Re: traceroute works - ping doesn't

2003-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
just tried again, and it finally found a server to download from after trying a long list of them. I used port_install this last time. It appears to be going okay now. Regards, -- Chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/22/2003 12:56:10 PM: > > so got a complete traceroute. Any idea why I can

traceroute works - ping doesn't

2003-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
to install ports because it doesn't connect. Thanks, -- Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: DC clients - do they actually work?

2003-04-06 Thread Chip
kitsune wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:19:43 -0800 Chip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I installed both of the direct connect clients (dc-gui and dctc-gui) in the ports and they both installed properly, but I cannot get either one of them to download the file lists from the online users.

DC clients - do they actually work?

2003-04-05 Thread Chip
get file lists and download files from the DC network hubs? Thanks Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

printing worked fine yesterday, today prints junk

2003-03-25 Thread chip wiegand
? -- Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

printer filters

2003-03-16 Thread chip wiegand
. thanks Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: lpd problem

2003-03-12 Thread chip wiegand
From: chip wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: lpd problem Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:13:14 -0800 Organization: Alternative Operating Systems X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19

lpd problem

2003-03-12 Thread chip wiegand
According to 'lpc stat all' all 5 of my printers are offline. I have shutdown and restarted all the printers, they all print from other computers. I have even rebooted my machine so lp would be completely shutdown and restarted. No good. No errors in the lpd-errs.log file. Any ideas? -

mirror remote web server, no ftp, how?

2003-02-27 Thread chip . wiegand
. The local box is strictly a duplicate/backup of the live box. I do use ssh and access them using scp and putty. I would like this to run on a daily basis. Any ready-made apps available to do this? I didn't see anything in the ports. Thanks, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services S

Re: Music CDROM

2003-02-17 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/16/2003 09:18:38 PM: > No need to mount them to paly music. Just need a cd player app. XMMS or gRip > work nicely in Gnome, workbone is probably best from teh console. > > Adam Workman is another X11 audio cdplayer that works well. -- Chip >

pkg version discrepency

2003-02-13 Thread chip . wiegand
on is 2.4.0-rc1 at their homepage. I don't have ports installed, When I click on the download link on freebsd.org for version 2.3.2 I get an error pop-up that says - 550 No such directory. What to do to upgrade? -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: printing error

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:24:25 -0500 Garance A Drosihn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 8:44 PM -0800 2/8/03, chip wiegand wrote: > >I just setup my new Epson C62 printer, works great on my freebsd box. > >I am using samba to share it with the rest of the family pc's.

printing error

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
ll. In the samba log I get the following error - printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(731) Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused As I mentioned, I'm using samba, so why am I getting cups errors? How do I disable cups, it's not a running process that I c

Re: usb printers not covered in handbook

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:13:15 -0600 Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chip wiegand > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > I just bought a new printer, an Epson C62. I'd like to use > > it with the usb rather than parallel cable,

usb printers not covered in handbook

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
to do to configure it? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: openssh - i'm confused

2003-02-04 Thread Chip Wiegand
It's all working fine now. Downloaded Putty and ran puttygen (v.0.53b), creating a new key-pair. The other version of puttygen (v0.53) created a pair that didn't work. But now winscp and putty are both using rsa and pageant. It works great. Thanks to everyone for the help. -- Chip W S

openssh - i'm confused

2003-02-03 Thread Chip Wiegand
ub to my w2k box and renamed it to identity.ppk (because that's what the WinSCP program wants). Is this okay to do? Can I now disable telnet and any other inetd services that may be running? Any other suggestions? -- Chip Wiegand www.wiegand.org PS I have cc'ed another email address bec

Re: Losless audio encoder

2003-02-02 Thread Chip Norkus
ry safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus; unix geek and p

security settings - kerberos or ssh?

2003-01-30 Thread chip wiegand
tc. I was reading the handbook chapter on security and am not sure if I should use kerberos, which I know nothing about, or ssh. I was a little confused about the setup of kerberos in the kerberos chapter. Any suggestions for more info would be most appreciated. Thanks Chip W To Unsubscribe: send

Re: usb scanner won't work

2003-01-14 Thread chip wiegand
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:19:33 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, chip wiegand wrote: > > > Okay, I've checked the previous messages on the subject in the > > archives, still doesn't work. The handbook apparently has

usb scanner won't work

2003-01-13 Thread chip wiegand
The address I added was from a message I read in the archives, neither address will make the scanner work. When the machine boots it does find and recognize the scanner properly. If I just plug in the usb cable, it is recognized as expected. What to do now? Thanks, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail

upgrading a port which has had a name change

2003-01-12 Thread chip wiegand
new version? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: mounting a dos file system

2003-01-10 Thread chip wiegand
ndoze shares. shlight //computer_name/share_point /mount_dir -- Chip > > > I have small network at home, my system running freebsd and two > > other systems running windoze. I would like to be able to mount one > > of the logical dos drives on one of the windoze systems so I

Re: dual-boot question

2003-01-07 Thread chip wiegand
ike all previos versions of winblows. Regards, Chip On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:18:18 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with > > win98. T

dual-boot question

2003-01-05 Thread chip wiegand
f the time. Any suggestions on how to install win98 without wiping out the boot partition, or how to recreate the dual-boot menu? Thanks, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT)

2003-01-05 Thread chip wiegand
on it several times since I bought a few months ago. My company plans on buying more from them this year. -- Chip > - Original Message - > From: "Jimi Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Scott Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PRO

midi files appear to play but with no sound

2002-12-31 Thread chip wiegand
cer0. What do I have to do to configure them? The Handbook doesn't cover this problem. -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
Got it working on the ps2 port, not the usb port. Regards, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: AW: AW: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
less mouse just won't work. When I try the frequency change button on the base unit it locks up X. I unplug the wireless, plug in the logitech and it works fine. Plug in the wireless and nothing, a cursor that doesn't move. In the terminal plugging in and unplugging the wireless shows th

Re: AW: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
Systems" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "X" Option "ZAxisMapping" "Y" Option "ZAxisMapping" "N1 N2" EndSection Even with this setup the scroll wheel

wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
I just received this micro$oft wireless optical mouse for christmas from my son, and am wondering if anyone knows if it will work in freebsd 4.7? I haven't tried it yet. It is both usb and ps2. Thanks, Chip W To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-que

Re: directory listing doesn't show all files

2002-12-02 Thread chip wiegand
rnel rebuild. > > -- Appears the problem may well be with sharity-light. I used smbclient to access the shared drive and it appears I can now see all the files. But, I cannot verify this for certain, because I can't list the directory a page at a time, or get a total number of files or k

directory listing doesn't show all files

2002-12-01 Thread chip wiegand
shows only the first 167 files. I view the same directory from another win98 box and I see all files. On the FBSD box I used command line ls, as well as the file manager with XFCE. Any ideas why only about half of the files will be listed? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

samba fails - port already in use problem

2002-11-30 Thread chip wiegand
] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(804) bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0. Error = Address already in use What else could be using port 139? And how do I fix this? I tried a search of the lists on google but came up with no relevant answers. Thanks, Chip -- My smb.conf file -- [global

audiophiles - mp3 question

2002-11-28 Thread chip wiegand
I know how to rip cd tracks to mp3 format, but what do I do to go the other way - .mp3 to cd format so they can be played in my car stereo which doesn't play .mp3's? Is this possible? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions"

Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Chip Norkus
ions seem to make it impossible to remove it. I've tried rm > -rf, rm -df, and rmdir all as root, but all I get is: > # rm -df empty/ > rm: empty/: Operation not permitted > Try 'chflags noschg /tmp/temproot/var/empty' and then try removing it again. -wd -- chip norkus; unix

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2002-11-02 Thread ChiP
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vmware vmnet doesn't exist after installing vmware port

2002-10-29 Thread chip wiegand
vmware knowldedge base, that was quite useless. Searched google, still no good. Is there something I need to add to the kernel config? Any ideas? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: Mandrake OK, RedHat OK, Win OK, .... FreeBSD NOK ... Any driver? Please help!!!

2002-10-29 Thread Chip Norkus
__ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus;

cdparanoia users?

2002-10-27 Thread chip wiegand
I am wondering if the linux app cdparanoia works on FBSD-4.7? It's not in the ports, so I would have to download the source from their web site. -- Chip W chipatwiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: SMP problems

2002-10-27 Thread Chip Norkus
> >>FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor motherboard > >>cpu0 (BSP): apic id: 1, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee0 > >>cpu1 (AP): apic id: 0, version: 0x00040011, at 0xfee0 On my SMP machine I have exactly the same behavior. Don't get too worried about it. :

Re: eterm build error

2002-10-26 Thread Chip Wiegand
Thanks for all the info, got it fixed and working last night. Much appreciated, Regards, Chip W Adam Weinberger wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:33:46 -0700: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> (10.25.2002 @ 2332 PST): Adam Weinbe

Re: eterm build error

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
Adam Weinberger wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:04:16 -0700: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > chip: > > In x11/eterm/Makefile, libast needs to bump the major revision. Change > the part of LIB_DEPENDS that says "ast.1" to &quo

Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
Gary W. Swearingen wrote this stuff on 25 Oct 2002 11:18:53 -0700: > Chip Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh > > info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing > > th

eterm build error

2002-10-25 Thread chip
I tried portinstall eterm, here's the version - -# New ports collection makefile for:eterm # Date created:24 November 1997 # Whom:Murray Stokely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # # $FreeBSD: ports/x11/eterm/Makefile,v 1.40 2002/05/31 19:57:05 olgeni Exp $ # PORTNAME=

Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing those anymore after v4.1.0, but maybe not. Anyway, Thanks to all. -- Chip W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:13:18 -0400: > At

Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes

2002-10-24 Thread chip
onboard video. Why is the system ignoring the settings for the screens? -- Chip W - Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "

xfree question not answered on the xfree lists, maybe here?

2002-10-24 Thread Chip Wiegand
of this message. Hopefully someone will be able to help me here. :) Regards, Chip W -- XFree86Config -- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "C

what's up with /var/empty?

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
I had to do something about a sticky bit, but don't recall and can't find anything in the list archives about this. Can someone remind me? And this time I'll write it down in my notebook. -- Chip W To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-quest

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
this machine get very little use, it's primarily a backup of a web site on an isp's server, and occasionally I'll copy files I'm working on to it via windoze network neighborhood. I rarely actually log into the box, then only as user, so even more rarely use the su account. I

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
ctory. In /var/db/pkg is about 14megs, is it okay to > > clear > > that stuff? And in . is kernel and kernel.generic, do I need both of these? > > I have gotten the du down to 98% so far, on a 150meg / partition. > or just: > cd / >du -sk * > But, no matter w

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
4.0K 4.0K 0B 100%/proc Output of du -h -d 1 -I usr 70K ./dev 2.1M ./stand 2.8M ./etc 2.0K ./cdrom 26K ./proc 3.9M ./bin 392K ./boot 2.0K ./mnt 5.1M ./modules 212K ./root 11M ./sbin 6.0K ./tmp 15M ./var 2.0K ./floppy 48M . I cleaned up the mail for

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
when your hard drive gets > full is get another, bigger one. They're cheap :) > > # John Bleichert > # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg I understand that, it's not the whole hard drive, just the root partition. There's 15gigs available on the /usr partition. -- chip &g

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
; > at 104%. > Try: > # cd / > # du -h -d 1 -I usr That helps a lot, thanks, though I still haven't found any one particularly large file or directory. In /var/db/pkg is about 14megs, is it okay to clear that stuff? And in . is kernel and kernel.generic, do I need both of t

Re: USB Keychain storage

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Marshall
I turn this off? I don't know of any way to do this in FreeBSD. As long as it's unmounted though, it shouldn't be doing anything, so it should be safe to just remove it from the chain. -- Chip Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.chocobo.cx/chip/ GCM/CS d+(-) s

Re: quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
Jack L. Stone wrote this stuff on Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:09:07 -0500: > At 04:34 PM 10.22.2002 -0700, Chip Wiegand wrote: > >I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 > >complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command > >to change i

quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry

2002-10-22 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command to change it. I did that, set it to exactly what the BIOS shows for the drive, and it still claims the numbers are incorrect. What do I do now? -- Chip To

Re: 2 questions for 4.7

2002-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
l (perhaps it their problem, but > why mozilla is not contributing in ports anymore?) Mozilla is in the ports, both a native version and the linux version. In category www. If you're looking for the package version on the cd's if I recall correctly it is on cd 3 or cd 4. -- C

Re: Uh-oh... fsck can't repair my files-partition!

2002-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
fact, I have a hard drive on it's last legs, the other day it apparently crashed, I hard-reset the computer, ran fsck -y on that disk and finally after running this about 8 times it finally was marked clean. -- Chip > 5499 files, 23301161 used, 4289037 free (1517 frags, 535940 blocks, 0.0

can't find certain doc

2002-10-21 Thread chip . wiegand
This machine is strictly a web backup box and rarely is used for anything else, yet the root partition is at 104%. Regards, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson

Re: natd not allowing incoming ftp connections, but web is okay

2002-10-18 Thread chip . wiegand
ermissions? It did exist, has two lines, but no error lines, so then I set the permissions to 755, it still didn't get written to, then I changed it to 777, still not getting written to. > You may also try to log events via syslog using > "log_facility" directive. Would

natd not allowing incoming ftp connections, but web is okay

2002-10-18 Thread Chip Wiegand
the local display, I don't know why. Any ideas what to check? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: Port Replicator

2002-10-16 Thread Chip Marshall
em(pccard if im not mistaken). I've been using some Zoom USB Voice modems here with NetBSD for a while, and they've been working great. They're based on the Lucent Venus CRM chip, I think. Basically, for USB modems, avoid anything that doesn't say it has a controller. They seem to

Re: how do I ftp a large file ?

2002-10-13 Thread Chip Norkus
t 12345 < thefile ^C (You need to ^C out of netcat once the file has finished transferring (check the ls output)) This can actually be faster than doing an ftp. ;) (netcat is available in /usr/ports/net/netcat) > thanks! > Good luck! -wd -- chip norkus; unix geek and programmer;

4.7 installed but mouse refused to work in X

2002-10-10 Thread Chip Wiegand
tried just about every configuration possibility in XF86Config (from sysinstall) but it just refuses to work. I tried both a Logitech 3 button serial and a Mitsumi two button serial. Any suggestions? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-question

A problem with printing from NT to FBSD

2002-10-10 Thread chip . wiegand
cat && printf "\033&l0H" && exit 0 exit 2 I hope someone can help with this (I'd hate to have to move the printer to the NT workstation). Regards, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone

portupgrade freetype2 problem

2002-10-07 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am trying to use portupgrade to upgrade freetype2 but am getting this error: chip# portupgrade freetype2 [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 214 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ---> Skipping 'print/freetype2' (freetype2-2.1.1) which has already been ignored ** The following

Re: IBM 600E installation with FreeBSD 3.5

2002-10-05 Thread Chip Norkus
> Guessed BIOS device 0x8b not found by probes, defaulting to disk0: > > = > > Thanks in advance for your cooperation. > Regards > Ramg > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the b

Re: is it possible to move print jobs?

2002-09-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 15:09, Warren Block wrote: > On 29 Sep 2002, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > I have a printer connected to my fbsd box, and another connected to a > > winblows box. the fbsd printer has crapped out on me and has 9 print > > jobs waiting in the queue. is i

is it possible to move print jobs?

2002-09-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
I have a printer connected to my fbsd box, and another connected to a winblows box. the fbsd printer has crapped out on me and has 9 print jobs waiting in the queue. is it possible to move those jobs from printer queue lp to printer queue eps? Thanks, chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL

printing question

2002-09-20 Thread chip . wiegand
but can only get it to print by splitting it into two print jobs. Any ideas why this is? I can send printcap if necessary. -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson,

Re: Thoughts on Web Site Design / Builder apps?

2002-07-18 Thread Chip Wiegand
ram). I do web site development in Nedit, it has syntax coloring for various languages, including html, javascript and many more. I've also tried just about every editor in the ports, and like Nedit the best. -- Chip www.wiegand.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

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