Re: Any *major* problems with OpenOffice?

Jason Porter wrote: > I'm thinking of installing OpenOffice, but noticed that the port says it > has beta quality. So I thought I'd throw it out to the list and see if > I could get some feedback. I'm running 4-stable if that makes a lot of > difference. Thanks. > I did a build from the po

Re: sshd

ps for all processes. grep for sshd or inetd. kill the process. to start sshd, type sshd. to start inetd, type inetd. read the man pages for these things. sshd(8) and inetd(8). -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 2241 PST): Akthar Hussain said, in 0.2K: << > Hi , > > Can any one tell me how to start and s

sshd

Hi , Can any one tell me how to start and stop sshd (and inetd) without rebooting the system. Thanks ah. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

RE: giving priority to udp over tcp?

TCP traffic as such does not get any priority over UDP traffic, but the way in which the TCP messages are sent (Data Streaming) is different from the way UDP messages are sent (Datagram). In essense, UDP messages wait till there's enough space for the entire message before the message is added t

RE: ppp Firewall - can't telnet/ftp from intranet

> -Original Message- > From: Joe & Fhe Barbish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:00 PM > To: David Merriman > Subject: RE: ppp Firewall - can't telnet/ftp from intranet > > > Your rc.conf shows you are using both natd and ppp nat. You > can only use one > of

giving priority to udp over tcp?

I'm using FreeBSD 4.5 and have custom applications that send receive network packets over both tcp and udp sockets. For the sake of an example, assume that the udp traffic is always constant, but the tcp traffic density changes. During times of heavy tcp traffic density, will udp messages which

Software License Sound Bites, v 0.2

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Re: Help

don't forget to include [EMAIL PROTECTED] in your replies. what is it that shows " No BOOT "? -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 2122 PST): karen ko said, in 1.0K: << > Thanks. I've tried. not work. > it shows" NO BOOT " > what can I do? > karen > > --- Adam Weinberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ht

Software License Sound Bites, v 0.2

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Re: chroot

I haven't looked over what you've done all that thoroughly, but here's some starters: The first thing I would do is to turn up your server log level and have a look at what it says. It's an option in the sshd config file. I take it you didn't install 'su' in your chroot area. 'sh'? You very

Re: Help

karen ko wrote: > Dear sir, > 1. what can I do if I forgot the login name and > password which defalt loading to FreeBSD? > > 2. How can I remove FreeBSD if I can't login? > > Please help. > You can most likely boot to single user mode and change the password from there. Kent -- Kent

Re: Help

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 2048 PST): karen ko said, in 0.4K: << > Dear sir, > 1. what can I do if I forgot the login name and > password which defalt loading to FreeBSD? > > 2. How can I remove FreeBSD if I can't login? > > Please help.

Re: tcp_wrappers

easiest way to launch telnetd is through inetd(8). check the man page or . you're better off running ssh though. you sure it's telnet you need? -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 1959 PST): Stanley Chan said, in 0.4K: << > Dear FreeBSD, > > I am using the F

Re: When is FreeBSD going to work properly with KVM switches?

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 04:37:34PM -0700, Michael Wells wrote: > > > > > > > > > I also have the problem that the KVM must be set to the machine being > booted > > > > in order for the mouse and keyboard to work properly. This is a know > problem > > > > and there was discussion on it. The proble

Help

Dear sir, 1. what can I do if I forgot the login name and password which defalt loading to FreeBSD? 2. How can I remove FreeBSD if I can't login? Please help. Karen __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.ya

ppp Firewall - can't telnet/ftp from intranet

/etc/host.conf: hosts bind /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.home localhost 192.168.144.254daemon /etc/resolv.conf: domain home nameserver 206.104.144.4 nameserver 206.104.144.3 Edit /etc/ppp/ppp.conf: # PPP Configuration default: set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun co

ports fail to build - Help

Hi guys. I have about 15 ports which fail to build all with the same error: checking for i386-portbld-freebsd4.6-gcc... cc checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables as far as I could debug it, it seems that conftest.c is actually created

Re: chroot

How very interesting... For a start, you can't copy devices with "cp"--you need something smarter like "tar", "cpio", ... Pretty much anything that could be used for backups should understand the niceties of copying a device. As an alternative you could use "mknod" to create them. Here is how t

tcp_wrappers

Dear FreeBSD, I am using the FreeBSD 4.5 to configure my Web Server, however, I don't know how to configure the tcp_wrapper to allow the telnet service. Please advise is there anu manual or references for the telnet function. Thanks Stanley To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

ports fail to build. PLEASE HELP

Hi guys. I have about 15 ports which fail to build all with the same error: checking for i386-portbld-freebsd4.6-gcc... cc checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables as far as I could debug it, it seems that conftest.c is actually created

chroot

I installed ( or so I thought ) a chroot env last night and ran into some difficulties. Could someone very familiar with openssh/chroot glance over http://probsd.ws/chroot.txt and tell me what I did wrong please? chroot.txt is an EXTREMELY detailed example of what I did, and script output of t

FreeBSD & LDAP Auth

Hi, I am having difficulty Authenticating IMAP/POP3 services vs. and LDAP server under FreeBSD. My Environment: 4.6-RELEASE-p1 Openldap 2.0.25 UW imap-2001a pam_ldap-150 (from padl.com) I have successfully gotten ftp/ssh/telnet to authenticate vs

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A: How big /var ? Or: too small for the xemacs package?

Me again.. Just had a call from the RTFM daemon: > To answer my own questions... > > I moved /var to a larger partition (see > http://www.freebsddiary.org/file-system-full.php for a HOW-TO) > > > Questions: > > - I presume pkg_add puts temporary files in /var. Is this normal / > > sensible? > > p

Re: installing gcc from ports question

7/18/2002 8:07:21 PM, "Jim McLoughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi folks > >I am upgrading gcc as required by the gnustep tools I want to use, and have >a couple of questions: > >1. What is the latest port release? I assume it's 3.0.4, since the 3.1 in >the ports appears to have a snapshot

Re: Linux Flash-plugin in Mozilla

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > how can one activate the Linux-Flash-plugin in Mozilla? It only works on linux-mozilla, of course, but I think the port sets it up: # cd /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin # make # make install If that doesn't do it, you can just symlink the files: #

Re: Q: How big /var ? Or: too small for the xemacs package?

To answer my own questions... I moved /var to a larger partition (see http://www.freebsddiary.org/file-system-full.php for a HOW-TO) > Questions: > - I presume pkg_add puts temporary files in /var. Is this normal / > sensible? pkg_add uses /var/tmp. (any reason why not /tmp?). > Or does xema

installing gcc from ports question

Hi folks I am upgrading gcc as required by the gnustep tools I want to use, and have a couple of questions: 1. What is the latest port release? I assume it's 3.0.4, since the 3.1 in the ports appears to have a snapshot of the 3.1 cvs source, even though gcc.gnu.org lists it as released as of 5/

Re: CCD

Christopher J. Umina wrote: > Hey guys and gals, > > I'm just looking for an oppinion on using CCD for stripping on two > IDE drives. Anybody have anything to say about performance, reliability, > manageability and so on? > > Thanks A Lot, > Christopher J. Umina > I have never tried CCD

Re: cloned_interfaces

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:04:56AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hallo everyone out there > > I would like ask stupid question (hehehe) > What exactly details/meaning of > cloned_interfaces=""# List of cloned > network interfaces to create. > in /etc/default/rc.conf ? According

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

On Friday 19 July 2002 00:15, Adam Weinberger wrote: > user localhost doesn't have access to read from /dev/acd0c. > > -Adam user "localhost" is in group "operator", and /dev/acd0c is readable by group "operator": localuser@localhost > ls -l /dev/acd0c crw-rw 4 root operator 117, 0

Re: usb sync with visor/ palm pilot

On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:04 am, Shaun Branden wrote: > I am trying to get my Handspring Visor to sync with freebsd stable using > anything. I am currently trying kpilot. I have added usb support to the > kernel and get the following in /var/log/messages when i attempt a sync: > Jul 19 00:20:29

Re: tcp SYN retries?

In the last episode (Jul 18), Benjamin Franks said: > When I attempt to make a sock_stream connection to an IP, and DON'T > receive an ACK or RST response, it seems that the system retries a finite > number of times by sending additional SYN packets. There also looks to be > a 3 or 6 second delay

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Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

Hey guys, I got it to work. The issue was that I needed send host-name "xxx.yyy.zzz" and then not request a hostname or domain from the DHCP server. I'm in the DNS now find. Thanks all of you for your suggestions. -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

user localhost doesn't have access to read from /dev/acd0c. -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 1245 PST): Steve Mazerski said, in 3.5K: << > On Thursday 18 July 2002 23:20, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > there is no such parameter passable to mount called "users". it needs to > > be removed. if you can mount i

CCD

Hey guys and gals, I'm just looking for an oppinion on using CCD for stripping on two IDE drives. Anybody have anything to say about performance, reliability, manageability and so on? Thanks A Lot, Christopher J. Umina To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe f

Re: DHCLIENT problem

On Jul 18 at 17:20, Joe & Fhe Barbish spoke: > Ifconfig -a on the NIC device connected to the cable model gives > inet 68.65.175.62 broadcast 68.65.175.255 > > Every morning I have these 2 console messages > 'DHCLIENT: New Network number : 68.65.175.0' > 'DHCLIENT: New Broadcast address :

Q: How big /var ? Or: too small for the xemacs package?

So, I wanted to install xemacs as a package (xemacs-21.1.14.tgz) and did: bash-2.05a# pkg_add -v -r ftp://source.of.package/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.6-release/editors/xemacs-21.1.14.tgz which went ok until: (...) extract: /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/pkginfo/MANIFEST.xsl

OpenSSH configure errors.

I had originally applied the patch for the ssh vulnerability but now was trying to upgrade to the new version of openssh. I got all the dependencies satisfied but openssh is giving me an error message that: OpenSSL headers do not match you library. I searched around and found something on the

tcp SYN retries?

When I attempt to make a sock_stream connection to an IP, and DON'T receive an ACK or RST response, it seems that the system retries a finite number of times by sending additional SYN packets. There also looks to be a 3 or 6 second delay between SYN retries. After four or five, the connection fa

Re: Local mail delivery agent

On Jul 18 at 08:18, Gorden Fischer spoke: > Dear sirs: > > My box is running BSD 4.3. I use fetchmail to fetch all my emails from > the ISP. Often when I fetched the mail I ran pine and the mail is not > there yet. > > I think the local mail agent hasn't delivered the mail to my mailbox yet

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

On Thursday 18 July 2002 23:20, Adam Weinberger wrote: > there is no such parameter passable to mount called "users". it needs to > be removed. if you can mount it from the command line, you should make > the fstab line agree with it, and i see no reason why it wouldn't then > work. > > keep in mi

Re: FBSD built in DHCP client

Joe, > The FBSD Version 4.5 built in DHCP client FYI, that's ISC's DHCP client. > would display the DHCP ip address, mask, broadcast ip address, dns ip > address it got during the boot startup process. The new FBSD 4.6 version > just displays the following message 'Doing initial network setup

Linux Flash-plugin in Mozilla

Hello, how can one activate the Linux-Flash-plugin in Mozilla? -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: How to tweak the contents of the initial .cshrc file

check out /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc -Adam >> (07.18.2002 @ 1338 PST): Raja Velu said, in 0.6K: << > > Hi All, > > I am looking to customize the post-install process of a custom FreeBSD 4.6 > server. I would like to install some custom packages when a root user logs > in to the system for the

DHCLIENT problem

I'm have a FBSD 4.6 box connected to the internet using a cable modem. I use the DCHP client that comes as part of the basic install to auto configure the FBSD box with it's ISP assigned dynamic public ip address and it's DNS ip address. The box act like everything is configured correctly becaus

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

there is no such parameter passable to mount called "users". it needs to be removed. if you can mount it from the command line, you should make the fstab line agree with it, and i see no reason why it wouldn't then work. keep in mind that in your fstab, you are attempting to mount the CDROM onto

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

On Thursday 18 July 2002 20:09, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:15:10AM -0700, Balaji, Pavan wrote: > > By default, cdrom is /dev/acd0c is only mountable by root in FreeBSD. You > > can make it mountable by normal users by changing the /etc/fstab entry to > > users,ro,noauto > > > >

Re: How to tweak the contents of the initial .cshrc file

+ Raja Velu wrote: | | Hi All, | | I am looking to customize the post-install process of a custom FreeBSD 4.6 | server. I would like to install some custom packages when a root user logs | in to the system for the first time after a fresh install. | | If I knew where in the install CD1, the

FBSD built in DHCP client

The FBSD Version 4.5 built in DHCP client would display the DHCP ip address, mask, broadcast ip address, dns ip address it got during the boot startup process. The new FBSD 4.6 version just displays the following message 'Doing initial network setup: Hostname' How do I get the FBSD 4.6 built in

How to tweak the contents of the initial .cshrc file

Hi All, I am looking to customize the post-install process of a custom FreeBSD 4.6 server. I would like to install some custom packages when a root user logs in to the system for the first time after a fresh install. If I knew where in the install CD1, the actual creation of root's .cshrc takes

Re: Installing XFree86 from port - will disrupt clients?

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 10:03:12AM -0700, Paul English wrote: > I've had different experiences installing upgrades from ports > while users are using the software. I'm particularly concerned with > XFree86. /usr/X11R6 is being served from a central NFS server and all of > the clients are us

boot0cfg & fixit.flp

I feel that the boot0cfg command (and its sister fdisk command) should prompt the user "Are you booted up to the hard disk [NOT RECOMMENDED] or to media?!" and further ought to instruct the user to insert a floppy disk to back up the current MBR. That way you'd have something of an "undo" scheme.

RE: Random Hanging/Rebooting Problems

Something is overheating inside your box because of dust build up or your power supply is failing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph Lewis Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rand

Re: permissions problem with /var/empty

Daniel Bye wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:49:17PM -0600, Seth Hieronymus wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem. When upgrading my openssh-portable, it fails to install > > when it tries to "chmod 0700 /var/empty", which gives the error message: > > Operation not permitted. The permis

Re: permissions problem with /var/empty

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:49:17PM -0600, Seth Hieronymus wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem. When upgrading my openssh-portable, it fails to install > when it tries to "chmod 0700 /var/empty", which gives the error message: > Operation not permitted. The permissions on /var/empty are 0555. W

Random Hanging/Rebooting Problems

I apologize for filling up a lot of mail boxes, but I need some help, and I have no idea of where to look for answers but here. My problem is this : every once in a while, the computer hangs for a minute or two, then reboots. At one point, it felt like it had something to do with the APM, so I d

Re: permissions problem with /var/empty

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:49:17PM -0600, Seth Hieronymus wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem. When upgrading my openssh-portable, it fails to install > when it tries to "chmod 0700 /var/empty", which gives the error message: > Operation not permitted. The permissions on /var/empty are 0555.

Re: konsole and gnome-terminal problem

Thanks that did the trick. Of course, now, kdm won't run out of /etc/ttys, but that's not a big deal as I only use it on the console anyway. Sure appreciate your help. Nate > > Initially I had no problems with the terminal programs, but now both > > 'konsole' and 'gnome-terminal' error on start

permissions problem with /var/empty

Hello, I have a problem. When upgrading my openssh-portable, it fails to install when it tries to "chmod 0700 /var/empty", which gives the error message: Operation not permitted. The permissions on /var/empty are 0555. When I tried to "rm -rf /var/empty", it fails with the same error message.

Re: /cdrom for normal users?

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 07:15:10AM -0700, Balaji, Pavan wrote: > > By default, cdrom is /dev/acd0c is only mountable by root in FreeBSD. You > can make it mountable by normal users by changing the /etc/fstab entry to > users,ro,noauto > > /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 users,ro,n

cloned_interfaces

Hallo everyone out there I would like ask stupid question (hehehe) What exactly details/meaning of cloned_interfaces=""# List of cloned network interfaces to create. in /etc/default/rc.conf ? Thank You To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questio

Re: Thoughts on Web Site Design / Builder apps?

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 05:07, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:43:24PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a hands-up newbie at web design and html stuff, but would like to > > learn for my own amusement on my home system. > > > > Is anyone able to recommend a nice informa

40 GB Drive -- fdisk thinks it's a 2 GB.. ?

Hi again,   Just wanted to double check with you all to make sure there was nothing else to try.    PROBLEM:  Brand NEW Western Digital 40 GB Hard Drive in a Pentium 133 with an ASUS TXP4 motherboard with the newest BIOS picks up my 40 GB drive in the BIOS as a 33 GB or something close.  Whe

Re: subscribe

From: "David Merriman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:58 AM Subject: subscribe > subscribe > > > > > To eliminate the risk of malicious scripts > or code, *all* HTML email is automatically > _deleted_ UNREAD

Installing XFree86 from port - will disrupt clients?

Hi, I've had different experiences installing upgrades from ports while users are using the software. I'm particularly concerned with XFree86. /usr/X11R6 is being served from a central NFS server and all of the clients are using X. Will they be disrupted if I do a "make install" to upgrad

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

>Are you using a special Dynamic DNS update client, or relying on some >functionality in dhclient? Is the DHCP server a MS DHCP server, that I guess I am relying on dhclient. I am not well versed in this business. dhclient used to work (this was also a time when win2k worked, then things chang

Re: Repost: Why are IPC message queues incredibly slow?

In the last episode (Jul 18), Jay West said: > I posted this here a week ago, but got no responses. Is there a better list > I should direct this type of question to, a developers list for freebsd or > something? Any thoughts appreciated! > - Original Message - > > I'm writing a rather ma

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

Are you using a special Dynamic DNS update client, or relying on some functionality in dhclient? Is the DHCP server a MS DHCP server, that could update AD/DNS for you? It seems from your ping that the DNS entry which your Win2k side registers lingers for a little while, long enough for you t

Re: ARCserve and Freebsd host

Arcserve does have a unix client that should work. Information is available on their website. www.cai.com > Hi !!! > > i want to backup a freeBSD server using the arcserver client (uagent). > But there is no client for freebsd hosts. How can i do that ??? > Can i use the linux client ??? > > >

RE: Local mail delivery agent

Just because you run fetchmail does not mean there is mail at your ISP. This is normal. Check fetchmail log /var/log/fetchmail.log after running fetchmail to verify fetchmail found mail on your ISP account and retrieved it to your FBSD box. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

ARCserve and Freebsd host

Hi !!!   i want to backup a freeBSD server using the arcserver client (uagent). But there is no client for freebsd hosts. How can i do that ??? Can i use the linux client ???     Thanks all    Gustavo Alle 

RE: pkg_add problem w/ slightly old dependencies

When you issue the make package command on an port directory it first does the port install which will auto install all the dependent ports, followed by building the package and writing it into the port directory you started with. If I understand you correctly, you have saved this newly built

kernel memory allocation

Hi, I am new to FreeBSD. What is the kernel memory allocation function in FreeBSD ? ( the kernel equivalent of malloc ) sai To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Repost: Why are IPC message queues incredibly slow?

I posted this here a week ago, but got no responses. Is there a better list I should direct this type of question to, a developers list for freebsd or something? Any thoughts appreciated! Jay West - Original Message - From: "Jay West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tues

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

OK, here is /etc/resolv.conf: search celera.com ad.celera.com rkv.ad.celera.com rkv.celera.com applera.com pe-c.com ssf.ad.celera.com fc.celera.com nameserver 172.20.7.10 nameserver 172.20.7.11 The search line there appears to be the result of adding a supercede line to the dhclient.conf, which

routing

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RE: usb sync with visor/ palm pilot

palm/coldsync in the ports works fine (visor over USB). To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Any *major* problems with OpenOffice?

I'm thinking of installing OpenOffice, but noticed that the port says it has beta quality. So I thought I'd throw it out to the list and see if I could get some feedback. I'm running 4-stable if that makes a lot of difference. Thanks. -- -Jason Porter "Real programmers are secure enough t

modems load balancing

Could somebody advise me where can I find the port or package to balance =loads of two modems attached to my FreeBSD system? I have to provide =connection to ISP server through two telephone lines with dynemic =balancing between them depending of load od each.Thanks in advance.Dmitry

Local mail delivery agent

Dear sirs: My box is running BSD 4.3. I use fetchmail to fetch all my emails from the ISP. Often when I fetched the mail I ran pine and the mail is not there yet. I think the local mail agent hasn't delivered the mail to my mailbox yet. I use sendmail, is there a way to speed things up? ple

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

- Original Message - > Thanks for the quick reply, Steve. > > I suspect that since they were about to modify my laptop's win2k install > so that it started showing up in DNS, that there must be something doable > on the client-side alone, if only I knew what that was. > > I have since rebo

Re: su to root

On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:06 am, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: | IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo." Hmm . . . come to think of it, that's a little terse. "op" is easy to configure, and it allows you give access to people not to certain commands but to certain commands *only* with certain

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

Thanks for the quick reply, Steve. I do not think I will be able to prevail upon them for any changes to the DNS server. Like I said, they are committed to MSWin support, and do not budge unless the problem impacts MSWin support. I suspect that since they were about to modify my laptop's win2k

Re: su to root

IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo." On Wednesday 17 July 2002 03:04 pm, Tom Limoncelli wrote: | "Balaji, Pavan" wrote: | > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for | > creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation. | | It means "Install 'sudo' so that

usb sync with visor/ palm pilot

I am trying to get my Handspring Visor to sync with freebsd stable using anything. I am currently trying kpilot. I have added usb support to the kernel and get the following in /var/log/messages when i attempt a sync: Jul 19 00:20:29 sagan /kernel: ugen0: Handspring Inc Handspring Visor, rev 1.00/

Compaq Proliant 5000R

I've got a deal going where I might be able to pick up a 4x 200MHz PPro system w/ 1.5GB of RAM. Before I go out ant buy it, wanted to know if anyone has installed FreeBSD on it and what kind of problems they ran into when enabling SMP or Comapq's Raid controller support. It will have an 4GB and

Re: Enabling Softupdates remotely ...

In the last episode (Jul 17), Marc G. Fournier said: > > I think in 5.0, there is an option to have this done on a reboot, but is > there a safe way of doing this in 4.6-STABLE? Where I can have it enabled > on reboot? I add a "tunefs -n enable /dev/da0s1a" at the very top of /etc/rc, reboot, t

Re: a free easy gui firewall

mike ndabarasa wrote: > dear list members, > am i asking too much if i am looking for a free GUI firewall > that can allow at least four interfaces(4 networks) ? > any hint is most welcome > > > NDABARASA MIKE > *** CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate) *** > *** CCAI(Cisco Certified Academy I

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 07:19, Ross Lippert wrote: > > I think I am having problems similar to those described here: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2292608+2295040+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-questions/20020623.freebsd-questions > > Basically, something in the network at w

RE: Error mounting cdrom

    http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/987270955/index_html Maybe that would help.   Pavan Balaji, Intel Corporation     "Only the Paranoid Survive"  --  Andy Grove -Original Message-From: Joseph Maxwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9

Re: Install problems: de0: autosense failed

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:05:22PM +0200, Erik Mattsson wrote: > > c) can be solved by adding 'media 10baseT' as an extra option to > > ifconfig as exactly as you did for netbsd. It's pretty clear where to > > put that in the Sysinstall dialog for configuring interfaces. > > Where should I d

login.access

Hello! After cvsup to 4.6-RELEASE-p2 have the next problem: in -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1977 18 ÉÀÌ 12:07 /etc/login.access +:login1 login2 login3:ALL -:ALL:ALL EXCEPT .ntu-kpi.kiev.ua this look like only users [login1,login2,login3] could login from any place, and little time ago it was ful

Re: ssh problem

At 02:44 PM 7/17/2002 -0400, Ryan Masse wrote: >I have several FreeBSD machines in production all running sshd as the sole >method of terminal services. I have one machine in particular that is >producing rather strange results when trying to ssh into the machine. I have >c/p a snipet of the outpu

RE: help !!!

Is this printer on the network, or a local setup? If it is on the network -- check if your/it's IP address, etc are configured correctly. Are you able to access other machines from your machine? Are other machines able to access the printer? If it's a local setup == check dmesg for peripheral d

Problems spell checking within Sylpheed-claws 0.7.8 + ispell

Hi I have just upgraded my emailer to Sylpheed-claws 0.7.8. I have tried to build in the spellchecking options by deinstalling the exsisting version of Sylpheed-claws then I installed pspell-ispell which installs pspell and ispell. I can run ispell on the command line at it will spell check inde

Re: SGI's STL (Standard Template Library) in base system?

Ok, thanks for answering, I found that it should be enough for a not-really-sophisticated user like me :) Thanks and regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions

MS Dynamic DNS problems

I think I am having problems similar to those described here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2292608+2295040+/usr/local/www/db/text/2002/freebsd-questions/20020623.freebsd-questions Basically, something in the network at work here changed and now my FreeBSD laptop no longer updates

can't print to non-ps printer with cups 1.1.15.1 from ports

Upgrading my cups to 1.1.15.1 (through ports) seems to have broken my printing. I now get errors like I [18/Jul/2002:21:54:51 +1000] Job 325 queued on 'Stylus' by 'marauder'. E [18/Jul/2002:21:54:51 +1000] Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 325! in the logs. http://www.cups.

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