Re: FreeBSD-similar build-from-source Linux?

2010-11-10 Thread Chris Brennan
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org wrote: On 11/10/10 13:24, O. Hartmann wrote: Hello out there, [...] I think that the general opinion is that Gentoo has the closest thing to that

Re: CPU testing software?

2010-11-09 Thread Chris Brennan
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Richard Morse remo...@partners.org wrote: Hi! I've been having problems with FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE crashing. This morning, it had hung -- it wasn't responding to any input, but there was no error message on screen. I ran MemTest86+ (which worked; MemTest86

Re: [2nd try] OpenGL 3.3 and 4.0/4.1 for FreeBSD?

2010-11-08 Thread Chris Brennan
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM, C. P. Ghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM, C. P. Ghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: Sorry to repeat my question: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail

Re: Anybody know apt-get ?

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Ronald F. Guilmette r...@tristatelogic.comwrote: I need to get sources for the Linux version of certain programs that reside in a package called bsdutils. I have built and installed the apt-get program and now I'm just trying to use it, and things are going

Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: It is faster/easier to fix NDISulator than to port ndiswrapper to FreeBSD. No doubt it would be faster and easier to fix NDISulator then to port ndiswrapper. This at least answers my question as to weather ndiswrapper

Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/7/10, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: It is faster/easier to fix NDISulator than to port ndiswrapper to FreeBSD

Re: portupgrade fails to run or do anything

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Ron (Lists) rg.li...@rzweb.com wrote: I'm trying to upgrade my ports and I can't get portupgrade to do anything. I type 'sudo portupgrade apache' (or any package) and all I get back is a command prompt. No error or any other message. portversion seems to

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 05:17:19PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 06/11/2010 16:10, Chad Perrin wrote: Will Oracle lawyers find some patent related to the creation of that software the company owns and use that

Re: py-gtk install hangs

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: I just tried it, and mine is hung there now. Not drawing any apparent processor or disk load. I'll leave it sitting there and see what else I can figure out. It's actually in the configure phase of the ORBit

Re: py-gtk install hangs

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: Quoth Chris Brennan on Sunday, 07 November 2010: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: I just tried it, and mine is hung there now. Not drawing any apparent

Re: py-gtk install hangs

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
-questions On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: Quoth Chris Brennan on Sunday, 07 November 2010: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote

Re: py-gtk install hangs

2010-11-07 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: Quoth Chris Brennan on Sunday, 07 November 2010: Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic messages, but what's worse is when you play it forward

Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Steven Friedrich free...@insightbb.comwrote: I recently figured out how to send mail thru my ISP ID using ssmtp. I had previously only been using KMail, and I had it configured to use port 465 SSL LOGIN. I can send mail when I don't use port 465:

Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
, or have you switched MUAs when you started using ssmtp? Chris Brennan suggested you send more information; in addition to answering my question, it might be useful to give us the information Chris requested -- but make sure you obscure any username/password information. If you reference my last

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 11:25:13PM -0500, Steven Susbauer wrote: On 11/5/10 4:34 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: Will Oracle start using patent suits to try to stop people who aren't paying for ZFS or who are using it on

Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
using KMail as your MUA, but using ssmtp to send the emails to your SMTP server, or have you switched MUAs when you started using ssmtp? Chris Brennan suggested you send more information; in addition to answering my question, it might be useful to give us the information Chris requested

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) svein-listm...@stillbilde.net wrote: Chad, what are these attachments to your e-mail? My client keeps flagging your mail as questionable and I'm sandboxing it to make sure it's nothing bad :D I suppose they are the PGP

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 01:20:39PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) svein-listm...@stillbilde.net wrote: Chad, what are these attachments to your e-mail

Re: ssmtp - possible anomaly with SSL

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Jason Helfman jhelf...@experts-exchange.com wrote: I should port this wiki to @doc if you need an extra pair of eyes, I shall provide mine and what little free time I may have. Did you know... If you play a Windows 2000 CD backwards, you hear satanic

Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone??

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: Quoth Chad Perrin on Saturday, 06 November 2010: On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 08:02:39PM +, Bruce Cran wrote: On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:09:34 -0700 Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Yes, I would

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.comwrote: The one in that list that worries me the most is VirtualBox -- that's a truly useful solution that isn't easily replaced. But I read somewhere that there was a movement gaining steam to break off from Oracle. I

Re: Thinkpad R51 + xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3 = lockup

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hello I aquired an R51 model 2887 recently. It has the latest BIOS and the video chipset is 855GM. I am getting the same problem as mentioned here

Re: [2nd try] OpenGL 3.3 and 4.0/4.1 for FreeBSD?

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM, C. P. Ghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: Sorry to repeat my question: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-November/223379.html but I got no replies at all. Anyone with accelerated 3D on FreeBSD out there using binary drivers and the new

Re: ZFS License and Future

2010-11-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: App Deb appde...@gmail.com!appdebgr@agora.rdrop.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Steven Susbauer ste...@too1337.com wrote: Sun was able to successfully sue Microsoft for similar reasons in 1997 (incomplete

Re: Vimium on Chromium on FreeBSD

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:21 AM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 12:55:41AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 08:32:11PM -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: So are there plans

Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Brennan
It is faster/easier to fix NDISulator than to port ndiswrapper to FreeBSD. No doubt it would be faster and easier to fix NDISulator then to port ndiswrapper. This at least answers my question as to weather ndiswrapper actually works/exists in FreeBSD64. So am I basically screwed here for

Re: Kernel panics?

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Brennan
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org wrote: Looks like too many different problem all at once. Almost certainly there's a hardware problem somewhere. Try running memtest86 On 11/04/10 12:35, Richard Morse wrote: Hi! I'm having a problem with an 8.1-RELEASE #0 amd64

Re: hald doesn't start on boot...

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Brennan
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Peter Harrison peter.piggy...@virgin.netwrote: Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 17:56:56 -0400, Chris Brennan said: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Peter Harrison peter.piggy...@virgin.netwrote: Dear all, I'm having a problem with hald. I have

Re: Vimium on Chromium on FreeBSD

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Brennan
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 02:25:23PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: Vimium is one of several Chromium extensions that provide some vi-like keybindings, and arguably the one with the best vi-like experience. Unfortunately, it

Re: Installed memory today, questions immediately

2010-11-04 Thread Chris Brennan
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Jon Radel j...@radel.com wrote: On 11/4/10 10:13 PM, justin v wrote: I installed 4GB or memory today. I rebooted and see this, the first line after the splash menu thing: 983040K of memory above 4GB ignored dmesg shows avail mem amount and I am

'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Brennan
I figured the general users list was a good place to start. I'm somewhat new to FreeBSD still, I have one fbsd7.3 home server and it serves it's purposes quite nicely. I decided to installed FreeBSD64 on my laptop. For the most part, things went very well. I got X/Gnome/OOo3 (for school) installed

Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Brennan
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/3/10, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: I figured the general users list was a good place to start. I'm somewhat new to FreeBSD still, I have one fbsd7.3 home server and it serves it's purposes quite

Re: 'Broadcom Wireless b/g (BCM4315/BCM22062000)'

2010-11-03 Thread Chris Brennan
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Mark redt...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I've got a dell mini with the same card, it works with 8.0 and 8.1 32 bit but I had to use the 32bit XP files with NDISwrapper to get the driver to build. HTH Not really, as Mr. Mahol has pointed out, NDISulator is not

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