Re: FTP oddness, over SSH session.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Wednesday 11 April 2012, Dave B wrote: > >> I just found however, that though I can reliably send a file to the >> FTP server and it get's saved just fine, that's not true when >> connecting this way using a SSH tunnel. > > Would it not be s

Re: Printer recommendation please

Do you need it to be a laser printer? The Lexmark Pro915 is an inkjet all-on-one that speaks Postscript. I print over wireless network via cups. When I need to scan, I scan to a usb thumb drive. It will store scanned images as jpeg or pdf. Regards, Andrew On Mar 30, 2012 12:24 PM, "Karel Mikl

Re: Suggestion

Troll alert. (just let it die) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Bruno Comerci wrote: > > Hi guys. > > > Instead of wasting your time and man power, why wont you join to the ReactOS > project? > It would be more beneficial to the internet community and to the users around > the world who wants

Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Benjamin Tovar wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 12:57:46PM -0500, David Jackson wrote: >> >> So it seems like a happy compromise here. You will get what you need >> and us newbies and other users who really dont want the extra >> trouble of compiling will get our bi

Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, David Jackson wrote: > >> >> This is irrelevant.  FreeBSD has these options because most of its >> users are system administrators, developers or other types of geeks. >> Serving these needs is a major part of what FreeBSD does.  That's why >> we have the long stan

Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Jackson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Polytropon wrote: > >> David, allow me to add a few thoughts: >> >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:28:47 -0500, David Jackson wrote: >> > As for compile options, the solution is simple, compile in all feature >> > opt

Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM, David Jackson wrote: > I still have yet to find a resolution to the problems I have had with > binary packages and upgrades on FreeBSD. Binary upgrading is broken with > every tool I have tried. > > There is no real reason why FreeBSD should not provide a facility

Re: booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Diego Arias wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Andrew Gould > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Diego Arias wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Andrew Gould >&

booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode

I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 installation. (The computer is currently being restored to factory state.) Is there an option

Re: Real-Time Video Recording (ionice equivalent)

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Debacker wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a ionice equivalent for FreeBSD. Let suppose that I setup a > NAS using FreeBSD. I can substain 50MiB/s writing. > Let suppose that I have a 720p security camera, writing at 2 MiB/s in a > file. Then I have 10 users copying

Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Antonio Vieiro on Monday, 26 July 2010: >> Hi all, >> >> For those trying to test OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE (no >> official package yet): >> >> This: >> ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/O

java citrix client on seamonkey

I'm trying to access applications on my employer's network via Citrix. I'm using seamonkey as my browser on FreeBSD 7.3 Release. I have installed diablo-jdk-freebsd7.i386.1.6.0.07.02.tbz. and the icedtea6-stubs package. My employer's website for Citrix access facilitates the installation of the

Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:43:09AM -0500, Andrew Gould typed: >> >> Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an >> easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. >> Sharit

Re: user friendliest gui

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Will it pop-up a message saying your drive is clean? > If so then great > > -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bonomi > Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?

ut you'll need Samba on the client. > Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a commercial product: http://www.freshports.org/net/sharity-light

Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Timm Wimmers wrote: > Am Montag, den 10.05.2010, 14:35 +0200 schrieb Frank Bonnet: >> Hello >> >> Is there a simple software to share files between a FreeBSD server and a >> windows client other than Samba which is a bit overkill for my needings, >> >> I just want

Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Hello > > Is there a simple software to share files between a FreeBSD server and a > windows client other than Samba which is a bit overkill for my needings, > > I just want to share a directory (and subdirectories) of my server with ONE > Win

Re: Small computer to run a GUI?

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Liontaur wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > >> >> Sounds like you want a netbook. >> >> -- >> Adam Vande More >> > > I was more thinking of something without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. I > want to put it in a cupboard and not worry

Re: booting??

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > well, the pcbsd iso on my dvd-rw seems to be doing something.  i > have at least seven "junk" dvd's that k3b tells me are full.  is > there a way of erasing these 7 discs or are they trash? > > (I did try > >  # cdrecord dev=1,0,0 foo.iso > >

Re: anybody know if there is a 32-bit distro of pcbsd?

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > last night i started an upgrade on my ubuntu linux via the net. > finished this morning, and after thoroughly checking stuff, i > can't reboot.  (i have multiple copies of stuff everywhere so did > not lose much if anything.) this may be the ti

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

oops. After replying to all, I noticed that this thread is cross-posted to both freebsd-questions and freebsd-advocacy. (Although I removed advocacy from this reply.) fyi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:28 AM, wrote: > >> That whoever wrote that post is very closed minded, has no problem >> condemning something prior to investigation, and perhaps wears a pair of >> glasses that only come in one shade. > > Oracle is an expensive business application that is expected to b

updating pc's to the same date/time

I would like to do a fresh installation of FreeBSD 7.2 and then update it to the same state as another computer so I can transfer it's packages and have them in sync with the ports. Is my understanding of the system correct in that all I have to do is: 1. Copy /usr/src and /usr/ports to the new

Re: Error compiling KDE 3

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:26:46 + > Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > >> Trying to compile KDE 3, I am getting the folliwing error... >> >> any ideas? >> >> >> ===>  Installing for gnutls-2.8.3 >> ===>   gnutls-2.8.3 depends on executable: pkg-config - found >>

Re: itunes on FreeBSD

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Jerry wrote: > I use itunes extensively on my Windows > machines to download music. AFAIK, Apple does not make a version for > linux/bsd, although I might be incorrect. > > I investigated Rhapsody ; >

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jerry wrote: > What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? > > -- > Jerry > ges...@yahoo.com > I think it's kldstat. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail

Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM, RW wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500 > Andrew Gould wrote: > >> STABLE is what it sounds like. > > I don't think it is what it sounds like - STABLE branches are > development branches with stable binary interfaces. It'

Re: Desktop Install Option

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baig wrote: > So, I've been wondering about something.  FreeBSD is a general purpose > operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on > servers.  Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, > something similar

Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > Chuck, > > Thank you for your help.  I have two questions: > > Chuck Swiger wrote: >> >> Ports are not branched-- there is no STABLE or CURRENT for ports.  The >> same ports tree can be used on 6.x, 7.x, and 8-CURRENT. > > 1. With what is t

Re: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: > > Hello, > > Hello, I have two questions: > > 1. Is it true that I have the choice to run these versions of FreeBSD: > > 8.0 CURRENT > 7.2 RELEASE > 7.2 STABLE > 7.2 CURRENT > 7.1 RELEASE > 7.1 STABLE > 7.1 CURRENT > 7.0 RELEASE > 7.0 STABL

Re: KDE3 --> KDE4

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM, RW wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:33:38 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > >        i'd be interested in Paul's question.  it may be that kde3 >>       is sopping up wy to much disc space.  only have 6.5g >>       left > > KDE4 makes  KDE3 look like Fluxbox. > > I

Re: KDE3 --> KDE4

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:15:18 -0500, Andrew Gould > wrote: >> Unless things have changed very recently, KDE4 is in its own directory >> folder. > > Terminology: the directory (is not a folder, and not a director

Re: KDE3 --> KDE4

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Can someone who has already done this upgrade suggest the best way to go > about it?  Do I need to completely uninstall kde3 first?  Is there an > upgrade path that's not fraught with gotchas? > > -- > Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst > Unl

Re: 7.2 RELEASE ? Buggy as hell

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Thursday 30 July 2009 12:50:11 Andrew Gould wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Vande More > wrote: >> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM, PJ wrote: >> >> I have (supposedly, as I am t

Re: 7.2 RELEASE ? Buggy as hell

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM, PJ wrote: > >> I have (supposedly, as I am told by my bootup) upgraded to 7.2 >> Wonderful. But how do i make this thing work. I've managed to do it on >> an amd64 on an ACER Travelmate 4400 running at 1600m

Re: mutt with muttprofile and GnuPG-Support

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Randall Wood wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:53:47 -0500, "Doug Poland" > said: >> >> On Tue, July 28, 2009 11:49, Christian Grube wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I was wondering, why there is no IMAP/SMTP-Support in mutt >> > or mutt-devel. I have had mutt-ng and mutt

Re: How to find what symlink points to?

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Unga wrote: > > --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Erik Trulsson wrote: > >> From: Erik Trulsson >> Subject: Re: How to find what symlink points to? >> To: "Unga" >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 9:36 PM >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 05:44:59AM

gutenprint and lpd

The CUPS administration tool prints a fine test page to an Epson Stylus Photo R280 using a gutenprint ppd; but the printer does not appear in Abiword or Gimp. Attempts to configure the printer under Gimp's gutenprint plugin were a disaster -- my fault, I'm sure. I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 (STABL

Re: July snapshots

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:31:44 -0500 > Andrew Gould wrote: > >> Does anyone know if any snapshots (iso files at >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/) will created in July? >> > > > I don't know

July snapshots

Does anyone know if any snapshots (iso files at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/) will created in July? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: Xorg - how can I configure this thing??

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, herbs wrote: > Hi Daemons, > I am stuck with a fresh installation, FreeBSD 7.2 with the usual X Server > environment.. > > Usually I invoke xorgconfig to set up the hardware I have, like mouse > driver, monitor frequency, resolution and so on. > > The new X server 1

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Abthorpe wrote: > At this time KDE has not announced an EOL on 3.5. That said, you will > likely see it in the tree through the end of 2009. > > HTH > > > Thomas Yes. Thanks. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey all, > > Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased > to announce a GNOME-based one. > This includes a complete GNOME 2.26.2 desktop and also the > gnome-power-tools and gnome-fifth-toe

links for hal and hplip

For those of you, like myself, struggling with hal and printing (separate issues), check out the links below. You will note that the freebsd gnome page is at freebsd.org, but the freebsd kde page is at freebsd.kde.org. The hplip information at the kde site is not specific to kde. The hal faq at

Re: WLAN with Thinkpad T41

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jochen Neumeister wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a Thinkpad T41 with FreeBSD 7.2/i386 > > With dmesg i see the wlan card: > > ath0: mem 0xc021-0xc021 irq 11 at device 2.0 on > pci2 ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ath0

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Robert wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:44 +0300 > > First I want to say thank you. This is very welcome for my older slow > laptop. > > That said. Have you considered Claws-Mail? > > Robert > Claws-Mail is good. It can also use the address book in jpilot, which

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009/6/16 Manolis Kiagias : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey all, > > List of main packages > == > > This is a comprehensive list of packages included in the ISO: > > abiword, archivers (zip, unzip, rar, unrar) bash, bluefish, cdrtools, > dvd+rw-tools, evince

using gutenprint drivers - cups vs foomatic

There is a gutenprint driver for my printer (Epson Stylus Photo 280) that doesn't appear in the gutenprint or foomatic ppd directories in /usr/local/share. It only appears after I install gutenprint-cups, and then it appears in a gutenprint subfolder somewhere under /usr/local/share/cups/. Since

interrupt storm on irq 10

I purchased a NetGear WPN511 cardbus wireless adapter (atheros chipset) yesterday. The card uses irq 10, as does the firewire port and ethernet port (fxp0) on my Dell Inspiron 8100. The laptop is running FreeBSD 7.2 Release (generic kernel). When I bootup the laptop with the wireless adapter in

Re: Another uptime story

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/5/27 Glen Barber : > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Polytropon wrote: > >> Maybe there's a way of patching the uptime utility that it adds > >> the previous uptime of the system (since last shutdown) to the > >> actual uptime. I know

Re: A FreeBSD program that rotates text

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Polytropon wrote: > Dear list, > > I'm searching for a FreeBSD based means to align text in > a circle, adjusted like in a sigulum. > > I've tried to find an option in OpenOffice, but failed. > Can anyone name me a program that can be used to do so? > It can even

Re: Keyboard not working in gnome?

> > > > And in /etc/rc.conf: > > bus_enable="YES" Shouldn't the line above be: dbus_enable="YES" > > > hald_enable="YES" > > > > Or does anyone have any hints on why a keyboard (that i'm currently > > writing on...) don't work in X11/Gnome? > > Any hints on debugging this? > > > > /Chr

Solved: RE: abiword weirdness

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Andrew Gould wrote: > > I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to > > type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on > > top of the previous characte

Re: abiword wierdness

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Andrew Gould wrote: > > I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to > > type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on > > top of the previous characte

abiword wierdness

I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on top of the previous characters. Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew ___

Re: Installing Unix

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ese Oronsaye wrote: > Hi > I am a newbie to Unix with no experience in installing unix operating > system. Have been through Download Freebsd but not quite sure what I should > download. > What is ISO and Distribution not quite sure which I should download. > Can

Re: Processors

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Renato A. Rocabo wrote: > Hi, > >I'm new with FreeBSD setup. Just want to as if Core 2 Duo processor > compatible with FreeBSD. > > Thanks a lot.. > > -- > Renato A. Rocabo > mobile: 09208095152 > email: cserge...@gmail.com > ym: carlos_serge...@yahoo.c

print test page - false negative

Just an anecdote to any of you who may be having trouble configuring printing: I installed FreeBSD 7.2 Release with CUPS and gutenprint-cups. The printer in question is an Epson Stylus Photo R280, which is supported by gutenprint. After configuring CUPS, including permissions for /dev/ulpt0, I c

Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I added the line > > "127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain" > > and now it works perfectly, thanks! > > Question: what does the line I added tell my computer? I.e., what does > that line "do"? > The /etc/hosts file is used to map host

Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > > Really? No IP? I mean like > > > >::1 localhost > >127.0.0.1 localhost > >127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local bsdbox > >127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local. > > Right, I realize I was unclear. I just me

Re: Xfce unable to lookup hostname

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Every time I log in to xfce, it throws a warning that it cannot lookup > "bsdbox" (which is my hostname as defined in rc.conf). The warning > dialog suggests altering /etc/hosts to fix the problem. In fact, it's > not a "problem" because my

Re: Preferred client for DynDNS

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > There appear to be several clients capable of working with DynDNS.com > services here: > > > E.g., dns/inadyn, dns/ipcheck > > Can anyone make recommendations? My goal in using DynDNS is to allow > r

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould > wrote: > > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places > for > > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. > > At least according

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your > ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 > (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be > very helpful. > It's good,

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 > me too ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Daniel Underwood wrote: > Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to > xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press > enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can > Ctrl+Alt+F# to another v

portability of FreeBSD on a USB stick

If I install amd64 FreeBSD on a USB stick, should I be able to boot it up on both PC hardware (Intel core duo) and Intel Mac hardware with rEFIt? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fre

Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Mark wrote: > From: Andrew Gould [mailto:andrewlylego...@gmail.com] > Sent: woensdag 29 april 2009 20:54 > To: Mark > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:45 PM,

Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Mark wrote: > From: Andrew Gould [mailto:andrewlylego...@gmail.com] > Sent: woensdag 29 april 2009 20:41 > To: Mark > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete > > > You're message initially r

Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mark wrote: > I'm new to PostgreSQL. Just installed the latest version, 8.3.7 (client + > > server) on my new FreeBSD 7.1 system. Gotta say, there's something > > seriously broken with this package. First of all, it doesn't install > > 'include' files anywhere (re

Re: Gnucash 2.2.7_2 after upgrade to Firefox 3.0.9

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Keith Seyffarth wrote: > > Is anyone else having issues wit Gnucash 2.2.7 crashing when you try > to open an account after portupgrading Firefox in response to security > audit reports from about a week ago? > > (that's the only change I can think of that seems t

[Off Topic] question for UML users

I need to create flow charts for analytical and reporting processes at work. I had played with the UML editor that came with PC-BSD and noticed you could store notes with the objects (very cool). Can/should UML be used for something like this? Thanks, Andrew

release packages and portupgrade

I installed from the FreeBSD 7.2RC2 DVD. I added packages from the DVD, from the ftp site using pkg_add and the release directory, and by executing: portupgrade -NpPrR [package name] I have not updated the system or ports that were installed from the DVD. When I tried to install digikam (I'm ta

Re: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:18:43 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > yes, the voices [from audio/festival] are pretty good; i use > > them to read boring stuff > > to me when i'm about brain-dead! but these voices just don't cut > >

Re: freebsd vs. pc-bsd

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Charles Oppermann wrote: > > If your willing to buy books concerning FreeBSD I'd suggest Absolute > > FreeBSD 2nd edition (if you have use Unix like systems) or FreeBSD > > Unleashed 6 (though it was published at the of FreeBSD 6 it is still > > very applicable and

Re: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:36:25 -0700, Gary Kline > wrote: > > > tHat said: how can I experiment with translating my html into > > > slideshow format? If this is a case of R

Re: Win4BSD -- any comments or experiences?

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Juergen Lock wrote: > In article > you write: > >On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Apitz > wrote: > > > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Subscribed in a FreeBSD mailing list in Spanish, I've got a pointer to > >> this software: > >> > >> http://win4bsd.com/wp/wi

Re: freebsd vs. pc-bsd

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Ricardo Jesus wrote: > Michael Jr. wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was just wondering what are the major differences between freebsd and >> pc-bsd and is it harder or just as easy to setup freebsd as a desktop >> compared to pc-bsd? Will freebsd work with sager laptops,

Re: Win4BSD -- any comments or experiences?

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > Subscribed in a FreeBSD mailing list in Spanish, I've got a pointer to > this software: > > http://win4bsd.com/wp/win4bsd-free-for-non-commercial-use/ > > Any comments about or test results in compare with Qemu? > Thx > >

Re: i had a tought

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Arjen Simon Scheer wrote: > why there is not a lunix operatingsystem consortium, for the kernel end the > commercial userinterface > > -- > Arjen Simon Scheer > Konigin Wilhelminalaan 4-017 > 4205ET Gorinchem > ___

Re: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 22.04.2009, 00:23 -0700 schrieb Gary Kline: > > In any case, there are > > two questions for this list. > > The first, obviously, is subjective and is: > > would having my stuff in slideshow fmt

Re: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD?

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Keith Seyffarth wrote: > >> >> > > cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System >> > > cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files >&g

Re: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD?

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Keith Seyffarth wrote: > > > > cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System > > > cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files > > > cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to > non-= > > PS printers > > > guten

Re: HOWTO Apache + SSL

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Pieter Donche wrote: > Where can I find a really good FreeBSD7 step by step HOW-TO on setting up > digital certifcates (SSL) for the Apache22. My apache22 is running on my > freebsd7 system but I never set up any > apache httpd server for https access yet ... > ___

Re: web based file sharing

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Mikel King wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Terry wrote: > > Just looking for a way to give easy access over the internet to some files >> for multiple users. Web based would be ideal as they all know how to open a >> browser. >> Internally files are share

Re: Duplicate Installation of FreeBSD

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Hello list, > > I have installed and configured a FreeBSD system based on 7.1-RELEASE (not > that it matters so much) and I want a way in which I can duplicate this on > several other machines. > What is the easiest and the simplest way

Re: 7.1-release and KDE4

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM, joel perry wrote: > Attempting to pkg_add kde4 fails because the lame3.97_1.tgz is not located > in the latest ftp location. I and many others would appreciate it if you > would add lame to latest folder so that this package will install. It was > previously avai

Re: Ports on Macbook

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM, michael wrote: > Andrew Gould wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM, michael >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>> *snip* >>>> >>> ...and legalities aside, let's not forget the question of et

Re: Ports on Macbook

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM, michael wrote: > Marc Coyles wrote: > >> http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/macosx.html >> >> > They can write whatever they want. I'm not binded by it. > > >> "This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple >> Software on a s

Re: Rsync | Push script

gt; Jos Chrispijn > Doesn't rsync work via ssh by default? The default configuration of sshd on the backup server probably prevents external root users from accessing the server. Are you sure you want to run the backups as root? Andrew Gould __

Re: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, GESBBB wrote: > > From: Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com > > > > What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a > > break-in attempt? > > > > My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names

off topic: reporting attempts to access computers

What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning and ending date/times and the originating IP address. Is th

Re: Unix Epoch

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > On 13.02.2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), Unix time was equal to > '1234567890'. This was the total time that has been elapsed since 1 januari > 1970 0:00 UTC. After having survived from a major headache (...) I wonder > whether this can tech

Re: OCR...

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Reko Turja wrote: > > -- > From: "Gary Kline" > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:23 AM > To: "Andrew Gould" > Cc: "Reko Turja" ; "FreeBSD Mailing List&q

Re: OCR...

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:33:41PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:32:57PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > > > On Wed,

Re: OCR...

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:32:57PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:08:55PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: > > > > >so wha

Re: OCR...

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:08:55PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: > > >so what is the best commercial/shareware that can read a 10pt-font > > >file? (( also, when i have time to get back into actually hacking, > > >this [[turning imaged pdf into OCR

Re: tool for detecting filesystem?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Wojciech Puchar < woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > Later, in a different city, I played it on my MacBook. It was a slideshow >> with music that had been created using a Roxio product. I did a >> right-click >> on the CD's icon and selected "Get Info", whe

tool for detecting filesystem?

Background: I received a CD that I couldn't mount on my FreeBSD computer. Later, in a different city, I played it on my MacBook. It was a slideshow with music that had been created using a Roxio product. I did a right-click on the CD's icon and selected "Get Info", where I learned that the CD w

Re: NetBSD networking question

on this list, you will probably have better luck contacting the NetBSD community. You can find more information at http://netbsd.org. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi

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