Re: mysql install problem Continued

2004-06-26 Thread LW Ellis
Kjell, I tried setting up the following line (from you) INSERT INTO VALUES ('localhost','username',password('very_secret'), 'Y','Y',etc...); I have used anywhere from 6 to 14 'Y' (from the MySQL handbook) I get the following error Column count doesn't match value count at row 1 Where did I go

Mozilla, where did I go wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread LW Ellis
I installed Mozilla 1.5 thur the ports package, on FreeBSD 5.2 When I run in it KDE It disotrts the KDE background image. THe toolbar color of the Mozilla browser is a dark maroon or purple, The background of the pages are a light purple. I ran portupgrade, and it said there was none. Did I miss

Re: Mozilla, where did I go wrong?

2004-06-23 Thread LW Ellis
Cool! I used ctrl-alt-16-+ That cleared up the Mozilla problem Next question Does ctrl-alt-numeric-+ change the color depth and the screen size? Can you change one with out the other? Thanx Chuck Leon - Original Message - From: Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LW Ellis [EMAIL

[FreeBSD] Silly Question

2004-06-21 Thread LW Ellis
Ok gang don't be to rough. I am a long time windows user, and am used to running disk maintenance. Scandisk, defrag, etc Do I need to run something similar on FreeBSD? or not? I let my machine run 24/7 and have received the weekend reports (which I found fascinating.) If I need to run such apps,

Thanx [FreeBSD] Silly Question

2004-06-21 Thread LW Ellis
Cool, I noticed that it was not as defragged as W* would have been with all the stuff I've been doing. I am beginning to really like BSD... Leon You don't need to run fsck manually, on a regular basis. It's there to fix things when problems appear or you didn't dismount the filesystems

mysql install problem Continued

2004-06-19 Thread LW Ellis
OK force didn't work, but I renamed hostname to localhost, until the install was done. When I rebooted it showed mysql started. Now please can you tell me how to access it. In Dreamweaver, I need a SQL (server) generally an IP address. I have named running on my machine, do I need to configure

Solved mysql install problem

2004-06-19 Thread LW Ellis
Thanx I muddle thru it from here. Have a good weekend. Leon - Original Message - From: Kjell Midtseter To: LW Ellis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 12:52 AM Subject: Re: mysql install problem Continued On 19 Jun 2004 at 0:26, LW Ellis wrote: OK

Solved [FreeBSD] Seti help

2004-06-19 Thread LW Ellis
Thanx Peter I was not only type thing wrong, I was trying to use the start command as well Turns out I was missing a lib item from another package. Taken care of. Thanx again Leon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[FreeBSD]

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
I'm trying to configure my ftpd so I can access the http server from another computer. (for uploading web pages) According to The Complete FreeBSD (I am a complete newby) I need to add a line to my /etc/rc.local file I don't have one. I have a /etc/rc.conf Are they the same? Or do I need a new

Re: [FreeBSD] Ftp Server

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
Good morning (very late at nite for me) Kjell And thanx to you!!! I solved my httpd problem with your help. And installed PHP with much trouble. I removed that hash #, And I can access FTP OK, but I need to point the ftp to the right directory /usr/local/www/data (I believe) How do I do this?

Re: [FreeBSD] Ftp Server

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
Sounds OK, but I am a complete newby.. I couldn't find anything in the book I have about that. This set up is on a local network, no access outside the network. I'm trying to set up a testing server. And need to access it from within the network to publish webpages Please point me in the right

Re: [FreeBSD] Ftp Server

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
I do not quite see the problem. Are you running your FTP program on a Windows PC trying to access the ftp server on the FreeBSD PC? If that is the case you use the FTP program (I use CuteFTP or WS_FTP) on the Windows PC to navigate to the desired folder on the FreeBSD PC Then you will be able

Re: [FreeBSD] Ftp Server SOLVED

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
Kjell, Jan, all others I guess I was looking at the problem to closely last nite... I got it working first thing today. Thanx for all your help Leon ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

[FreeBSD] Seti help

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
I downloaded the setiathome package. As far as I know everything went OK. WHen I boot the system I get a message Run usr/local/etc/rc.d/setiathome.sh register to start seti I tried start with that line and got command not known I switched over to usr/local/sbin setiathome start and got

mysql install problem

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
I get the following error when I try to install mysql40-server from the ports. Neither host '192' or 'localhost' could be resolved with usr/local/bin/resolveip I went thru something similar when I was configuring apache. I had to resolve it by setting the host name to the name assigned by my

Re: mysql install problem

2004-06-18 Thread LW Ellis
thanks, I couldn't find it in the man pages. Been reading, should I put my mysql server in a 'virtual host' or is it seperate from my apache server - Original Message - From: Kjell Midtseter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LW Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18

Re: Apache config error log

2004-06-17 Thread LW Ellis
OK seems now I am really confused. Apparently I do not have my network (card) set up right. When I configure my network card. There are the following items Host: Domain IPv4 Gateway: nameserver: Configuration for interface x10 IPv4 Address Netmask Extra options What I have is Host Ginger (made

Solved Apache config

2004-06-17 Thread LW Ellis
Kjell, Matt, Thomas, and all others. I finally solved it. I changed my host name to the IP address assigned by my router. ran apachectl start and boom it worked. Couldn't have done it with out all your help. Thanx. Later, Leon A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the

[FreeBSD] pkg_add help

2004-06-17 Thread LW Ellis
Can someone point me in the right direction. I have a package I downloaded from FreeBSD.org thru Konqueor. It ends with .tbz I could not find this package in the ports collection thru stand/sysinstall My two questions are I need to extract this file Where And then how do I install, make

Working now [FreeBSD] pkg_add help

2004-06-17 Thread LW Ellis
I tried that, it kept telling me that it wasn't a package. Went back and tried again, now it works... Thanx Renato Leon - Hi, Packages and ports are diferent. A package is already compiled aplication and you will use pkg_add - To install pkg_delete - To deinstall

Apache config question

2004-06-16 Thread LW Ellis
Ok I installed Apache and when I try to start apache I get the following error message. Could not determine services fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for service name. apache_1.3.29 HTTPD could not be started. I am on DSL (not static) and have a netgear router, which functions as a

Re: Apache config question

2004-06-16 Thread LW Ellis
Kjell, Thanx that cleared up the error message. Now I get httpd cannot start. What did I do wrong. Leon - Original Message - From: Kjell Midtseter To: LW Ellis Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:20 AM Subject: Re: Apache config question On 16 Jun 2004 at 2:07, LW Ellis

re Devil Mascot

2004-06-14 Thread LW Ellis
I don't think there is much to worry about on that front. Please read below and you will understand. http://bonehead.oddballs.com/todays_bonehead.html TODAY WE BESTOW SIX BONEHEAD AWARDS Not Screwed Up Enough. The Stupids Try To Have A Baby Bonehead award one goes to a German couple who, after 8

Re: Installing problems. No Desktop.

2004-06-14 Thread LW Ellis
Just went thru this myself. Have you sent up the Xserver. KDE won't run with out it. Chapter 5 of teh handbook cover this, and you can do it thru stand/sysinstall Leon - Original Message - From: Lloyd Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 8:12 PM

XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
Thanx to some great people out there I have FreeBSD runningYea! Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it fails to save the file. I am logged on

XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
OK thanx to all the help, I think I'm getting close. I have a config file that works fineonly as long as I am signed in as root. KDE-Lite loads and works fine... However If I sign in as a user, I get a grey-green screen with some white windows. I put the config file in etc/X11/XF86Config.

Re: XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
OK I copied the .xsession to /home/'username' directory. I still get the greygreen screen with white windows. I looked in the .xsession file and all it says it startkde. If I enter startkde, it tells me in can't start xserver. Leon In ~root look for .xsession or .xstart They're text

New Question

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. I wiped my HD and re-installed FreeBSD with what I have learned. I have configured my xserver and it seems to be working ok. I read the the FreeBSD Handbook and found little about adding

(add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
- From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 7:48 PM Subject: Re: New Question (add new users groups) LW Ellis wrote: The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. New Question

XFree86 Config SOLVED

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
THanx everybody!! After I did a clean install Got Xserver setup, KDE setup THen I added a user, No problems Couldn't have done it with out you!!! Later, Leon A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston Churchill

Arghhh!

2004-06-10 Thread LW Ellis
Apparently I have not been able to install FreeBSD correctly yet. I run the installation floppies, and everything seems ok. The kernel Configuration utility never runs.. Did I miss something in the instructions.. My understanding is that this should launch automatically. I get a blue screen

freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread LW Ellis
I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book (eg: Unix for dummies) I install Freebsd on an old desktop, but I have never used unix, and need a starting point. Thanx Later, Leon A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston

freddbsd (Now what)

2004-06-08 Thread LW Ellis
First Thanx to all for the book / website suggestions I have installed FreeBSD. I have two questions, I am a complete newby to unix. 1) I installed KDE lite package that came with the CD I downloaded. Now what? Where is it? What is my next step? 2) How do I edit my 10/100 card settings, I'm