Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > Hi, > I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to fetch > sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then for ports or > also fetch them via svn? Polytropon responded: > Ports and system sources ar

Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.

2012-09-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Robert Bonomi > wrote: > > > > > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 > > > > I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous > > devices/options removed. > > > > I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but whe

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if not using portsnap? You use pkg_add (or the youngest newcomer pkg) -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.free

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Helmut Schneider
Thomas Mueller wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to > > fetch sources instead of cvsup. Should I still use portsnap then > > for ports or also fetch them via svn? > > Polytropon re

kinternet alternative in FreeBSD

2012-09-11 Thread suseuser04
Hello FreeBSD users: I am new to FreeBSD. I've been using openSUSE for 8 years but would like to try something different. I have installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE from DVD and configured KDE3. I also configured DSL (pppoe) connection that automatically connects the computer to the network. In openSUSE

Re: Where are the mechancs of config(8) descibed

2012-09-11 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 11/09/2012 01:30, Robert Bonomi wrote: > (This is probably a bit techical for 'questions' -- I'd welcome a suggesstion > of a more appopriae forum.) If you dont get any joy, try freebsd-hack...@freebsd.org Vince > Is there a detailed description anywhere of the mechanics of *how* config(8) >

Upgrade to 8.3 broke pam_ldap

2012-09-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, After upgrading from 7.3 o 8.3 pam_ldap stopped working. LDAP server has been running on a different machine for ages, it is still running. Connection to the server is still there: when I enter a wrong password I get a distinct error message. When I enter the correct password, I get: Se

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:15:24 -0400, Thomas Mueller wrote: > One question comes up that I didn't think of immediately. > > How do you use svn on a fresh install of FreeBSD, no ports yet? > > svn/subversion is not part of the base system. > > How do you get the ports tree or svn in that case if no

Re: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:15:50 +0200, suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: > Hello FreeBSD users: > > I am new to FreeBSD. I've been using openSUSE for 8 years but would > like to try something different. > I have installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE from DVD and configured > KDE3. I also configured DSL (pppoe) conne

Re: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD

2012-09-11 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Tuesday, September 11, 2012 a las 02:56:07PM +0200, Polytropon escribió: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:15:50 +0200, suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: > > Hello FreeBSD users: > > > > I am new to FreeBSD. I've been using openSUSE for 8 years but would > > like to try something different. > > I have inst

[ FYI ] New version of PF now SMP-scalable

2012-09-11 Thread Fbsd8
[HEADS UP] merging projects/pf into head Some good news: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2012-September/006740.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

Re: Swapped memory limited to about 500MB for a process ?

2012-09-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Mickaël Canévet writes: > I was impacted by a memory leak that has been fixed by this patch: > http://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/namei-leak.patch > > What I noticed when the server was paging is that it seems that only > about 500MB of my 4GB swap partition was used before crashing. I was > won

GELI provider and trim (BIO_DELETE)

2012-09-11 Thread Arto Pekkanen
I have an SSD driver, rather new, and "camcontrol identify" reports it supports data set management (TRIM). I set up the disk so, that there is one slice. On this slice I put two BSD labes a and b with geli providers. On these geli providers I did newfs -t to enable trim. Does the trim BIO_DELETE

cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Gary Kline
I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. ive read the man page for sum and cksum ... or maybe skimmed them. no joy. anybody know of a utility to do this? I've got files that are decades old... tx, guys. gary ___ freebsd-questio

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > ive read the man page for sum and cksum ... or maybe skimmed > them. no joy. anybody know of a utility to do this? I've > got files that are decades old... Maybe it's possib

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > > ive read the man page for sum and cksum ... or maybe skimmed > > them. no joy. anybody know of a utility to d

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > > > ive read the man page for sum and cksum ... or m

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Noel
On 9/11/2012 7:48 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > I think I tried something like your second example last night. > I think I did > > % cksum foodir/* > That lets the shell expand * to the content of foodir, making > a final command line like "cksum foodir/file1 foodir/file2" > and so on

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Colin Barnabas
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:24:08PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > > > ive read the man page for sum and cksum ..

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 02:48:54AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I mo

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Kraus
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM, wrote: > It's a real shame Unix doesn't have a really good tool for comparing > two directory trees. You can use 'diff -r' (even on binaries), but that > fails if you have devices, named pipes, or named sockets in the > filesystem. And diff or cksum don't tell yo

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Kraus
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > I'm not concerned about a file having been changed, just whether > >% cp -rp /home/klinebak/foodir /home/kline/ > > is 100% reliable. down to the bit! If "cp" is not reliable (down to the bit), then you have muc

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread markham breitbach
As long as you are not moving files across mount points, you could always do something like this: cd $SOURCE_DIR && find . -print | cpio -dplm $DEST_DIR rm -rf $SOURCE_DIR That will create hard links from one directory to the other so you don't have to worry about any file corruption si

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Paul Kraus writes: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM, wrote: > >> It's a real shame Unix doesn't have a really good tool for comparing >> two directory trees. You can use 'diff -r' (even on binaries), but that >> fails if you have devices, named pipes, or named sockets in the >> filesystem. And

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:08 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > Subject: Re: cksum entire dir?? > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > > > ive r

Anyone used a Dazzle DVC100 with Freebsd?

2012-09-11 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi, If anyone has used a Dazzle DVC100 with Freebsd, or knows how to capture video with this on Freebsd, I'd appreciate some advice. Thanks! Scott -- s...@ssr.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:18:13PM -0400, kpn...@pobox.com wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 05:24:08PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > But I also tried cksum directly with a directory > > > like > > > > > > % cksum > > > > > > and

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 09:55:33PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:08 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline > > Subject: Re: cksum entire dir?? > > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > >

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 12/09/2012 00:14, Polytropon wrote: > % cksum > > and could obtain a checksum - so it _seems_ to work. > After alteration of one file within the hierarchy a > different result was printed. That will give you a checksum on the directory inode -- file names and associated metadata only, n

Re: Swapped memory limited to about 500MB for a process ?

2012-09-11 Thread Mickaël Canévet
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 13:05 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Mickaël Canévet writes: > > > I was impacted by a memory leak that has been fixed by this patch: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/namei-leak.patch > > > > What I noticed when the server was paging is that it seems that only > > abo