Bill Fumerola wrote:
so this list would be controlled by those who can make changes
to the FreeBSD web site, right?
well, then lets start the list up:
$1,000 - in the list
$2,000 - I'll bold your entry
$2,000 - I'll put your entry at the top
And for a measly
Hello,
I'm pretty confused with the fact that kernel panics when my module's
event handler returns something greater than zero on MOD_LOAD. I wanted
module to refuse to load when it can't find it's config file, so I
thought I can return error code and it will not be loaded, and behaviour
of
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 12:42:58AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote:
I mean, Warner- you're right, but, well, I've been using tar to copy systems
for the last 5 years for *BSD, and, well, it really works best for me.
But you're replying to a call for advice -- you did not prefix your
advice that it
Eugene L. Vorokov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello,
I'm pretty confused with the fact that kernel panics when my module's
event handler returns something greater than zero on MOD_LOAD. I wanted
module to refuse to load when it can't find it's config file, so I
thought I can return error
Mustafa N. Deeb wrote:
how can I tell sendmail to deny this
MAIL From: SIZE=1926
250 ... Sender ok
1. This is off-topic for freebsd-hackers.
2. Something like `killall sendmail' or `halt' might stop sendmail
accepting such commands.
3. Why would you want to reject perfectly
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
Richard Hodges wrote:
I'm not sure how much of a difference the certificate would make, as far
as import duties goes. I live in Canada (Toronto, Ontario), and accoriding
...
duty, 7% GST, 8% provincial tax, plus a $5.00 handling charge by
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Wes Peters wrote:
customer service. Who knows, we might even get a few local shops to pre-
install FreeBSD on a machine or two, with their own FreeBSD discs thrown
in. It could happen.
Heh.. We already do. :) I'm getting quite good at convincing small
shops that
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 08:54:01AM +0200, Mustafa N. Deeb wrote:
how can I tell sendmail to deny this
MAIL From: SIZE=1926
250 ... Sender ok
You shouldn't!
An empty envelope sender is used in bounced mails and blocking would
reject all error informations.
It is empty because it doesn't
Hi,
Could someone please shed some light on this issue?
Thank you very much in advance,
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[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]
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On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:13:08PM +, John Toon wrote:
Hi,
Ack, make installworld failed! The Makefile seems broken:
Dionysus# make installworld
mkdir -p /tmp/install.281
for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown date echo egrep find grep
install ln make makewhatis mtree mv perl
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 02:58:00PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:13:08PM +, John Toon wrote:
Hi,
Ack, make installworld failed! The Makefile seems broken:
Dionysus# make installworld
mkdir -p /tmp/install.281
for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown
Eugene L. Vorokov wrote:
Hello,
Some time ago I was asking about I/O in kernel mode when I don't have
struct proc to use syscalls. Actually I just wanted my kld to read it's
config file on load. Terry told me it's tricky, and I was thinking
about possible workarounds. I decided to try
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Wes Peters wrote:
Yes, all of the above are bad, and they're a sign of an even worse
problem. FreeBSD has done well for the past 8 years due in large part
because it an energetic and persuasive product manager in the person
of Jordan K. Hubbard pushing, cajoling, and badgering the CD-ROM
Nik Clayton wrote:
The thorny question of What do they have to include and still call it
FreeBSD? is resolved by saying that any FreeBSD distribution must
include, as a minimum, the contents of the mini ISO (including
sysinstall). Anyone that wants to include an alternative installation
I think I found the reason that my FreeBSD box is performing so poorly as
a NATing router. When I do an ipnat -l to see what active
connections are there on the router, a list about 3 pages long (using
ipnat -l | more) appears. I think maybe it's having trouble because for
every packet coming in
that shouldn't take TOO long..
It's possible however that it takes a while to be scheduled.
you might try puting natd in the real-time
scheduling queue.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
I think I found the reason that my FreeBSD box is performing so poorly as
a NATing router.
John Toon wrote:
Hi,
Ack, make installworld failed! The Makefile seems broken:
Dionysus# make installworld
mkdir -p /tmp/install.281
for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown date echo egrep find grep
install ln make makewhatis mtree mv perl rm sed sh sysctl test true
uname wc zic;
Does anyone know where Aaron Smith has landed?
Thanks,
Jason
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sergey Babkin writes:
If the FreeBSD Foundation is an existing entity now, maybe we
can just change the license for the CD images to not for resale
unless the distributor signs an agreement with the Foundation ?
Why on _earth_
Jordan Hubbard wrote:
Erm, I really think that some folks are missing the point with all
this. It's not up to the foundation to determine how the release bits
are distributed nor has it ever been, just as it's not up to the
release engineer or the FreeBSD core team to determine how the
Sergey Babkin wrote:
It's not about protecting. It's about financiallly stimulating more
organizations to fund developers to work on FreeBSD. The ISO image
distribution rights don't have to be exchanged for money, they
may just as well (and better) be exchanged for such support.
The most
Terry Lambert wrote:
Historically, you've always held that the CDROM must boot
to sysinstall. As the software's daddy, I can see why
you'd want that; but your baby is ugly.
I don't see anyone stepping up to replace it any time
soon, so long as you insist that they not be able to
make
Don't use tar. It loses devices, can't handle holey files well and a
number of other minor clitches. Use dump instead.
Hrm... what about 'rsync'? Does it suffer from the same problems as 'tar'?
I use rsync a lot because its incremental. This is off topic from migrating
to
a new disk, but I
Chojin wrote:
Hello,
Someone could tell me how create a bootable FreeBSD CD ?
I cannot use a floppy image because it is too small to put
my kernel (1.5 Mo), and I cant create a 2.88 Mb floppy
image (as I don't have the drive). Then how create a
freebsd boot image which use the real CD
I'm running a p233 with 128mgs of ram, and KDE 2.1.1
install has been compiling ALL MORNING!
Is this unusual?
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:09:08 -0700
From: Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The most obvious way to do this, IMO, is to make FreeBSD
more accessiblle for use in commercial ventures, be it
embedded systems or as a backdrop for commercial software
using it as a platform on which some company
I'm running a p233 with 128mgs of ram, and KDE 2.1.1 install has been
compiling ALL MORNING
Is this unusual?
First, this is a question for -questions. You shouldn't send HTML.
No, it could take 12 hours or more on the p233.
Kent
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Richland, WA
Cool site
Mustafa N. Deeb wrote:
hi all,,
how can I tell sendmail to deny this
MAIL From: SIZE=1926
250 ... Sender ok
You can do it by flagrantly violating RFC 821, since
you are required by RFC 821 to permit that as a sender,
since that's how mail servers send error messages to
other mail
Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
I think I found the reason that my FreeBSD box is performing
so poorly as a NATing router. When I do an ipnat -l to see
what active connections are there on the router, a list
about 3 pages long (using ipnat -l | more) appears. I think
maybe it's having trouble
My apologies on the HTML, turned that off (fresh install of XP, you used to
have to turn in ON)
Thanks for the answer..
Question tho, is this a just a designated flame board? I subscribed hoping
to find like-minded hackers as I started on my i810E open-gl enabled driver,
but this list seems
Bill Moran wrote:
Terry Lambert wrote:
Historically, you've always held that the CDROM must boot
to sysinstall. As the software's daddy, I can see why
you'd want that; but your baby is ugly.
I don't see anyone stepping up to replace it any time
soon, so long as you insist that
I seem to recall a few discussions about the Dual Athlon buzz some
while back which had stated that the Athlon would essentially require a
completely different SMP spec than that currently utilized by the Intel
procesors. Assuming that this was true, one would assume that the O/S
too
On 2001-07-09, Nathan Vidican scribbled:
# Just for the record, is it or is it not possible to run SMP with
# the new Athlon MP Processors; or has no-one even tried yet? Currently
# the only O/S I know of which is promoting the usage of such systems is
# Novell Netware, and I am just curious
Terry Lambert wrote:
2 practical questions:
What *exactly* do you see wrong with sysinstall and what
*exactly* would you do to improve it.
I've been looking for various projects to work on, but
sysinstall has never looked (to me) like it needed any
serious work. Perhaps I'm looking
Terry Lambert wrote:
Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
I think I found the reason that my FreeBSD box is performing
so poorly as a NATing router. When I do an ipnat -l to see
what active connections are there on the router, a list
about 3 pages long (using ipnat -l | more) appears. I think
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 01:29:23PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
Most of the work should be done using async mounts, or
IT DOES. Terry please read the code...
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On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 10:10:37AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
Nik Clayton wrote:
The thorny question of What do they have to include and still call it
FreeBSD? is resolved by saying that any FreeBSD distribution must
include, as a minimum, the contents of the mini ISO (including
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 11:32:53AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
Historically, you've always held that the CDROM must boot
to sysinstall. As the software's daddy, I can see why
you'd want that; but your baby is ugly.
That's changed -- it's certainly what I was discussing with Jordan. You
just
From: Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 11:32:53 -0700
Except that he who controls the trademark is he who gets
to bless the distributions with its use -- or to deny its
use.
Only if they chose to do so. I would like to think
This is all patently ridiculous, especially given that we know you
have a previously declared bias in being able to sell some sort of
installer for money and would clearly wish to kill any competition
for it, no matter how benign it would be to otherwise include it as an
option (which is all Nik
From: Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 13:29:23 -0700
The base system is not registered into the packages
system, because of sysinstall.
As usual, you have no idea what you're talking about. The base system
isn't registered into
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 12:17:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is name-calling on the list allowed now? Very classy. From the archives I see
that you make quite a habit of it.
Perhaps you should contact those previously wronged by me and start a club:
Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The base system is not registered into the packages
system, because of sysinstall.
It's not installed from /usr/ports but from /usr/src.
I don't know if it's a good idea to have a huge
freebsd_base-5.0-current-20010624 in the packages list, or a zillion
] This is all patently ridiculous, especially given that we know you
] have a previously declared bias in being able to sell some sort of
] installer for money and would clearly wish to kill any competition
] for it, no matter how benign it would be to otherwise include it as an
] option (which
] Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
]
] The base system is not registered into the packages
] system, because of sysinstall.
]
] It's not installed from /usr/ports but from /usr/src.
] I don't know if it's a good idea to have a huge
] freebsd_base-5.0-current-20010624 in the packages
] The base system is not registered into the packages
] system, because of sysinstall.
]
] As usual, you have no idea what you're talking about. The base system
] isn't registered into the package system because the base system isn't
] PROVIDED as a package nor does it come with the right
] I never said a CDROM must boot to sysinstall and I challenge you to
] find a quote to that effect. What both Nik and I said was that it
] must be an OPTION to do so, somehow, or you haven't provided a stock
] FreeBSD experience and people are potentially going to be confused as
] to what
Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The disk partitioning sucks.
This has worked for me without any problems, but you must have met some to say
that it sucks. Can you elaborate on this, instead of throwing a plain 'sucks'
and hoping that we agree with
On 9 Jul 2001 15:32:14 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hackers you wrote:
Chojin wrote:
Hello,
Someone could tell me how create a bootable FreeBSD CD ?
cd /usr/src
make buildworld
cd release
make [bunch of environment vars -- see handbook] release
There was also an article on Daemon
The main problem with sysinstall all along has been that it is a one-off
program. There is no glitz in writing installers, and they're only used
once, then rarely if ever again.
The real solution is to define a little language for such maintenance
tasks, and using that as the basis for
From: Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 03:42:47 + (GMT)
Will you commit the changes?
Well, I'd sorta like to *see* them before writing the coding
equivalent of a blank check, but given reasonably functional
implementations,
The real solution is to define a little language for such maintenance
tasks, and using that as the basis for installation packaging;
something along the lines of Inferno's mush(1), which incorporate's
mk-like dependency graph manipulation rules into a shell.
This would make it easy to
From: Dan Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:22:10 -0400
The real solution is to define a little language for such maintenance
tasks, and using that as the basis for installation packaging;
something along the lines of Inferno's
Im trying to understand what this patch accomplishes,
and whether or not I should apply it.
I work with Network Appliance boxes, and that last bit
of tuning always comes in handy.
Thanks!
PS: The drive migration hints all worked well..thanks
to everyone who had input!
On Sunday, 8 July 2001 at 15:47:18 -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
Julian Stacey wrote:
The sooner BOD appoint a handfull of non-execs, some nominated by core,
the sooner it'll be easy to encourage Wind River to donate the trademark,
before who knows what might happen at, to, or within Wind
The Foundation has yet to approach Wind River about the Trademark,
so I cannot speculate on their disposition.
What are your plans to change this situation?
The Foundation isn't planning to do anything about the trademark or
in regards to any of its other proposed activities until sufficient
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