Re: Terminal / vim / shortcuts

2009-06-13 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 08:18:02PM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I edit python code in vim using Terminal on xfce. I find myself, not > surprisingly, having to exit "insert mode" and save changes frequently > (when making code changes and wishing to test the immediate effects of > the changes i

Re: CPU/motherboard recommendations

2009-06-13 Thread TJ Varghese
Robert Huff wrote: I am actively building the parts list for a new system, and would welcome advice on motherboards. Quick research has pointed me to two paths with regard to CPUs: Intel Q9550(s)/Q9650, and AMD Phenom II 925/945. (Unfortunately, the 925 doesn't seem to be availab

Terminal / vim / shortcuts

2009-06-13 Thread Daniel Underwood
I edit python code in vim using Terminal on xfce. I find myself, not surprisingly, having to exit "insert mode" and save changes frequently (when making code changes and wishing to test the immediate effects of the changes in a separate terminal). This requires pressing 4 keys: "esc", ":", "w", a

The FreeBSD Diary: 2009-06-13

2009-06-13 Thread Dan Langille
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the maili

some suggestions

2009-06-13 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
Hi, Recently some errors occurred while I upgrade ports, turned out it was a null entry of dependence in the ports' +CONTENTS, a line of @pkgdep but no corresponding DEPORIGIN. I am not sure which port management caused this trouble, though I used portmaster most of the time, but sometimes I use

Google groups

2009-06-13 Thread Alexander Best
hi there, i've been using the mailman interface for a long time now to read the various freebsd mailinglists. recently i found out about Google groups which are great and a lot better than the mailman interface imo. (no broken search, etc.) however a lot of mailinglists seem to be missing on goog

Re: Compiling in sound driver in kernel

2009-06-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:35:42 +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote: > The handbook, IMO, is wrong. > The copy of GENERIC will in the course of upgrades deviate from the original > one. > You won't pick up improvements, like the scheduler change from 4BSD -> ULE I don't think the handbook is wrong, but you

I/O Serial Tunnel over Ethernet - Cellular - WiFi

2009-06-13 Thread Exemys
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The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Huff
Leslie Jensen writes: > I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to > find answers. > > I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns > > No matches were found for ... > > > Now I see that the search index is not rebuild

Re: Program update(s)

2009-06-13 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:47:39PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn typed: Can you guarantee that all these programs will work with perl.y.y.y ? That is another thread and a question that someone should ask him/herself prior to the installation itself :-) Jos Chrispijn ___

Re: The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Leslie Jensen wrote: > Hello list! > > I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to > find answers. > > I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns > > No matches were found for ... > > > Now I see that

Re: The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Leslie Jensen wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long tim

Re: Program update(s)

2009-06-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:47:39PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn typed: > Can someone tell me why I have to recompile all related programs when I > upgrade to a newer version of Perl? How easy it would be that all these > 'to be recompiled' programs only were linked to just Perl instead of > Perl.x.x.x.

Re: Program update(s)

2009-06-13 Thread RW
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:09:17 +0200 Jos Chrispijn wrote: > > RW wrote: > > For the most part you don't, you can just run perl-after-upgrade. > > > > Good suggestion, thanks. > > If you are referring to the switch from lang/perl5.8 to > > lang/perl5.10, then that's exceptional and optional. >

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual

2009-06-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 06:25:07PM +, Paul Schmehl typed: > > Is there a "right" way to do things in Unix? Yes there is. But the burden is on the developer/packager. The right way to do things is to leave the choice to the end-user. ___ freebsd

Re: Compiling in sound driver in kernel

2009-06-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 04:39:19PM +0200, Bernt Hansson typed: > > > Polytropon said the following on 2009-06-12 12:54: > >On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:45:59 +0200, Bernt Hansson > >wrote: > >>Mel Flynn said the following on 2009-06-12 01:23: > FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 11 21:56:24 CEST 2009

Re: Program update(s)

2009-06-13 Thread Jos Chrispijn
RW wrote: For the most part you don't, you can just run perl-after-upgrade. Good suggestion, thanks. If you are referring to the switch from lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10, then that's exceptional and optional. Exceptional oke, but optional? I have to make sure that all related progr

Re: cups 1.3.10 problem?

2009-06-13 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:40:52 -0400, "B. Cook" a écrit : Hello, > installed cups 1.3.9 on a machine a while back and successfully > sharing a dozen or so jetdirects via samba. > > as part of regular updates I updated to 1.3.10 (no visible problems) > until I tried to access the web interface. >

Re: (no subject)

2009-06-13 Thread Michael Powell
Fred Terp wrote: > This is a dumb Question which I should know the answer to. I can get gdm > to recogize my logins but xdm and wdm wont accept my username/password > entrys what am I forgetting? > Not sure if this will help, but are you configuring the ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys? http://www.fre

Re: The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread membrana
Leslie Jensen wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long tim

Any chance to get the SANE epkowa backend to work on Freebsd?

2009-06-13 Thread Leslie Jensen
I got a good deal on a Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO scanner, but it's not supported by the SANE Epson backend. One needs the epkowa external backend. Any chance to make it work? /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread Bruce Cran
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:21:08 +0200 Leslie Jensen wrote: > Hello list! > > I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive > to find answers. > > I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns > > No matches were found for ... > > > Now I