rookie question about PACKAGESITE

Kind regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: version

/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Hello Lacsap, Check out the FreeBSD Handbook. It is the best place to get started. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Rega

portsnap and portupgrade question

es instead? Or am I doing something wrong? Any pointers for this n00b would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 08:23:58 +0200, Coert wrote: First I completed the freebsd-update Then I ran portupgrade -av Then I ran portsnap. It's a bit confusing to me. Why do you first update your installed ports, then the ports database? I would thing it would make more sen

top memory usage question

112M Buf, 804M Free Swap: 4063M Total, 4063M Free I have looked at the respective man pages, and googled. Where can I find out what Active, Inactive, and Wired mean? Thank you, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

Re: portsnap and portupgrade question

Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:26:49 +0200, Coert wrote: I checked the man page, and the -PP option is indeed what I am looking for. The -PP option forces packages. Keep in mind that it *may* happen that there isn't a package for a specific port, or a package uses the de

linux cp -u question

Hello all, Is there a FreeBSD equivalent for the linux cp -u ? http://linux.die.net/man/1/cp (-u, --update) Rgds, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Wierd X crash

in the log: Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting The rest of the log is fine. I have fiddled with HAL and DBUS, turning them off and on, but no luck. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Wierd X crash

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 06:36 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 04:37:38 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > I am fairly new to FreeBSD. I use linux a lot. > > > > Am running FreeBSD 7.2 i386 with the nvidia 173 driver with an AGP > > GeForce FX 5200

eclipse install

Hello all, What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2? On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse. Regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: eclipse install

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 23:33 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2? > > > > On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest

Re: eclipse install (broken ports tree)

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up: > > Missing pkg-descr for patch-2.5.9. > > I believe you have a defective ports t

Re: eclipse install (SOLVED broken ports tree)

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > > > I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up: > > >

freebsd-update-server

# Is ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/patches/ the right place to get them? And then just place them in patches/8.1-RELEASE/ ? Kind regards, Coert Waagmeester ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

local mirrors of ports and packages?

Hi all! I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and expensive. How many data would it be in total? Thanks in advance, Coert

Re: local mirrors of ports and packages?

On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 7/29/08, Coert Waagmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. > > > > What I would like to know is, how