FreeBSD 6.3 racoon cpu 99,9% after some time workin

Hi all, I have some strange problem.. After racoon works some hours it seems to "freeze" and get a cpu usage of 99,9%. The vpns don't work anymore too.. Any idea ? bye Norman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

> You need to set the default gateway in /etc/rc.conf. Without a > default gateway, you will need to add a default route with the > route command. > > Without a route your machine will only be able to ping itself. Unless something has changed dramatically -- and fairly recently -- a machine that

RE: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Predrag > Punosevac > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:37 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: David Naylor; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS) > > > Ted Mittelstae

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

ok down works but delete dosent I guess the 1st one is for disabling the plip interface and the second for completely removing it , or let me know if I'm getting this wrong here. ifconfig: 10ctl(SIOCDIFADDR) : cant assign requested address is this bcos of the down I did before this command ? once

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

On 2008-01-28 22:33, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giorgos, > > Thanks a lot for the excellent reply, yes I do have some questions about > this but before that: > > the unplumb operation for pilp0 doesnt work. > > ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument > > is the message

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

Giorgos, Thanks a lot for the excellent reply, yes I do have some questions about this but before that: the unplumb operation for pilp0 doesnt work. ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument is the message I get for this. Sincerely, Bhuvana On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Giorgos Keramidas

RE: IP Aliasing

> > 2) if an interface is configured with an alias address, then what > > address is shown on the traffic leaving this interface? So, for > > example, if I were to ping this machine on its primary address, I > > expect to get a response from the primary address of the interface. > > What happens if

Re: XDVI, LaTeX, teTeX dependencies

Holger Jorra wrote: Hi, I know that this is not only a FreeBSD issue, but I don't know where else I should ask. First, this issue has been brought up here in a different way 3 years ago, but there seems to be no solution, yet. [1] I use Latex for documentation and presentations of my work. M

Re: IP Aliasing

> 1) is there an upper limit to configuring a number of alias addresses? I have a machine with 200+ IP without any problem. > 2) if an interface is configured with an alias address, then what > address is shown on the traffic leaving this interface? So, for > example, if I were to ping this machi

XDVI, LaTeX, teTeX dependencies

Hi, I know that this is not only a FreeBSD issue, but I don't know where else I should ask. First, this issue has been brought up here in a different way 3 years ago, but there seems to be no solution, yet. [1] I use Latex for documentation and presentations of my work. My problem is that I st

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

On 2008-01-28 21:03, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok here u go, the exact output of the the commands: Excellent! Thank you :-) > #ifconfig -a > > em0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 > options=b > ether :0d:56:f0:f1:ba > media:Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > > pli

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

the netstat reads: #netstat -nr Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags REfs Use Netif Expire 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH041 lo0 Internet 6 Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire ::1::1 UH

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

ok here u go, the exact output of the the commands: #ifconfig -a em0: flags=8802 mtu 1500 options=b ether :0d:56:f0:f1:ba media:Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active plip0:flags=108810 mtu 1500 lo0:flags=8049 MTU 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 inet ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

ifconfig -a em0: flags ...lot of data . status: active ( I'm guessing this is the ethernet interface) lo0: similar stuff as em0 and my var/log/messages has a lot of data in it, I dont know if I'm identifying a boot message accurately but there is a line that specifies t

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

On 2008-01-28 18:18, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Christopher Cowart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Send the list the output of the following commands: > > # ifconfig -a > > # netstat -rn > > > > With that info, we can probably help you out

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

At 05:38 PM 1/28/2008, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: I'm guessing it does detect the interface, network-device & all that, bcos my ifconfig says the ethernet status is active. But still I'm unable to do any kind of networking at all, even pings from other PCs to this one remain unreachable. I'm wo

restore(1) dumpfile to directory rather than filesystem -- possible?

On a 6.2 system, I am making some backups using dump(1) I would like to test the integrity of these dumpfiles by using restore(1) to restore them. However, I don't have an actual live filesystem available to test this oncan I just restore to a directory on an existing fs to be sure? Is this e

Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

I have installed FBSD 7.0 RC1 several weeks ago on my Dell XPS laptop with Vista. During BSD install I select don't touch MBR, but anyway FBSD MBR overwrite Vista MBR and I lost my Vista. Then I booted with Vista rescue CD and restore Vista MBR sector. So I got Vista again but no FBSD. The last st

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

I'm guessing it does detect the interface, network-device & all that, bcos my ifconfig says the ethernet status is active. But still I'm unable to do any kind of networking at all, even pings from other PCs to this one remain unreachable. I'm wondering if I should configure something else in the sy

Re: restore(1) dumpfile to directory rather than filesystem -- possible? -- SOLVED

> However, I don't have an actual live filesystem available to test this > oncan I just restore to a directory on an existing fs to be sure? > Is this even possible? Never mind...to answer my own question, I had to use the "add" feature in the interactive shell, i.e.: $ restore -i -f dump res

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. > I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any > suggestions are welcome. > > I think my system is not connected to the

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

I configured the ethernet interface in the post-install config with my IP and net-mask, though I didnt know the gateway then. It gave me a warning that I might not be able to access remote machines, but that still dosent explain why it wont even ping the next node in my LAN. The rc.conf file does h

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

ifconfig -a em0: flags ...lot of data . status: active ( I'm guessing this is the ethernet interface) netstat -rn routing tables: Internet : 127.0.0.1 ..followed by some IPs, flags(UH), etc .. Internet6 expire followed by some hex-values and flags would this do or

Re: redundancy in domain or hostname ?

At 06:36 PM 1/26/2008, Walter Jansen wrote: The router connected to my server reports DNS inquiries like "myserver.example.com.example.com" which obviously leads nowhere The server is in a SOHO situation connected to a router which is connected to DSL; the server runs 6.3 Release and will serv

Re: (no subject)

Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I guess this one those ink blot tests. Nah. It's the Texas office of the FBI, trying to figure out if there really isn't anything satanical about FreeBSD... Alphons -- VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware ___ f

Re: machine migration from 5.3 to 6.3

At 03:51 PM 1/28/2008, Josh Tremor wrote: Okay, I had a freshly installed 6.3 on a machine (thanks Derek Ragona), and my intention is to use this new installation as a direct replacement of an older 5.3 box. This means using the same host name, IP address, and services. I want to make sure I've

Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

Siraj Shaikh wrote: How do I go about installing FreeBSD (6.3) on it now? Anyone has done this already please? I had the exact same problem just a few days ago and two solutions were quickly posted here: 1: http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/FreeBSD_%26_Windows_Vista 2: When installing FreeBSD a

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any suggestions are welcome. RTFM begin with /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/handbook.txt (or html what you prefer)

Re: Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Siraj Shaikh wrote: > I have got a machine which came with Vista pre-installed. Now I > would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot > between the two. > > The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista > on it. I

Vista / FreeBSD dual boot

I have got a machine which came with Vista pre-installed. Now I would like to install FreeBSD on it, and so that I can dual boot between the two. The machine did come with a rescue CD which has an image of Vista on it. I tried installing FreeBSD (Vista was already installed), but then got a proble

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:29:49PM -0500, Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: > I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. > I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any > suggestions are welcome. > > I think my system is not connected to the internet o

machine migration from 5.3 to 6.3

Okay, I had a freshly installed 6.3 on a machine (thanks Derek Ragona), and my intention is to use this new installation as a direct replacement of an older 5.3 box. This means using the same host name, IP address, and services. I want to make sure I've crossed all the t's. I installed ilohamail

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

> > I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. > I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and > any > suggestions are welcome. > > I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external > network, > ping dosent work ( nor ftp or dig) > > W

Re: Network configuration in FreeBSD

Bhuvaneswari Ramkumar wrote: Hi, I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any suggestions are welcome. I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external network, ping dosent work ( no

Re: (no subject)

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Network configuration in FreeBSD

Hi, I'm a newbie FreeBSD user, I've just installed the 5.5 version. I know this is a very silly question but I've searched the archives and any suggestions are welcome. I think my system is not connected to the internet or any external network, ping dosent work ( nor ftp or dig) When I try to do

Kernel crash: doadump () at pcpu.h:165

Hello, I have been getting occasional reboots on my FreeBSD 6-STABLE machine. I haven't figured out a pattern on it yet, but the most recent crash was during some pretty heavy NFS usage, and I see nfsd in the dump, so perhaps that has something to do with it. Could anyone assist in deci

Re: Huawei 3g Modem

Quoting David Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: i have a Huawei EC-325 Modem which is connected to my Computer running FreeBSD 6.3 with a mini-USB Cable, and supposedly is supported by the ubsa driver, as described here "http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ubsa&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-RE

Re: Sound problems on Thinkpad T43

Actually, I discovered that the Thinkpad has a hardware mixer (controlled by three volume buttons above the keyboard) that FreeBSD doesn't control. Apparently I had accidentally muted this mixer. Once I unmuted it, my sound returned. Silly thing not to notice before asking the list, but no harm don

add your function

add your fucntion (windows server and windows xp high speed internet connect and internet speed highlist http://www.raspppoe.com (new ppoe standart Read (Faq) read free bsd web server supported function thanxs ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mail

Re: name server

I am using the name server in freebsd 6.1 there are 2G memory but top is only using Mem: 207M Active, 420M Inact, 185M Wired, 112M Buf, 1158M Free How can I increase the box performance used for name server only? I want to use most of memory in cache name server i don't think it will be any not

Re: Outgoing FTP connections with pf and ftp-proxy

On Sunday 27 January 2008 03:31:21 pm NetOpsCenter wrote: > Matthias Kellermann wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I'm trying to get outgoing FTP sessions to work with pf and > > ftp/ftp-proxy in a NAT environment. > > > > My simple config on a test machine looks like this: > > ---

libiconv-1.11_1 error while installing KDE

Hello, Trying to install KDE on 6.3-RELEASE machine. I am selecting a CDROM iso file. I get an error message: Add of package libiconv-1.11_1 aborted, error code 1 - │ │Please check the debug screen for more info. │Loading of dependent package libiconv-1.11_1 failed Loading of depen

Re: name server

In response to chloe K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all > > I am using the name server in freebsd 6.1 > there are 2G memory but top is only using > Mem: 207M Active, 420M Inact, 185M Wired, 112M Buf, 1158M Free > > How can I increase the box performance used for name server only? > I want to use mo

Re: old kernel's name

Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: I even tried to install it from a CD but I get an error about some error while copying a library to HD and the installation process could not continue. It asked me to check some screen for debugging purposes (but it was not obvious which screen as I was in sysinstall). I

name server

Hi all I am using the name server in freebsd 6.1 there are 2G memory but top is only using Mem: 207M Active, 420M Inact, 185M Wired, 112M Buf, 1158M Free How can I increase the box performance used for name server only? I want to use most of memory in cache name server eg: increase parameter sy

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:56:39PM +0800, FreeBSD Daemon wrote: > Dear list, > > I am currently setting up a server which should include email service. > > Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. > I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? It depends totally

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

Oh, so there is no MX involved? It just arrives from an external MX? Or not? Or are they using Cyrus? Or not? 20 users? 15,000 users? Should it be on a storage system capable of future expansion? See what I mean? On Jan 28, 2008 8:25 AM, Alphons Fonz van Werven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > D

Re: old kernel's name

Thank you Manolis :) I am trying to learn FreeBSD the hard way :) Actually, everything is OK with my system now that I can boot it but I cannot get X11 to install. I tried pkg_add -r kde (x is allready installed as such) but the download fails. I even tried to install it from a CD but I get an er

Re: How to backup the users

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 05:59:18PM +0200, Ivan Rambius Ivanov wrote: > Hello, > > I am running a small FreeBSD server and I have a a couple of users > ssh'ing to it. I want to wipe the server out and reinstall FreeBSD on > it, but I want to preserve the users' credentials. Can you please > advise

Re: old kernel's name

Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Dear all, While updating FreeBSD, my custom kernel file was autoamtically saved (backed up) and system upgraded to 6.3. sysinstall showed me the name of the custom kernel (something like kernel.prev or the like) but I cannot remember now what it was. :( As there is no k

Re: Sound problems on Thinkpad T43

Ok, never mind. After changing my settings to those of Wojciech's, the sound still didn't work. I booted the system with a Fedora 7 Live CD and tried playing some music, but I didn't get any sound out of it then, either. It looks like the card on this Thinkpad has died. Shame, too, I just unboxed

old kernel's name

Dear all, While updating FreeBSD, my custom kernel file was autoamtically saved (backed up) and system upgraded to 6.3. sysinstall showed me the name of the custom kernel (something like kernel.prev or the like) but I cannot remember now what it was. :( As there is no kernel in /boot I need to l

Re: IP Aliasing

I am wondering if anyone has some experience in using it, and what I want to know 1) is there an upper limit to configuring a number of alias addresses? no idea, i have 37 without problems. 2) if an interface is configured with an alias address, then what address is shown on the traffic lea

Re: updating phpmyadmin problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Fira wrote: > Hi list, > this morning I tried to upgrade my phpmyadmin. My previous version of > phpmyadmin is 2.9.1. After csup'ing, I 'make reinstall clean' in > phpmyadmin's port location. Everything's went fine. I checked ports db and > it sho

Re: www/flock port fails to install

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Gerard wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100 Pieter Baele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in advance for your time. When there are (security) vulnerabilities

IP Aliasing

I have a query reagrding IP aliasing in FreeBSD. I have read up on it, this has been helpful: http://freebsd.peon.net/tutorials/6/ I am wondering if anyone has some experience in using it, and what I want to know 1) is there an upper limit to configuring a number of alias addresses? 2) if an int

Re: Sound problems on Thinkpad T43

Installed devices: pcm0: at io 0x90040800, 0x90040400 irq 22 bufsz 16384 (1p/1r/1v channels duplex default) looks ok but check in dmesg too My mixer settings: Mixer vol is currently set to 30:30 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixe

Re: maildrop with mysql

To answer my own question, I had the authmysqlrc file set up wrong. Its working now On Mon, January 28, 2008 13:06, Reinhold wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm trying to setup maildrop to work with my postf, dovecot and mysql > mail server. I installed maildrop successfully. > This is what I used to install

Sound problems on Thinkpad T43

Hello all, I have FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE running on a Thinkpad T43. It works wonderfully, I love it so far. The only problem is that I can't get my sound card to output any sound. This is what pciconf says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:2:class=0x040100 card=0x05671014 chip=0x266e8086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00

maildrop with mysql

Hi, I'm trying to setup maildrop to work with my postf, dovecot and mysql mail server. I installed maildrop successfully. This is what I used to install it cd /usr/ports/mail/maildrop; make WITH_AUTHLIB=yes WITH_MAILDIRQUOTA=yes install clean At the blue prompt I selected mysql and it installed w

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

D G Teed wrote: What sort of server is it - MX, apache, database server, Actually, it IS in the OP... OP has (or wants to have) a mail server and asks for suggestions regarding the mail spool size. Simple as that. Apache has nothing to do with it. Whether or not to have a seperate /usr/local

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

No one qualified the context of the question. Not the OP, nor the answers. Amateurs are you all? Details, details, details! Is this for home, or for a hobby site, or the real world? What is the volume of use? What sort of server is it - MX, apache, database server, America's Army run in Li

Re: www/flock port fails to install

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:41:46AM -0500, Gerard wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100 > Pieter Baele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in > > > advance > > > f

Re: www/flock port fails to install

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:57:07 +0100 Pieter Baele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in > > advance > > for your time. > > When there are (security) vulnerabilities, ports won't

Re: www/flock port fails to install

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 02:48 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > > I'm on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE for i386 on this machine. Thanks in > advance > for your time. When there are (security) vulnerabilities, ports won't install. You can override this, but I don't remember how. (and I don't want to know it as I

Re: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)

Ted, I love reading your comments as you are so knowledgeable but you should give a brake to a poor guy. He is already traumatized by online experience so we need to conform him. There is nothing wrong in buying thins from online retailers as you can usually save 30-50% in my experience but as

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

Hi there, 2008/1/28, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Norman Maurer wrote: > > Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the > >> download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a r

Re: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)

Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Naylor Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:21 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS) Hi, Late last year I bought a AS US P5N-E (force

RE: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Naylor > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:21 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS) > > > Hi, > > Late last year I bought a AS US P5N-E (force 650)

updating phpmyadmin problem

Hi list, this morning I tried to upgrade my phpmyadmin. My previous version of phpmyadmin is 2.9.1. After csup'ing, I 'make reinstall clean' in phpmyadmin's port location. Everything's went fine. I checked ports db and it showed that my phpmyadmin had upgraded into 2.11.4 version : hosting:~ => pk

www/flock port fails to install

When I try to install the Flock browser from the www/flock port, I get the following error messages: ===> flock-0.7_7 has known vulnerabilities: => firefox -- multiple remote unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities. Reference:

Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add

Norman Maurer wrote: Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: Hello, I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to change the FTP mode to passive if the download constantly fails. Ho

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

Wojciech Puchar wrote: Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? Your question is too serious to be answered in an email but I give a try. First of all I would suggest that you read the pages 25-28 of the book Secure

HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS)

Hi, Late last year I bought a AS US P5N-E (force 650) motherboard. It didn't work with FreeBSD and SUMP (I can't blame FreeBSD has Linux and Windows struggle to run on the board, and it is riddled with bugs). I'm now hoping to convince AS US that I need a different motherboard, does anyone know

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 13:56 +0800, FreeBSD Daemon wrote: > Dear list, > > I am currently setting up a server which should include email service. > > Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. > I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? > > TIA for any related ti

Re: suggested size of /var/mail

Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? while considered bad/dangerous/whatever i ALWAYS make only 2 partitions: swap and root and NEVER have problems how to size a partitions. _