Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info

2010-06-21 Thread George Davidovich
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 08:19:22PM -0500, J. Porter Clark wrote: > 1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the > boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to > include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., > home wired, home wireless, work wired,

Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info

2010-06-21 Thread Eitan Adler
> 2. Usually, when the system boots, there are several lines > showing the kernel and various modules loading, possibly with > diagnostics.  Is there a way to pause after that stage, so that > those lines can be read?  Or is there any way to retrieve them > after the system has booted? You have fo

Re: thunderbird replacement

2010-06-21 Thread Anh Ky Huynh
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:11:06 -0700 Chip Camden wrote: > On Jun 20 2010 08:28, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is > > just doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters) > > I use xfce4 on 8.1-PRERELEASE (updated and portmaster

Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info

2010-06-21 Thread RW
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:19:22 -0500 "J. Porter Clark" wrote: > 1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the > boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to > include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., > home wired, home wireless, work wired, wor

Re: Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info

2010-06-21 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 08:19:22PM -0500, J. Porter Clark wrote: > 1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the > boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to > include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., > home wired, home wireless, work wired,

Booting multiple choice, and pause to read bootup info

2010-06-21 Thread J. Porter Clark
1. I'd like to be able to expand the list of choices in the boot menu (the menu with single user mode, safe mode, etc.) to include booting in any of several different environments, e.g., home wired, home wireless, work wired, work wireless. Hacking the FORTH code isn't entirely out of the question

Re: .sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread RW
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:20:00 +0800 Aiza wrote: > >test "$name" = "${path}/${group}*" && continue > >[ -z "${found_list}" ] && found_list="${name}" || > I had not known about the 'test' command. > You have taught me something new. In case you're not aware, [ -z "${found_list}" ] is als

Re: .sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread Aiza
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: for name in "${path}/${group}"* do path=/dev group=ttypqfr for name in "${path}/${group}"* do test "$name" = "${path}/${group}*" && continue [ -z "${found_list}" ] && found_list="${name}" || found_list="${found_list} ${name}" done echo "found list: $found_list" T

8.1-rc1

2010-06-21 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I am updating all servers this comming July. Currently, I have a build of FreeBSD 8.0 and am wondering if anyone knows any showstoppers in it that should be fixed in 8.1-rc1. i.e shold I wait and update the build before deploying? Apache vm-pop3d mysql5 php5 Perl named exim ... -Gra

Re: Why gdb isn't updated from 2004?

2010-06-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jun 21, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Yuri wrote: > I see. Then my question would morph into this one: > Why gdb port isn't created for the latest gdb-7.1 ? Evidently, no one has submitted it. Perhaps the issue you've noted: > I need gdb-7.1, GPL or not. After compiling from source I see an issue: it >

Re: Why gdb isn't updated from 2004?

2010-06-21 Thread Yuri
On 06/21/2010 15:33, Chuck Swiger wrote: The latest versions of gdb are under GPLv3-- I believe starting from around Aug 2007 (aka gdb-6.7.1 or later). I see. Then my question would morph into this one: Why gdb port isn't created for the latest gdb-7.1 ? I need gdb-7.1, GPL or not. After

Re: Why gdb isn't updated from 2004?

2010-06-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jun 21, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Yuri wrote: > Current gdb version in 8.0 is 6.1.1. It was released in 2004. Current version > is 7.1. > > Why it hasn't been updated? The latest versions of gdb are under GPLv3-- I believe starting from around Aug 2007 (aka gdb-6.7.1 or later). Regards, -- -Chuck

Why gdb isn't updated from 2004?

2010-06-21 Thread Yuri
Current gdb version in 8.0 is 6.1.1. It was released in 2004. Current version is 7.1. Why it hasn't been updated? Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: sharing code between the various *BSDs

2010-06-21 Thread Chris Rees
Politics... Sorry for top-posting, Android won't let me quote. There's a bug report on it! On 21 Jun 2010 23:12, "Alexander Best" wrote: hi there, i can't remember where i read this the other day, but i found this to be a great idea. basically the idea was to have one code pool which all the *

sharing code between the various *BSDs

2010-06-21 Thread Alexander Best
hi there, i can't remember where i read this the other day, but i found this to be a great idea. basically the idea was to have one code pool which all the *bsd flavours share and also to which every *bsd committer has access and can make changes. especially code in /bin, /sbin, usr/bin, /usr/sbin

Re: Running Older Binaries under 8.0

2010-06-21 Thread Martin McCormick
Chuck Swiger writes: > Yes, you want: > > /usr/ports/misc/compat6x > > It installs the libraries from FreeBSD-6.x under a compatibility location > so that your older binaries should run without needing to be > recompiled Perfect. Thanks. ___ fr

Re: Running Older Binaries under 8.0

2010-06-21 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:52:47 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a large number of home-grown applications that > run under FreeBSD 6.3 and earlier. As we transition to > FreeBSD8.0, is there a good single package to add which will > provide the right libraries to allow these older bina

Re: Running Older Binaries under 8.0

2010-06-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jun 21, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a large number of home-grown applications that > run under FreeBSD 6.3 and earlier. As we transition to > FreeBSD8.0, is there a good single package to add which will > provide the right libraries to allow these older binarie

Running Older Binaries under 8.0

2010-06-21 Thread Martin McCormick
I have a large number of home-grown applications that run under FreeBSD 6.3 and earlier. As we transition to FreeBSD8.0, is there a good single package to add which will provide the right libraries to allow these older binaries to run without surprises? Thank you. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ

Re: Floppies on VMware workstation FreeBSD guest

2010-06-21 Thread Francisco Reyes
Adam Vande More writes: Yes, you might be able to edit an existing image or use 'make release' to build your own. Or with pxe you can just put it on NFS. I was thinking of something perhaps even simpler. Mount a second CD image with just install.cfg. Will try that and see how it works. If

ZFS not returning correct data if checksum fails? (copies=2)

2010-06-21 Thread Aravind K. Mikkilineni
Hi, I may have experienced some odd behavior from ZFS running 8.0-STABLE-201004 amd64. I have a zpool 'zhome' on my laptop with checksum=on and copies=2. I was getting ready to burn a FreeBSD DVD today and was verifying the checkums of the image I downloaded (stored on zhome). I got a match o

Re: Floppies on VMware workstation FreeBSD guest

2010-06-21 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Adam Vande More writes: > > I'm not sure that floppies are still working in this fashion, but even if >> they are it may be easier for you to do this via pxe or optical media. >> > > You mean to create a CD image and put the install.cfg in

Re: thunderbird replacement

2010-06-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 07:53:20PM +0200, Ruben Pollan wrote: > On 09:11, Mon 21 Jun 10, Chip Camden wrote: > > On Jun 20 2010 08:28, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is just > > > doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters)

Re: Floppies on VMware workstation FreeBSD guest

2010-06-21 Thread Francisco Reyes
Adam Vande More writes: I'm not sure that floppies are still working in this fashion, but even if they are it may be easier for you to do this via pxe or optical media. You mean to create a CD image and put the install.cfg instead of using a floppy image? ___

Re: iptables equivaelnt

2010-06-21 Thread pete wright
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: >> I'm looking for FREEBSD's equivalent of iptables >> >> I'm particuclary trying to implement some  type of rate control as we are >> getting hammered by spam. > > The three maj

Re: thunderbird replacement

2010-06-21 Thread Ruben Pollan
On 09:11, Mon 21 Jun 10, Chip Camden wrote: > On Jun 20 2010 08:28, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is just > > doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters) I use > > xfce4 on 8.1-PRERELEASE (updated and portmaster -Rafd'ed ab

Re: iptables equivaelnt

2010-06-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I'm looking for FREEBSD's equivalent of iptables > > I'm particuclary trying to implement some type of rate control as we are > getting hammered by spam. The three major choices available with FreeBSD are documented here: http://w

iptables equivaelnt

2010-06-21 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
I'm looking for FREEBSD's equivalent of iptables I'm particuclary trying to implement some type of rate control as we are getting hammered by spam. Any and all help would be graetly appreciated ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

Re: thunderbird replacement

2010-06-21 Thread Chip Camden
On Jun 20 2010 08:28, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I currently am using mail/thunderbird as my mail reader and it is just > doing the job very well (even with heavy use of filters) I use > xfce4 on 8.1-PRERELEASE (updated and portmaster -Rafd'ed about 3 weeks > ago) I am looking for a good repla

Re: Problem startin Bacula-BAT

2010-06-21 Thread Alex Huth
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:38:25PM +0200, Cato Myhrhagen wrote: > Hello > > I have som problems getting Bacula-Bat working. Here is what i have done so > far: > > 1. Installed FreeBSD 8.0 rel > 2. From the ports catalogue i have installed Gnome Lite > 3. Uppgraded all the ports with CVsup > 4. Th

Re: .sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
for name in "${path}/${group}"* do path=/dev group=ttypqfr for name in "${path}/${group}"* do test "$name" = "${path}/${group}*" && continue [ -z "${found_list}" ] && found_list="${name}" || found_list="${found_list} ${name}" done echo "found list: $found_list" Samuel Martín Moro {EPITECH.}

Re: .sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread Aiza
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: it seems to work your main error is to use ${found_name} instead of ${name}. also, you do not set ${group} in your example. and, not essential, but test -z before adding useless spaces. correcting that, I had it working perfectly. h2g2:~# cat test path=/dev group=tty f

Re: .sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
it seems to work your main error is to use ${found_name} instead of ${name}. also, you do not set ${group} in your example. and, not essential, but test -z before adding useless spaces. correcting that, I had it working perfectly. h2g2:~# cat test path=/dev group=tty for name in "${path}/${group}

Areca ARC-1222

2010-06-21 Thread Derek Buttineau
Does anyone have an experience using this card with FreeBSD? We're trialling it in an HP DL380 G5 with FreeBSD 8 as a JBOD controller for ZFS and ran into a weird situation. If we pull one of the drives in the array, the card looses all attached drives. Has anyone else ran into this, or can

Re: Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell! (fwd)

2010-06-21 Thread Ian Smith
Hi .. as suggested, posting this discussion to ipfw@ too .. thanks, Ian -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:14 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Ian Smith Subject: Re: Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell! (fwd) On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Ian Smith

.sh for loop

2010-06-21 Thread Aiza
In a script I have this code path="/usr/namelist" for name in "${path}/${group}"*; do found_list="${found_list} ${found_name}" done The "done" starts another loop. How do I code to know when the "for" has completed. I want to echo "results of for = ${found_list}" to see the accumulated

Re: Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell!

2010-06-21 Thread Ian Smith
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > > I've read about people trying > > to throttle outgoing ACKs to slow down their download but that still > > wouldn't rearrange any incoming data packets so I don't see how that > > would help. I haven't tried it myself though but neit

Re: Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell!

2010-06-21 Thread Morgan Wesström
On 2010-06-21 07:50, Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 315, Issue 11, Message: 9 > On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:11:48 +0200 > Morgan Wesstr?m wrote: > > On 2010-06-16 02:51, Modulok wrote: > > > Yo, > > > > > > I have a FreeBSD box acting as a router between me and the Internet. >

Problem startin Bacula-BAT

2010-06-21 Thread Cato Myhrhagen
Hello I have som problems getting Bacula-Bat working. Here is what i have done so far: 1. Installed FreeBSD 8.0 rel 2. From the ports catalogue i have installed Gnome Lite 3. Uppgraded all the ports with CVsup 4. Then I installed Bacula 5.0.0.1 rel (with MySQL), altso from the ports catalogue. 5.