Compaq Proliant 1500 / SMP - Success

2004-01-13 Thread Jason Taylor
The info on hw.physmem in this thread mostly did the trick for me: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&threadm=ee83fe30.0311120931.5a7f871e%40posting.google.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26q%3Dinstall%2Bhangs%2Bat%2B%252Fstand%252Fsysins

Compaq Proliant 1500 / SMP - Success

2004-01-13 Thread Jason Taylor
The info on hw.physmem in this thread mostly did the trick for me: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&threadm=ee83fe30.0311120931.5a7f871e%40posting.google.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26q%3Dinstall%2Bhangs%2Bat%2B%252Fstand%252Fsysins

Re: xmms - problem - how to fix?

2004-01-13 Thread Dinesh Nair
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:09:21AM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 02:24:30PM +0200, Alex Zivenko wrote: > > > Hi! > > > I have some problem with my xmms mm player. When I'm treing to > > > listen some mp3's it gives me

Re: one more

2004-01-13 Thread Kent Stewart
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 08:23 pm, Kevin R. Lee wrote: > This is the last one! What does IA-64 and AMD64 stand for? > The 64-bit cpus for Intel and AMD. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Info.

2004-01-13 Thread Micheas Herman
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 20:13, Kevin R. Lee wrote: > Sorry, one more question, what does DEC Alpha stand for? Digital Electric Corporation. (or did before Compaq bought them, before being bought themselves, by HP) Micheas > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail

Re: Information

2004-01-13 Thread Cordula's Web
> Hello, I was wondering what BSD stands for? Also what does AMD and > Ultra SPARC stand for? Any information would be very helpful. BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/B/BSD.html AMD = Advanced Micro Devices A company that produces (among others) Intel c

one more

2004-01-13 Thread Kevin R. Lee
This is the last one! What does IA-64 and AMD64 stand for? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: learning source

2004-01-13 Thread Cordula's Web
> i have studied C++ and am currently going through C. > i have been programming small programs in a windows environment. > i want to start understanding source and help program for bsd and open > source. > where can i start, im totally new and i want to know how things work. > i need advice "Adva

Info.

2004-01-13 Thread Kevin R. Lee
Sorry, one more question, what does DEC Alpha stand for? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Information

2004-01-13 Thread Kevin R. Lee
Hello, I was wondering what BSD stands for? Also what does AMD and Ultra SPARC stand for? Any information would be very helpful. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

NOQUEUE: SYSERR (root): host "localhost" unknown ?

2004-01-13 Thread Rommel B. Ikeda
Hi, I do not know if the "Subject Name" was the right one for it...because I really do not know what is going on... I have been seeing this message... 554.5.3.0 host "localhost" unknown: Invalid Argument Jan IBM-R40e sm-mta [417] NOQUEUE:SYSERR (root)"localhost" unknown: Invalid

IPFW 'keep state' & 'limit'

2004-01-13 Thread fbsd_user
Reading the man page on IPFW rule syntax, I get the impression that the 'limit' option uses the stateful dynamic rules table. But it's unclear whether 'keep state' and limit can be used on the same rule, or if the limit option performs the 'keep state' function in addition to the limit function. S

atk portupgrade errors

2004-01-13 Thread Nathan C. Burnett
I'm running 5.1-RELEASE. For several weeks, when doing a portupgrade, atk won't upgrade. When I run portupgrade -a, I get the following at the end of the run: [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 200 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ---> Skipping 'x11-toolkits/gtk20' (gtk-2.2.4_1) because 'd

Re: -HUP 1 command

2004-01-13 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:53:44PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > After making changes to syslog.conf and newsyslog.conf > what is the command to enable the changes. > > Is it Kill -HUP 1 No. You don't need to HUP anything for newsyslog.conf, it's a cron-job. For changes to syslog.conf you need to H

Re: binary execute restrictions

2004-01-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Charles Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 12, 2004, at 9:52 PM, Jefferson San Juan wrote: > > How do I restrict normal users from executing their own compiled > > executable > > binary files? > > Give them a "restricted shell" which limits the commands they can run > to ones you specify

-HUP 1 command

2004-01-13 Thread fbsd_user
After making changes to syslog.conf and newsyslog.conf what is the command to enable the changes. Is it Kill -HUP 1 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAI

Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread John Adams
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 06:57 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom Success! look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured Devi

Re: 5.2, SYSVSHM and IPFILTER

2004-01-13 Thread Charles Swiger
On Jan 13, 2004, at 7:59 PM, Zoltan HERPAI wrote: i'm having problems compiling a new kernel. relevant parts of the config are: options SYSVSHM options SHMMAXPGS=524288 This quantity is measured in 4K virtual memory pages; make it smaller and try again. -- -Chuck

cdrecord problems

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew Thomson
Just trying to write a cd under 5.2 but am having some issues. Relevant output below. Thoughts? 1,0,0 100) 'LG ' 'CD-ROM CRD-8400B' '1.04' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) 'CREATIVE' 'CD-RW RW1210E ' 'LCS6' Removable CD-ROM # cdrecord -v -eject dev=1,1,0 5.2-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso Cdrec

5.2, SYSVSHM and IPFILTER

2004-01-13 Thread Zoltan HERPAI
hi, i'm having problems compiling a new kernel. relevant parts of the config are: options SYSVSHM options SHMMAXPGS=524288 options SHMSEG=64 options SYSVSEM options SEMMNI=80 options SEMMNS=480 options SEMMNU=240 options SEMMAP=240 op

RE: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread fbsd_user
Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD Verify floppy

RE: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Micheas Herman
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 07:55, Scott Mitchell wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Did you ever have any problem about makeworld process ?! > > I afraid of one day will come and I can't boot my FreeBSD > > > > Vahric > > This is why the recommended update process is (in part): > > # make buildwor

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Micheas Herman
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 14:02, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "David Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am relatively new to the world of FreeBSD. But first, congrats to the > > new release! I am somewhat insecure on how trustfully I can use the new > > release for my intended use (and I hope my qu

New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread John Adams
I love detailed questions! On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 01:05 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? It's an eMachines etower 600is Is this an pre Y2K box? Shouldn't be--I bought it new at Frye's in early 2001. What operating

Fwd: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread John Adams
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: I presume you get sio lines for all of your serial ports? My original point still stands, are you sure you're using the right one for where your modem is plugged in? Yes, I'm pretty sure--I mistakenly used cuaa1 in my earliest att

Re: Errors in upgrading ports

2004-01-13 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:37:25AM -0500, Michael A. Alestock wrote: > I get numerous errors while trying to, "portsdb -Uu", 'portversion -l "<", > and "portupgrade -arR". I don't get any kind of prompt to change anything. > How would I go about fixing these errors so that I can upgrade my ports

recompile kernel problem

2004-01-13 Thread Spades
Hi, I installed FreeBSD 4.9-PREREL and recompiled the kernel and got this problem during makeworld. Any idea? vnode_if.h:876: warning: inlining failed in call to `VOP_UNLOCK' /usr/src/sys/modules/union/../../miscfs/union/union_vnops.c:598: warning: called from here /usr/src/sys/modules/union/../

Re: binary execute restrictions

2004-01-13 Thread Charles Swiger
On Jan 12, 2004, at 9:52 PM, Jefferson San Juan wrote: How do I restrict normal users from executing their own compiled executable binary files? Give them a "restricted shell" which limits the commands they can run to ones you specify. See "man zshall" for one example, although other restricted

compile problems

2004-01-13 Thread Shawn Ramsey
I am having trouble compiling perl (as well as others, such as GD). Here is th error message : Making List::Util (dynamic) Making MIME::Base64 (dynamic) cc -c-DAPPLLIB_EXP="/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.2/BSDPAN" -DHAS_FPSETMASK -DHAS _FLOATINGPOINT_H -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"David Meier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am relatively new to the world of FreeBSD. But first, congrats to the > new release! I am somewhat insecure on how trustfully I can use the new > release for my intended use (and I hope my questions haven't been posted a > zillion times before). Theref

Re: FreeBSD, SSH and "Enter Authentication Response"

2004-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:30:15PM -0800, Rishi Chopra wrote: > I've included copies of my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file and /etc/pam.d/ssh - > I'm running a default minimal installation of FreeBSD 5.2: > etc/ssh/ssh_config: Um... /etc/ssh/sshd_config is more to the point -- ssh_config is for the cl

Re: FreeBSD, SSH and "Enter Authentication Response"

2004-01-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:30:15PM -0800, Rishi Chopra typed: > I've included copies of my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file and /etc/pam.d/ssh - > I'm running a default minimal installation of FreeBSD 5.2: > > etc/ssh/ssh_config: > > # Host * > # ForwardAgent no > # ForwardX11 no > # RhostsAuthent

Re: FreeBSD, SSH and "Enter Authentication Response"

2004-01-13 Thread Rishi Chopra
I've included copies of my /etc/ssh/ssh_config file and /etc/pam.d/ssh - I'm running a default minimal installation of FreeBSD 5.2: etc/ssh/ssh_config: # $FreeBSD: src/crypto/openssh/ssh_config,v 1.21 2003/04/23 17:10:53 des Exp $ # This is the ssh client system-wide configuration file.

Apache2 and mod_perl2

2004-01-13 Thread Randy Grafton
I have just installed FreeBSD 4.9 and am having problems with Apache2 and mod_perl2. I used the ports, which was updated immediately after install, and did a 'make install clean' for both apache2 and mod_perl2, more specifically apache-2.0.48_2 and mod_perl2-1.99r12. I have not gotten fancy yet and

Re: newsyslog.conf in 5.x and bz2

2004-01-13 Thread Jason Stewart
On 13/01/04 16:03 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Radko Keves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > can i change compression type from bzip2 to gzip when syslog > > rotate files? > > Yes. > > > i can't find it nowhere. > > Really? It's right in the manual for newsyslog(8). > You just use a 'Z' flag

Re: newsyslog.conf in 5.x and bz2

2004-01-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Radko Keves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > can i change compression type from bzip2 to gzip when syslog > rotate files? Yes. > i can't find it nowhere. Really? It's right in the manual for newsyslog(8). You just use a 'Z' flag instead of 'J'. ___ [EMA

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread kitsune
Well solved my problem... used some TDK discs and those worked fine... I could not get the Memorex CDRWs or the Durabrand CDRs to make bootable discs what so ever... Any one know if there are some CDR/CDRW discs which it is impossible to make bootable discs out of or is this just some type of weir

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:16:06 -0600 "Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into > > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing > > happened

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:49:56 -0800 Chris Pressey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 > Vulpes Velox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into > > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same

RE: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Lee Dilkie
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 > Vulpes Velox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. > I ran into > > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing > > happened upon reburn. > > > > I then went to download a the 4.9 in

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:16:06 -0600 "Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into > > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing > > happened

newsyslog.conf in 5.x and bz2

2004-01-13 Thread Radko Keves
hi can i change compression type from bzip2 to gzip when syslog rotate files? i can't find it nowhere. i know that bzip2 is better, but i need gzip. thank and bye -- "The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemoni

diskless setup

2004-01-13 Thread rwong10
Hello, I am still trying to figure out why I can't boot diskless. I've followed the instructions in the handbook and the clone_root script. While trying to figure out a problem, I think it may be a problem with creating the mfs partition in memory. I get: mount_mfs: /etc: bad file system size

Re: IPv6 and multiple interfaces

2004-01-13 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2004-01-13T18:30:19Z, Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you want them to carry IPv6 traffic. To phrase it differently, you > shouldn't use the same IPv6 address on multiple interfaces, but you don't > have to run IPv6 on all interfaces. Gotcha. OK, back to being on-topic for Fre

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Chris Pressey
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:07:20 -0600 Vulpes Velox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing > happened upon reburn. > > I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see

Re: [OT] Configuration file parsing

2004-01-13 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2004-01-13T19:26:34Z, "Ph. Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Somebody said that I would be fine (when using GPL-licensed stuff) as long > as I provide the sources to people who use the application. I guess > providing the source within the company is not a problem... No. Again, no. An en

fetch/ftp problem

2004-01-13 Thread Ross Lippert
I am having an odd problem with fetch. I cannot fetch an ftp:-type address but I can ftp to it and get the files just fine. This is problematic for ports and downloading via sysinstall. I am running the new 5.2. I am firewalled though (I did try both passsive and active ftpmode's). Any advice

Re: [OT] Configuration file parsing

2004-01-13 Thread Ph. Schulz
Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it. Somebody said that I would be fine (when using GPL-licensed stuff) as long as I provide the sources to people who use the application. I guess providing the source within the company is not a problem, however I thought it would be easier to

Re: problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 01:07 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: > I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into > problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing > happened upon reburn. > > I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possibl

problems creating a bootable image using burncd

2004-01-13 Thread Vulpes Velox
I've been trying to create a a bootable CD using freesbie. I ran into problems getting that to work. It failed to boot and the same thing happened upon reburn. I then went to download a the 4.9 install iso to see if it was a possible problem with the image that was created. The iso passed the chec

Re: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Kent Stewart
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 07:31 am, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > Did you ever have any problem about makeworld process ?! > I afraid of one day will come and I can't boot my FreeBSD Go back and read the archive on problems updating from 5.1 to 5.2. The statfs problem would render your system unboot

Re: IPv6 and multiple interfaces

2004-01-13 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I'm using an IPv6 tunnel to Hurricane Electric on my FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE > firewall. That firewall has multiple Ethernet interfaces. Should each of > those interfaces be assigned a routable IPv6 address? And what *is* If you want them to carry IPv6 tr

RE: freebsd 5.1 and devfs

2004-01-13 Thread fbsd_user
In 5.x devices are automatically built for you on first use. That is just one of the changes between 4.x and 5.x. THAT IS WHY MAKEDEVDOES NOT WORK FOR YOU. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick Thomas Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004

RE: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread fbsd_user
Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? Is this an pre Y2K box? What operating system was on it before? Have you ever used the floppy drive before? Does the floppy ready light flash when you power up the PC and boot? What command are you using to try

Re: freebsd 5.1 and devfs

2004-01-13 Thread Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 18:51, Frederick Thomas wrote: > shalom, > I read the manpage on devfs and can't make heads or tails of it. I've > a cs4236 onboard pnp sound card that took 2 months to finally get running > and I'm gonna wait that long this time. My box is a dell optiplex gx1 and >

freebsd 5.1 and devfs

2004-01-13 Thread Frederick Thomas
shalom, I read the manpage on devfs and can't make heads or tails of it. I've a cs4236 onboard pnp sound card that took 2 months to finally get running and I'm gonna wait that long this time. My box is a dell optiplex gx1 and using old school rules catted dmesg.boot and found pcm0 but when

Re: Upgrade Woes

2004-01-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Ben Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been running 4.7R on a HP Netserver E60 for some > time now, however in trying to upgrade this to 4.9R > I've run into a problem that is unfortunately beyond > my troubleshooting abilities. > > Using the ISO disc, I've booted up 4.9 and gone > through

learning source

2004-01-13 Thread Hiren
greetings i have studied C++ and am currently going through C. i have been programming small programs in a windows environment. i want to start understanding source and help program for bsd and open source. where can i start, im totally new and i want to know how things work. i need advice thanks

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Simon Gray
> I understand my question officially can only be answered to still use 4.9. > I just wonder if anyone has used the 5.x for similar services as I plan to > do, successfully or not. > > Dave I run a similar set-up on a 4.8 box (with latest patchlevel) that's stable. I also run another box running 5

Re: ngctl and rc.conf

2004-01-13 Thread Tillman Hodgson
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:45:20PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Tillman Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Howdy folks, > > > > What's the best way to build ng_one2many interfaces into rc.conf such > > that they're brought up (live) at the "normal" time so that: > > > > 1) configuration

Upgrade Woes

2004-01-13 Thread Ben Craig
Hi All, I've been running 4.7R on a HP Netserver E60 for some time now, however in trying to upgrade this to 4.9R I've run into a problem that is unfortunately beyond my troubleshooting abilities. Using the ISO disc, I've booted up 4.9 and gone through the upgrade process successfully. However,

Upgrade Woes

2004-01-13 Thread Ben Craig
Hi All, I've been running 4.7R on a HP Netserver E60 for some time now, however in trying to upgrade this to 4.9R I've run into a problem that is unfortunately beyond my troubleshooting abilities. Using the ISO disc, I've booted up 4.9 and gone through the upgrade process successfully. However

Unable to read msword documents using kword

2004-01-13 Thread Ada Cheng
Good morning, I used to be able to read msword documents with kword when I was using KDE2.x. Since upgrading to KDE3.1.4 along with koffice1.2.1, kword simply crashes when attempting to open a word document. Any one knows how to fix this problem? Many thanks. Ada

Re: xmms - problem - how to fix?

2004-01-13 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:09:21AM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 02:24:30PM +0200, Alex Zivenko wrote: > > Hi! > > I have some problem with my xmms mm player. When I'm treing to > > listen some mp3's it gives me aN error, that I don't know how to > > fix. I have KDE

Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew Boothman
John Adams wrote: On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt"? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten "Device not configured". This

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread David Meier
I understand my question officially can only be answered to still use 4.9. I just wonder if anyone has used the 5.x for similar services as I plan to do, successfully or not. Dave > -Original Message- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Meier >> Se

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 43, Issue 4

2004-01-13 Thread J. Seth Henry
Guys, You can get a two slot chassis for a mini-ITX or flex-ATX board. The Travla C137 can take a 2-slot riser, though you are limited to using a 2.5" HDD. I used one of these chassis' for my primary router, with two 3Com 3C905TX NIC's installed. Although present and working, I don't use the onb

RE: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Scott Mitchell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Did you ever have any problem about makeworld process ?! > I afraid of one day will come and I can't boot my FreeBSD > > Vahric This is why the recommended update process is (in part): # make buildworld # make buildkernel # make installkernel Followed by a reboot into

Re: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:31 am, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > Did you ever have any problem about makeworld process ?! > I afraid of one day will come and I can't boot my FreeBSD > > Vahric For me, the trickiest part was understanding and executing 'mergemaster -i' after 'make world'. Once I go

IPv6 and multiple interfaces

2004-01-13 Thread Kirk Strauser
I'm using an IPv6 tunnel to Hurricane Electric on my FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE firewall. That firewall has multiple Ethernet interfaces. Should each of those interfaces be assigned a routable IPv6 address? And what *is* "link-local"? Is there a decent (English language) FAQ that's readable by technica

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 09:19 am, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Jan 13, 2004, at 4:45 AM, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > > Hi , > > > > You have to use FreeBSD 4.9, because you can see in freebsd web page > > prodcution version is 4.9. and please test it maybe you will see you > > can not >

Re: I need to resend messages from dead.letters

2004-01-13 Thread Doug Hardie
On Jan 13, 2004, at 04:18, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:24:21AM +, Jez Hancock wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:23:20PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: There was a problem last night with my mail server and a bunch of mail went into the dead.letters mailbox rather than being se

Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread John Adams
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt"? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten "Device not configured". This is also what fdfor

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Meier Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How "safe" is 5.2 to use? Hello list, I am relatively new to the world of FreeBSD. But first, congrats to the new release! I

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew Boothman
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Jan 13, 2004, at 4:45 AM, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: Hi , You have to use FreeBSD 4.9, because you can see in freebsd web page prodcution version is 4.9. and please test it maybe you will see you can not install 5.2 on your hardware because when I try to insta

Re: cant boot from large disk

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew Boothman
FreeBSD User wrote: Howdy Questions, I am having problems with 4.8 Release booting from a large hard disk (80 - 160G) on an old (socket7) motherboard. I have the same problem with linux. Making the root partition smaller that 1000M, puting it on the first disk, etc etc doesnt help in either c

RE: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Vahric MUHTARYAN
Did you ever have any problem about makeworld process ?! I afraid of one day will come and I can't boot my FreeBSD Vahric -Original Message- From: Andrew L. Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 3:31 PM To: Vahric MUHTARYAN; 'Ruben de Groot' Cc: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew Boothman
John Adams wrote: On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 09:59 PM, fbsd_user wrote: It would be a whole lot more helpful if you posted your ppp.conf and the ppp.log of your last test I may have to type this in--I'm unable to mount the floppy drive, and MAKEDEV is telling me "bad unit for disk in: fd*"

Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use?

2004-01-13 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Jan 13, 2004, at 4:45 AM, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: Hi , You have to use FreeBSD 4.9, because you can see in freebsd web page prodcution version is 4.9. and please test it maybe you will see you can not install 5.2 on your hardware because when I try to install 5.1 on my intel platform I faced

Re: ImageMagic port build fails (again).

2004-01-13 Thread sms
Kent Stewart wrote: On Tuesday 13 January 2004 02:35 am, sms wrote: Hi, fyi Did a ports upgrade on a FreeBSD4.8 system 01/13/04 10:50am GMT+1. The reason for this upgrade was to test newer versions of ImageMagic, because of problems with the one currently installed (PACKAGE_LIB_VERSION_NUMBER="5,

porteasy error

2004-01-13 Thread Dru
I successfully created a minimal ports structure using "porteasy -a -u". However, when I try to fetch a specific port skeleton, I receive these messages: porteasy -v -u -a lynx-2.8.5d16_3 cvs server: Updating Mk Reading /usr/ports/INDEX-5 9724 ports in index Pass 0: www/lynx-current >>> cd /usr/p

Re: Trouble getting network card to work

2004-01-13 Thread Jared Cheney
Thanks - I will give this a try when I get a chance. When I got back in to work yesterday I found a couple of 10/100 cards from a different vendor (Intel) and threw them in and they worked on the first boot. Depending on how much time we have before my team needs to begin using the box, I may not

Re: /etc/rc.conf vs /etc/defaults/rc.conf

2004-01-13 Thread David Fleck
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, August Simonelli wrote: > Thanks all who helped me on this! I really do appreciate it! By the way, this is covered in section 6.3 in the handbook, 'Core Configuration'. -- David Fleck [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: XFree86 configuration

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 02:31 am, Carvalho Paulo wrote: >Hello everyone, >I just installed FreeBSD 4.9, and when I try to > cofigure X through sysinstall it gives an error > message in the end. The messege says that an error has > ocurred and asks if I want to try again. I tried > severa

Re: Help: xdm is cycled when enabled

2004-01-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Dear Sirs, > > I am writing to you because I have some problem with recently installed Unix > FreeBSD 5.1. > > I must say you that I am new user of FreeBSD, and therefore I need some advice. > And here is my problem: when I installed FreeBSD and added KDE environm

Re: mac address

2004-01-13 Thread Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 13:54, Malik Bülent wrote: > hello > > i use freebsd5.1 and i want to reject some computers whose according to > "Mac Addresses" and i recompiled kernel with > options IPFIREWALL > > then i made ipfw.sh with touch and wrote in ; > ipfw add deny MAC 00:60:67:28:0c

Re: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 07:02 am, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > Hi , > > I did not make something now and I don't have a problem with makeworld. But > I red something in FreeBSD from scratch and I saw that some problem can > occur and after makeworld process OS is not openinig > > Vahric This

Re: Problem with amd (automount daemon)

2004-01-13 Thread David Fleck
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Ernst de Haan wrote: > Still haven't completely figured out what the solution is, but I think I > know what's happening: > > - kscd is hanging to the drive, even though there is no audio CD in there > - amd fails at the first attempt to read /dev/cd0c and fails on succeeding >

Help: xdm is cycled when enabled

2004-01-13 Thread vyepishov
Dear Sirs, I am writing to you because I have some problem with recently installed Unix FreeBSD 5.1. I must say you that I am new user of FreeBSD, and therefore I need some advice. And here is my problem: when I installed FreeBSD and added KDE environment as the default X Window environment f

Re: agp error with Radeon 7500 disables DRI

2004-01-13 Thread David Fleck
To answer my own question, it turns out that (for my system, at least) the agp.ko module *must not be preloaded* with loader.conf. Commenting agp_load="YES" out of /boot/loader.conf fixed all three problems listed here. On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, David Fleck wrote: > 4.9-RELEASE-p1. > > At boot, the ag

Re: cannot open Makefile Error code 2 Installing port

2004-01-13 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:15, Ben Dover wrote: > This is probably simple but i can't find the answer in the handbook. I am > installing the mod_frontpage port and I get the following error: > > devnu11# make install clean > ===> Building for mod_frontpage-1.6.2 make seems to have read the top level

Re: Not found...

2004-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 01:57:32PM -0600, Ví­ctor Gutiérrez Cruz wrote: > When I install port of PHP4 solicits to me: > > PDFlib-Lite-5.0.0-Unix-src.tar.gz > > where I can obtain it?... That's an old version. The PDFlib authors' latest version is 5.0.2, and it seems that tey've removed the old

RE: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Vahric MUHTARYAN
Hi , I did not make something now and I don't have a problem with makeworld. But I red something in FreeBSD from scratch and I saw that some problem can occur and after makeworld process OS is not openinig Vahric -Original Message- From: Ruben de Groot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

mac address

2004-01-13 Thread Malik Bülent
hello i use freebsd5.1 and i want to reject some computers whose according to "Mac Addresses" and i recompiled kernel with options IPFIREWALL then i made ipfw.sh with touch and wrote in ; ipfw add deny MAC 00:60:67:28:0c:1e any ipfw

Re: binary execute restrictions

2004-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 03:52:49AM +0100, Jefferson San Juan wrote: > How do I restrict normal users from executing their own compiled executable > binary files? > I use FreeBSD 4.9. This is actually a very difficult problem: FreeBSD is designed to let people run executables, not to stop them doin

Not found...

2004-01-13 Thread Ví­ctor Gutiérrez Cruz
When I install port of PHP4 solicits to me: PDFlib-Lite-5.0.0-Unix-src.tar.gz where I can obtain it?... Try to lower it of the sites that it indicates to me but it does not find it http://www.pdflib.com/products/pdflib/download/ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/disfiles Atte

Re: FreeBSD, SSH and "Enter Authentication Response"

2004-01-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:55:50AM +, Matthew Seaman typed: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 01:32:30PM -0800, Rishi Chopra wrote: > > I have a nitpicky question about logging into a FreeBSD machine and > > SSH. I'm using a minimal FreeBSD install and SSH Secure Shell client > > v3.2.0 - the crux o

Re: Whan can I do if OS does not boot after makeworld

2004-01-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:34:25PM +0200, Vahric MUHTARYAN typed: > Hi Everybody , > > I heared in list and some sites that some times after makeworld > system can't boot . I wonder What FreeBSD Admins make to solve this problem > . Does possbile to prevent this problem ?! Any way ?! Wha

Re: I need to resend messages from dead.letters

2004-01-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:24:21AM +, Jez Hancock wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:23:20PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: > > There was a problem last night with my mail server and a bunch of mail > > went into the dead.letters mailbox rather than being sent. I have that > > mailbox and need a

Re: Updating DNS after DHCP

2004-01-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:09:38PM -0600, John typed: > I see that some Microsoft systems send out an update to DNS with > the system name. I configured my DNS server to accept these updates, > but now that I'm running FreeBSD on a laptop - how do I do that > from FreeBSD? I've looked at the dhcli

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