Richard Tobin wrote:
> I just did a 6.2-RELEASE install, only to find when I tried to install
> some packages from stable that everything has switched to Xorg 7.2.
> Can I just pkg_delete all the old xorg* packages and then pkg_add the
> new ones? Is "pkg_add -r xorg" all I need?
>
> -- Richard
>
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:26:58AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote:
>
> Hope I did. It's not all that hard to give a to-the-point and honest answer.
I hope you helped, too. Your comments preceding this were to the point,
well considered, and informative. At least, I think so. However . . .
>
>
Richard Tobin wrote:
I just did a 6.2-RELEASE install, only to find when I tried to install
some packages from stable that everything has switched to Xorg 7.2.
Can I just pkg_delete all the old xorg* packages and then pkg_add the
new ones? Is "pkg_add -r xorg" all I need?
-- Richard
Hi Richar
Danny Pansters wrote:
(...)
Hope I did. It's not all that hard to give a to-the-point and honest answer.
Now here's some food for thought for all the "advocates" who found it
necessary to answer:
It's apparently harder to shut your fat fucking face if you don't have
anything useful to cont
On 8/8/07, Novembre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 8/7/07, Rakhesh Sasidharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Starting ntfsmount.
> > > /etc/rc: DEBUG: run_rc_command: _doit:
> > /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/ad0s1
> > > /mnt/w
> > > indows
> > > fuse: failed to exec mount program: N
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:26:46 -0500 (CDT)
"Doug Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a Compaq nx7400 running on 6.2-STABLE with Xorg 7.2. Despite
> my best efforts, I'm unable to get the screen into 1680x1050
> resolution. I have followed the instructions in the handbook but
On Thursday 09 August 2007 06:22:26 Latitude wrote:
> I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have
> to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows
Well, it's a very different thing. But it can do mostly the same tasks though
(and many more).
> use
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Sergio Lenzi wrote:
The problem is in the rescue directory of the CD/DVD the directory have hard
links that when copied with tar, transforms in full files without the
links I think the problem is in libarchive.. as the old 5.4 FreeBSD does
copy the rescue as expected.
> Thank you for those suggestions, it's appreciated. Although I get the same
> results with setting those values both on the server and on the client. SCP
> starts full speed, but at 20% of the 200 MB file it starts to stall. All ICMP
> traffic was open on both firewalls at that time.
I had som
I just did a 6.2-RELEASE install, only to find when I tried to install
some packages from stable that everything has switched to Xorg 7.2.
Can I just pkg_delete all the old xorg* packages and then pkg_add the
new ones? Is "pkg_add -r xorg" all I need?
-- Richard
_
The problem is in the rescue directory of the CD/DVD
the directory have hard links that when copied with tar,
transforms in full files without the links
I think the problem is in libarchive.. as the old 5.4 FreeBSD
does copy the rescue as expected
a small script fix the rescue links is:
as
At 04:46 PM 8/10/2007, Dixit, Viraj wrote:
Folks,
I have downloaded the latest Samba file from samba site. I have unzipped
the file and have configured it as requested. Anyone out there installed
Samba on Free BSD 5.4. Please indicate any problem that I will encounter
and any issues with Samba.
Christopher Key writes:
> I do have another query though; pkg_cutleaves is supposed to show
> you a list of of packages upon which nothing depends. In theory
> this means that there should be nothing in this list beyond the
> ports I've explicitly installed.
This theory is incorrect
Ruben de Groot wrote:
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:53:39PM +0100, Christopher Key typed:
Hello,
I recently tried to install vim from the ports collections, however I
didn't do it with 'WITHOUT_X11', and accordingly it went off and
installed X + presumably a whole load of dependencies which I r
Folks,
I have downloaded the latest Samba file from samba site. I have unzipped
the file and have configured it as requested. Anyone out there installed
Samba on Free BSD 5.4. Please indicate any problem that I will encounter
and any issues with Samba. Thanks,
VJ
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Manolis Kiagias writes:
> > I tried the Xorg web page but I couldn't confirm if the *Matrox
> > G550 32MB AGP (G55+MDHA32DB) *is specifically compatible with
> > FreeBSD 6.1.
>
> Try man mga. This is the generic matrox driver for Xorg. In my xorg 7.2
> the model G550 is mentioned. I don'
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:50:10AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >>>It's already been mentioned, but I would strongly recommend PCBSD for
> >>>the windows convert. Having PCBSD allows me to easily setup friends
> >>
> >>i would rather recomend not moving away from windows.
> >
> >Why?
>
> becau
Oscar Chavarria wrote:
> I tried the Xorg web page but I couldn't confirm if the *Matrox G550 32MB
> AGP (G55+MDHA32DB) *is specifically compatible with FreeBSD 6.1.
>
> Where do I obtain information for this specific card drivers' compatibility?
>
>
>
>
On Friday 10 August 2007 14:19:00 Doug Poland wrote:
> nope
im 99% sure thats where your solution will lie.
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/
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Pollywog wrote:
I want to install the LDAP server but it complains that it conflicts with LDAP
client:
===> openldap-server-2.3.37 conflicts with installed package(s):
openldap-client-2.3.37
However, attempting to remove the client to make room for the server results
in another complai
I have installed freebsd 6.2 stable on a proliant 8500 via ftp because the
ida driver steals the number from the cdrom driver (as i have read). after
installation is there a way to regain controll of my cdrom with out
disabling my raid controller?
Cyrus
Hi all,
I issued the following command which as you may guess has overwritten
ldconfig default search path.
% sudo ldconfig -i /etc/ld.so.conf
That ld.so.conf contained a few directories which I wanted to include
in the search path. Now as a result the system has stopped
functioning.
Are there any
I want to install the LDAP server but it complains that it conflicts with LDAP
client:
===> openldap-server-2.3.37 conflicts with installed package(s):
openldap-client-2.3.37
However, attempting to remove the client to make room for the server results
in another complaint:
pkg_delete: p
Hello,
I'm installing FreeBSD 7.0 (200606 snapshot) on my laptop just to play
around with it out, and I wanted to learn a little bit more about the
way FreeBSD organizes the available disk space. Let me tell you what I
think I understand about it, and I ask that you please correct me if
something
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:07:45 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> does such thing exist?
You can make it yourself with sysutils/freesbie. Please read FreeSBIE
documentation, start with e.g.
http://wiki.freesbie.org/iso_creation
Nikola Lečić
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I tried the Xorg web page but I couldn't confirm if the *Matrox G550 32MB
AGP (G55+MDHA32DB) *is specifically compatible with FreeBSD 6.1.
Where do I obtain information for this specific card drivers' compatibility?
---
On Fri, August 10, 2007 14:08, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> On Friday 10 August 2007 12:26:46 Doug Poland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a Compaq nx7400 running on 6.2-STABLE with Xorg 7.2.
>> Despite my best efforts, I'm unable to get the screen into
>> 1680x1050 resolution. I have followed the inst
On Friday 10 August 2007 12:26:46 Doug Poland wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a Compaq nx7400 running on 6.2-STABLE with Xorg 7.2. Despite
> my best efforts, I'm unable to get the screen into 1680x1050
> resolution. I have followed the instructions in the handbook but the
> issue appears to be getti
My goal was to make an cdrom that I could use with a serial console. I
downloaded an iso image, burned a cdrom and used that cd to make a file tree
with:
tar -cf - -C /mnt/ . | tar -xpf - -C 6.2-RELEASE/
The du command shows essentially the same size for the cdrom and the file tree:
102
Hello,
I've got a Compaq nx7400 running on 6.2-STABLE with Xorg 7.2. Despite
my best efforts, I'm unable to get the screen into 1680x1050
resolution. I have followed the instructions in the handbook but the
issue appears to be getting /dev/agpgart recognized.
Here's some relevant data...
host%
Op vrijdag 10 augustus 2007, schreef Nikos Vassiliadis:
Hi,
Some more info:
> But, if a router in the path
> is filtering all ICMP traffic then the problem will remain.
No most probably not. I live a few 100m from the office, having the same type
of internet connection and the same provider. T
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:27:49PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> on FreeBSD 7.0
>
> i mean is it stable enough to be used on FreeBSD/amd64
It depends what you mean by "real".
I'm using it for everything (including root) on several systems:
1 amd64 machine in a desktop role
I've installed mailman from both the current ports and packages
and noted a common problem.
It seems that after a clean install, sometime later, permissions are
getting changed on its directory tree. In going through the
various /etc/periodic entries, I don't see where this is getting done.
Ther
Nikola Lecic escribió:
On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:57:46 -0600
Miguel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, i have installed postfix + sasl2 support, so far so good but now
i want to enable mysql auth and sasl2 was not compiled with mysql
support, i tried desinstalling it but it claims postfix depends o
Op vrijdag 10 augustus 2007, schreef u:
Hi,
> This really looks like a broken PMTU discovery.
>
> Is this still the case? After the firewall changes you did?
> Things may be different now. But, if a router in the path
> is filtering all ICMP traffic then the problem will remain.
>
> Try this on b
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 07:30:03PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> i did cvs -z9 checkout and started buildworld
> i have CPUTYPE?=pentium3 in /etc/make.conf and things are compiled that
> way:
>
> cc -fpic -DPIC -O1 -pipe -march=pentium3
>
>
>
>
> why -O1? not O2
gcc optimizer bugs, see the
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:24:00PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote:
> My experience with PC-BSD was that it was just different enough to
> break alot of FreeBSD's documentation, and they don't have enough of
> their own. I was a newbie, of course, but I went with vanilla FreeBSD
> because of the handboo
i did cvs -z9 checkout and started buildworld
i have CPUTYPE?=pentium3 in /etc/make.conf and things are compiled that
way:
cc -fpic -DPIC -O1 -pipe -march=pentium3
why -O1? not O2
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thanks for quick answers. i will definitely take a risk after reading
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> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 06:02:54PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:25:17PM +, V.I.Victor wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It sure seems that this should be simple, but my searches have only
> > > turned up inter-active
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 06:02:54PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:25:17PM +, V.I.Victor wrote:
>
> >
> > It sure seems that this should be simple, but my searches have only
> > turned up inter-active hex/disk editors. I'm probably "asking" wrong.
> >
> > I have
On Friday 10 August 2007 01:29:02 Valentin Bud wrote:
>
> A good ideea would be to build screen static. In case you
> update your system, it is possible that the libraries on which screen
> depends might be deleted. To do so
> # make CONFIGURE_ENV=LDFLAGS="-static" build
> # make install
> that
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Rolf G Nielsen wrote:
Reid Linnemann wrote:
My ten year old niece has been brainwashed by the GUI quagmire. She
saw my FreeBSD 6-STABLE console on my amd64 3000+ and wanted to know
why i was using such an "old" computer. She had the visual aspect of
the user interface ingrained as a measure o
The next-best is to use the /usr/sbin/watch command to attach to an
existing tty and see its screen output. You'll need to rebuild your
kenel and add the "snp" device (or load it as a module).
not necessariliy build new kernel
sudo kldload snp
will do also
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Hi there.
I'm trying to set up a link between a two mini FreeBSD servers of mine using
if_lagg in loadbalance mode and two NIC cards in each box. They are also
on the same switch. Both machines are the latest 6-stable.
After following some simple instructions in the man page, each machine is
conf
I've been using it just for the /usr/ports on my i386 laptop for a while
(dual core T2300 @ 1.66GHz with 1 gig Ram:)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])$sudo zpool history tank
History for 'tank':
2007-04-11.10:45:56 zpool create tank ad0s4a
2007-04-11.10:46:35 zfs create tank/ports
2007-04-11.10:47:06 zfs set c
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:53:39PM +0100, Christopher Key typed:
> Hello,
>
> I recently tried to install vim from the ports collections, however I
> didn't do it with 'WITHOUT_X11', and accordingly it went off and
> installed X + presumably a whole load of dependencies which I really
> don't want
Don Hinton wrote:
Could someone recommend a good (and
cheap) one that's includes a/b/g*/n and is supported, either natively
or via ndis?
Hi Don,
I can heartily recommend any card based on the TNET1130 chipset. They
work very well with ndisgen. Examples include the Add-on Tech GWP-100
and the
Hello,
I recently tried to install vim from the ports collections, however I
didn't do it with 'WITHOUT_X11', and accordingly it went off and
installed X + presumably a whole load of dependencies which I really
don't want. Is there any way to get a list of exactly what it added so
that I can go a
Hi Wojciech,
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
and about DOS apps - few small companies are still using our 18-year old
(so really mature ;) DOS apps. when asked if they like me to write new
unix version (+lots of adventages here, remote sessions etc.) then don't.
they just don't like to pay anymore becau
Hi Gerard,
Gerard wrote:
I was not aware of any place where they gave computers away.
In the UK we call them "skips". Not sure what the rest of the world
calls them. [Large metal junk containers placed at the back of large
buildings near the other bins. They're usually hired rather than owne
Wojciech Puchar writes:
> > cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
> > make install clean &
> >
> > it returns the pid but then compiles in the foreground
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >/dev/null
The /process/ is running in the background.
The /output/ - stdout and stderr, fil
idea how, and I was expecting a nice "user-friendly" GUI, like Windoze, but
without the constant crashes.
that's what most people expect. and thats why i say:
Windows it the most windows compatible system available. don't change to
other.
In 1999 I purchased "The complete FreeBSD, 3rd edit
On Friday 10 August 2007 13:27, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> on FreeBSD 7.0
>
> i mean is it stable enough to be used on FreeBSD/amd64
See the relative thread. I recall that amd64 and at least
1GB of RAM were recommended.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-June/073972.html
Nikos
Eitarou Kamo wrote:
> I have posted this mail to mobile list. Just to make sure, I'll forward
> to this list too.
>
> Eitarou
>
> Eitarou Kamo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I used wpa _supplicant and was aware none of wpa _passphrase.
>> My machine is 6.2 REREASE. Does anyone have it or way to making i
On August 10, 2007 at 03:47AM Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> well here in poland people do see a difference, because computer has to be
> bought, while windoze can be pirated.
I was not aware of any place where they gave computers away.
> in my 320 user network less than ten bought windoze, over 30
on FreeBSD 7.0
i mean is it stable enough to be used on FreeBSD/amd64
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On Gdańsk technical university there was a man about 50 years teaching
people unix (mostly).
what he talked very often:
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DO NOT use windows EVER. Not because it's slow, not because it crashes,
and not because it can't do much. Not because of security too.
But because it's teaching BAD HAB
It's already been mentioned, but I would strongly recommend PCBSD for
the windows convert. Having PCBSD allows me to easily setup friends
i would rather recomend not moving away from windows.
Why?
because only windows is truly windows like. there is nothing like "better
windows" while ther
I am not following this. If (X.org + some WM) is not a GUI,
how would you define
He probably equates a desktop environment (such as KDE/Gnome/etc.) to a GUI.
most people exactly equates that and i stated i that such defined GUI is
completely useless and actually takes over time and resources
Am Freitag 10 August 2007 10:57:38 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i don't use GUI. it takes a lot and gives nothing. i use both text
> > and graphic (X) based apps and no gui. i use fvwm2 with my config,
> > there are plenty of nice other wm's good for t
Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
If you can write (and compress if short of disk space) the dump
locally and
try an scp to your remote host as Nikos is suggesting, that will narrow
down the problem a bit. Any other large file will do: doesn't have to be a
dump.
As I wrote in my initial mail:
Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i don't use GUI. it takes a lot and gives nothing. i use both text
> and graphic (X) based apps and no gui. i use fvwm2 with my config,
> there are plenty of nice other wm's good for that.
I am not following this. If (X.org + some WM) is not a GUI,
ho
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:04:07 +1000
jonathan michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[]
> >
> > > but i checked for "gettext" in teh index-6 and in my version,
> > > either jul 2006 or jan 2007 ( freebsd toolkit or jan 2007 ), is
> > > a fw revisions earlier than the right one.
> >
> > fair enou
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 04:18:26PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:31:58 +1000
> jonathan michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 01:40:55PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:27:41 +1000
> > > jonathan michaels <[EMAIL PROT
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 09:37:19AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >It's already been mentioned, but I would strongly recommend PCBSD for
> >the windows convert. Having PCBSD allows me to easily setup friends
>
> i would rather recomend not moving away from windows.
Why?
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To be honest I don't think FreeBSD is ready for this yet. It's getting there,
when it will be, i will switch to other unix flavour
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close. Has anybody on this list used the PC version of BSD?
What about a "desktop-BSD"??
tested both when i needed some humour :)
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On Thursday 09 August 2007 19:51, Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
> Op donderdag 09 augustus 2007, schreef Alex Zbyslaw:
>
> Hello,
>
> > Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
> > ># /sbin/dump -0uan -L -h 0 -f - / | /usr/bin/bzip2 | /usr/bin/ssh
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] \
> > >dd of=/backup/webserver/root.0.bz2
friendly windows clone, you might look into "PC-BSD". It comes out of
the box ready for Windows converts.
stop telling about them "friendly". most of thieves are friendly too, just
after some time you see money is missing
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I don't really think of entirely unnecessary (for most purposes) server
software as "standard utilities". Speaking only for myself, I *have*
tried MacOS X (and used it in a professional capacity), and I too find it
to be "very little unix" with "lots of bulky overhead". I also find it
to be cl
to the task. In general, I would say that FreeBSD is not the appropriate
choice for a "user" who is not at least somewhat interested in the how's
and why's of the OS.
FreeBSD is excellent for average user if accessed through terminal (or X
terminal) and configured by system administrator.
or
cd /usr/ports/www/apache22
make install clean &
it returns the pid but then compiles in the foreground
What am I doing wrong?
/dev/null
?
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User-friendliness is obviously subjective. Some people consider a
my definition is that user friendly system does what i want, does it right
and quickly. simply - it's my slave. not my master.
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sincerely assume that.
well here in poland people do see a difference, because computer has to be
bought, while windoze can be pirated.
in my 320 user network less than ten bought windoze, over 300 uses pirated
one, 10 uses my X-terminals.
and it's good for microsoft. if police in poland
Sorry, I agree with you, s/GUI/graphic based/ in my post. I've just
Yes - graphics based. I use graphics based programs like gimp, links
-g, opera, xv & xzgv, gv and xdvi.
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I still do maintain a Windows 2000 machine for my graphics workstation, and
to run my vintage DOS apps.
qemu works well.
and about DOS apps - few small companies are still using our 18-year old
(so really mature ;) DOS apps. when asked if they like me to write new
unix version (+lots of adve
Start with DesktopBSD 1.6 since it's closer to FreeBSD than PC-BSD if
you need to learn FreeBSD more.
both of them should win a similar message at www.freebsd.org
"We are not supporting both DesktopBSD and PC-BSD. that's not out
products, just loosely based on FreeBSD. Please DO NOT judge Free
FreeBSD 6-STABLE console on my amd64 3000+ and wanted to know why i was using
such an "old" computer. She had the visual aspect of the user interface
ingrained as a measure of the capabilities of the machine. Granted, it could
be only because she's ten, but I think we'd find a lot of people thin
It's already been mentioned, but I would strongly recommend PCBSD for
the windows convert. Having PCBSD allows me to easily setup friends
i would rather recomend not moving away from windows.
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On Thursday 09 August 2007 17:39, Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> >Keep in mind that dump(8) uses UFS2 snapshots. I don't know
> >the current status, but in the past, snapshots were not working
> >that good.
>
> This statement is far too general and IMHO does a disservice to those
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