Panic: sleeping thread

2010-04-06 Thread Paul Halliday
-- Forwarded message -- From: Paul Halliday Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:38 AM Subject: Re: panic: sleeping thread To: questi...@freebsd.org On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Paul Halliday wrote: > I have a couple VM's that randomly halt with this error: > > Sleepi

Server choice.

2006-04-20 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi, I am in the process of building a new database server and after pricing up 2 Dell models I thought I would throw this out just to see which choice would be better suited for FreeBSD. The demands on the system will be mostly network -> disk I/O with a hope of best performance on quickly servic

Re: hosts.allow

2005-10-08 Thread Paul Halliday
? > > ___ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- _ Paul Halliday http://pintumbler.com/

Slattach

2004-12-24 Thread Paul Halliday
10.10.10.1 10.10.10.2 netmask 255.0.0.0 box2# slattach -a -h -l -s 38400 /dev/cuaa0 box2# ifconfig sl0 up 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 Can anyone see what I have missed? -- _ Paul Halliday http://dp.penix.org "Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie!&quo

Re: Technical Differences of *BSD and Linux

2003-01-24 Thread Paul Halliday
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Steve Kudlak wrote: > > If one really wanted to have fun, and I have > thought of this. A "triple boot system" would > be the real way to find out the differences and > compare the *BSD, Linux and the Windows > Universes. What a unique idea. http://www.maximumpc.com/features

Re: usb keychain memory disk doesn't work on 4.7p3

2003-01-12 Thread Paul Halliday
updates. I got the same failure trying to use the > device on a Dell OptiPlex GX110. Try newfs_msdos on the device first. Paul Halliday. http://dp.penix.org --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

biometrics

2002-12-12 Thread Paul Halliday
I was just wondering if anyone is working on any kind of support for biometric devices, in this case a targus USB thumbprint authenticator. Thanks. Paul Halliday. http://dp.penix.org --- "And so your god bungled his work deliberately, in order to tempt or test his creature

Itronix 6250.

2002-11-06 Thread Paul Halliday
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Note: the bios on this machine, although updated is very limited to drive specific configuration options so anything I do modify must be on the OS end. Thanks. Paul Halliday. http://dp.penix.org --- "And so your god bungled his work d

Re: freebsd<-802.11b->linux

2002-06-16 Thread Paul Halliday
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > I've never ever seen this. Ever. > > What wireless card is in the FreeBSD box? > What driver does it use? > Got a traceback? > > Warner [12:22pm]-root@hidden~# uname -a FreeBSD hidden.router.box 4.5-STABLE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE #2: Wed Mar 6 12:59:48 ES

freebsd<-802.11b->linux

2002-06-15 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced crashes due to attempting to connect a linux box to fbsd via a wireless nic. Quite sad actually that an ipaq can crash a fbsd or obsd box while it scans in infrastructure mode. Anyone have any ideas? the only solution as of

Re: GPS time.

2002-03-31 Thread Paul Halliday
On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > > Your NTP servers are better. > > > > I tested a III Plus, and without a 1 PPS source (which that model > > doesn't provide) it's accurate to about 100ms, give or take. Since > > real NTP servers are <

GPS time.

2002-03-29 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. I just connected my gps (garmin gps III plus) to my serial port and realized that simply cat'ing cua0 displays date/time/position of the unit. (neato). Anyway, how accurate would it be to use the time from this output for ntp as opposed to my current setup using ntp servers.

Re: Need help!! Any FreeBSD users/hackers in Toronto??

2002-03-18 Thread Paul Halliday
umm.. I could prolly help. Let me know. Paul H. "Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" ___ http://dp.penix.org On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Rayson Ho wrote: > Hi, > > The distributedfolding project (similar to SETI@home, it uses your free > computer cycles to

Re: cannot get more than 32 PTYs in 4.4-RELEASE

2002-03-05 Thread Paul Halliday
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote: > > In my kernel, I have: > > maxusers128 > > pseudo-device pty 128 > Not sure if the above steps are actually required. Actually, neither matter. I duplicated your steps anyway, and was greeted with the same messages. However

Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ?

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Halliday
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Joe Abley wrote: > > On Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 12:23 , Paul Halliday wrote: > > > Your not very bright are you? > > Hey, at least I can spell. Thanks for comming out mike schiffman you got me! My previous email was actually in 'secret'

Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ?

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Halliday
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Joe Abley wrote: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:51:22PM -0600, Paul Halliday wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Joe Abley wrote: > > > > > > > > On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 05:49 , Dan Nelson wrote: > > > > > > > In the last e

Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ?

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Halliday
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Joe Abley wrote: > > On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 05:49 , Dan Nelson wrote: > > > In the last episode (Mar 02), Daniel O'Connor said: > >> On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 21:19, Danny Braniss wrote: > >>> fstat | awk '{print $8}' | egrep 'tty[pqrsPQRS]' | sort -u | wc -l > >>> > >>> is

Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ?

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Halliday
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 02), Daniel O'Connor said: > > On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 21:19, Danny Braniss wrote: > > > fstat | awk '{print $8}' | egrep 'tty[pqrsPQRS]' | sort -u | wc -l > > > > > > is IMHO correct, ;-) > > > > Ach, of course :) > > I hope the orig

Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ?

2002-03-01 Thread Paul Halliday
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote: > > (asked on -questions and got no response, also did a `sysctl -a | grep > pty` and only saw error messages) > > I am trying to troubleshoot something - the bad thing that is happening is > that I try to create new `screen` windows and I get 'No more P

d00t! d00t!

2002-02-25 Thread Paul Halliday
5 > 2. Thank's for bringing it home folks! Paul H. "Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" ___ http://dp.penix.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Re: MAC address

2002-02-08 Thread Paul Halliday
NIC is an abbreviation sometimes used to describe a Network interface. It is not an acronym. Paul H. "Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" ___ http://dp.penix.org On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Vladislav V. Anikiev wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > The MAC address

Re: can I use other floppies in the FIXIT environment ?

2002-01-19 Thread Paul Halliday
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Joan Schunck wrote: > > I am in the FIXIT environment trying to solve a problem. Unfortunately, I > have to use some files on (floppy X). What exactly is the problem? Paul H. http://dp.penix.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe fr

burning a system.

2002-01-09 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. I am doing a little project on an old laptop I have. What I am trying to do is generate as much heat as possible inside the unit. Can anyone suggest some things that I can run that will max out the cpu, bus, and keep the hd busy for ~20min? I tried looking in benchmarks but none of those pro

Re: userland program panics freebsd 4.3

2001-12-20 Thread Paul Halliday
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 09:08:36PM -0600, Paul Halliday wrote: > > > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:45:51PM -0500, Michael Scheidell wrote: > > > > > >

Re: userland program panics freebsd 4.3

2001-12-20 Thread Paul Halliday
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:45:51PM -0500, Michael Scheidell wrote: > > > > > > I'm not aware of any services that broke between 4.3 and 4.4. Care to > > > elaborate? > > > > scan through freebsd-questions, freebsd-mobile and freebsd-ports > > That's c

Re: bash scripting help/suggestions.

2001-10-20 Thread Paul Halliday
on Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Rod Person wrote: > I'm creating a bash script and I need to know if a directory exists > and if it doesn't create it. So far the only why I can see to > determine if a directory exists is to try to cd to it and if it > doesn't exists trap the error. Is there a better way or

Re: connecting a FujiFinePix1400 (USB) ?

2001-08-01 Thread Paul Halliday
Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > Is it possible to connect a digital camera with a USB interface > (FujiFinePix1400 in this case) to a FreeBSD (3.4-S) host to download > the images? > > Thanks, > heh.. freebsd usb sucks. I have a handspring and a fujifilm finepix40i that are just sitting here c

Re: Can someone verify this?

2001-07-11 Thread Paul Halliday
Thomas Moestl wrote: > > If it was an audio CD you were trying to mount: this is a known > problem. The attached patch fixes it for me by disallowing reading of > partial blocks; this could also be fixed by setting the buffer size > different from the transfer size in such a case. > > -

Can someone verify this?

2001-07-07 Thread Paul Halliday
FreeBSD dissent.p450.box 4.3-RC FreeBSD 4.3-RC #3: Sun Jun 10 22:27:47 EDT 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/workstation i386 FreeBSD useless.dell.box 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #6: Fri Jul 6 18:57:08 EDT 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/useless i386 mount /dev

Re: kernel boot up problem

2001-05-11 Thread Paul Halliday
elp will be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > --Ashish > -- Paul Halliday. http://dp.penix.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: kernel boot up problem

2001-05-10 Thread Paul Halliday
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi: > I am using FreeBSD 3.3 on a proprietary machine. The problem is that a T1 > card (which is a PCI device) conflicts with an in-built PCI Intel Ethernet > 10/100 card (fxp0). Please let me know me if I have to modify the T1 driver. You can probably change the b

Re: no keyboard

2001-05-05 Thread Paul Halliday
blow the inline fuse before it fries the mother board. > FreeBSD 4.3 allows hotswap again. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > http://www.egr.unlv.edu/~slumos/on-netbsd.html > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe free

hi.

2001-04-27 Thread Paul Halliday
nt to exit this function and enter _menu_state yet keep it running as a background process so that it is still recording data. What would be the proper way to access _menu_state, while not terminating the while loop in _monitor state? just a little push in the right direction would be appreci

Re: Dilemma.

2001-04-20 Thread Paul Halliday
tupdates readme that just covers tunefs (enabling soft updates) and a URL which offered more theory. So, just how would I create this snapshot? > - Jordan > > Paul Halliday Don't underestimate the

Re: Dilemma.

2001-04-19 Thread Paul Halliday
cern will be to make sure that all binaries are ok and the the program itself is sane and recieving the proper information. before you laugh, this is just an at home type of thing. something like that. -- Paul Halliday ==

Dilemma.

2001-04-19 Thread Paul Halliday
portant files, /bin, /usr/bin, etc. I hope to build enough superfluity into this baby so that the above would just be another check not the backbone of this IDS idea. Any help, ideas, please send. --

Re: services...

2001-04-19 Thread Paul Halliday
... > :O) > Leal FreeBSD offers another forum for questions such as this,checkout freebsd-questions. Also, the answers to these questions can be easilly found at www.freebsd.org. Checkout the handbook and the FAQ and you will be quickly on your way. -- Paul Halliday ==

re: windows tech article?

2001-04-10 Thread Paul Halliday
that passes though these servers anyway, that we may as well use M$ Windows 2000 server, a patched yet still buggy version of Windows 3.1. Everyone expects Mircosoft products to be unstable and they pay us to be beta testers so why break the tren

Job.

2001-03-30 Thread Paul Halliday
learn it very quickly. If anyone can PLEASE offer something aside from dice, monster, etc, I would prolly lub j00 foreva. Most Humbly ;P -- Paul Halliday Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large

Re: if_fxp - the real point

2001-03-09 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. Of the 8 machines that I own, all of the NIC's work just fine. Thank you for doing such a great job! To the rest of you: read the hardware.txt. Use a supported card or go suck a rotten egg. Bill Paul wrote: > > Gr. > > (Yes, that's a bad omen. Get the women and children to safety n

freezing freebsd.

2001-03-03 Thread Paul Halliday
While on the topic of crashing FreeBSD I would like to post this and see if I can get any input on it. Let's assume that someones configuration happens to contain something like this: sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0

Handspring.

2001-02-09 Thread Paul Halliday
What are the chances of porting to this baby? -- Paul H. Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. GPG Key fingerprint: 2D7C A7E2 DB1F EA

tasteless?

2001-01-16 Thread Paul Halliday

Keyboard problemo solved.

2000-12-23 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. Thanks for the suggestion on the fuse. There is in fact a fuse, 125v 3A, direct line fuse soldered to the mb. After checking around for continuity around the plug this was easy to find. I grabbed an old 486, soldered off a working one, then back to the p133. Voila! Thanks for all of t

KB problemo.

2000-12-22 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. Off topic, but I figured my best chance for some input would be from here. <-- I am sure most of you shudder upon hearing this My gateway is switched with one of my desktops ie. monitor / keyboard. Unfortunately yesterday when I switched to check some stuff out I

Re: PC compatibility cards.

2000-08-09 Thread Paul Halliday
David Scheidt wrote: > The ones I am familiar with were 486 somethings in PowerMac 6100s. I have > no idea if you could run FreeBSD on them; they certainly wouldn't work *in* > a PC, being PDS cards. ARe the ones you have PCI? > > David As a matter of fact, they are. Or at least ap

PC compatibility cards.

2000-08-09 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. Kinda off topic, but maybe not. I just aquired a few pc compatibility cards. From what I can ascertain they have an onboard p166 processor, 16m ram, 2 meg ati video, 256k cache, etc. Anyway, after a little reading i figured out what these little buggers do. Now, has anyone ever tried

Re: pcmcia copout.

2000-04-18 Thread Paul Halliday
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Halliday writes: > : Any ideas? > > Error messages? Without them it is impossible to know what is going > on. Hence my need to submit this message, ei. there are none. The only way of determining th

pcmcia copout.

2000-04-18 Thread Paul Halliday
Hi. I have tried this in freebsd-questions twice now, so I guess I shall try here. This is a re-submission. I am still trying to do this install and from what I can ascertain, none of the settings present during the install will make this card work properly. Again, this card has