Re: PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD and Intel HD Graphics 2000

2012-07-23 Thread David Christensen
On 07/23/2012 03:37 AM, Vladislav wrote: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU Okay. I wrote: > I've installed PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD on the following hardware: On 07/23/2012 06:30 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > this where the problem starts. If nothing changed since I used this, it only supports VESA

PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD and Intel HD Graphics 2000

2012-07-20 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I've installed PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD on the following hardware: Intel DQ67SW motherboard Intel i7-2600S processor Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1333C9 memory (DDR3, 1333 MHz, 2@4 GB dual) Intel SSDSC2CW060A310 solid-state drive (520 series, 60 GB) Nokia

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-11 Thread David Christensen
On 07/09/2012 10:14 PM, Vladislav wrote: You can use PC-BSD installer and install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root. Okay. :-) David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To un

Re: encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread David Christensen
I wrote: >> https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2012/05/06/full-disk-encryption-with-zfs-root-for-freebsd-9-x/ On 07/09/2012 09:43 AM, Colin Barnabas wrote: Perhaps this will help- http://www.aisecure.net/2011/11/28/root-zfs-freebsd9/ Thanks for the reply. :-) STFW I already found various manual

encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap OOTB?

2012-07-09 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: It is possible to install FreeBSD with an encrypted ZFS root and encrypted swap using FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1? I'm looking for something similar to the Debian installer, which provides disk partitioning, file system creation, mounts, LUKS, LVM, etc.. TIA, David

Re: Which FreeBSD for Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3?

2012-06-08 Thread David Christensen
On 06/07/2012 06:40 PM, Daniel Staal wrote: On 06/08/2012 01:07 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: Thanks for the replies. :-) David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, se

Re: Which FreeBSD for Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3?

2012-06-07 Thread David Christensen
On 06/06/2012 08:33 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: This looks like the processor I have, I think you would use amd64. Almost certainly your system is 64-bit as opposed to 32-bit. Thanks for the reply. :-) Yes, definitely 64-bit. For a new computer, I wouldn't go with anything earlier than Fr

Which FreeBSD for Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3?

2012-06-06 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I have a new computer with an Intel i7-2600S processor and DQ67SWB3 motherboard that I'd like to run with ZFS, virtual machine host, desktop, Samba, and terminal server (on second NIC). Can this be done with FreeBSD; if so, which distribution and ports/packages do I need?

LUKS/ dm-crypt/ ext4 appears to be single threaded

2012-03-25 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: Thread moved from debian-user and dm-crypt. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/03/msg01154.html http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt/5724 I seem to recall FreeBSD having encrypted disks/ filesystems/ whatever. Is there one that

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386 will changing root shell break anything?

2009-01-04 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I'm building a fresh Amanda server using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386: http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?category=misc&portname=amand a-server Most of my software background is GNU/Linux. I would prefer using the Bash shell, but the default FreeBSD shell for root app

Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (GENERIC) firefox3 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgio-2.0

2008-10-26 Thread David Christensen
Sahil Tandon wrote: > Do these ellipses include a 'make install'? Otherwise, that is likely > your problem; devel/glib20 is not actually installed. Michael Powell wrote: If you previously had glib20-2.14.6 installed, you will need to do a 'make deinstall' prior to 'make reinstall'. ... then

Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (GENERIC) firefox3 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgio-2.0

2008-10-26 Thread David Christensen
mdh wrote: The answer is to upgrade your devel/glib20 port to the latest version, then try to install or upgrade libgiofam, then install the other software. Thank you for your response. :-) Here's my attempt to carry out your suggestions: 20081026-122203 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # portsnap fetc

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (GENERIC) firefox3 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgio-2.0

2008-10-26 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I am attempting to build a desktop machine using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (GENERIC) and am having trouble building firefox3: 20081026-104652 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/www/firefox3 # make ===> firefox-3.0.3,1 depends on package: nspr>=4.7 - found ===> firefox-3.0.3,1 depend

RE: mysql-server-5.1.22 system administration docsonFreeBSD7.0-RELEASE-i386 ?

2008-08-29 Thread David Christensen
Reordered for clarity -- David. I used pkg_add (rather than sysinstall) to install MySQL 5.1 server on another machine. While the port is called 'mysql-server-5.1.22', the package is called 'mysql51-server': # cd /usr/ports/ # make search mysql ... Port: mysql-server-5.1.22

RE: mysql-server-5.1.22 system administration docs on FreeBSD7.0-RELEASE-i386 ?

2008-08-27 Thread David Christensen
Fraser Tweedale wrote: > put the following line in /etc/rc.conf: > mysql_enable="YES" > and run (as root): > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start # echo 'mysql_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start Starting mysql. # mysql Welcome to the

RE: OT:KVM Switch

2008-08-27 Thread David Christensen
Mark Busby wrote: > Looking at a Trendnet KVM TK-407K switch. It shows to work with linux. Has > anyone had success using it with FreeBSD?  I hate to waste time and money, > even with the option of resale on eslay.  Thanks for your time. I've had good luck with my IOGear Miniview GCS 78 -- 8-port

mysql-server-5.1.22 system administration docs on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386 ?

2008-08-26 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I am a FreeBSB noob who has read http://nostarch.com/abs_bsd2.htm and is attempting to build a FreeBSD 7.0 box for Apache/ MySQL/ Perl applications. I've installed mysql-server-5.1.22 via sysinstall from ftp1.us.freebsd.org, but I am unable to figure out how to start it. RTFM:

RE: A few questions from a current linux user

2008-08-07 Thread David Christensen
Krishna Mohan Gundu wrote: > I feel that time has come for me to move away from Fedora. > PS: I am considering Debian as another alternative. I've done both Red Hat and Debian, and prefer FreeBSD. I suggest that you get yourself some 7.0-RELEASE CD's, buy this book, and go for it: http://no

PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) recommendations

2008-07-31 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE i386 computer, category 5E cabling, and a Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch. The machine currently hosts CVS, and I plan to add FTP and mirroring eventually. I would like to add a PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) to the computer and wa

RE: Testing RAM

2008-06-14 Thread David Christensen
Ryan Coleman wrote: > How would I go about slamming the RAM in testing? I use Memtest86 to test memory: http://www.memtest86.com/ HTH, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

RE: system programming

2008-01-10 Thread David Christensen
Michael wrote: > I am a computer science student taking the operating systems course. > All of our assignments are supposed run on Linux and I don't have a Linux machine. I've taken programming classes and learned the hard way that the only way to ensure that my software worked correctly on the

RE: Install FreeBSD 6.2 and Windows XP prof in the same computer

2007-10-17 Thread David Christensen
williamkow wrote off-list: > May I know what is "mobile docks" ? how does it look, where can I > find more information on it ? Be sure to hit "Reply to All", as "Reply" will reply to the poster, not the list. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Regarding mobile docks, I use the

RE: Install FreeBSD 6.2 and Windows XP prof in the same computer

2007-10-16 Thread David Christensen
williamkow wrote: > Please provide me more advices on installing multi operating system > in a computer. Don't. Get the VMware free player or server and download the virtual machines. Or, get two hard drives, put them into mobile docks, and do a power down/ swap/ power up cycle when you want to s

RE: Scripting question

2007-09-13 Thread David Christensen
Kurt Buff wrote: > I'm trying to do some text file manipulation, and it's driving me nuts. ... > I don't have the perl skills, though that would be ideal. > Any help out there? Buy "Learning Perl, Fourth Edition", read it, and do the exercises: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/index

RE: Which versioning system is the simplest to use??

2007-09-11 Thread David Christensen
Agus wrote: > I am doing a little bit of security and log watching with sec.pl and > was trying to mantain de secconf files organized... So whenever one > is changed it keeps track of the change and can rollback > O that is what i am going to use de versioning sytem for... If you only have a

RE: CGI with html

2007-09-06 Thread David Christensen
Olivier Regnier wrote: > I try to write CGI scripts but i have a problem on my screen. You might want to try looking/asking for help on the following newsgroup: comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi HTH, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

RE: Regular Freezes

2007-06-24 Thread David Christensen
SigmaX wrote: > My FreeBSD 6.1 gateway box keeps freezing totally. It seems to > happen when there's a large burst of network traffic on my internal > interface (i.e. download, flash movie, I-radio). > I've already done a memtest, and it came out clean. Any ideas as to > what logs might help me t

RE: 6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken?

2006-07-13 Thread David Christensen
freebsd-questions: Nick Withers wrote: > Unfortunately (or at least as I understand it), the contents of > "/etc/manpath.config" don't matter if you have the "MANPATH" > environment variable set. Did you happen to set this yourself > (i.e., explicitly)? Yes: 2006-07-13 13:09:50 [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: 6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken?

2006-07-13 Thread David Christensen
Matthew Seaman wrote: > What are the contents of /etc/manpath.config ? $ cat /etc/manpath.config | egrep -v '^#' MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/openssl/man OPTIONAL_MANPATH/usr/local/man OPTIONAL_MANPATH/usr/X11R6/man

6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken?

2006-07-12 Thread David Christensen
hello, world! I'm a FreeBSD newbie who has installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-i386 using the "developer with X" option. "man" doesn't seem to work: 2006-07-12 21:59:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # man man No manual entry for man 2006-07-12 22:12:42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # echo $MANPATH

6.1-RELEASE-i386, sysinstall, installing packages from CD -- won't eject CD 1

2006-07-12 Thread David Christensen
hello, world! I'm a FreeBSD newbie who is fumbling his way through FreeBSD 6.1. I am trying to install software from CD using sysinstall, but can't figure out how to eject CD 1 when it wants a package that's on CD 2. Pressing the button on the drive has no effect. STFW I found a page suggesting

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-14 Thread David Christensen
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sure, they are *now*. But a flaky power supply may well have pushed > them over the edge. And checking the power supply isn't that hard; > it's well worth the couple of minutes it takes. The computer has been, and is once again, operating flawlessly using a Western Digita

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-13 Thread David Christensen
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > It is quite a coincidence, though. Not really. Those drives must be 10 years old. > If I were you, I would be suspicious of the power supply. Verified in second computer -- the drives are toast. Thanks, David ___ freebsd-q

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-12 Thread David Christensen
Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > See what "manpath" command gives you. If bad, read it's manpage. Thanks for your reply. :-) The machine has been acting flaky, so I downloaded and burned the hard drive diagnostic ISO and found out that *both* of my Quantum LPS 240's are bad. That would explain the

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread David Christensen
Beecher Rintoul wrote: > Boot off the install disk. Choose "Do a post install configuration". > Choose "Additional Distribution Sets" - "Man" Install. Thank you for your reply. :-) Why is that any different than running /stand/sysinstall and choosing the same? That's what I did, I feed it my CD

FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread David Christensen
FreeBSD-questions: I'm an FreeBSD newbie who just did a minimal install of FreeBSD 4.11 on some vintage hardware, only to discover that the man pages seem to be missing. So I STFW, found the following: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/2004-01/0568.htm l ran /st