Trouble Shooting Freebsd Booting with Lines Full of "^[2~"

2021-07-12 Thread Amit Yaron
Cause: the key "Insert" is stuck. Solution: lift the key gently with a sharp object you can insert there, For example, a tooth pick. If you have accidentally removed the key, it is not the end of the world.

Gopherpedia - An Online Encyclopedia for GUI-less Users

2021-07-02 Thread Amit Yaron
If you are from some reasons GUI-less, there are still gui-less internet browsers you can use. I use lynx, downloadable at 'https://ilynxnvisible-island.net'. Not every website can be viewed in lynx, because they may contain javascript code and stuff you better view with modern web browsers.

Re: Mailing Lists

2020-07-25 Thread Amit Yaron
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Zoom for FreeBSD

2020-03-25 Thread Amit Yaron
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Time to Upgrade Qt5

2020-03-07 Thread Amit Yaron
Unfortunately, tools such as VLC and VirtualBox don't tell us when it's time to upgrade Qt5. I found it today after I'd upgraded VirtualBox and got messages such as: VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/

The Location of "lynx"

2019-12-04 Thread Amit Yaron
I think lynx is a great browser these days because it is GUI-less. Yesterday I tried to browse "sqlite.org" with it, but failed with the error message: Alert!: This client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs So I searched a solution, and found a great advice to check with "ldd" if the pr

Re: zipgrep fix

2019-11-27 Thread Amit Yaron
et/zip-bug.html Have a great day! On 27.11.2019 15:08, Amit Yaron wrote: ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail

zipgrep fix

2019-11-27 Thread Amit Yaron
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Do You Hear Your Playbacks Well?

2019-10-24 Thread Amit Yaron
If you want to change the maximum volume of what you hear through your speakers or earphones, try the 'mixer' command. mixer speaker 100:100 Will set the left-volume and right-volume of your speakers/earphones to 100% To see all the setting, just type: mixer _

Using Orage to Manage Events and Tasks

2019-09-02 Thread Amit Yaron
Thanks Firefox for suggesting Orage as the tool for opening calendar files instead of my mail client. It is great! Now, it should be active in order for the alarm to be sounded or seem. The little icon in the panel is not enough. To run it you should activate the Orage Calendar. You can run it a

My New Font

2019-08-05 Thread Amit Yaron
Downloaded BruchScriptStd fro https://fontzone.net/font-download/brushscriptstd It is an OTF filem and its now in my /usr/local/share/fonts/OTF Already ran 'xset fp rehash'. Great font! ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.o

Re: To Upgrade Python Libraries, Use "pip"

2019-07-31 Thread Amit Yaron
tible with the broader set of packages or ports? That’s the dilemma. On Jul 30, 2019, at 22:02, Amit Yaron wrote: I prefer it to the ports becaue with "pip" I can get the most advanced versions. You can even upgrade "pip if you type: pip i

Re: To Upgrade Python Libraries, Use "pip"

2019-07-31 Thread Amit Yaron
Thanks, Virtual environments are very useful. On 30.7.2019 14:36, Vincent Hoffman-Kazlauskas wrote: On 30/07/2019 14:02, Amit Yaron wrote: I prefer it to the ports becaue with "pip" I can get the most advanced versions. You can even upgrade "pip if you type:   pip instal

To Upgrade Python Libraries, Use "pip"

2019-07-30 Thread Amit Yaron
I prefer it to the ports becaue with "pip" I can get the most advanced versions. You can even upgrade "pip if you type: pip install --upgrade pip ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To un

Making VLC Play an Audio CD

2019-07-19 Thread Amit Yaron
Do it if you don't have '/dev/cdrom', and your cd drive is in '/dev/cd0': Edit your ${HOME}/.config/vlc/vlcrc Find the line '#cd-audio=/dev/cdrom'. Uncomment it by deleting the leading '#'. Change the variable value to '/dev/cd0'. ___ freebsd-chat@freeb

I've Learned a New Thing: pkg info

2019-07-14 Thread Amit Yaron
Thanks to The FreeBSD forum (https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/attempting-to-use-vagrant-with-virtualbox-backend-but-seeing-errors.53951/). Now, I know better how to get info about packages installed on my machine. ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing

This Article Helped Me Today

2019-06-11 Thread Amit Yaron
I wanted to mount a digital camera, but got 'failed to open fuse device: No such file or directory' because 'fuse.ko' was not loaded. I wanted it to be loaded at boot time. In the article, I found that what I need to define is not "fuse_enable" in /etc/rc.conf, but "Fuse_load" in /boot/loader.co

If You Use LMGTFY to Answer a Question

2019-06-08 Thread Amit Yaron
Sit back and enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgNdZxjx3Bk ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: Wow! Microsoft Loves Linux and Open Source!

2019-06-04 Thread Amit Yaron
On 28.5.2019 0:26, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: Good morning from Singapore, I did a Google search on "Microsoft Loves Linux". Cool! I guess because of that we can skype. Google search URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+loves+linux Tons of results show up. Lots

FreeBSD Merchandise

2017-09-24 Thread Amit Yaron
I think that buying some merchandise is also a way to donate to the project. I can use a shirt. ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@

Does Anybody Use A Portable Scanner?

2017-08-08 Thread Amit Yaron
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