Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:40:19 -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a > i386 without physically being present? I'm not fully sure what you mean by "reset" in terms that it happens _after_ powering down. When a machine is powered down (i. e.

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:39:06PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:39:06 -0500 > From: Ryan Coleman > Subject: Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely > To: Bill Tillman > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) > > When bottom replying, please cl

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Jul 16, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Joshua Isom wrote: > On 7/16/2011 9:40 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a >> i386 without physically being present? >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Joshua Isom
On 7/16/2011 9:40 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 without physically being present? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 16), Aryeh Friedman said: > Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 > without physically being present? If you have a server motherboard with IPMI (or a high-end server with a service processor module), you can use that to power cycle the s

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Ryan Coleman
When bottom replying, please clear the header and signature - thanks. You can set up a BIOS boot time, if you can get onsite... that would allow you to power it down at, say, 11:59PM and have it power back on at Midnight. Or a UPS that's controlled by another machine. Or the magic packet WOL op

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Bill Tillman
From: Aryeh Friedman To: FreeBSD Mailing List Sent: Sat, July 16, 2011 10:40:19 PM Subject: how to force a hard reboot remotely Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 without physically being present? _

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Ryan Coleman
Won't " -p " power it down and leave it powered down? On Jul 16, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Jul 16 21:40:19 2011 >> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:40:19 -0400 >> From: Aryeh Friedman >> To: FreeBSD Mailing List >> Subject: how to force a

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Jul 16 21:40:19 2011 > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:40:19 -0400 > From: Aryeh Friedman > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: how to force a hard reboot remotely > > Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a > i386 without phys

Re: how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a > i386 without physically being present? > ___ Sure! If I understand your question correctly, reboot yes, shutdown then powerup

how to force a hard reboot remotely

2011-07-16 Thread Aryeh Friedman
Is there any way to force a complete power down and then reset of a i386 without physically being present? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd

Re: options used to compile packages

2011-07-16 Thread b. f.
> well I don't actually now which package it was, but I compiled gdm (so > it should be one of it's dependencies). A compilation resulted in a non > working gdm (something with pam support not found on execution). Upon > installing gdm and is dependencies from packages, everything worked > correctl

Re: gcc 4.4.7

2011-07-16 Thread b. f.
> I decided to switch from portmaster to portupgrade and pkddb -F show many > stale dependencies on gcc-4.4.5.20110503 (lang/gcc44). > > Do I need to put new dependencies to gcc-4.5.4.20110630 or something else, > please? > For portmaster I put IGNOREMI+ line and it works but I don't know how to do

Re: options used to compile packages

2011-07-16 Thread b. f.
> I want to compile packages from the ports collections with exactly the > same options that have been used to compile the official packages from > the official freebsd package collection. Is the var/db/ports directory > used to compile the official freebsd package collection available > somewhere

Re: before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x....

2011-07-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:50:09AM +0200, Bal?zs M?t?ffy wrote: > Return-Path: > Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [69.147.83.53]) by > ethic.thought.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6G9pbKj074808 for > ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:51:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from > owner-freebsd-quest

Re: before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x....

2011-07-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:50:09AM +0200, Bal?zs M?t?ffy wrote: > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:50:09 +0200 > From: Bal?zs M?t?ffy > Subject: Re: before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x > To: FreeBSD > > On 16 July 2011 11:27, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > On 16/07/2011 06:45, Gary Kline wrote: > > > i a

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-16 Thread Christian Barthel
Hello, I've not really followed this message but I ran (nearly) into the same problem. I also need latex! But I don't want to use tetex because I am used to texlive. So, I downloaded the texlive ISO Image and installed it with the included script: http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html

Problems with the Asus P8h61 -m pro motherboard

2011-07-16 Thread Matevž Markovič
Hy! I just installed the FreeBSD 8.2 on my computer, but unfortunately my integrated network card was not recognised. Only the loopback and plip (or something like that) interfaces are present in the sysinstall / ifconfig -a. I have the Asus P8h61 -m pro motherboard. I wanted to configure this com

Re: Multimedia

2011-07-16 Thread Alejandro Imass
I use FBSD mainly as a server so I don't have much experience on these devices for FBSD. This is just an idea, but maybe with this WinTV stuff you may have better luck using the Linux compatibility layer (take advantage of software and drivers for V4L UVC, etc.). People run stuff like Skype through

gcc 4.4.7

2011-07-16 Thread ajtiM
Hi! I decided to switch from portmaster to portupgrade and pkddb -F show many stale dependencies on gcc-4.4.5.20110503 (lang/gcc44). Do I need to put new dependencies to gcc-4.5.4.20110630 or something else, please? For portmaster I put IGNOREMI+ line and it works but I don't know how to do wi

Re: options used to compile packages

2011-07-16 Thread David Arendt
Hi, well I don't actually now which package it was, but I compiled gdm (so it should be one of it's dependencies). A compilation resulted in a non working gdm (something with pam support not found on execution). Upon installing gdm and is dependencies from packages, everything worked correctly. Th

Re: before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x....

2011-07-16 Thread Balázs Mátéffy
On 16 July 2011 11:27, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 16/07/2011 06:45, Gary Kline wrote: > > i ant to be as sure as possible that my network stuff and mail > > Works! how can i test my /etc/namedb/* 'stuff'? pretty sure mail > > works .. AND finally, i'm glad i stuck with FreeBSD and fer all your

Re: options used to compile packages

2011-07-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 16/07/2011 08:44, David Arendt wrote: > I want to compile packages from the ports collections with exactly the > same options that have been used to compile the official packages from > the official freebsd package collection. Is the var/db/ports directory > used to compile the official freebsd

Re: before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x....

2011-07-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 16/07/2011 06:45, Gary Kline wrote: > i ant to be as sure as possible that my network stuff and mail > Works! how can i test my /etc/namedb/* 'stuff'? pretty sure mail > works .. AND finally, i'm glad i stuck with FreeBSD and fer all your > help. http://dnscheck.iis.se/ is a good start. Gi

Re: when compile,gcc can not work?

2011-07-16 Thread jyl_2006
For some reason,I want to compile the source code of mozilla,so i can not use port. 2011/7/14 Lowell Gilbert-2 [via FreeBSD] < ml-node+4587204-2058148006-208...@n5.nabble.com> > jyl_2006 <[hidden > email]> > writes: > > > Anyone who encounter

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-16 Thread krad
On 15 July 2011 22:12, Balázs Mátéffy wrote: > On 15 July 2011 22:46, Roland Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 08:20:52AM -0400, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > > > I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 > > years. > > > > > > atlas:~>uname -mprs > > > FreeBSD 6.4

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-16 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
> Yes, I'm aware of this, but texlive > is not an option for me, unless and > until it appears in the port tree. > But I'm also aware of the "step up > or shut up" reality, so I shut up. As Frank pointed out, It's common to have more than one TeX distribution installed. I have had TeTex and TeXli

options used to compile packages

2011-07-16 Thread David Arendt
Hi, I want to compile packages from the ports collections with exactly the same options that have been used to compile the official packages from the official freebsd package collection. Is the var/db/ports directory used to compile the official freebsd package collection available somewhere ? If