Re: I have given in trying to install

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently picked up the freebsd 1.1 from a Linux magazine I buy reg ular , I liked it so much I decided to download the full Freebsd iso's an= d install the real thing . 24 hrs later and constant effoft ... I have given in . It seems that regardless of whate

Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

Ben Dover wrote: Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped). I have installed the following relevant ports: /usr/po

Re: Updated perl - broke stuff

On Sunday 13 February 2005 06:34 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 06:15:18PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > Pkgdb -F is what screws up the installed ports registry. Here is an > > example of what happens: > > > > 1. port-A needs dependency port-B installed > > 2. port-B is in

Postfix + Auth + SSL + pop3s/imaps

Greetings, I have a 5.3 Server. I'm planning to install Postfix. I'm planning to use the Maildir format. I'm going to generate my own SSL certificates for mail and use it for smpts/imaps/pop3s. But I'm not sure what to use for authentication. I need to have the mail users/password seperated fro

Re: Updated perl - broke stuff

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:37:28AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > portupgrade -rf forces the rebuild of the port and ALL of its > dependencies, and it builds them in the wrong order, it is nothing > like portmanager. > > example: > > if the following are installed: > > masterPort-0.0 > de

Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:48:18PM -0500, Ben Dover wrote: > Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with > a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 > 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited on signal > 6 (core dumped). I ha

live mirroring

Hi all, I have a question. I want to set-up a site on 3 identical FreeBSD servers, using Round Robin to distribute the load. The site will be running some .cgi and .php scripts and when those scripts make changes to the configuration files of the sites, they need to be spread automatically to

Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:20:50 -0800, Loren M. Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:48:18PM -0500, Ben Dover wrote: > > Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with > > a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 > > 18:57:53 w

RE: I have given in trying to install

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Norgaard > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 12:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: I have given in trying to install > > > > FreeBSD doesn't enable X by de

RE: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched.

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:28 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched. > > > bsdnooby writes: > > > When I

Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:34:50 +0100, Darksidex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Dover escribió: > > | Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page > | with a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: > | Feb 1

Re: Updated perl - broke stuff

On Monday 14 February 2005 01:09 am, you wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:37:28AM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > > portupgrade -rf forces the rebuild of the port and ALL of its > > dependencies, and it builds them in the wrong order, it is nothing > > like portmanager. > > > > example: > > >

RE: Freebsd vs. linux

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:25 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux > > > Vulpes Velox writes: > > > I think the problem there is ppl mak

Kernel preemption

Hello, I'm interested in using freebsd in a 'not so realtime, but...' software project. In our running environment there are a 3 processes that need high priority. The processes never need much cpu but they should be able to respond to network (tcp) activity within 10-20ms. I have a testprogra

Re: live mirroring

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:22 +0100, Gerard Meijer wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a question. I want to set-up a site on 3 identical FreeBSD servers, > using Round Robin to distribute the load. > > The site will be running some .cgi and .php scripts and when those scripts > make changes to the confi

Re: live mirroring

Peter, I don't really understand this approach. Where can I read more about nfs? Thanks - Original Message - From: "Peter Risdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gerard Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:49 AM Subject: Re: live mirroring On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10

Re: Postfix + Auth + SSL + pop3s/imaps

BSD Mail wrote: I have a 5.3 Server. I'm planning to install Postfix. I'm planning to use the Maildir format. I'm going to generate my own SSL certificates for mail and use it for smpts/imaps/pop3s. But I'm not sure what to use for authentication. I need to have the mail users/password seperated

Re: live mirroring

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:59 +0100, Gerard Meijer wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Peter Risdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gerard Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: live mirroring > > > > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:22 +0100,

RE: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 12:22 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... > > > In any case, it's all completely unnecessary, sin

Re: FusionPHP.net - Online Again Now!!!

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Colin J. Raven wrote: > > Just another dirty spammer trick... > > The timing on this was nothing less than eerie because less than an hour > before that post came over, I'd been sitting on their site reading up on > FAQ's, forum problem posts etc with a view to installing the

Re: Flash causes Firefox to core dump, which ports should I have installed?

On 02/14/05 02:48, Ben Dover wrote: Firefox is my browser of choice but every time I view a web page with a Flash object Firefox core dumps. The error is as follows: Feb 13 18:57:53 w00f kernel: pid 27652 (firefox-bin), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped). I have installed the following rele

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

On 14 Feb Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony > > Atkielski Just curious. Why do you keep replying Anthony in such a professional way if all he does is promoting windows again and again. He uses wi

Re: Updated perl - broke stuff

On 13 Feb Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:35:06PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > --On Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:18 PM -0500 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? It contains a suggestion for how to > > >update the Perl po

RE: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dick > Hoogendijk > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:11 AM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... > > > On 14 Feb Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > > > > -Original Me

Re: X on a server Re: Freebsd vs. linux

On Feb 13, 2005, at 4:14 PM, Ean Kingston wrote: On February 13, 2005 03:53 am, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: You can install the X libraries and client apps on your server -- this works fine at secure level 3 and does not require kernel configurations changes or sp

ppp_mode and ipfw

Hi! I've been trying to set up ipfw on my FreeBSD box which I use as a gateway to the Internet on my LAN. I compiled the kernel with options IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT, edited rc.conf and some other files. Now I have 2 problems: 1.) Each time FreeBSD boots ppp automatically establishes a connectio

cvsup SetAttrs weirdness

been running cvsup to gather a complete repo for a few days now. all is well except that when i change the prermissions on the directories (to allow group reads) the following cvsup will ommit : Updating collection src-all/cvs :SetAttrs src/bin messages and change the permissions ba

Re: ppp_mode and ipfw

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 14:50 +0100, Hiram Abiff wrote: > Hi! > > I've been trying to set up ipfw on my FreeBSD box > which I use as a gateway to the Internet on my LAN. > > I compiled the kernel with options IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT, > edited rc.conf and some other files. > > Now I have 2 problems

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

At 10:22 PM 2/13/2005, Thomas Foster wrote: Install the bootloader to sector 0 of the first drive in the system.. you can also use GRUB or GAG I don't see where that is an option. IOW I first installed windows 98 on the entire first ide - of three, 4 gb, 4 gb, & 6 gb. Then when I formatted for f

Re: live mirroring

> Hi all, > > I have a question. I want to set-up a site on 3 identical FreeBSD > servers, using Round Robin to distribute the load. > > The site will be running some .cgi and .php scripts and when those > scripts make changes to the configuration files of the sites, they > need to be spread a

Re: Newbie: BIND conf "file not found" error

Hi Lowell: From the command line it runs fine. So, are you suggesting that the process doesn't have permissions to open the file? If so, wouldn't I see a permissions error message instead of file-not-found? TIA, AK - Original Message - From: "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "akl

ATI 9000 IGP

Hello, I have a Acer Travelmate 2000 with ATI 9000 IGP graphic card due to this all devices from computer are seen as produced by ATI inclusive soud card that is a Realtek ALS650 AC'97. Currently I am using Freebsd 5.2.1, everything works except for sound. I think all it need to be modified is s

dspam-3.2.6

Hi! Can't compile dspam-3.2.6 on FreeBSD-4.10. I mark option "MYSQL50" in the options window and then get: "You can use one and only one database back-end at once". Why? Thanks, Olga __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Tr

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

> > I must've goofed somehow. Left windows 98 on the primary master ide and > installed fbsd 5.2 on the other two ide's; installation seemed to go well, > and I installed the bootmgr on the first of the two ide's that fbsd is on. > However when I reboot from the hard drive go right into windows

Re: remove cpu in freebsd

Snopy Land wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to freebsd, I need to remove one cpu from my freebsd (5.2.1-release version) server. Do I need to recompile my kernel? If yes, any hints? Or I can just shutdown, remove the cpu and reboot the machine ? Thanks a lot. shutdown, remove, boot. -- Jeremy Faulkner <[EM

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

On 12/02/05 19:54 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > > What do you do with ham radio on freebsd? I haven't looked into it > much, but it seems that there isn't nearly as many programs/device > drivers for freebsd as linux has. I like how debian actually has a ham > radio section for it. I'd like to

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

Does this mean I should start over, installing fbsd first and setting aside a slice on the first disk (second slice say) for windows? If I do that, will windows be able to format that second slice, i.e. will it see it as a partition? Marty At 10:20 AM 2/14/2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > I mu

Re: Why in the world you should have a vote: was RE: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo suchas NetBSD!!!

Peter N. M. Hansteen writes: > copyright assignment isn't entirely doable in all jurisdictions, and > beside the point. Generally, commercial rights can always be assigned. Moral rights often cannot be assigned, but since they are practically worthless, this usually isn't a problem. > i assume

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Giorgos Keramidas writes: > Hmmm, how? There are several ways. I'll leave speculation on that as an exercise for the reader. > Very little can be said about a black box system. It's not a black box. Much of it is pretty well documented, although some of the documentation is now out of print,

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

> > Does this mean I should start over, installing fbsd first and setting aside > a slice on the first disk (second slice say) for windows? No, definitely not. > If I do that, will windows be able to format that second slice, i.e. will > it see it as a partition? No, that doesn't matter at al

Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched.

Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > Generally the MO in the past has been to use the el-cheapo-ist components > possible, then when the OEM vendors discover some hardware bug or other > shortfall, they have Microsoft help them to write around the problems > with various patches, which are included in the O

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server > needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop > needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O. A desktop also needs a GUI, whereas a server is better off without it.

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Anthony Atkielski wrote: Ted Mittelstaedt writes: The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O. A desktop also needs a GUI, whereas a server is bette

Re: Newbie: BIND conf "file not found" error

aklist_061666 wrote: Hi Lowell: From the command line it runs fine. So, are you suggesting that the process doesn't have permissions to open the file? If so, wouldn't I see a permissions error message instead of file-not-found? TIA, AK - Original Message - From: "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL

Re: ppp_mode and ipfw

On Monday 14 February 2005 05:50 am, Hiram Abiff wrote: > Hi! > > I've been trying to set up ipfw on my FreeBSD box > which I use as a gateway to the Internet on my LAN. > > I compiled the kernel with options IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT, > edited rc.conf and some other files. > > Now I have 2 problems:

Re: wireless-to-wired bridging

Not so much a Microsoft thing as a general networking thing. I would like for netbios traffic to work correctly for windows file sharing/samba, as well as broadcast LAN traffic for gaming and the like. I _could_ alter bridge.c to always return a copy of the packet to the caller, but that would jus

Re: Ports

Paul Schmehl wrote: - Original Message - From: "Erik Norgaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Schmehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:43 PM Subject: Re: Ports Taking an arbitrary post, it appears that make.conf is not always the

Re: dumping a samba directory

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 12:46 -0700, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > does anyone know how to dump a samba directory i keep getting this error > > dump: /usr/local/samba/export/classic: unknown file system > Kilobytes Out 0 > > ERROR: non-zero exit from: > dump -0 -b 10 -a -f - /usr/local/samba/export/cl

trouble printing

Hello, I tried this question on the newbies list first but didn't get a response so I'm trying here. I am having trouble printing from my HP Deskjet 710C printer. It is hooked up via parallel port and I can print fine with it from Windows. However, I can't get it to work in FreeBSD. I followed

Re: Kernel preemption

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 10:51 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I'm interested in using freebsd in a 'not so realtime, but...' software > project. > In our running environment there are a 3 processes that need high > priority. > The processes never need much cpu but they should be able to

Re: Ports

On Monday 14 February 2005 08:53 am, Christopher McGee wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Erik Norgaard" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Paul Schmehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 > > 2:43 PM >

Re: trouble printing

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:06:06AM -0600, Brian John wrote: > Hello, > I tried this question on the newbies list first but didn't get a response > so I'm trying here. This is the right list for questions. > I am having trouble printing from my HP Deskjet 710C printer. It > is hooked up via paral

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:53:23 +0100, Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loren M. Lang writes: > > > That's not true in my expeirence, I still see the blue screen > > occassionally on both WinNT 4.0 and 2K systems. > > Then you have bad device drivers, or you are running software with O

Shabang executable path

A bit off topic, but I figure someone in here, may be able to point me in the right direction. !#/path/to/php Im wondering, if its possible for the /path/to/php can be made dynamic. i.e. Have the file still look as if it is a shell script, but the path to the executable is determined at run time,

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

At 11:53 AM 2/14/2005, Jud wrote: You can use the FreeBSD boot loader, but simplest and easiest at this point is to download and install GAG, after which you'll be able to boot either OS with no further fiddling required. As always, though, your call. Afraid I never got the hang of making this wor

Re: Shabang executable path

Gerard Samuel wrote: Jordan Michaels wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: A bit off topic, but I figure someone in here, may be able to point me in the right direction. !#/path/to/php Im wondering, if its possible for the /path/to/php can be made dynamic. i.e. Have the file still look as if it is a shell s

problem with GCC search path on FreeBSD5.3 AMD64

Hi, I installed FreeBSD 5.3 for AMD64 on my computer following the standard procedure. To my surprise, when I tried to compile new packages I find out that /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include wasnt on gcc's search path. As a workaround I compiled the packages with CFLAGS="-B /usr/local/lib -I/us

Re: Shabang executable path

Jordan Michaels wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Jordan Michaels wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: A bit off topic, but I figure someone in here, may be able to point me in the right direction. !#/path/to/php Im wondering, if its possible for the /path/to/php can be made dynamic. i.e. Have the file still lo

Re: wireless-to-wired bridging

On 2/13/2005, "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On a quick look, I think you might be on the right track. The >bridging code seems in a number of spots to be built specifically for >Ethernet. I have always maintained that bridging unlike media was a >hack bound for problems... > >You

Re: Shabang executable path

Gerard Samuel wrote: A bit off topic, but I figure someone in here, may be able to point me in the right direction. !#/path/to/php Im wondering, if its possible for the /path/to/php can be made dynamic. i.e. Have the file still look as if it is a shell script, but the path to the executable is det

Re: dspam-3.2.6

did you select another DB backend (e.g. PostgreSQL or SQLite)? Olga Zenkova schrieb: Hi! Can't compile dspam-3.2.6 on FreeBSD-4.10. I mark option "MYSQL50" in the options window and then get: "You can use one and only one database back-end at once". Why? Thanks, Olga

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: ... of laziness. In my case I unfortunately decided it might be a good thing to use a Microsoft client mail program to handle e-mail. This was a decade ago. I now have around ten thousand archived e-mail messages accumulated in a massive *.pst file that I really want to k

Re: Ports

--On Monday, February 14, 2005 11:53:04 AM -0500 Christopher McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Could you please give some detail about setting options for individual ports in make.conf? Maybe I missed something in 'man make.conf' or 'man ports' but everything seems to refer to global options. The

Re: ping question

Hi all Thank you very much for your help The freebsd router is behind the cisco router. Do you have any experience to determine the traffic is in freebsd and cisco from outside? Can traceroute give figure to prove it? Please help Thank you again --- "Loren M. Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Shabang executable path

Clint Gilders wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: A bit off topic, but I figure someone in here, may be able to point me in the right direction. !#/path/to/php Im wondering, if its possible for the /path/to/php can be made dynamic. i.e. Have the file still look as if it is a shell script, but the path to

Logo contest?!

Hi, I'm at a loss about whom to contact, since the PR slot on the contacts page only says "seat open". So I tried "questions". I've read on slashdot that you entertain the notion of running a FreeBSD logo contest. As a long-time user of FreeBSD, both professionally and privately, I seriously qu

Re: Logo contest?!

On Feb 14, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Martin Ibert wrote: Hi, I'm at a loss about whom to contact, since the PR slot on the contacts page only says "seat open". So I tried "questions". I've read on slashdot that you entertain the notion of running a FreeBSD logo contest. As a long-time user of FreeBSD, b

Weird disk problems

Today I decided to install FreeBSD, and so I grabbed a FreeBSD installation CD off the net. The first time I booted from the installation CD, everything went fine (seemingly), and I soon found myself in sysinstall. Not quite ready to install at that point, and needing to shut down the system, I

Re: Postfix + Auth + SSL + pop3s/imaps

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:00:57 +0100, Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BSD Mail wrote: > > I have a 5.3 Server. I'm planning to install Postfix. > > I'm planning to use the Maildir format. > > > > I'm going to generate my own SSL certificates for mail > > and use it for smpts/imaps/pop3s. B

Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched.

> > First of all HP purchased Compaq a while ago, and when the sale was > > completed they dumped the Netserver line, servers from them are > > now HP Proliants. (Proliant was the Compaq line) > > Are they as good as their HP and Compaq predecessors? We recently had a Proliant DL380 for testing,

Re: Logo contest?!

> > > On Feb 14, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Martin Ibert wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm at a loss about whom to contact, since the PR slot on the contacts > > page only says "seat open". So I tried "questions". > > > > I've read on slashdot that you entertain the notion of running a > > FreeBSD logo cont

Re: formatting a DVD+RW

On Saturday 12 February 2005 11:02, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > You did not read the URL I pasted in a previous mail :( > > Marc oops. Now I read the whole thing I've made it work. Thanks -- /Xian "No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and ph

Boot manager doesn't boot

In the few recent months I've been having problems with the standard FreeBSD bootmanager: instead of booting some systems it would just beep and do nothing. At first I had problems with booting Windows 2000 (I reinstalled it on the same partition it has been before for a few years, then windows in

FreeBSD on 8x AMD64

I would like to know if anyone has tested 5.3 release or later on a 8 CPU AMD Opteron system? Richard Knott Sr. Account Manager Think Computer Products 16812 Hale Ave. Irvine, Ca. 92606 800-726-2477 x 121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thinkcp.com ___ f

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > WRONG, the specific purpose is what's important, not the tool to > accomplish it. Sometimes the tool is part of the purpose, if you must be able to share data with other people or organizations. For example, if you have a client or supplier who requires AutoCAD or Phot

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > Like Anthony, I do use Windows on the desktop myself. Well, that says it all, doesn't it? > But not exclusively. If you had only one computer that could boot only one OS, which would it be? > And, much more importantly, I will readily admit that I haven't > switched

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Chris writes: > That's a matter of point of view. If the user using FBSD uses a WM of > his/her choice, and they are happy with the way if works - there isn't > an issue. Perhaps, but in a more objective sense, GUIs are an unnecessary complication on servers. Most of the time, nobody is looking

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Eric Kjeldergaard writes: > I have to go with Loren, the BSOD certainly still comes up with > NT/2k/(especially)XP systems. I have had systems that would Blue > Screen about once a week. And, before someone (read Anthony) comes > out saying "You're using bum drivers or flaky apps" I definitely

Re: Updated perl - broke stuff

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:24:07PM +0100, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > On 13 Feb Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:35:06PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > > --On Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:18 PM -0500 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >Did you read /u

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Anthony Atkielski wrote: Chris writes: That's a matter of point of view. If the user using FBSD uses a WM of his/her choice, and they are happy with the way if works - there isn't an issue. Perhaps, but in a more objective sense, GUIs are an unnecessary complication on servers. Most of the time,

Re: Choosing to install turns off laptop. HD is untouched.

Fabian Anklam writes: > We recently had a Proliant DL380 for testing, seemed like solid > hardware, literally, the server management CD for preparing the system > for different flavors of OSes just worked as it was supposed to ... What preparation is required? Can't you just wipe the disk and in

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:18:57 +0100, Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Kjeldergaard writes: > > > I have to go with Loren, the BSOD certainly still comes up with > > NT/2k/(especially)XP systems. I have had systems that would Blue > > Screen about once a week. And, before someon

setup virtual server problems.

Question about setup virtual server.. X4 zoom ADSL modem&router WANIP from X4: 64.234.33.45 LAN IP 10.0.0.6 this zoom ADSL modem connnect to D-LINK broadband router WAN PORT of D-LINK connect to WANPORT of ZOOM X4 WANIP :10.0.0.11 LAN IP: 192.168.0.2 D-LINK has enable virtual severs to allow por

SMP kernel

Hi, I am running FreeBSD 5.3 and have recently rebuilt the kernel to use SMP. Ever since, I get these error messages from postfix on a regular basis: postfix/smtpd[49491]: fatal: accept connection: Invalid argument Does anyone know what this means and if it's at all related to the new

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

Chris wrote: I will agree on this point - A server does not NEED to a WM (none of mine do). However, I am speaking from a desktop point of view. Can you please move that discussion to a newsgroup, or to private mail? Thanks. mkb. ___ freebsd-questions@fr

please, a little sanity about the logo

Hello, As a rule I don't post to mailing lists, especially about bike sheds, but I have seen a firestorm on this list and questions@ concerning the logo and most of them are vitriol or hysteria or vitriolic hysteria. First, I've been using, selling, and supporting FBSD since 2.2.2. In that time

Re: SMP kernel

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:08:25PM -1000, Kara Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am running FreeBSD 5.3 and have recently rebuilt the kernel to use > SMP. Ever since, I get these error messages from postfix on a regular > basis: > > > > postfix/smtpd[49491]: fatal: accept connection: Invalid

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Flight Simulator I missed this. If you want a game, use that. But if you want a real flight simulator check out x-plane: Microsoft Internet Explorer If you need to run explorer to access a website, someone should be fired. Standards compliance is a good thing. Vonle

Re: Postfix + Auth + SSL + pop3s/imaps

BSD Mail wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:00:57 +0100, Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You don't _need_ to separate them from the system password file, just give them shell /usr/sbin/nologin, set homedir to /nonexistent, they can still authenticate to fetch mail. Secondly, if users should re

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Vonleigh Simmons writes: > If you need to run explorer to access a website, someone should be > fired. Standards compliance is a good thing. MSIE has traditionally followed HTML standards more closely than almost any other browser. Firefox does pretty well, tough; Opera much less so. Webmasters

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

On Feb 14, 2005, at 6:34 PM, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Vonleigh Simmons writes: If you need to run explorer to access a website, someone should be fired. Standards compliance is a good thing. MSIE has traditionally followed HTML standards more closely than almost any other browser. Firefox does pre

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > That is laughable. MS IE on Windows has one of the worst reputations > around for following web standards. Go ask any professional designer. I did better. I actually ran the W3C conformance tests against MSIE, and it passed. At the time, no other browser

Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...

On Feb 14, 2005, at 6:48 PM, Anthony Atkielski wrote: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: That is laughable. MS IE on Windows has one of the worst reputations around for following web standards. Go ask any professional designer. I did better. I actually ran the W3C conformance tests against MSIE

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

On Feb 14, 2005, at 3:48 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O. No, the main difference between a server and a deskt

Kernel Config. Menu.?

I have been reading the handbook and have started my installation, from a CD. However it goes straight to the sysinstall menu, it does not give me the Kernel Configuration menu, as per the handbook. (2.3.2 Kernel Configuration) What am I doing wrong, or what am I missing here.? Many Thanks. --

Re: Kernel Config. Menu.?

On Monday 14 February 2005 08:17 pm, Peterhin wrote: > I have been reading the handbook and have started my installation, > from a CD. > However it goes straight to the sysinstall menu, it does not give me > the Kernel Configuration menu, as per the handbook. (2.3.2 Kernel > Configuration) > What a

how to configure a port for install

Hello- I am trying to figure out how to configure the portswhat I am trying to do is add mhash to my system that a new script needs and I have to add the --with-mhash=[dir] when I compile php. Well I installed php with the ports and I am hoping to reinstall it with this added. I have trie

Re: please, a little sanity about the logo

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 10:53:23PM -0500, Steve Ireland wrote: > This leads to a suggestion others have already made, a splitting > of FBSD into hobbyist and professional branches. The hobbyists > keep Beastie, the .org site, and the non-profit status. The > professionals get the new logo, the .

Re: how to configure a port for install

Bob Ababurko wrote: Hello- I am trying to figure out how to configure the portswhat I am trying to do is add mhash to my system that a new script needs and I have to add the --with-mhash=[dir] when I compile php. Well I installed php with the ports and I am hoping to reinstall it with this

Re: Kernel Config. Menu.?

I am using 5.3. My question would be how current is the handbook, I was under the impression that it was the most current of all the sources for Freebsd. Am I wrong.? Thanks for your quick reply. On February 14, 2005 21:47, you wrote: > On Monday 14 February 2005 08:17 pm, Peterhin wrote: > > I

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