Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ?

1999-05-19 Thread Mike Smith
> :Trimble is selling a gps kit that can be used to create a Stratum 1 > :GPS referenced NTP server. > : > :Qty 1 cost is $995 > :Qty 10 cost is $525 > : > :Are there 9 other people interested out there ? I'd like to try & put > :together a group purchase. > > I am not particularly impresse

Re: cvs commit: ports/astro/setiathome Makefile ports/astro/setiathome/files setiathome.sh setiathome.1 ports/astro/setiathome/pkg INSTALL

1999-05-19 Thread Stefan Bethke
Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> >> I've left out idprio(8) for now. >> >> If someone could point me to a man page explaining the use of >> kern.quantum, and when it might be useful to fiddle with that knob, I'll >> happily add that reference to the

Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ?

1999-05-19 Thread Nick Hibma
Have you asked them about a USB version of it? If they will have a USB version in the near future, let me know. I am more than willing to write the driver for it, if a sample device including specs passes through me. When finished I would send the device on to you. It seems that they have been th

Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ? (fwd)

1999-05-19 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Nick Hibma wrote: > > > :Trimble is selling a gps kit that can be used to create a Stratum 1 > > :GPS referenced NTP server. > > : > > :Qty 1 cost is $995 > > :Qty 10 cost is $525 Actually their developer's kit is significantly cheaper; and you can use the CM boards quite

/dev/dsp

1999-05-19 Thread Emil Thelin
Hey, Is there a way of resetting /dev/dsp? //Emil .. Emil Thelinemi...@display-umea.se work(090177950)http://emil.leker.med.nalle.puh.org mobile(0706813428) "Another megabytes the dust." .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in th

GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Joe Abley
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:02:38PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > [various GPS chat] I have been meaning to do some research on this kind of stuff for a while. We have GPS receivers in the machine room that supply clock for some of the transmission network, but when I ask the telco guys about the

RE: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Ladavac Marino
> -Original Message- > From: Joe Abley [SMTP:jab...@clear.co.nz] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 12:09 PM > To: Matthew Dillon > Cc: Joe McGuckin; hack...@freebsd.org; jab...@clear.co.nz > Subject: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic) > > On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:02:38PM -0700, M

Re: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Joe Abley
On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 12:30:38PM +0200, Ladavac Marino wrote: > [ML] Back to my olden telco days some 10+ years ago when SDH > was on paper only and ATM was on benches, this sounds like 2MHz H1* > clock synchronized to GPS. Since transmission does not need the time of > day info (at least

Re: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Bob Bishop
Hi, At 23:02 19/05/99 +1200, you wrote: [...] >Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Feel free to divert me privately to >a FAQ on this, rather than cluttering up -hackers (I looked but couldn't >find one). The fount of all knowledge appears to be http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp -- Bob Bishop

Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ? (fwd)

1999-05-19 Thread Wes Peters
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > At home I quite happyly use a cheap DeLorme GPS connected to xntpd > and it just works and works and works :-) I did modify the serial > output port though; to get a 5v signal on the RI; which the DeLorme > unit can use instead of its batteries. > > But then again

Re: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Wes Peters
Joe Abley wrote: > > On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:02:38PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > [various GPS chat] > > I have been meaning to do some research on this kind of stuff for a while. > We have GPS receivers in the machine room that supply clock for some of > the transmission network, but when

Re: ed0/probe problem in 4.0-CURRENT

1999-05-19 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Steven Ames wrote: > > Wow. I don't think that should ever happen but at this point I'll > try a lot of things :) > > Tried it. didn't work. > > really, isn't there a way to enable more verbose probing so that > it says 'ed0 not found at 0x280' or some such? I was waiting someone ELSE answer th

timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Andre Rikkert de Koe
I sent this question to newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc but I found the two answers I got not sufficient. The answers were like "it's inherent to Unix" and "Just kill those processes". So now I'm trying the mailing list. Hello FreeBSD users, We are an ISP and we recently ins

Re: timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (May 19), Andre Rikkert de Koe said: > We are an ISP and we recently installed FreeBSD 3.1 on our main > logonserver. Since than almost every day we find timeconsuming > processes running while the user isn't even logged in (anymore). > These programs are mostly tin and lynx and

timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Garrett Wollman
< said: > logonserver. Since than almost every day we find timeconsuming processes > running while the user isn't even logged in (anymore). These programs are > mostly tin and lynx and such interactive programs. We are sure that they Some broken interactive programs don't bother to check whether

Re: timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Luigi Rizzo
> > These programs are mostly tin and lynx and such interactive programs. ... "ee" and "pico" are two more. ee is particularly annoying since it is one of the "supported" editors... luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body

Re: ed0/probe problem in 4.0-CURRENT

1999-05-19 Thread Steven Ames
> Read /usr/src/UPDATING. And, more to the point, junk your kernel > configuration file, and build a new one using GENERIC/LINT as > reference. Things changed a lot between 3.x and 4.x in this > particular respect. > Always good advice. And always advice that I use. This wasn't the issue. I track

Re: ed0/probe solved (Was: re: ed0/probe problem in 4.0-CURRENT)

1999-05-19 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Steven Ames wrote: > > *sigh* No suprise here. As 90% of these things are this was yet > another Dumb User Error. I had a base address conflict that kept > the card from being probed. So, can we say it was due? ;-) -- Daniel C. Sobral(8-DCS) d...@newsguy.com d...@freebsd.

Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ? (fwd)

1999-05-19 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > But then again; these things both output serial NMEA, no proper > > ethernet; and no easy to use PPS signal unless you solder something. > > But NTP does have support for the $GPRMC sentence, right? I've been > using my

Re: timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Alfred Perlstein
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Andre Rikkert de Koe wrote: > > I sent this question to newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc but I found > the two answers I got not sufficient. The answers were like "it's inherent > to Unix" and "Just kill those processes". > So now I'm trying the mailing list. Sir, you m

Re: No sound (Ensoniq Audio PCI 1370)

1999-05-19 Thread Shin-ichi YOSHIMOTO
At 10:32 +0930 05/19/99, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > device pcm0 at isa ? port? tty irq 7 drq 1 > > Shouldn't it just be 'device pcm0'? Yes. I only add 'device pcm0' to my kernel configuration file. % dmesg (snap) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0: rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0 chip1: rev 0x03 on

c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread G. Adam Stanislav
Hello All, I have recently exchanged some email with a person involved in the upcoming c9x - new version of ANSI C, which is, among other things, supposed to bring some changes in localization functions. Since I am working on the wctype.h functions, I asked him where I could learn more about the

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread Chuck Robey
On Wed, 19 May 1999, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > Hello All, > > I have recently exchanged some email with a person involved in the upcoming > c9x - new version of ANSI C, which is, among other things, supposed to bring > some changes in localization functions. > > Since I am working on the wctype

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread Andy Doran
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > Becoming well versed in C++ has meant that I can now bore you endlessly > with well expressed reasons why I dislike C++. Now you have all the > language propeller-heads wanting to change C into a C++ lookalike. I've always preferred Objective-C, simply

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread G. Adam Stanislav
On Wed, May 19, 1999 at 06:16:04PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > I tell you, I must say that the new spec, from what I've heard (and some > limited reading of magazine articles), brings in a lot of C++ to C, and > really is a gift to compiler vendors. No changes *I'd* want. Ye, gods! You're scaring

Re: RE: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Matthew Dillon
: [ gps talk ] :... I've been very impressed with the newer ( last 5 months ) Garmin handhelds. The older ones only had 8 channel receivers. The newer ones have 12 channel receivers sensitive enough that the units often work indoors. -Mat

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread Louis A. Mamakos
> On Wed, 19 May 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Becoming well versed in C++ has meant that I can now bore you endlessly > > with well expressed reasons why I dislike C++. Now you have all the > > language propeller-heads wanting to change C into a C++ lookalike. > > > I've always preferred Obje

Re: timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Andre Rikkert de Koe wrote: > I sent this question to newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc but I found > the two answers I got not sufficient. The answers were like "it's inherent > to Unix" and "Just kill those processes". > So now I'm trying the mailing list. As pointed ou

Re: timeconsuming processes on FreeBSD 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Gregory Bond
> It's usually due to a bug in the application. When a user exits, the > stdin/stdout filedescriptors on any backgrounded processes go away. > That makes any read() calls return with an error. If the application > doesn't check the return value of its read(), it can go into a tight > loop it'll

boot troubles in 3.1

1999-05-19 Thread Sergey Babkin
Hi! I have tried to install 3.1 on two machines but on both of them I was not able to boot it after installation. The 3.0-snapshot from May-98 worked fine on both of them. But 3.1 did not boot. First, the MBR boot manager was not able to boot any partition, nor FreeBSD nor UnixWare. After I repla

SGI to release XFS under Open Source license

1999-05-19 Thread Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth
Some of you may already know this - I'm wondering about the pain involved in fitting it to our architecture. Journaling. Hmmm. http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,36807,00.html?owv -- The views expressed above are not those of PGS Tensor. "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million k

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread Wes Peters
"Louis A. Mamakos" wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > Becoming well versed in C++ has meant that I can now bore you endlessly > > > with well expressed reasons why I dislike C++. Now you have all the > > > language propeller-heads wanting to change C into a C++ lookali

Re: GPS receivers for xntpd (off-topic)

1999-05-19 Thread Wes Peters
Matthew Dillon wrote: > > : [ gps talk ] > :... > > I've been very impressed with the newer ( last 5 months ) Garmin > handhelds. The older ones only had 8 channel receivers. The newer > ones have 12 channel receivers sensitive enough that the units often > work indoors. My GPS

SMP Question

1999-05-19 Thread Nick Popoff
I'm exploring hardware setups for FreeBSD and I'm curious how SMP is coming. What is the consensus on its stability at this point, and how far is it from loosing its 'beta' classification? Also, anyone running FreeBSD on a Xeon processor? I'm trying to figure out the best way to max FreeBSD's p

Re: Decent network cards for 100Mbit?

1999-05-19 Thread Bruce Albrecht
Wes Peters writes: > The LinkSys cards use the LiteOn PNIC chip, which is a "follow-on" to > the DEC Tulip. There is a driver for it in 3.x (device pn), you'd have > to back-port it to 2.2.x if you want to use it there. I've only had > them for a few days but so far everything has come up r

Re: c9x (new ANSI C)

1999-05-19 Thread Chuck Robey
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > Truly and example of the "less is more" concept in action. I've done > > some non-trivial development in Objective-C, and I can assure you that > > I haven't missed C++'s operator overloading. > > I on the other hand have written working embedded system

Re: SMP Question

1999-05-19 Thread Alfred Perlstein
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Nick Popoff wrote: this should really be on s...@freebsd.org? > I'm exploring hardware setups for FreeBSD and I'm curious how SMP is > coming. What is the consensus on its stability at this point, and how > far is it from loosing its 'beta' classification? Also, anyone ru

trivial patch for boot.c

1999-05-19 Thread R. Matthew Emerson
I had to reboot a few times today, and got bugged by the boot countdown timer telling me it was going to boot in 1 seconds. The change to src/sys/boot/common/boot.c is trivial, but I'm always impressed when a program gets these details right. -matt *** boot.c.orig Thu May 20 01:11:00 1999 --- b