microsoft Project. OpenProj has equivalent functionality, a familiar user interface and even opens existing MSProject files. OpenProj is interoperable with Project, with a Gantt Chart and PERT chart etc Forgot to add that I haven't tested OpenProj on FreeBSD yet. But I think as it's Java (Swing) based all you're required to have is Ant and JDK. -- Bahman Movaqar From the moment that we are born we die. -Marcus Manilius ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: project management software for freebsd?
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, zbigniew szalbot wrote: Hello, I am looking for recommendation of software which could be installed from ports and which would help us register new ideas, be able to see if they have been started/completed, etc. I did have a look at Horde but this is not what I am looking for. I do not want a simple task list. Rather something more like project management software (best if installed from ports but it is not really necessary). Many thanks in advance for your recommendations! Some content management systems come with project management abilities (ports/deskutils/egroupware comes to my mind, but probably there are more). They will make your projects available via intranet or internet. Greetings, Uli. Kind regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software Vulnerability Scanner
Hi all, I'm starting my career as a security analyst and I'd like to know if there are any vulnerability scanners -Blackbox or Whitebox- available for FreeBSD, in particular for Java applications. There are some softwares out there, e.g. HailStorm or SourceScope however most of them are commercial and AFAIK there are only Windoze versions. Any suggestion or pointer is highly appreciated. TIA, -- Bahman Movaqar The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. -Khayyam ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software to print vouchers from large amount of txt data
Bill Campbell wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, simon butsana wrote: I am looking for a software that will read repetitive data from a text file and send it to a preformated fanfold paper (impact printer). The software must be customizable as to be told on which area of the paper to print a given field from the source text file. The data in the text file would thus be translated in a certain number of similar paper vouchers. Does anyone have an idea? I've been using nroff for this type of things for years. One can do very precise text location vertically and horizontally. Our accounting software prints invoices using groff, initially loading an image with .PSPIC, then overlaying it with the text. Just to second Bill's suggestion. I've done both labels and invoices with groff/troff with great success. The only issue is how accurately your printer will feed the paper so it may be better to be as generous as possible with margins around the printed data. (If this is fanfold paper, maybe it's a sprocket-type printer? In which case it's a question of how accurately the initial page is lined up when the paper is first inserted. You might want a pre-generated test page for when new paper is fed in). Once you know what your troff looks like, any scripting language should be able to turn the text file into troff and print it. Perl is probably the obvious one. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software Vulnerability Scanner
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:40 +0330 Bahman M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm starting my career as a security analyst and I'd like to know if there are any vulnerability scanners -Blackbox or Whitebox- available for FreeBSD, in particular for Java applications. There are some softwares out there, e.g. HailStorm or SourceScope however most of them are commercial and AFAIK there are only Windoze versions. Any suggestion or pointer is highly appreciated. TIA, In lack of a more specific question, i'd say start with /usr/ports/security/nessus. Generally these tools perform poorly on windows, mostly because of the crappy network stack. -- Regards, Ghirai. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Low-cost online disk backup solution on FreeBSD. Hardware/Software recomendations?
Good day, I need an advice. What hardware/software would you recommend for online disk backup server solution on FreeBSD? 99% of clients will be Windows XP/Vista users and the main requirement is low cost solution meaning that the client license should be free (GPL?) or low-priced compared to Tivoli or other vendors. I was looking at BoxBackup as a software and gonna test it pretty soon, I like the encription feature. Any sucess stories with it? Pros/Cons? Or other recomendations? Hardware is a big question. Any experience with Intel storage systems and FreeBSD? Like this one: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212mc2/index.htm or http://www.intel.com/design/servers/storage/ssr212pp/index.htm Is this hardware supported? Any experience or other hardware recomendations? Any help would be highly appreciated. If this should be sent to some other list, please let me know. Thanks in advance. -- ViC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Low-cost online disk backup solution on FreeBSD. Hardware/Software recomendations?
In response to Victor Meirans [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Good day, I need an advice. What hardware/software would you recommend for online disk backup server solution on FreeBSD? 99% of clients will be Windows XP/Vista users and the main requirement is low cost solution meaning that the client license should be free (GPL?) or low-priced compared to Tivoli or other vendors. I was looking at BoxBackup as a software and gonna test it pretty soon, I like the encription feature. Any sucess stories with it? Pros/Cons? Or other recomendations? Investigate both Bacula and BackupPC. Both might suit your needs, depending on the exact details of your needs. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software to print vouchers from large amount of txt data
Hi, I am looking for a software that will read repetitive data from a text file and send it to a preformated fanfold paper (impact printer). The software must be customizable as to be told on which area of the paper to print a given field from the source text file. The data in the text file would thus be translated in a certain number of similar paper vouchers. Does anyone have an idea? Thanks, Simon Simon-Pierre Butsana [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov - Découvrez le blog Yahoo! Mail : dernières nouveautés, astuces, conseils.. et vos réactions ! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software to print vouchers from large amount of txt data
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, simon butsana wrote: Hi, I am looking for a software that will read repetitive data from a text file and send it to a preformated fanfold paper (impact printer). The software must be customizable as to be told on which area of the paper to print a given field from the source text file. The data in the text file would thus be translated in a certain number of similar paper vouchers. Does anyone have an idea? I've been using nroff for this type of things for years. One can do very precise text location vertically and horizontally. Our accounting software prints invoices using groff, initially loading an image with .PSPIC, then overlaying it with the text. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 the purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people -Bill Clinton during an interview on MTV in 1993 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
Written by Rem P Roberti on 10/14/07 19:05 Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not on FreeBSD. But you can go grab QTFairUse from somewhere on the net and, using it in conjunction with iTunes on a Windows machine, remove the DRM. From what I can tell, all it really does is control the iTunes player and make it output the audio stream to another file instead of decoding it to the sound system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. try gnupod. Regards, Sachidananda. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ipod software
I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to what is the best choice. Could I get a couple of recommendations. Thank you. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
Try Amarok. - Akshay - Original Message From: Rem P Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 3:39:17 PM Subject: Ipod software I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to what is the best choice. Could I get a couple of recommendations. Thank you. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
Rem P Roberti wrote: I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to what is the best choice. Could I get a couple of recommendations. Thank you. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been using gtkpod for a few months now, it does what it advertises. Hugo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? iTunes files have DRM protection, so the short answer is that it can't be done. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:40:33AM +, Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? iTunes files have DRM protection, so the short answer is that it can't be done. Burn them to CD, and then rip the CDs. There's a loss of quality involved. In the future, don't buy music with DRM, if you don't want to put up with it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
On Sunday 14 October 2007 6:40:33 pm Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? iTunes files have DRM protection, so the short answer is that it can't be done. although a number of European lawyers are going to get rich trying to change that answer :) ___ 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: Ipod software
On 2007.10.15 00:40:33 +, Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players? iTunes files have DRM protection, so the short answer is that it can't be done. That's what I thought, but it was worth asking :) Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ipod software
On 2007.10.14 20:45:43 +, David Scheidt wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:40:33AM +, Pollywog wrote: Burn them to CD, and then rip the CDs. There's a loss of quality involved. In the future, don't buy music with DRM, if you don't want to put up with it. Sounds reasonable to me. What are some of the alternatives? Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? I have files with a few songs in them and I would like to cut them into separate files. Never been there nor done that. All advice greatly appreciated. Hello I recently used MP3::Splitter, a perl module that does exactly this. It's not a full software tho but maybe then you can make it suits exactly your needs. Just in case. Thanks Eriam ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
or try audacity. TFC On 10/8/07, Eriam Schaffter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? I have files with a few songs in them and I would like to cut them into separate files. Never been there nor done that. All advice greatly appreciated. Hello I recently used MP3::Splitter, a perl module that does exactly this. It's not a full software tho but maybe then you can make it suits exactly your needs. Just in case. Thanks Eriam ___ 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: software to cut mp3 files?
Hi, If you really want non-gui (though, also with gui-support), audio/mp3splt, as it almost spells, is the exact one for you. You should have found it by something like: make seach key='mp3.*split' in /usr/ports directory. -- R. Hara At Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:18:31 +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: 2007/10/8, D Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. Thanks a lot! I am in the process of cutting the files into separate songs :) Regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ 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]
Sorry for duplicates (Was: software to cut mp3 files?)
Sorry for duplicates. Shame, this was caused by my miss configuration of an SMTP service. -- R. Hara ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
software to cut mp3 files?
Hello, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? I have files with a few songs in them and I would like to cut them into separate files. Never been there nor done that. All advice greatly appreciated. Thank you very much! Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 at 22:49 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] confabulated: Hello, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? I have files with a few songs in them and I would like to cut them into separate files. Never been there nor done that. All advice greatly appreciated. I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
At 03:49 PM 10/8/2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? I have files with a few songs in them and I would like to cut them into separate files. Never been there nor done that. All advice greatly appreciated. Thank you very much! Zbigniew Szalbot There may be better ways, but you can uuencode the file then use split. You can do a man on uuencode, uudecode and split. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
2007/10/8, D Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. Thanks a lot! I am in the process of cutting the files into separate songs :) Regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
Hi, Sorry for an unusual request - does anyone know of software that is able to split an mp3 file into multiple chunks at specified locations (doesn't have to have gui, actually best if it didn't), one that works under FreeBSD? Not sure what you call specified location, is that at certain time? the sox (from the ports) is your friend. If you want to automatically detect the blank in between the songs, then I have no answer. I use sox to split 2.5 hours mp3 into one hour chunks because that stupid mp3 reader does not save the hour position, only the minute position: dont buy Philips mp3 :) Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: software to cut mp3 files?
Hi, If you really want non-gui (though, also with gui-support), audio/mp3splt, as it almost spells, is the exact one for you. You should have found it by something like: make seach key='mp3.*split' in /usr/ports directory. -- R. Hara At Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:18:31 +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: 2007/10/8, D Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. Thanks a lot! I am in the process of cutting the files into separate songs :) Regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ 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: software to cut mp3 files?
Hi, If you really want non-gui (though, also with gui-support), audio/mp3splt, as it almost spells, is the exact one for you. You should have found it by something like: make seach key='mp3.*split' in /usr/ports directory. -- R. Hara At Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:18:31 +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: 2007/10/8, D Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. Thanks a lot! I am in the process of cutting the files into separate songs :) Regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ 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: software to cut mp3 files?
Hi, If you really want non-gui (though, also with gui-support), audio/mp3splt, as it almost spells, is the exact one for you. You should have found it by something like: make seach key='mp3.*split' in /usr/ports directory. -- R. Hara At Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:18:31 +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: 2007/10/8, D Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know of any non-gui. However, I've been using Audacity (/usr/ports/audio/audacity) doing just what you are looking to do. The /usr/ports/audio/audacity port is a little dated as the latest stable version at http://audacity.sourceforge.net is 1.2.6. The one in the ports is at v1.2.4. However, I have the beta v1.3.3 loaded from the /usr/ports/audio/audacity-devel and have not had any issues thus far. Thanks a lot! I am in the process of cutting the files into separate songs :) Regards, Zbigniew Szalbot ___ 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]
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Re: How to install third party software (format .tar.bz2)
I received error message, see below: # make install make: don't know to make install. Stop # make INSTALL 'INSTALL' is up to date. __ __ Alex P wrote: Could you please advise on how to install the software with format .tar.bz2 For Example, file downloaded from the below link : [1][1]http://www.gprsec.hu/downloads/GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 cd /directory-whith-GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 bzip2 -d GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 tar xf GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar cd GPRS_Easy_Connect_301 more README make install ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list [3]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [4][EMAIL PROTECTED] References 1. http://www.gprsec.hu/downloads/GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 2. mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 3. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions 4. mailto:[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 install third party software (format .tar.bz2)
I am new to BSD UNIX system. Could you please advise on how to install the software with format .tar.bz2 For Example, file downloaded from the below link : [1]http://www.gprsec.hu/downloads/GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 It may need to compile(Makefile), or using pkg_add. But I'm not too sure how to do it, even though I've read the documents from FreeBSD.org Whenever I setup a new O/S, I must setup for internet access using my mobile phone (Nokia 6230 via USB connection). and I have been searching the internet FreeBSD to recognise my phone and allow internet access. but... till now I still do not know how to get internet access via mobile phone. Please help, Thank you. References 1. http://www.gprsec.hu/downloads/GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 ___ 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 install third party software (format .tar.bz2)
Could you please advise on how to install the software with format .tar.bz2 For Example, file downloaded from the below link : [1]http://www.gprsec.hu/downloads/GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 cd /directory-whith-GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 bzip2 -d GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar.bz2 tar xf GPRS_Easy_Connect_301.tar cd GPRS_Easy_Connect_301 more README make install ___ 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 install third party software (format .tar.bz2)
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Re: CPU Monitoring Software
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:53:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. Thanks. You can use cacti + snmp. All you have to do is install and configure snmp on all your machines and then set up cacti + web server with php on some machine to gather all the info from the others via snmp. You will get nice graphs (cacti uses rrdtools) for almost everything you can get via snmp (disk usage, cpu utilization, network traffic, load average,...) where you can utilize hirstorical view (last week, last month, from xxx to xxx, ...). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
Hi, On 9/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. What about using systat(1) ? :-) It's already in the base system. HTH, Regards. Thanks. -- Scott Mayo System Administrator Bloomfield Schools Gun Control: Belief that violent predators willing to ignore laws against robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder will obey a law telling them that they cannot do so with a gun. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- There's this old saying: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. systat under freebsd (single s) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. you could make a script using top|head +sleep :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
And for visual historical data, use MRTG. ~BAS On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 15:30 +0200, Dominique Goncalves wrote: Hi, On 9/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. What about using systat(1) ? :-) It's already in the base system. HTH, Regards. Thanks. -- Scott Mayo System Administrator Bloomfield Schools Gun Control: Belief that violent predators willing to ignore laws against robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder will obey a law telling them that they cannot do so with a gun. ___ 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]
CPU Monitoring Software
I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. Thanks. -- Scott Mayo System Administrator Bloomfield Schools Gun Control: Belief that violent predators willing to ignore laws against robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder will obey a law telling them that they cannot do so with a gun. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
What about monit? http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/ Here is the manual online: http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/manual.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CPU Monitoring Software
On 9/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wanting to see what my servers utilize as far as memory, disk, cpu, etc. over a certain time period. Is there some software that I can use? I guess something like the 'top' command that gives an average output over a certain time. I downloaded sysstat for my linux boxes, but it does not want to compile under freebsd. Thanks. try bsdsar http://www.googlebit.com/bsdsar/ it is also in ports,just search ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software Lojack
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:34:15 -0400 Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:56PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: I know all about various precautions to be taken. I also know I could write something. I just wanted to know if something like that is already written. You could run fetch from a crontab entry, and log the downloads. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software Lojack
On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:56PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: I know all about various precautions to be taken. I also know I could write something. I just wanted to know if something like that is already written. jerry On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 06:33:30PM -0400, Jerry wrote: Hi All, I am wondering if there is already written (in the ports) some utility that would either periodically and/or on boot up, take note of if the machine is connected to the net and if so, send some information to a configured address giving some basic information such as date/time and the network address where it is connected. You could write a shell-script that does this and run it as a cron(8) job. The intent would be to put this in laptops/notebooks belonging to an organization/business to track where they were, especially if they were stolen. I know, if they got in to the hands of professional theft ring, the first thing they would do is wipe them, but it could help track them otherwise. Since most windows users wouldn't have a clue what to do with a FreeBSD machine, I think _every_ laptop would be wiped. To secure your laptops and mitigate the consequences of theft there are several things you can do; - Encrypt the /home partitions. This will not prevent theft but will reduce the chance of your data falling into the wrong hands. - Make frequent backups to prevent data loss. - Glue engraved labels to the machine, e.g. to the lid where it can't be removed without damaging the LCD screen. This might make the machine less desirable to a stolen goods dealer. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software Lojack
--On Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:34:15 -0400 Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 06:12:56PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: I know all about various precautions to be taken. I also know I could write something. I just wanted to know if something like that is already written. Dell offers this in a hardware solution. I'm sure they're buying it from someone, so you might be able to find out who. Doesn't matter if the thieves wipe the drive. The device phones home anyway. (Bet it only works in Windows, though, but it might spark an idea or two.) -- Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Software Lojack
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 06:33:30PM -0400, Jerry wrote: Hi All, I am wondering if there is already written (in the ports) some utility that would either periodically and/or on boot up, take note of if the machine is connected to the net and if so, send some information to a configured address giving some basic information such as date/time and the network address where it is connected. You could write a shell-script that does this and run it as a cron(8) job. The intent would be to put this in laptops/notebooks belonging to an organization/business to track where they were, especially if they were stolen. I know, if they got in to the hands of professional theft ring, the first thing they would do is wipe them, but it could help track them otherwise. Since most windows users wouldn't have a clue what to do with a FreeBSD machine, I think _every_ laptop would be wiped. To secure your laptops and mitigate the consequences of theft there are several things you can do; - Encrypt the /home partitions. This will not prevent theft but will reduce the chance of your data falling into the wrong hands. - Make frequent backups to prevent data loss. - Glue engraved labels to the machine, e.g. to the lid where it can't be removed without damaging the LCD screen. This might make the machine less desirable to a stolen goods dealer. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp6eEV5NjdB6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Software Lojack
Hi All, I am wondering if there is already written (in the ports) some utility that would either periodically and/or on boot up, take note of if the machine is connected to the net and if so, send some information to a configured address giving some basic information such as date/time and the network address where it is connected. The intent would be to put this in laptops/notebooks belonging to an organization/business to track where they were, especially if they were stolen. I know, if they got in to the hands of professional theft ring, the first thing they would do is wipe them, but it could help track them otherwise. If there is an existing port, I have no idea what to look for or which category to look in, so some clue would be appreciated. Thanks, jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software
Hi, looking for other things, I found this: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=versioniId=5774 Wine is working nicely for me but I do not use iTunes. Erich Kellen Dale wrote: I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would like to switch to a Unix operating system. The one thing that I am concerned about however, is that since I am still a student I must have access to software that will allow me to make/view word docs. Also, I need to be able to run iTunes for my iPod. Now I am aware that there is a lot of shareware available so the word processor wouldn't be hard to find but do you support iTunes? I know I could switch to a Mac, but I would rather not have to spend the money on a specific computer... Thank you. --Kellen-- ___ 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: Software RAID5
On 22 Sep 2007, at 09:03, Wojciech Puchar wrote: If you google for gvinum you'll find tutorials etc. AFAICT, you can't have the root device on a RAID5 gvinum. Just make a small root partition. yes you can __ Hi Wojciech Would you be able to give me any tips or know of any howtos that explain installing freebsd root on to gvinum raid5 array? I really cannot find any tutorials for this :( Many thanks gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 22 Sep 2007, at 01:13, Maxim Khitrov wrote: On 9/21/07, Gabriel Dragffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. Best regards Gabriel From what I know, you're not going to be able to boot from them. However, a simple solution to that is to get a 64+ MB USB flash drive and put the kernel on that. Just use fdisk and bsdlabel to write the boot blocks. As long as the kernel has all needed drivers and you specify which root device to use (either via kernel configuration or /etc/fstab), that should allow you to put everything else on the RAID array. This is how I currently do full-disk encryption on my laptop using GELI. Kernel is outside, everything else is encrypted, same idea for RAID. Hi Maxim This sounds good. How exactly did you manage to encrypt discs and then install freebsd there? I can just about setup software raid once freebsd is installed, but by then I am unable to use a hard drive because it already has freebsd on it. Regards gabe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 05:59:01PM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: This sounds good. How exactly did you manage to encrypt discs and then install freebsd there? I can just about setup software raid once freebsd is installed, but by then I am unable to use a hard drive because it already has freebsd on it. There is no point in encrypting the whole harddisk. The OS and ports can be downloaded from the internet. No point in keeping them secret. They might in fact facilitate a known-plaintext attack. The things that you should encrypt are /home and maybe /var. So when installing FreeBSD you should set aside room for slices to hold /home and /var, see below. A possible lay-out would be; / 200MB /tmp 200MB /usr 10GB /var 2BG /home the rest You can find instructions on setting up GEOM_ELI for /home on my website; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/index.html#home After a reboot you might get prompted for the GELI password before the login prompt, depending on if you've used a password. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpfjFa5XkbY3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Software RAID5
On 9/23/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 05:59:01PM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: This sounds good. How exactly did you manage to encrypt discs and then install freebsd there? I can just about setup software raid once freebsd is installed, but by then I am unable to use a hard drive because it already has freebsd on it. There is no point in encrypting the whole harddisk. The OS and ports can be downloaded from the internet. No point in keeping them secret. They might in fact facilitate a known-plaintext attack. I agree, I did it more as an exercise to learn more about the way FreeBSD works. On my laptop I have only the /home partition encrypted. To answer the original question, however, I always install FreeBSD via a stage install. By that I mean that I don't actually use sysinstall for the final system. I get a USB drive and install the base OS onto that. Then I download the source for whichever FreeBSD version I want; my laptop is running CURRENT, for example. Configure make.conf and src.conf files, create a custom kernel, then make buildworld buildkernel in /usr/src. While the system is building I prepare the actual drive, or RAID array, that the final OS will be installed to. Create your software RAID volumes, partition (slice) everything, if I want to use geli for encryption then I would overwrite the target partition with random data before doing geli init. For my full-disk encryption I actually overwrote the entire disk and skipped slicing altogether. The kernel was later installed to a usb flash drive and the entire disk was used for FreeBSD. So instead of specifying things like ad0s1a in fstab, I simply used ad0a - no slices. The point is that unless someone actually knew that I had FreeBSD installed there, without the flash drive all the data on the disk looks like garbage. There isn't even a mbr to indicate partition types. At any rate, it was a fun experiment. So once the drives are configured, mount everything under /mnt and wait for the source to finish building. After than, you can do `make DESTDIR=/mnt installworld` and just like that, your new system is ready. Well, not quite... Run `mergemaster -iD /mnt` to copy all configuration files, installkernel with KODIR=/mnt/boot/kernel to install the kernel, use fdisk or boot0cfg to install mbr code, and finally 'bsdlabel -B ...' for the other boot stages. Installing the system this way also allows you to configure some things before that first boot. Technically, you can do the same thing from single-user mode, but this way may be more convenient. When you're ready, reboot, change the boot order in BIOS, if you configured everything correctly your new system should boot up with no problems. - Max ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Roland Smith wrote: The things that you should encrypt are /home and maybe /var. and swap. Encrypting the swap is really quite important. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG9rC28Mjk52CukIwRCAlHAJ9WUSJpDa2VU14M0Wet/SzneOlQoACffWRP 8Id2aPOobqVCO/LOjQM4SlE= =KU1C -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 23 Sep 2007, at 19:30, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Roland Smith wrote: The things that you should encrypt are /home and maybe /var. and swap. Encrypting the swap is really quite important. Cheers, Matthew Oh you know what? I grabbed an ubuntu disc, in the installation I configured each of the three hard drives with a 1GB partition which became software RAID 1, and the rest of the space another partition which became RAID 5 doodah. I configured all this during the installation using that debian installer, booted no probs. Next thing was to: sudo -i sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install netatalk -y OK, done, RAID 5 system, with the OS running on RAID 1, netatlk installed and working a few seconds after, total time was about 45 minutes. I've spent 4 days chasing my tail in freebsd. Wish freebsd would be able to help me out with software raid in sysinstall. I'd still very much like to figure out how to do this in freebsd, but unfortunately spending two weeks to do it makes me look incompetent to my employers. FreeBSD is running a web/database/email server and doing a fantastic job for that, so it might just be a case of horses for courses... Regards Gabe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:50:58PM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: Hi all Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. What you need for RAID5 is gvinum(8), which replaces the older vinum(4) driver. If you google for gvinum you'll find tutorials etc. AFAICT, you can't have the root device on a RAID5 gvinum. Just make a small root partition. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpUGpgeeVXQD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Software RAID5
Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. only vinum but i'm not sure if it's stable. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
and put the kernel on that. Just use fdisk and bsdlabel to write the boot blocks. As long as the kernel has all needed drivers and you specify which root device to use (either via kernel configuration or /etc/fstab), that should allow you to put everything else on the RAID array. This is how I currently do full-disk encryption on my laptop using GELI. Kernel is outside, everything else is encrypted, same idea for RAID. isn't making small 50MB partition for booting easier? /dev/ad0d.eli / ufs rw,noatime 0 1 /dev/ad0a /b ufs ro,noatime 0 2 boot is symlink to /b/boot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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If you google for gvinum you'll find tutorials etc. AFAICT, you can't have the root device on a RAID5 gvinum. Just make a small root partition. yes you can ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 22 Sep 2007, at 08:42, Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:50:58PM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: Hi all Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. What you need for RAID5 is gvinum(8), which replaces the older vinum (4) driver. Hi, reading the BSD Handbook I did find this out and I've been trying to use it. If you google for gvinum you'll find tutorials etc. I have found a couple of tutorials but like I said it is either too technical, or not descriptive enough and none of them describe root on raid 5 :( AFAICT, you can't have the root device on a RAID5 gvinum. Just make a small root partition. I read in the FreeBSD hanbook that I can have root on raid 5 by doing the following: There is another option as well, to have /boot/loader (Section 12.3.3) load the vinum kernel module early, before starting the kernel. This can be accomplished by putting the line: geom_vinum_load=YES into the file /boot/loader.conf. This was on the following page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html The handbook is good, but it only describes how to do raid 0 and raid 1, it says I can do raid 5 but doesn't describe the process. I also totally stumped at how to make a raid 5 device and install freebsd on it - the sysinstall doesn't allow the configuration of raid arrays and I can only install to a slice. I need access to tools such as gvinum before installation... but how? Oh the pain! best regards gabriel Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/ ~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 22 Sep 2007, at 01:13, Maxim Khitrov wrote: However, a simple solution to that is to get a 64+ MB USB flash drive and put the kernel on that. Just use fdisk and bsdlabel to write the boot blocks. As long as the kernel has all needed drivers and you specify which root device to use (either via kernel configuration or /etc/fstab), that should allow you to put everything else on the RAID array. This is how I currently do full-disk encryption on my laptop using GELI. Kernel is outside, everything else is encrypted, same idea for RAID. I haven't ever done software RAID in FreeBSD, so can't help you with the practical aspects of it. But I will say that technical or not, man pages are still the best way to learn about these things. From what I can see, RAID 5 is done through vinum, and GEOM offers RAID 3. Someone else here may be able to tell you which one is better to use. It's also worth noting that with software, the performance of RAID 5 is not going to be very good. I generally advise against software RAID 5. If you want good performance and reliability using software RAID, the best bet is RAID 10, but there the utilization is 50%. I think that if you can afford another 500GB drive and performance is important to you, a software RAID 10 using GEOM will perform much better. It is also easier to recover, and you can lose two drives (not any two, but still) without completely losing all the data. Hi, thank you for your post. I read the following in the BSD handbook which lead me to believe I could have root on RADI5: quote There is another option as well, to have /boot/loader (Section 12.3.3) load the vinum kernel module early, before starting the kernel. This can be accomplished by putting the line: geom_vinum_load=YES into the file /boot/loader.conf. /quote That's here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/ handbook/vinum-root.html I appreciate your post about using an alternative system to RAID 5. Many thanks Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 22 Sep 2007, at 12:19, Roland Smith wrote: To elaborate, the loader doesn't know about the RAID layout. It is only usable _after_ the kernel has loaded. I read in the FreeBSD hanbook that I can have root on raid 5 by doing the following: There is another option as well, to have /boot/loader (Section 12.3.3) load the vinum kernel module early, before starting the kernel. This can be accomplished by putting the line: geom_vinum_load=YES into the file /boot/loader.conf. The thing is that vinum is not gvinum! Gvinum is a replacement for vinum using the GEOM framework. I guess nobody has gotten around to update the handbook yet. Did you read the handbook? They say at the beginning of the chapter 20 (20.1): Starting with FreeBSD 5, Vinum has been rewritten in order to fit into the GEOM architecture (Chapter 19), retaining the original ideas, terminology, and on-disk metadata. This rewrite is called gvinum (for GEOM vinum). The following text usually refers to Vinum as an abstract name, regardless of the implementation variant. Any command invocations should now be done using the gvinum command, and the name of the kernel module has been changed from vinum.ko to geom_vinum.ko, and all device nodes reside under /dev/gvinum instead of /dev/vinum. As of FreeBSD 6, the old Vinum implementation is no longer available in the code base. So that makes me think they have updated the handbook. and in the chapter 20.9.1 it says: load the vinum kernel module early, before starting the kernel. This can be accomplished by putting the line: geom_vinum_load=YES into the file /boot/loader.conf. For Gvinum, all startup is done automatically once the kernel module has been loaded, so the procedure described above is all that is needed. The following text documents the behaviour of the historic Vinum system, for the sake of older setups. It seems perfectly clear the handbook has both been updated and is saying i can have root on raid, or am I mistaken? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software RAID5
Hi all Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. Best regards Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software RAID5
On 9/21/07, Gabriel Dragffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. Best regards Gabriel From what I know, you're not going to be able to boot from them. However, a simple solution to that is to get a 64+ MB USB flash drive and put the kernel on that. Just use fdisk and bsdlabel to write the boot blocks. As long as the kernel has all needed drivers and you specify which root device to use (either via kernel configuration or /etc/fstab), that should allow you to put everything else on the RAID array. This is how I currently do full-disk encryption on my laptop using GELI. Kernel is outside, everything else is encrypted, same idea for RAID. I haven't ever done software RAID in FreeBSD, so can't help you with the practical aspects of it. But I will say that technical or not, man pages are still the best way to learn about these things. From what I can see, RAID 5 is done through vinum, and GEOM offers RAID 3. Someone else here may be able to tell you which one is better to use. It's also worth noting that with software, the performance of RAID 5 is not going to be very good. I generally advise against software RAID 5. If you want good performance and reliability using software RAID, the best bet is RAID 10, but there the utilization is 50%. I think that if you can afford another 500GB drive and performance is important to you, a software RAID 10 using GEOM will perform much better. It is also easier to recover, and you can lose two drives (not any two, but still) without completely losing all the data. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software
Roland Smith writes: OpenOffice, koffice and Abiword can handle word docs, IIRC. It was my understanding that while OpenOffice tries to be 100% compatible with MS Word ... the more esoteric the feature you want, the less likely it is to be exactly the same (or possibly exist at all). Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software
I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would like to switch to a Unix operating system. The one thing that I am concerned about however, is that since I am still a student I must have access to software that will allow me to make/view word docs. Also, I need to be able to run iTunes for my iPod. Now I am aware that there is a lot of shareware available so the word processor wouldn't be hard to find but do you support iTunes? I know I could switch to a Mac, but I would rather not have to spend the money on a specific computer... Thank you. --Kellen-- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software
Hi, iTunes will be the killer application which will keep you with Windows. I have not seen on FreeBSD. There is actually more software available for FreeBSD than for Windows if you work in the fields of science or engineering. Some ports are now ported so that they can support Windows. Erich Kellen Dale wrote: I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would like to switch to a Unix operating system. The one thing that I am concerned about however, is that since I am still a student I must have access to software that will allow me to make/view word docs. Also, I need to be able to run iTunes for my iPod. Now I am aware that there is a lot of shareware available so the word processor wouldn't be hard to find but do you support iTunes? I know I could switch to a Mac, but I would rather not have to spend the money on a specific computer... Thank you. --Kellen-- ___ 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: Software
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:17:51 -0700 Kellen Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, I need to be able to run iTunes for my iPod. Are really sure? Amarok, and probably other software, has ipod support. It's worth dual-booting for a few weeks to find out what you actually need. You do need to make a conscious effort not to run back to windows without thoroughly researching each problem, or you'll never make the break. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:37:31 +0800
Erich Dollansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
iTunes will be the killer application which will keep you with Windows.
depending, of course, how you use it... if you only use mp3s, there are other
non-apple tools to manage your ipod. not sure how aac files would be handled,
but i'm am sure you are not the first person to have this question.
And you can always run your licensed version of Windows inside a VM to run
itunes, if that is the one sore point.
I have not seen on FreeBSD.
most apps that work for linux will run in freebsd too. just search for ipod
managers for linux / freebsd. then cross check which of those apps are in ports
(check in www.freshports.org ) - those apps should be the easiest ones to
setup. Doesnt mean that others will be troublesome, but if it's a port already,
someone else has been kind enough to ensure it works.
There is actually more software available for FreeBSD than for Windows
if you work in the fields of science or engineering. Some ports are now
ported so that they can support Windows.
true...specially with the spread of libraries like gtk and python/perl under
windows...win32 ports are popping up everywhere.
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Re: Software
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:17:51PM -0700, Kellen Dale wrote: I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would like to switch to a Unix operating system. What you could do is install FreeBSD inside a virtual machine like Qemu, to get some experience before you make the big jump. The one thing that I am concerned about however, is that since I am still a student I must have access to software that will allow me to make/view word docs. OpenOffice, koffice and Abiword can handle word docs, IIRC. Also, I need to be able to run iTunes for my iPod. If you just want to put MP3s on your iPod, there are several applications like gtkpod that can do that. If you want to buy songe online from iTunes you're stuck with Windows or OS X, unless you can get iTunes to run under the windows emulator Wine. Now I am aware that there is a lot of shareware available Most of the software available is actually free/open source software. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpOJjzATvH4w.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Podcast management software?
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:34:29PM +0100, Adam J Richardson wrote: Hey, maybe your recommendation supports the Zen V [or, at a pinch, the Zen Nano Plus]. No clue, but I don't think so.. GoldenPod is only for rss feeds. Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
Harry Jensen wrote: On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:00:11PM +, Scott I. Remick wrote: I think I must be the only one using FreeBSD who wants to listen to podcasts. :) Nop, we're two ;-) Three. :) Especially interesting and on-topic is BSDtalk by Will Backman. It's not as hands-on as I'd like, but still informative. Maybe someone will find time to do an audio howto netcast for BSD. That would be awesome. It's not like there's a shortage of topics, anyway. I must confess to using Creative's Windows Explorer plugin to populate my Zen V. It's not great software, but it's the best I've seen yet. :| Hey, maybe your recommendation supports the Zen V [or, at a pinch, the Zen Nano Plus]. Regards, Adam J Richardson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:00:11PM +, Scott I. Remick wrote: I think I must be the only one using FreeBSD who wants to listen to podcasts. :) Nop, we're two ;-) Take a look into GoldenPod. there is not a port for this one yet, but it should be pretty straight forward to install it. I'm using it on my FreeBSD, but I'm unsure if it will fullfill your demands. When you download new podcasts, Goldenpod downloads into a directery with the name of the date, for example 2007-08-28. At the same time symbolic links are made from the files in this new directery to a directery called 'latest'. ..and for each subscription there is a directory with same name as the subscription. In this directery GoldenPod also will make a symbolic link to the date directory files which belongs to this subscription. GoldenPod has some kind of graphic configuration, but I have never used it. GoldenPod is commandline driven. Check http://goldenpod.nongnu.org/ where you also will find the man page. Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:53:37 +0200, Nikola Lecic wrote: Does any of these programs look good enough? Actually I had already looked into those before I posted. Neither castget nor podcatcher support any retention settings like the other software I listed. Castpodder hasn't seen development in a year and the website is gone, so it appears abandoned. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Podcast management software?
I think I must be the only one using FreeBSD who wants to listen to podcasts. :) I'm having trouble finding decent podcast downloading/management software to use on my FreeBSD desktop. Although a number of media player/ management programs (Exaile, Rhythmbox, Amarok, BMPx) have podcast- capabilities, they are limited and seem tacked-on as an afterthought. Missing is something along the lines of IcePodder, jPodder, Juice Reciever, etc. Because I want to keep my podcast directory current so it's ready to be synced with my media player at pretty much any time, even a command-line program (run via cron) would suffice. I fear not editing text configuration files. I just need SOMETHING that has the basic features I need. Not even castget nor podcatcher have more than download what's new features. What I need is to be able to manage my already-downloaded podcasts, so that I can choose things like only keep the last X number of podcasts and only keep podcasts from the last X days/weeks. Seems simple, right? Does anyone know of any program in the ports that can do this? If there's one out there not in ports, is there someone willing to add it? Thanks ever so much! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:00:11 + (UTC) Scott I. Remick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I must be the only one using FreeBSD who wants to listen to podcasts. :) Why do you think so? :) I'm having trouble finding decent podcast downloading/management software to use on my FreeBSD desktop. Although a number of media player/ management programs (Exaile, Rhythmbox, Amarok, BMPx) have podcast- capabilities, they are limited and seem tacked-on as an afterthought. Missing is something along the lines of IcePodder, jPodder, Juice Reciever, etc. Because I want to keep my podcast directory current so it's ready to be synced with my media player at pretty much any time, even a command-line program (run via cron) would suffice. I fear not editing text configuration files. I just need SOMETHING that has the basic features I need. Not even castget nor podcatcher have more than download what's new features. What I need is to be able to manage my already-downloaded podcasts, so that I can choose things like only keep the last X number of podcasts and only keep podcasts from the last X days/weeks. Seems simple, right? Does anyone know of any program in the ports that can do this? If there's one out there not in ports, is there someone willing to add it? Thanks ever so much! Does any of these programs look good enough? multimedia/podcatcher - Armangil's podcatcher is a podcast client for the command line. It provides several download strategies (new shows only, back-catalog allowed, etc), supports BitTorrent, offers cache management, and generates playlists for MP3 player applications. This application accepts one or more feeds (RSS or Atom) or subscription lists (OPML or iTunes PCAST) as argument, in the form of URLs or filenames. Alternatively, it tries to read one such document from the standard input. WWW: http://podcatcher.rubyforge.org/ multimedia/castpodder - CastPodder is a podcast receiver. Its goal is to simplify tracking and handling of podcast's to your mp3 player. www/castget --- castget is a simple, command-line based RSS enclosure downloader. It is primarily intended for automatic, unattended downloading of podcasts. * Simple configuration. * Per-channel tagging of downloaded MP3 files using ID3v2. * Per-channel download directories. * Supports all RSS versions and Media RSS. WWW: http://www.nongnu.org/castget/ Nikola Lečić ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The best photo gallerie software?
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:31:33 -0400
Hakan K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gallery is nice, but if you plan to run it in a shared hosting environment, be
careful because it uses extensive amount of system() calls - which, at least in
my servers, are forbidden. Maybe they've changed that recently, but it was like
that when I test it.
http://coppermine-gallery.net/
CPG is really good - u can have different users,etc. worth the time learning
how to set it up.
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The best photo gallerie software?
What is the best ap for producing photo galleries in the ports. I would like to have one that can accept users and create separate albums that can either be public or private. Thanks -- Chris Maness (909) 223-9179 http://www.chrismaness.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The best photo gallerie software?
Chris Maness escribió: What is the best ap for producing photo galleries in the ports. I would like to have one that can accept users and create separate albums that can either be public or private. I love www/gallery2. Unfortunately I cannot show you my album, as I'm facing DNS issues, so my page is unreachable, but if you google for it, I suppose you will find something. Regards, -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .:|:. [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The best photo gallerie software?
I will also recomment www/gallery2 I'm using it on my site with a custom theme. I also have a few users that makes use of it to host there images and then linking them to forums. You can find more info on there website at http://gallery.menalto.com/ and if you want to have a look at what I've done you can go to http://gallery.violetlan.net/main.php On Mon, August 6, 2007 16:39, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: Chris Maness escribió: What is the best ap for producing photo galleries in the ports. I would like to have one that can accept users and create separate albums that can either be public or private. I love www/gallery2. Unfortunately I cannot show you my album, as I'm facing DNS issues, so my page is unreachable, but if you google for it, I suppose you will find something. Regards, -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .:|:. [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org ___ 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: The best photo gallerie software?
Top ranking galleries on SF... http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://coppermine-gallery.net/ http://linpha.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Thanks Hakan http://dominor.com On 8/6/07, Chris Maness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best ap for producing photo galleries in the ports. I would like to have one that can accept users and create separate albums that can either be public or private. Thanks -- Chris Maness (909) 223-9179 http://www.chrismaness.com ___ 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]
Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just joined the list (I am already on so many FreeBSD lists already). I appreciate any insight that people can offer. Richard Coleman [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: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
Richard Coleman wrote: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just joined the list (I am already on so many FreeBSD lists already). I appreciate any insight that people can offer. Richard Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use the same 2 programs as you for mail and postgrey works great. I use it with amavisd/SA/clamav and it all works very well. integrate postgrey and see how your numbers drop. it works very well. Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:00:59PM -0400, Richard Coleman wrote: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. Bogofilter works very well, after you've trained it with some spam ham. You can get a head start by starting from someone else's wordlist. But I'm running it from procmail on my mail only. I've never bothered to integrate it into postfix. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgprTTKB3GExr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
Richard Coleman escribió: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just joined the list (I am already on so many FreeBSD lists already). I appreciate any insight that people can offer. Hello Richard, I think the most common (and thus more mature) solution for this are amavisd-new + SpamAssassin + clamav, they have a lot of dependencies, though. Clamav catches all the viruses, just the spams had caused problems with this configuration, before I started to use postgrey. I see your concerns about dependencies, but I think sometimes we have to make sacrifices for the most appropriate choice. This also applies to the next solution I recommend you and this is greylisting with postgrey. It does not have too much dependency, but it works in a way, that you can loose important mails as well. The concept of greylisting is that the server responds to the sender with an error code meaning a temporary failure and places the sender to a list called greylist when a mail is being sent. After some minutes (5 or so), well-configured STMP servers resend the mail, when your server notices, that the given server was greylisted, and now it can be trusted. Spam bots don't usually resend mails, they are too primitive for this atm. It can change in the future, but for now, the method works, it's been very well for me. The only problem is that there are STMP server that are configured in a weird way and they don't send out mails later again. Postgrey offers a solution, though. You can place such servers to a whitelist and they will be excluded from the greylisting. I have heard good experiences about dspam as well, but haven't used it, thus I can't form any opinion. Regards, -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .:|:. [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 07:15:09PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:00:59PM -0400, Richard Coleman wrote: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. Bogofilter works very well, after you've trained it with some spam ham. You can get a head start by starting from someone else's wordlist. Yes, works very well for me too. Am running it in parallel with other spam filters and find if I was to have only one spam filter it would be bogofilter. Found SpamAssassin to be very resource intensive and its processing (lookup time) slow. Bogofilter is lean and effective. Only negative is that it needs to be trained. But I'm running it from procmail on my mail only. I've never bothered to integrate it into postfix. Would be very handy if someone were to make a port of scripts with something like ADD_SPAM, NOT_SPAM, and SPAM folders under IMAP to drive bogofilter remotely from an email client. Train as spam messages placed in ADD_SPAM and then move them into something like ADDED_SPAM. Have bogofilter place found spam in SPAM, user puts falses in NOT_SPAM. Scripts train bogofilter on contents of NOT_SPAM and put in something like NOT_SPAMMED. Users may clean out SPAM, ADDED_SPAM, and NOT_SPAMMED as they fill. The point is to never throw anything away with the scripts. Then on top of that one ought to have some means of global spam filter database in addition to per-user databases. This is such a good idea am sure somebody has done it already, I just don't know where. -- 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]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
Richard Coleman wrote: hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's I outsourced ours to AppRiver http://www.appriver.com/ It's not in the unix roll your own spirit, but: * it works very well * is more cost-effective than messing with it myself * also intercepts viruses and some email mal-ware * Has nice email web interfaces for administration and end users, further reducing in-house labor to deal with the crap. You just change your MX records to point to their servers, they filter your stuff and forward it to you. Also keeps the junk from cutting into your bandwidth. With the pay the whole year in advance discount, I think we paid around $480 for up to 50 users (min they offer). We only use a small fraction of that, but it's still worth it. -RW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just joined the list (I am already on so many FreeBSD lists already). I appreciate any insight that people can offer. I like the policyd-weight postfix filter... it sums up a score based on several conditions that you can set (dnsbl, bad smtp protocol, etc.) caches, results for those that hit you constantly, etc. I probably get 2-3 spam a day max. Used to get 30-40. And it does it all before accepting the message body which is nice. You can also tell it just to put in a x-header with a score and pass it along untouched so users can do what they want using that info. http://www.policyd-weight.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
O/H Philip Hallstrom έγραψε: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. How you looked into assp? It looks like a good all-arround solution. I say looks like because I have only installed it. Port: assp-1.2.6 Path: /usr/ports/mail/assp Info: Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy Maint: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW:http://assp.sourceforge.net/ -- RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens _ Thanos Rizoulis Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa, Greece FreeBSD/PCBSD user ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:21:58PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: Bogofilter works very well, after you've trained it with some spam ham. You can get a head start by starting from someone else's wordlist. BTW, I'd be happy to share my wordlist. At ≈12MB it's kinda large though. Yes, works very well for me too. Am running it in parallel with other spam filters and find if I was to have only one spam filter it would be bogofilter. Found SpamAssassin to be very resource intensive and its processing (lookup time) slow. Bogofilter is lean and effective. Only negative is that it needs to be trained. But I'm running it from procmail on my mail only. I've never bothered to integrate it into postfix. Would be very handy if someone were to make a port of scripts with something like ADD_SPAM, NOT_SPAM, and SPAM folders under IMAP to drive bogofilter remotely from an email client. Train as spam messages placed in ADD_SPAM and then move them into something like ADDED_SPAM. Have bogofilter place found spam in SPAM, user puts falses in NOT_SPAM. Scripts train bogofilter on contents of NOT_SPAM and put in something like NOT_SPAMMED. Users may clean out SPAM, ADDED_SPAM, and NOT_SPAMMED as they fill. The point is to never throw anything away with the scripts. I've defined two macros in Mutt; for training bogofilter to see a message as Ham or Spam; macro index S enter-commandunset wait_key\n\ pipe-entrybogofilter -Ns\n\ enter-commandset wait_key\n\ delete-message requalify and delete message as spam macro index H enter-commandunset wait_key\n\ pipe-entrybogofilter -Sn\n\ enter-commandset wait_key\n requalify message as non-spam This is for my personal database, of course. But if users can send spam to a special mailbox, it should not be too hard to run that through bogofilter as training material in a cron-job. Then on top of that one ought to have some means of global spam filter database in addition to per-user databases. That is possible. Look at the bogofilter FAQ. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpwDFFuikIRh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Seeking recommendation for anti-spam software
On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Richard Coleman wrote: I am running a mail server using Postfix and Dovecot. I would like to hear people's recommendation for which port to use to add server side anti-spam. The problem these days is a richness of choices, so it's hard to know port which to try. And call it a quirk of mine, but I really dislike (server) software with a large number of dependencies. That rules out Spam Assassin. But I am fairly conversant with mail and Postfix/Dovecot in general, so I don't mind any integration work. I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just joined the list (I am already on so many FreeBSD lists already). I appreciate any insight that people can offer. Richard Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] We use bogofilter both for our customers and internally. Initially we used bogofilter with SpamAssassin to try and alleviate the initial training required with bogofilter. On the hosting side we will probably drop SpamAssassin mostly because we have defined an initial filter for bogofilter that works acceptably well. Resource usage by SpamAssassin is not a problem for us. For myself I use bogofilter with about 6-7 common sense procmail rules. Before adding greylisting I was getting about 600 spams/day to the various public email addresses I read. My procmail/bogofilter combination is much greater than 98% accurate. Greylisting reduced the spams presented to 100-200/day. It does not seem (in theory) it should do that well. I would have never tried greylisting except one of the FreeBSD developers told me the mailing lists were using it with good results. As mentioned earlier, the biggest problem with bogofilter is training it. Doug ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
