KDM terminates unexpectedly

I've just installed freeBSD v6.2 and installed the updated xorg from sources. After kdm is called I see: Jul 9 17:41:29 rock kdm-bin[817]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly Jul 9 17:41:29 rock kdm-bin: :0[821]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Jul 9 17:41:29 rock kdm-bin[817]: Unable to

Re: Computer wakes, keyboard sleeps on

On 15/05/2007, at 8:48 PM, Tom Judge wrote: Never you mind wrote: The keyboard stays asleep after everything else has woken up. How do I begin troubleshooting this problem? I use a KVM switch to share the KVM between two machines. The other machine runs Windows, everything works as it should t

Re: Advice on how to memorize images

Vittorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm now moving my first steps in trying to memorize my many digital photos (for the time being some 700 pictures but rapifdly growing, average size among 800-900kb) in a "centralised system" easy to deal with. I'm now successfully (but still in an experimenta

Re: Mounting an FTP space ?

On 03/03/2007, at 7:24 PM, Chris Slothouber wrote: ftp/curl is where you're having issues, right? do a make config there first. Thanks Chris, that did the trick. malcolm Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 02/03/2007, at 6:54 PM, Chris Slothouber wrote: make config will load the vari

Re: Mounting an FTP space ?

On 02/03/2007, at 6:54 PM, Chris Slothouber wrote: make config will load the variables stored in /var/db/ports/* Oh. I'll look into that. From /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs/ I typed make config and it said that it wanted me to pass options to it. Malcolm Fitzgerald

Re: Mounting an FTP space ?

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off-topic: video web hosting questions

Where can I ask questions about the web hosting? I am being asked to set-up a web site that will deliver video, a youTube wannabe :-) So I'd like visit a forum that discusses such things malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:

Re: User permissions to mount CDROM

ev/acd0 into /cdrom and it failed > with the message: > got the error message: /dev/acd0 This tutorial helped me: User mounting of removable devices on FreeBSD http://caia.swin.edu.au/reports/041130A/ Malcolm Fitzgerald ___ freebsd-

Suggestions for Recovering from messed up upgrade

When I upgraded from 5.x to 6 I messed things up. The first problem that I had was that I couldn't access localhost in my web browser. I made changes to many config files as I followed suggestions. Now it is worse, the NIC is disabled at startup, so I have to pop into KDE control center and ena

Re: MailScanner

At 07:57 PM 8/23/2006, rithy4u- CEO wrote: Dear all: I have successfull setup mailscanner+spamassassin and now I can deliver mail to my domain by mailscanner filtered. Now I got so many spam? Email message which scaned by mailscanner. How can I configure mailscanner to delete all those spam

Re: coldfusion alternative

On 20/07/2006, at 11:10 AM, Glenn McCalley wrote: OK so a good customer of long standing wants a coldfusion website. Some "developer", the husband of one of his staff (so that makes him a trusted advisor, right?), has convinced him "it's the only way to do it". My position is maybe that's the

Re: How to disconnect ADSL

On 03/07/2006, at 1:18 AM, Benny Au wrote: Hello, I'm a novice of FreeBSD. I just can use "ppp -ddial adsl" to connect to my ISP, but can't disconnect it. Your modem probably has an admin control panel which will include a connect/disconnect switch. Check your manual for the modem url, 192.

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 08/06/2006, at 12:06 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 08/06/2006, at 2:42 AM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Hmm, is that all? Unusual; I'd think the loopback _should_ be set up correctly. `ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0` ?? If that fixes it, then we have to figure out *why* it's not being doing automatically. Problem during

Re: troubleshooting network settings

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh) On 29/05/2006, at 11:37 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Hmm, is

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 02/06/2006, at 10:54 AM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Take a look at the 'ServerName' directive in your httpd.conf file. Try uncommenting said directive, and put your IP address beside it. This line is already in place ServerName 127.0.0.1:80 What about something like: ServerName 192.168.

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 31/05/2006, at 11:30 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Take a look at the 'ServerName' directive in your httpd.conf file. Try uncommenting said directive, and put your IP address beside it. This line is already in place ServerName 127.0.0.1:80 malcolm __

Re: troubleshooting network settings

bsd-box# ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 bsd-box# ifconfig -a rl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 options=8 inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:fe08:e02a%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.1.104 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:e0:4c:08:e0:2a media: Ethernet autoselect (100b

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 30/05/2006, at 10:29 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Running that command returns this: ifconfig: -inet: bad value Bah! I'm on the road too much lately. No "dash" before "inet" ... here's the output bsd-bo

Re: troubleshooting network settings

On 29/05/2006, at 11:37 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 29/05/2006, at 1:10 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running

Re: troubleshooting network settings

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh) What can cause these problems? How can I troubleshoot them? I

troubleshooting network settings

I am running freeBSD v6.0 security on a home network behind an adsl router. I cannot connect to localhost from a browser (apache is running!) I cannot connect to localhost port 22 (KPackage tries to use ssh) What can cause these problems? How can I troubleshoot them? I am very new to freeBSD,

Configuring local network for Apache22

I'm running a small network behind an ADSL router and one of the machines runs freeBSD 6.0-SECURITY. I'd like to configure it to run apache22. Apache fails to start and gives this error. [Sat May 27 18:49:28 2006] [alert] (EAI 8)hostname nor servname provided, or not known: mod_unique_id: unabl

Re: Video mode not supported for LCD monitor

On 22/05/2006, at 12:42 PM, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 22/05/2006, at 10:46 AM, rod person wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2006 10:36:17 +1000 Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just replaced my trusty CRT screen with a spunky LCD screen. After the machine boots I do

Re: Video mode not supported for LCD monitor

On 22/05/2006, at 10:46 AM, rod person wrote: On Mon, 22 May 2006 10:36:17 +1000 Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've just replaced my trusty CRT screen with a spunky LCD screen. After the machine boots I don't see the login window. Instead I see a bouncing box

Video mode not supported for LCD monitor

I've just replaced my trusty CRT screen with a spunky LCD screen. After the machine boots I don't see the login window. Instead I see a bouncing box that says "Video Mode not Supported". How do I rectify this? malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

Without knowing anything about this the line that looks odd to me says: D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:37 +1000] [Job 1] /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory That's the problem. I've printed the test page from CUPS. I googled and found foomatic at linuxprinting.org. Af

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

On 28/04/2006, at 9:36 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 27/04/2006, at 7:33 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

On 27/04/2006, at 7:33 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-pos

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

On 26/04/2006, at 3:15 AM, Robert Huff wrote: P.U.Kruppa writes: Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step.

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. Did you also have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi? driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230 ? I think you might be lucky: they have got a .ppd file there for you (Brother-HL-1230-hl1250.ppd ). Download it, put it into

Re: Help needed compiling printer source code

On 23/04/2006, at 5:25 PM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded

Help needed compiling printer source code

I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't kno

Re: question on ftp - drag and drop

On 21/04/2006, at 1:01 PM, David Banning wrote: I am interested in setting up my ftp server so that users can login to their directories and drag files from one sub-directory into another. You move files around by renaming them. To move your old sales chart, sales.png from ~/htdocs/current

Re: Mozilla needs libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600

On 4/13/06, Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/13/06, Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600" not found, >> required by "mozilla-bin" >>

Re: Mozilla needs libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600

On 4/13/06, Malcolm Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600" not found, required by "mozilla-bin" locate shows me that I've got " libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0" where / how can I get *600 ? On 13/04

Mozilla needs libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600

I'm setting up a new machine and getting this error from Mozilla: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libgtk-x11-2.0.so.600" not found, required by "mozilla-bin" locate shows me that I've got "libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0" where / how can I get *600 ? malcolm __

Re: Regain control of keyboard

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Some days ago I type "portupgrade -a" on a machine which had just got a clean install of FreeBSD v6, with gnome, kde, sound, graphics, etc. In other words, a desktop plaything. Every other hour or so process would stop at on options screen and wait fo

Re: Regain control of keyboard

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Some days ago I type "portupgrade -a" on a machine which had just got a clean install of FreeBSD v6, with gnome, kde, sound, graphics, etc. In other words, a desktop plaything. Every other hour or so process would stop at on options screen and wait fo

Regain control of keyboard

Some days ago I type "portupgrade -a" on a machine which had just got a clean install of FreeBSD v6, with gnome, kde, sound, graphics, etc. In other words, a desktop plaything. Every other hour or so process would stop at on options screen and wait for my input. Recently it has stopped accepti

Re: Shell scripting question [newby]

On 10/04/2006, at 12:39 AM, Jan Grant wrote: On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to follow the instructions at <http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/> At point four it offers this shell script. cut -f 1 -d '$' /usr/local/freeb

Re: Shell scripting question [newby]

On 10/04/2006, at 12:39 AM, Jan Grant wrote: On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to follow the instructions at <http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/> At point four it offers this shell script. cut -f 1 -d '$' /usr/local/freeb

Shell scripting question [newby]

I'm trying to follow the instructions at At point four it offers this shell script. cut -f 1 -d '$' /usr/local/freebsd-update/work/md5all | uniq | while read X; do if [ -f $X ]; then echo $X; fi; done | sor

Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive

On 07/04/2006, at 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:40 PM 4/6/2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I would like to run a BSD distribution off a 1GB USB Flash drive... That's possible. You do understand that flash drives only have very limited # of write cycles before they fail, and s

Re: Which BSD - Flash Drive

On 07/04/2006, at 12:25 AM, Chuck Swiger wrote: orange_ wrote: I would like to run a BSD distribution off a 1GB USB Flash drive... What would be the most suitable - something like FreeSBIE? That's possible. You do understand that flash drives only have very limited # of write cycles be

Re: software recommendation

On 05/04/2006, at 7:17 AM, fbsd_user wrote: I am looking for am application that will simulate a browser and allow me to program responses to filling in forms from the internet application the browser is accessing. cURL does this malcolm ___ free

Re: Installong screenshots

On 26/03/2006, at 2:16 AM, Michael M. wrote: But I speak as an not-disinterested bystander. I'm expecting delivery of a new machine next week, and I want to try my hand at installing FreeBSD. (I have tried once before, but failed due to disk geometry errors I couldn't figure out how to solve.

Re: using KVM switch /dev/psm0 is missing

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I have a no name 2 port KVM switch and a Logitech marble mouse USB with a ps/2 adapter. Richard Burakowski wrote: my cheapo noname kvm presents it's ps2 keyboard and mouse ports as usb devices. Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Does yours have USB cabling to mat

Re: using KVM switch /dev/psm0 is missing

Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I have a no name 2 port KVM switch and a Logitech marble mouse USB with a ps/2 adapter. Richard Burakowski wrote: my cheapo noname kvm presents it's ps2 keyboard and mouse ports as usb devices. Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: Does yours have USB cabling to mat

Re: using KVM switch /dev/psm0 is missing

On 22/03/2006, at 8:40 PM, Richard Burakowski wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I have a no name 2 port KVM switch and a Logitech marble mouse USB with a ps/2 adapter. my cheapo noname kvm presents it's ps2 keyboard and mouse ports as usb devices. Does yours have USB cabling to mat

using KVM switch /dev/psm0 is missing

mouse doesn't work and there is no psm0 in /dev. What can I do to discover the mouse and get /dev/psm0 ? -- Malcolm Fitzgerald ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubs

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot

Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

When I log out and select "Turn off the computer" it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: "The operating system has halted. Please press any key to reboot." Pressing the power button fires up the system. I have to hold the power button down for sever

Re: Free BSD on Macintosh OS 10.3.9 ?

On 22/02/2006, at 10:37 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Elisabet, I don't think you need the BSD base system to run Adobe Indesign system. But, if you do then you have to do it this way: 1) backup all your data files from your iBook. Unplug your ethernet connection so you have no network c

Re: Protecting Windows

On 10/02/2006, at 4:44 AM, andrew clarke wrote: On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:32:44PM +1030, Brian Astill wrote: Person with deteriorating vision has discovered Dragon Naturally Speaking which not only allows the construction of text from speech but can also speak from received text. ie letter