Re: Bonded multilink ADSL connection

2007-09-04 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
I would very much appreciate a working config. I can easily adjust to my environment. I am afraid I cannot find the particular configuration file I was talking about. But, it should be something like this: # #mpd.conf

Re: how to access dvdrom drive

2007-09-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
mount_cd9660 On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Terrence Wilson wrote: I have just installed free bsd and trying to access my dvdrom drive. I issued the command: mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom but I got a message stating incorrect super block. What is the correct method for accessing the files on my dvd rom.

Re: Krusader - [Shift + Delete] and SFTP

2007-09-04 Thread Zbigniew Komarnicki
On Sunday 02 of September 2007 23:23:16 Mel wrote: Part of unix history: ctrl-c in consoles is the default SIGINT (interrupt) signal, ctrl-v is used type literal escaped chars hence, copying is done with shift+insert/delete. As for the keybindings and your second problem, that's application

Re: how to access dvdrom drive

2007-09-04 Thread Ivan Frosty
been having the same problem, well personally when i mount it mounts but where to find the rom? iam using a fresh fvwm ..perhaps to just start vlc will locate it straight away? hmm. On 9/4/07, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mount_cd9660 On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Terrence

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Gary Affonso wrote: If I do, it seems to me that the absolute first thing I should do after installing a release version would be to change where pkg_add -r is sourcing packages from. Either to current if I like to live on the edge or stable if I want to be a more conservative. No, stable

Re: problem with running mdconfig from shell script

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Maikel Lambregts wrote: Hi, I want to make automatic backup of my MySQL by using FreeBSD snapshots. All works fine when I run the commands from my Putty, but when I run them from a shell script the 2th command (mdconfig) gives an error. These are the comments to make the backup, that work

Periodic Account Update

2007-09-04 Thread Nationwide Internet Banking Update
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Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Gueven Bay
I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages with pkg_add

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Gueven Bay wrote: I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users need to be shielded against when grabbing packages

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 04), Kris Kennaway said: Gary Affonso wrote: I'm curious, why does pkg_add -r point to the release snapshot of ports by default? Is the idea that a release is well-tested and that any deviation from that (even security or bug-fix changes) is an unknown that new users

passwd(1), pam_ldap and old PRs

2007-09-04 Thread Jonathan McKeown
I asked this on -hackers@ several weeks ago and the silence was deafening - what I have heard referred to as Warnock's Dilemma. I'm experimenting with OpenLDAP, pam_ldap, and pgina with the PAM plugin on Windows clients, for central authentication in a mixed network. passwd(1) won't allow me

allowing non-root to ipfw show ?

2007-09-04 Thread Juri Mianovich
Is there any way to allow a non-root user the ability to view firewall rules with: ipfw show I would really like to allow some non-root users to see certain count rules I have in place, but they don't seem to be allowed to run 'ipfw' in any capacity. Suggestions ?

Re: allowing non-root to ipfw show ?

2007-09-04 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Juri Mianovich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there any way to allow a non-root user the ability to view firewall rules with: ipfw show I would really like to allow some non-root users to see certain count rules I have in place, but they don't seem to be allowed to run 'ipfw' in

Re: Philosophy of default pkg_add -r PACKAGESITE?

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:40:27 Dan Nelson wrote: Also, packages from the -stable directory may have different/conflicting dependencies compared to existing packages on your system. Imagine installing 6.2 before the x.org-7 update, then trying to pkg_add -r a package from the -stable

Re: allowing non-root to ipfw show ?

2007-09-04 Thread Eric Crist
On Sep 4, 2007, at 9:55 AMSep 4, 2007, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Juri Mianovich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there any way to allow a non-root user the ability to view firewall rules with: ipfw show I would really like to allow some non-root users to see certain count rules I have in place,

Samba type question

2007-09-04 Thread Darryl Hoar
Greetings, I have an ageing NT4 file server that is the PDC (windows speak for primary domain controller) for my windows network. I have roughly 40 networked pc's connected to this network and most of the clients are running XP Pro. I have one client running windows 2000 pro, and one client

Re: Samba type question

2007-09-04 Thread Garrett Cooper
Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I have an ageing NT4 file server that is the PDC (windows speak for primary domain controller) for my windows network. I have roughly 40 networked pc's connected to this network and most of the clients are running XP Pro. I have one client running windows 2000

Re: Bonded multilink ADSL connection

2007-09-04 Thread Steve Bertrand
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: I would very much appreciate a working config. I can easily adjust to my environment. I am afraid I cannot find the particular configuration file I was talking about. But, it should be something like this: With a tiny bit of tweaking, it works like a charm!!!

troubling configuring wireless nic

2007-09-04 Thread Terrence Wilson
This is my first time experimenting with FreeBSD and UNIX-based systems in general. I am trying to configure a wireless nic on my laptop, which is a windows-free bsd dual boot system. At home, I can access the internet in Windows through a router which also connects my destop (a windows xp

pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread doug
Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1)

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/kde (1)

Re: troubling configuring wireless nic

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:18:34 Terrence Wilson wrote: This is my first time experimenting with FreeBSD and UNIX-based systems in general. Welcome :) There's a few gotcha's in your email, normal for your first experience. I suggest you first read:

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 18:32:15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to

Re: Double Layer dvd burning in FreeBSD

2007-09-04 Thread Rohit Viswanadha
Hi, I have read the manuals and have successfully burnt several DVDs before. I did nothing different when trying to burn dl DVD and it just has not been successful. Below is the error message I recieve from growisofs: Executing 'builtin_dd if=DVD.iso of=/dev/pass1 obs=32k seek=0' /dev/pass1:

Re: My Proxy Server(Squid) in FreeBSD 5.4 used to be hang

2007-09-04 Thread Tek Bahadur Limbu
Hi Prakash, Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Everybody, I have IBM Server which consists of FreeBSD 5.4 and its consist of Squid for running proxy server. After running for 2 or 3 days it canonot be ping the server and also does provide the service but you know when I go and access that server

Re: Double Layer dvd burning in FreeBSD

2007-09-04 Thread Andrew Gould
On 9/4/07, Rohit Viswanadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have read the manuals and have successfully burnt several DVDs before. I did nothing different when trying to burn dl DVD and it just has not been successful. Below is the error message I recieve from growisofs: Executing

opensync plugins

2007-09-04 Thread Daniel Molina Wegener
Hello, ¿Which port holds the opensync plugins? Thanks in advance... -- .O. | Daniel Molina Wegener| C/C++ Developer ..O | dmw [at] unete [dot] cl | FOSS Coding Addict OOO | FreeBSD Linux User | Standards Rocks! ___

Re: opensync plugins

2007-09-04 Thread Danielisz Laszlo
I thing that the answer for your question is http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=opensyncsearch=gonum=10stype=namemethod=matchdeleted=excludedeletedstart=1casesensitivity=caseinsensitive - Original Message From: Daniel Molina Wegener [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Questions

Re: troubling configuring wireless nic

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
Terrence Wilson wrote: This is my first time experimenting with FreeBSD and UNIX-based systems in general. I am trying to configure a wireless nic on my laptop, which is a windows-free bsd dual boot system. At home, I can access the internet in Windows through a router which also connects my

Re: Handling failed mount (media not connected)

2007-09-04 Thread L Goodwin
--- Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: L Goodwin writes: My backup script (sh) works fine except when the backup drive (USB Flash drive) is not plugged in. I'm using mount_msdosfs to mount the backup drive. What is the best way to handle mount_msdosfs error? If the

Version of top included in FreeBSD

2007-09-04 Thread Bruce Cran
I've noticed that the version of top included in FreeBSD is 3.5beta12 and a new version 3.6 was released last year (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/unixtop). I realise fixes and improvements have been made locally in the 3 years since 3.5 was released, but are there any plans to merge in

Re: Sysinstall: No Floppy Devices Found

2007-09-04 Thread L Goodwin
--- Dan Mahoney, System Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Kevin Kobb wrote: I have found that when I do an install with an install.cfg file on a floppy, I must insert the floppy right after the system begins to boot from CD. If I don't when I tell sysinstall to

mail server setup questions

2007-09-04 Thread Jim Stapleton
I need a mail server to take incoming mail, and provide a pop3 (or better yet, SSLed POP3) connection. I've tried akpop3d and qmail, but have had less than brilliant success getting them functional. Could you all suggest to me what you use and a good web site for configuring it as it would be done

fatal double fault (spinlock)

2007-09-04 Thread Duane Hill
We have a Dell PowerEdge 6850 with four 3ghz Intel dual core Xeon processors and 12 gig ram. It is running FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE-p15 amd64. SMP has been compiled into the kernel. However, machdep.hyperthreading_allowed has been set to zero(0) in /etc/sysctrl.conf. Once about every 1.5 to 2

Re: pkg_add question

2007-09-04 Thread Bahman M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Bahman M. wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Over the weekend in trying to build xorg and kde from packages, none of the various options for the package tree seemed to work. Plus the meta port for kde was not available. If one goes to

bootable CDs on FreeBSD-6.1-R amd64

2007-09-04 Thread luizbcampos
Dear Sirs Burning CDs is becoming a coastier task to me on FBSD-6.1-R amd64. I've lost five of them...and the question is how to make bootable CDs by using cdrecord? I've already read man cdrecord but the question is not clearer. Regards Luiz

Re: FreeBSD Port: net/asterisk-addons

2007-09-04 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:22:22 -0400 Dantavious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am having problems compiling this port. Here is the output. Can you assist me with this issue. === Building for asterisk-addons-1.4.2 gmake[1]: Entering directory

Re: fatal double fault (spinlock)

2007-09-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
Duane Hill wrote: We have a Dell PowerEdge 6850 with four 3ghz Intel dual core Xeon processors and 12 gig ram. It is running FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE-p15 amd64. SMP has been compiled into the kernel. However, machdep.hyperthreading_allowed has been set to zero(0) in /etc/sysctrl.conf. Once

Re: mail server setup questions

2007-09-04 Thread Eric Crist
On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:03 PMSep 4, 2007, Jim Stapleton wrote: I need a mail server to take incoming mail, and provide a pop3 (or better yet, SSLed POP3) connection. I've tried akpop3d and qmail, but have had less than brilliant success getting them functional. Could you all suggest to me what you

Re: mail server setup questions

2007-09-04 Thread Russell E. Meek
Quoting Jim Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I need a mail server to take incoming mail, and provide a pop3 (or better yet, SSLed POP3) connection. I've tried akpop3d and qmail, but have had less than brilliant success getting them functional. Could you all suggest to me what you use and a good web

Re: Handling failed mount (media not connected)

2007-09-04 Thread L Goodwin
--- Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Huff wrote: L Goodwin writes: My backup script (sh) works fine except when the backup drive (USB Flash drive) is not plugged in. I'm using mount_msdosfs to mount the backup drive. What is the best way to handle

loopback won't enable automatically

2007-09-04 Thread Pollywog
I have to manually set the loopback interface after each reboot on one machine (it is a laptop): ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 Then everything is fine. I added ifconfig_lo0=127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 to /etc/rc.conf but for unknown reasons it now looks like this and I still need

Booting to root on gmirror with disk failure, is it even possible?

2007-09-04 Thread Modulok
Before I invest significantly more time into my current gmirror issues, I have but two simple questions for anyone out there: 1. Has anyone used gmirror for the root partition and been able to successfully boot with one failed (or un-plugged) disk? It's the latter part of the question that is the

gmirror and booting one and/or the other of the twins, then rebuilding raid 1

2007-09-04 Thread John Crawford
Hello, I've found it helpful to take a raid 1 system, break the raid, and then be able to boot to either of the two system disks. Once I'm done with this split personality development and testing, I choose which of the two to keep, and then rebuild my raid 1 using that kept disk as the master.

RE: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-09-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pollywog Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:50 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doubts about the freebsd devil On Friday 31 August 2007 15:32:26 Jerry McAllister wrote: There

Re: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-09-04 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that there was such a difference, in order to replace the logo with a round

RE: questions on setting up a mail server

2007-09-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Stapleton Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:36 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: questions on setting up a mail server I figured I'd try cyrus, I remember hearing that one is a good

RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Hauber Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:22 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out Hey, all... Because I've put so much time into

Re: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-09-04 Thread Pollywog
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 04:10:50 Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that

Re: loopback won't enable automatically

2007-09-04 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:47:47 + Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to manually set the loopback interface after each reboot on one machine (it is a laptop): ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 Then everything is fine. I added ifconfig_lo0=127.0.0.1 netmask

Re: Booting to root on gmirror with disk failure, is it even possible?

2007-09-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
1. Has anyone used gmirror for the root partition and been able to successfully boot with one failed (or un-plugged) disk? It's the latter part of the question that is the real issue for me. I'm just looking for a confirmed it's possible. yes it is. but with unplugged, with failed it may not

no SMP without ACPI? (amd64)

2007-09-04 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
Hi I have a 6.2R system (amd64) with the latest patch level. The motherboard is a Tyan S5197 i3110 based board with a Core 2 Quad 2.4 ghz processor. There is 4GB of memory and an Areca ARC-1231ML raid card. The problem is that I have to boot without ACPI or the system will randomly

RE: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-09-04 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erich Dollansky Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:11 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Pollywog; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doubts about the freebsd devil Hi, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: