ftp user setup question

2005-11-04 Thread Chip Wiegand
re is no chance they can get messed with, or worse, deleted by the user. Thanks, Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad North America 19210-33rd Ave W Lynnwood, WA 98036 Phone: 425-778-8821 Fax: 425-771-7211 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-ques

Re: screwy network/dmz problem

2005-04-05 Thread Chip Wiegand
"Jerry Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/04/2005 05:11:22 PM: > The first thing I would check is that it's the BSD box that you are > actually pinging. I'd try unplugging it and trying the ping again from > the IIS box. Barring that, I would double and triple check the network > mask on the

screwy network/dmz problem

2005-04-04 Thread Chip Wiegand
here in our office we have a firewall running Firewall-1 (it is administered remotely from another office in another country). It is set up with a dmz so I can host a web server (which is running IIS), but it works. I am now adding another web server, running Apache/FreeBSD. Problem is the FBSD

Re: unable to ping out of a new install

2005-03-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
other boxes though. -- Chip > On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:46:07 -0700, Chip Wiegand > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just installed 5.3 on a laptop and am able to ping it, but it cannot > > ping anything else. When I enter the ping command the curser > > moves down a l

unable to ping out of a new install

2005-03-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
I just installed 5.3 on a laptop and am able to ping it, but it cannot ping anything else. When I enter the ping command the curser moves down a line then nothing. It doesn't even time out. Just nothing. The box will reply to a ping from another box on the network though. Is there something ne

cvsup won't connect

2005-03-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
I have tried more than 6 cvsup mirrors and cannot get a connection to any of them. The message is simple enough - Cannot connect to cvsup2.FreeBSD.org: Connection refused Will retry at 09:00:00 Does cvsup use some non-standard port to connect thru? (The manual doesn't touch on this.) If so, the

pdflib-lite-6.0.0pl1 doesn't exist?

2005-03-22 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am trying to compile phpmyadmin and it stops with error 1 because it cannot find pdflib-lite-6.0.0pl1. I have check the fbsd site and don't see it listed in the ports tree. I then downloaded version pdflib-lite-6.0.1pl1.tar.gz and put it in the distfiles directory, but making phpmyadmin still

new install of fbsd with apache/php/mysql

2005-03-17 Thread Chip Wiegand
I just finished installed 5.3 and am now trying to get apache2, php4, myql4 installed. I run sysinstall to install the packages from ftp. php4 installed, mysql-client installed, but apache2 and mysql-server failed. I get this message when I tried mysql4.1.5 - Add of package mysql-client-4.1.5

Re: out of memory error?

2004-03-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
ror also. My database queries and updates are taking > > much too long, if they finish at all. > > > > Here's the top of top - > > > > Any ideas about the memory problem? > > -- > > I had a similar error. Change the maximum memory usage limit to

out of memory error?

2004-03-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
-dist/phpMyAdmin-2.5.4/backup/functions.php on line 684 Prior to this I tried to run an update on a database and it also gave me an out of memory error also. My database queries and updates are taking much too long, if they finish at all. Here's the top of top - Any ideas about the memory proble

Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4?

2003-12-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
at 10:27 PM, Chip Wiegand wrote: Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not easy to do when the apps I need don&

Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4?

2003-12-28 Thread Chip Wiegand
Paul beard wrote: On Dec 27, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Chip Wiegand wrote: Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not

Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4?

2003-12-28 Thread Chip Wiegand
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Dec 27), Chip Wiegand said: Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not easy

Re: ghostview missing libc.so.4?

2003-12-27 Thread Chip Wiegand
Mine has libc.so.5. No wonder the app is failing, it specifically wants .4 and is too dumb to work with anything newer. I'm getting real frustrated with this again, I'd like to move away from MS but it's not easy to do when the apps I need don't even work properly. -- Chip paul beard wrote: On

Help please - ghostscript fails to install in fbsd5.1-release

2003-12-26 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am trying to install the port Lilypond, but it fails due to ghostscript-gnu failing. I try ghostscript by itself and it fails with the following errors - there are a bunch of warnings about non-static declarations, then this - src/gdev1256.c:307: warning: implicit declaration of function gl_li

Re: X setup on new install fails

2003-12-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
Strangest thing, even though X failed during the initial setup during the initial install of 5.1, after booting into BSD I decided to try a startx anyway, and guess what - it works! What a deal! -- Chip Chip Wiegand wrote: I am trying to install 5.1 and it installs fine until I try to set up

X setup on new install fails

2003-12-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am trying to install 5.1 and it installs fine until I try to set up X. I know the exact video card and monitor details, the video card is even on the list of drivers - Cirrus Logic GLGD5446. No matter what I choose in the setup screens it always fails. Is there something wrong with the X setu

I'm having a hell of a time with mysql/apache/php

2003-12-10 Thread chip . wiegand
I installed 5.1 and need to install apache2/mysql/php. I did this a month ago and it worked great. Now I cannot get any of them to install. (I'm using the same cd, on a computer that is the same as the previous one). The errors keep coming back to the compiler. It says Checking if conversion o

failed install of apache/mod_php4

2003-12-09 Thread chip . wiegand
I am trying to install mod_php4/apache2 on a new install of 5.1. The install failed because of egcs - says it should be updated. Sorry I can't provide the exact messages, they scrolled off the screen, long gone now. I tried to update egcs by installing the egcs-1.1.2 port but it says it is brok

root email address

2003-12-05 Thread chip . wiegand
where do I set the email address for all messages sent to root? I'd like to have those sent to a remote email address. Thanks -- Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

how to change the name of root?

2003-11-13 Thread chip . wiegand
When I get admin emails from my remote boxes, or send messages from them, they are from root or charlie root. How do I change this? -- Chip ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, se

Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-10 Thread chip . wiegand
Charles Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/07/2003 06:17:57 AM: > On Nov 6, 2003, at 6:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Tried that, it just sits on > > > > simradusa# telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com smtp > > Trying 216.136.129.5... > > > > and never connects. > > OK, so you can be reasonably

Re: freebsd-test list?

2003-11-07 Thread chip . wiegand
Forget it, one test message has finally appeared, just took quite a while. Unfortunately it's not from the FreeBSD box I'm trying to get to send messages. :( -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone would wan

freebsd-test list?

2003-11-07 Thread chip . wiegand
I am trying to send test messages to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list but they never show up. I subscribed to the list just to see if my mail server is working. I've sent messages from several machines through differant mail servers, and none show up. Does that list even work at all? Regards, --

Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-06 Thread chip . wiegand
Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/06/2003 03:23:43 PM: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > simradusa# mailq | less > > hA4F8udC099278 13 Tue Nov 4 07:08 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (Deferred: Operation timed out with mx3.eunet

Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-06 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/06/2003 01:40:52 PM: > Just out of curiosity have you used nslookup to check if MX records are > resolving ok? Here are some nslookup results - simradusa# nslookup www.simrad.com Server: ussea01.simrad.net.int Address: 157.237.65.101 Name:simrad.com Address:

Re: Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-06 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/06/2003 01:23:22 PM: > What does 'mailq' tell you? > ___ Here is the results of mailq - simradusa# mailq | less /var/spool/mqueue (8 requests) -Q-ID- --Size-- -Q-Time- Sender/Re

Anymore help out there? Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-06 Thread chip . wiegand
I've got to get this working. The suggestion that DNS is not working right can't be correct, I can browse the web and do traceroutes to named sites without a problem. The emails sent from the command line mail never arrive at the destination. I don't know what to check/fix to make it work. At th

Re: mail never gets sent

2003-11-04 Thread chip . wiegand
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if DNS is not working, I would not be able to do a traceroute to a domain name, right? But rather only to an ip address? But I can do traceroute to a domain name, and browse the web, by name. Is this right or not? Thanks, -- Chip W Steve Hovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

mail never gets sent

2003-11-04 Thread chip . wiegand
I just set up a new box with fbsd-5.1 and it appears that the email never leaves the box, or at least it never arrives at its intended destination. I have set up previous versions of freebsd and never had a problem sending mail with out any configuration of sendmail. The machine does connect and

ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-24 Thread chip . wiegand
Okay, I'm stumped. Just need to get ssh keys working. I have FBSD-5.1 web server with sshd running. I have a workstation running W2K with WinSCP3. I have tried Puttygen to create the keys and copied the key to .ssh directory on FBSD, renamed it authorized_keys but it don't work. I then ran ssh_

Re: traceroute works - ping doesn't

2003-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
Appears the remote firewall admin has made a change and didn't inform us - the icmp port has been closed. I tried to install Apache earlier today, first app install on this particular box, but it failed. Every server it tried to download from resulted in no access, not found message. I just trie

traceroute works - ping doesn't

2003-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
I just installed FreeBSD-5.1 this morning and noticed I couldn't access the internet. I tried to ping a web site but got no response. I ran traceroute and after a minute or so got a complete traceroute. Any idea why I can't ping but can traceroute? I am unable to run make install to install port

printing worked fine yesterday, today prints junk

2003-03-25 Thread chip wiegand
Yesterday, I was printing .jpg images just fine, from XV. Today I try to print some more and all I get are pages with a little bit of junk on the first line, many many pages like this. I reset the printer, clear the queue, even unplug/plug in the usb cable. No good. Any ideas why this is? -- Chi

printer filters

2003-03-16 Thread chip wiegand
does anyone have a printer filter they can copy me on for printing web pages (or ps-adobe-3.0 pages). I have a epson stylus c62 printer to print to connected to a win98 machine. I have used apsfilter but it still will not print properly and I am wasting too much ink and paper on junk printouts. tha

Re: lpd problem

2003-03-12 Thread chip wiegand
From: chip wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: lpd problem Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:13:14 -0800 Organization: Alternative Operating Systems X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19

lpd problem

2003-03-12 Thread chip wiegand
According to 'lpc stat all' all 5 of my printers are offline. I have shutdown and restarted all the printers, they all print from other computers. I have even rebooted my machine so lp would be completely shutdown and restarted. No good. No errors in the lpd-errs.log file. Any ideas? -- Chip To Un

mirror remote web server, no ftp, how?

2003-02-27 Thread chip . wiegand
. The local box is strictly a duplicate/backup of the live box. I do use ssh and access them using scp and putty. I would like this to run on a daily basis. Any ready-made apps available to do this? I didn't see anything in the ports. Thanks, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services S

Re: Music CDROM

2003-02-17 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/16/2003 09:18:38 PM: > No need to mount them to paly music. Just need a cd player app. XMMS or gRip > work nicely in Gnome, workbone is probably best from teh console. > > Adam Workman is another X11 audio cdplayer that works well. -- Chip > - Original Message

pkg version discrepency

2003-02-13 Thread chip . wiegand
on is 2.4.0-rc1 at their homepage. I don't have ports installed, When I click on the download link on freebsd.org for version 2.3.2 I get an error pop-up that says - 550 No such directory. What to do to upgrade? -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: printing error

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:24:25 -0500 Garance A Drosihn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 8:44 PM -0800 2/8/03, chip wiegand wrote: > >I just setup my new Epson C62 printer, works great on my freebsd box. > >I am using samba to share it with the rest of the family pc's.

printing error

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
I just setup my new Epson C62 printer, works great on my freebsd box. I am using samba to share it with the rest of the family pc's. They see it in network neighborhood, connect, install the drivers, all fine. but the test page won't print. Nothing appears in the queue with lpc stat all. In the

Re: usb printers not covered in handbook

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:13:15 -0600 Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chip wiegand > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > I just bought a new printer, an Epson C62. I'd like to use > > it with the usb rather than parallel cable,

usb printers not covered in handbook

2003-02-08 Thread chip wiegand
I just bought a new printer, an Epson C62. I'd like to use it with the usb rather than parallel cable, but so far no go. I am trying to use Apsfilter to configure it, but get this message - /dev/ulpt0: Device not configured This device is in /dev, as well as ulpt1 and unlpt0. What do I have to do

Re: openssh - i'm confused

2003-02-04 Thread Chip Wiegand
ou start sshd in debug mode on another port? > box. I have commented out every line in inetd (they were by default > anyway). Is that the same as disabling? No, this way inetd is still running. Set inetd_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. Frank -- endquote --

openssh - i'm confused

2003-02-03 Thread Chip Wiegand
ub to my w2k box and renamed it to identity.ppk (because that's what the WinSCP program wants). Is this okay to do? Can I now disable telnet and any other inetd services that may be running? Any other suggestions? -- Chip Wiegand www.wiegand.org PS I have cc'ed another email address bec

security settings - kerberos or ssh?

2003-01-30 Thread chip wiegand
I am going to set up a new machine with fbsd4.7R for web use - apache, mysql, php, phpmyadmin. I will be co-locating this box at my isp's office. I would like to make sure this is as secure as possible and still be able to have direct access to upload files and maintain, pull off log files, etc. I

Re: usb scanner won't work

2003-01-14 Thread chip wiegand
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:19:33 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, chip wiegand wrote: > > > Okay, I've checked the previous messages on the subject in the > > archives, still doesn't work. The handbook apparently has

usb scanner won't work

2003-01-13 Thread chip wiegand
Okay, I've checked the previous messages on the subject in the archives, still doesn't work. The handbook apparently has no info on setting up flat-bed scanners. There's nothing in the FAQ or other documents part of freebsd.org. I did read the xsane man page. I'm still stuck. Is there a tutorial of

upgrading a port which has had a name change

2003-01-12 Thread chip wiegand
I have xmms installed - in port_info it is shown as xmms-esound-1.2.7_2 but when I ran portupgrade xmms-esound it failed because it is no longer called xmms-esound, it has changed to xmms-1.2.7_3. How do I do a portupgrade in this situation? Do I have to uninstall the old version and install the ne

Re: mounting a dos file system

2003-01-10 Thread chip wiegand
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:13:49 -0500 Adam Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instal Samba. I have a silimar situation, and Samba works great foe > me. Samba is for sharing FBSD shares on the windows network. There is a port for Sharity-Light which makes it real easy to mount your windoze shares.

Re: dual-boot question

2003-01-07 Thread chip wiegand
ike all previos versions of winblows. Regards, Chip On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:18:18 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2003-01-05 22:44, chip wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with > > win98. T

dual-boot question

2003-01-05 Thread chip wiegand
I have a box running fbsd/w2k but am considering replacing w2k with win98. There are problems with wine not being able to run apps on w2k partition properly, or at all. I realize if I install win98 it will wipe out my boot partition, thus making it so I can't boot into fbsd, which I use 99% of the

Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT)

2003-01-05 Thread chip wiegand
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:20:41 -0500 "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check Linux Magazine or Linux Journal for ads, there's at least 3 > different companies that sell Unix/Linux Laptops. I Think Rebel.com > still sells some Sparc Laptops too. > > Adam Maas Another one worth checking out is

midi files appear to play but with no sound

2002-12-31 Thread chip wiegand
I can play cd's using workman, and mp3's using xmms, but cannot play midis. That is, I can play them in xmms (I installed the midi plugin, there just is no sound from .mid files only. Also tried playmidi but it says the sequencer is not configured. I have /dev/sequencer and /dev/sequencer0. What do

Re: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
Got it working on the ps2 port, not the usb port. Regards, Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: AW: AW: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
less mouse just won't work. When I try the frequency change button on the base unit it locks up X. I unplug the wireless, plug in the logitech and it works fine. Plug in the wireless and nothing, a cursor that doesn't move. In the terminal plugging in and unplugging the wireless shows th

Re: AW: wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
does not work. So, with the new mouse I'd like the scroll wheel to work as well. Hope someone can point me in the right direction. -- Chip > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von chip > wiegand Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25.

wireless optical mouse useable in freebsd?

2002-12-25 Thread chip wiegand
I just received this micro$oft wireless optical mouse for christmas from my son, and am wondering if anyone knows if it will work in freebsd 4.7? I haven't tried it yet. It is both usb and ps2. Thanks, Chip W To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in th

Re: directory listing doesn't show all files

2002-12-02 Thread chip wiegand
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:51:01 +0100 Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-01 10:28:47 -0800: > > I have a mixed network of FreeBSD boxes and Win98 boxes. On one FBSD > > box I use shlight to mount the c: drive of one win98 box. Works > > fine. When I browser, in

directory listing doesn't show all files

2002-12-01 Thread chip wiegand
I have a mixed network of FreeBSD boxes and Win98 boxes. On one FBSD box I use shlight to mount the c: drive of one win98 box. Works fine. When I browser, in any file manager or command line, a directory on the win98 box which contains almost 400 mp3's, on the FBSD box the directory listing shows

samba fails - port already in use problem

2002-11-30 Thread chip wiegand
I just installed samba from the ports and set up the smb.conf file by, initially, setting only the workgroup name to match my home network. I then tried to start samba but it fails with these messages - -bash-2.05b$ tail log.smbd Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002 [2002/11/3

audiophiles - mp3 question

2002-11-28 Thread chip wiegand
I know how to rip cd tracks to mp3 format, but what do I do to go the other way - .mp3 to cd format so they can be played in my car stereo which doesn't play .mp3's? Is this possible? -- Chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the me

vmware vmnet doesn't exist after installing vmware port

2002-10-29 Thread chip wiegand
I installed vmware2 and win2000 and it works fine in no network mode. When I try to set up bridge networking I get an error that /dev/vmnet0 does not exist. When I look at ifconfig -a I see device vnmet1 is configured, though it has a wrong network- 192.168.0.x, mine is 192.168.1.x. I checked the v

cdparanoia users?

2002-10-27 Thread chip wiegand
I am wondering if the linux app cdparanoia works on FBSD-4.7? It's not in the ports, so I would have to download the source from their web site. -- Chip W chipatwiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: eterm build error

2002-10-26 Thread Chip Wiegand
Thanks for all the info, got it fixed and working last night. Much appreciated, Regards, Chip W Adam Weinberger wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:33:46 -0700: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> (10.25.2002 @ 2332 PST): Adam Weinberger said, in 2.6K: << > >

Re: eterm build error

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
Adam Weinberger wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:04:16 -0700: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > chip: > > In x11/eterm/Makefile, libast needs to bump the major revision. Change > the part of LIB_DEPENDS that says "ast.1" to "ast.2" and redo your > portinstall. > > - -

Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
Gary W. Swearingen wrote this stuff on 25 Oct 2002 11:18:53 -0700: > Chip Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh > > info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing > > th

Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes

2002-10-25 Thread Chip Wiegand
It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing those anymore after v4.1.0, but maybe not. Anyway, Thanks to all. -- Chip W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:13:18 -0400: > At 10:35 PM 10

xfree question not answered on the xfree lists, maybe here?

2002-10-24 Thread Chip Wiegand
I put this on chat becuase it's a bit off topic, and it has yet to be answered on the xfree lists. I just installed fbsd 4.7 on a new box, at the prompt to configure the x server said no, and finished the install. I then ran XFree86 -configure and copied the XFree86Config to /etc/X11/. When I start

what's up with /var/empty?

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
I just finished installing 4.7 and want to move /var to /usr/var and symlink it, but there is an empty subdirectory called empty (/var/empty). It is not going away when I try to delete the /var directory after moving it to /usr/var. It has permissions like this: dr-xr-xr-x root wheel Seems like I

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
this machine get very little use, it's primarily a backup of a web site on an isp's server, and occasionally I'll copy files I'm working on to it via windoze network neighborhood. I rarely actually log into the box, then only as user, so even more rarely use the su account. I

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/23/2002 10:44:38 AM: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/23/2002 09:02:41 AM: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:49:46PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I thought I saw a doc called something like 'what to do if your hard > > drive > >

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/23/2002 11:01:02 AM: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:52:58AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/23/2002 09:02:41 AM: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:49:46PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I thought I saw a doc called somet

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/23/2002 10:01:24 AM: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This > > > > machine is strictly a web > > > > backup box and rarely is used for anything else, yet the root partition > > is > > > > at 104%. > > > > > Try: > > > # cd / > > > # du -h -d 1 -I us

Re: can't find certain doc

2002-10-23 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/23/2002 09:02:41 AM: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:49:46PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I thought I saw a doc called something like 'what to do if your hard drive > > gets full'. I checked the docs > > the freebsd.org and couldn't find anything like that. Is th

Re: quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry

2002-10-23 Thread Chip Wiegand
Jack L. Stone wrote this stuff on Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:09:07 -0500: > At 04:34 PM 10.22.2002 -0700, Chip Wiegand wrote: > >I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 > >complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command > >to change i

quick help-new install complains about the hard drive geometry

2002-10-22 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am setting up a brand new system, has a 40gig hard drive. FBSD4.7 complains about the geometry being incorrect, to use the G command to change it. I did that, set it to exactly what the BIOS shows for the drive, and it still claims the numbers are incorrect. What do I do now? -- Chip To Unsub

Re: 2 questions for 4.7

2002-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/22/2002 01:00:22 PM: > Hi! > I am long time BSD user and did not find answers for 2 questions, soI decided > to bother you (sorry) > Question 1 - Midnight Commander and/or Gnomemc - what happened with this > usefull utility, it does not install correctly under any co

Re: Uh-oh... fsck can't repair my files-partition!

2002-10-22 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/22/2002 12:58:49 PM: > Hello, > after a total systemfreeze - probably due to a new installed kernel - i had > to do a few resets. That bashed a few partiotions, among them the /files, > which is my largest and most valuable with around 30 GB. > All could be cleaned

can't find certain doc

2002-10-21 Thread chip . wiegand
This machine is strictly a web backup box and rarely is used for anything else, yet the root partition is at 104%. Regards, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson

Re: natd not allowing incoming ftp connections, but web is okay

2002-10-18 Thread chip . wiegand
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/18/2002 03:24:47 AM: > That is because of the nature of the FTP protocol. FTP uses > two separate TCP connections: one for commands (port 21) and > another one for data (port 20). What's going on when client > tries to establish the FTP session? I tried from my off

natd not allowing incoming ftp connections, but web is okay

2002-10-18 Thread Chip Wiegand
I have a server set up to run both web server and ftp server. The web server is working great, internet connect to it just fine. The ftpd server is running, it works great on the intranet, but from the internet connections are not allowed - according to wsftp the message is connection refused I ha

4.7 installed but mouse refused to work in X

2002-10-10 Thread Chip Wiegand
I just got 4.7 installed and running, got XFCE installed but I cannot get my doggone serial mouse to work in X. I have tried a couple differant mice, same results. If I enable the moused daemon the pointer will jiggle around a bit in X in the upper left corner, but not actually be useable. I have

A problem with printing from NT to FBSD

2002-10-10 Thread chip . wiegand
cat && printf "\033&l0H" && exit 0 exit 2 I hope someone can help with this (I'd hate to have to move the printer to the NT workstation). Regards, -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone

portupgrade freetype2 problem

2002-10-07 Thread Chip Wiegand
I am trying to use portupgrade to upgrade freetype2 but am getting this error: chip# portupgrade freetype2 [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 214 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ---> Skipping 'print/freetype2' (freetype2-2.1.1) which has already been ignored ** The following packages were

Re: is it possible to move print jobs?

2002-09-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 15:09, Warren Block wrote: > On 29 Sep 2002, Chip Wiegand wrote: > > > I have a printer connected to my fbsd box, and another connected to a > > winblows box. the fbsd printer has crapped out on me and has 9 print > > jobs waiting in the queue. is i

is it possible to move print jobs?

2002-09-29 Thread Chip Wiegand
I have a printer connected to my fbsd box, and another connected to a winblows box. the fbsd printer has crapped out on me and has 9 print jobs waiting in the queue. is it possible to move those jobs from printer queue lp to printer queue eps? Thanks, chip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL P

printing question

2002-09-20 Thread chip . wiegand
but can only get it to print by splitting it into two print jobs. Any ideas why this is? I can send printcap if necessary. -- Chip Wiegand Computer Services Simrad, Inc www.simradusa.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson,

Re: Thoughts on Web Site Design / Builder apps?

2002-07-18 Thread Chip Wiegand
On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 05:07, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:43:24PM +0100, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a hands-up newbie at web design and html stuff, but would like to > > learn for my own amusement on my home system. > > > > Is anyone able to recommend a nice informa