kernel config =?> kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread perryh
This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to include or exclude that option get translated into particular code (source lines, .o files, symb

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:39:13 -0500 Michael Powell wrote: > "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev! The creation of > filesystems will be aborted." Then pressing "OK" brings this: > "Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting." > > This from sysinstall and occurs after fdisk, labe

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:13:57 -0500 Chris Brennan wrote: > No worries on missing it, I'm not sure that helped, I farted around > with it again earlier today with little more in the way of success. > What I tried was to just set up '/' and swamp and it still prompted > me about not being able to fi

How to get Huawei USB modem to work ?

2011-01-02 Thread Manish Jain
Hello, From a similar thread, I picked up some information that I should try kldload'ing usba. But when I ran the command, I got an error message that there is no such module. I searched under sys/modules and there was no usba.ko Can somebody please tell me how to get my Huawei U

Re: How to get Huawei USB modem to work ?

2011-01-02 Thread Dima Panov
Hello! Try to follow my experience :) http://dimapanov.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/huswei-e1550-freebsd/ 02.01.2011, 21:54, "Manish Jain" : >    Hello, >    From a similar thread, I picked up some information that I should try >    kldload'ing usba. But when I ran the command, I got an error message

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Gökşin Akdeniz
02/01/2011 03:09, Michael D. Norwick yazmış: > On 01/01/2011 12:51, Polytropon wrote: >> On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:34:39 -0600, "Michael D. >> Norwick" wrote: >> >>> And, where are those commented out option lines >>> in my xorg.conf documented? >>> >> In the obvious place: "man xorg.conf".

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Gökşin Akdeniz
Original message bounced somehow, so I post it one more time. Sorry for the inconvenience. I copied the complete xorg.conf file which works fine at my FreeBSD installation. That very configuration file worked fine for a PC-BSD 8.0 installation on the same hardware. I compiled Xorg via ports without

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:22:55 +, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:13:57 -0500 > Chris Brennan wrote: > > > No worries on missing it, I'm not sure that helped, I farted around > > with it again earlier today with little more in the way of success. > > What I tried was to just set

Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop

2011-01-02 Thread Ian Smith
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Ian Smith wrote: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da4 skip=N > > where N is the known total number of sectors minus 34, should do it? Argh .. that should be seek=N, not skip. Up way too late .. cheers, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freeb

Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Jason C. Wells
Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the incoming drive would take a little time and leave you vulnerable to a small loss of data if

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread David Brodbeck
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? > > I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. >  You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the incoming > drive would take a lit

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Julian H. Stacey
David Brodbeck wrote: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? > > > > I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. > >  You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the i

is there a "best" online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online tutorial to learn python? With ink+paper book, altho in lots of ways I prefer real books, they almost demand two hands. Or

Re: Half a Mirror Backup

2011-01-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/01/2011 20:30, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jason C. Wells wrote: >> Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? >> >> I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. >> You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the

Re: kernel config =?> kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 01/02/2011 03:07 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) > question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the > kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to > include or exclude that option get

Re: is there a "best" online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:29:44 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty > minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online > tutorial to learn python? With ink+paper book, altho in lots of > ways I prefer real books, they almost de

Re: HP 2010i

2011-01-02 Thread Michael D. Norwick
On 01/01/2011 22:46, Warren Block wrote: < snipped > On 01/02/2011 08:30, Gökşin Akdeniz wrote: < snipped > Thank you for your responses. I have probably taken up as much bandwidth as I deserve with this subject. I tried the attached xorg.conf with the same results. A right skewed screen

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > Happy New Year! > > I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 > resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19" C.R.T. monitor that did > 1024x768. The machine has an ATI Radeon video card and I am using a V

Re: HP 2010i 1600x900 screen sizing issue - PCBSD 8.1

2011-01-02 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Adam Vande More on Sunday, 02 January 2011: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Michael D. Norwick > wrote: > > > Happy New Year! > > > > I bought a new HP 2010i LCD monitor that is supposed to give me 1600x900 > > resolution at 60 Hz to replace a generic 19" C.R.T. monitor that did > > 1024

Re: is there a "best" online python tutorial?

2011-01-02 Thread kline
On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 23:51 +0100, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:29:44 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty > > minutes); maybe a few days, actually. What is the best online > > tutorial to learn python? With ink