How do I launch Calligra?

2013-06-20 Thread Ed Flecko
I've installed Calligra "Suite" from package, but I'm struggling to figure out how to launch any of its programs??? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To u

Re: pkg_version says my ports need to be updated?

2013-05-27 Thread Ed Flecko
Thank you both! Since I want to know the "correct" way (or one of I'm sure many correct ways) of initially installing the OS and then getting it up to date (and staying up to date), can you tell me what I did wrong and/or what I might want to do differently? Ed On Mon, May 27, 2

pkg_version says my ports need to be updated?

2013-05-27 Thread Ed Flecko
sync with my ports??? What did I screw up and how do I correct it? Thank you! Ed ___ 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: Keeping my system up to date with CTM or subversion?

2013-05-22 Thread Ed Flecko
their ports tree is so that IF you install a package from source - the source is current? Is that correct? When security vulnerabilities are discovered and patches released by FBSD, the patch will tell you what steps you need to take to apply the patch and stay up to date, won't it? Ed On Wed

Keeping my system up to date with CTM or subversion?

2013-05-22 Thread Ed Flecko
-F && /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade –aR however these utilities are used more for keeping your ports collection up-to-date (if you install software from ports), and not so much for keeping your system patched from a security perspective - isn't that right? H

Re: ERROR: vxgehal-mgmtaux.c: sou vxge_hal_mrpcim_reg_t has too many members: 1911 > 1023

2013-04-09 Thread Ed Maste
On Thu Oct 18 03:54:01 UTC 2012, Dennis Glatting wrote: > While building a kernel, this error was emitted on several compiles: > > > clang -O -pipe -DVXGE_HAL_RX_MULTI_POST -DVXGE_HAL_TX_MULTI_POST ... > ERROR: vxgehal-mgmtaux.c: sou vxge_hal_mrpcim_reg_t has too many > members: 1911 > 1023 I jus

make print-index error: Generating INDEX-9 - please wait..perl: not found

2012-09-28 Thread Ed Flecko
fine. Then I: cd /usr/ports make print-index and this is my result: Generating INDEX-9 - please wait..perl: not found "Makefile", line 31: warning: "perl -V:archname" returned non-zero status perl: not found Done. O.K., I'

Re: svn checkout "head" or "stable"

2012-09-28 Thread Ed Flecko
David - I'd like to, but every time I try that it prompts me for a password...and I don't know what password it wants??? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubsc

Re: svn checkout "head" or "stable"

2012-09-28 Thread Ed Flecko
/en_US.ISO8859-1 /usr/doc (I too, only need English docs) Ed ___ 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: svn checkout "head" or "stable"

2012-09-27 Thread Ed Flecko
Cool...thank you Trond. Is that true of the "docs" branch as well, in other words... svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/doc/head /usr/doc works just fine? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listin

svn checkout "head" or "stable"

2012-09-27 Thread Ed Flecko
to recompile and have a fully patched system, right? I do not make changes to the src, ports, or doc directories. From that point forward, as new security patches are released, I can simply: svn up /usr/src svn up /usr/ports svn up /usr/doc and once again rebuild my kernel and system. Does

Re: How to use subversion to keep source, system and doc files up to date?

2012-09-27 Thread Ed Flecko
x27;ll only need to: svn update /usr/ports..., etc. from that point forward and not "delete all non-local files, rename /usr/src/sys to, say /usr/src/sys0, do the Subversion check out, and move your local files back into place"...Is that right? Thank you again, Ed _

Subversion output: Node remains in conflict ???

2012-09-27 Thread Ed Flecko
ne tell me what "Node remains in conflict" means and how to I correct this...or do I need to worry about it at all??? Thank you! Ed ___ 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: How to use subversion to keep source, system and doc files up to date?

2012-09-26 Thread Ed Flecko
Thank you. I am using a custom kernel, but you're right - I should have said so. :-) Do you have any feedback using subversion? I know I can still use csup; I'm basically trying to figure out how to subversion to achieve the same r

How to use subversion to keep source, system and doc files up to date?

2012-09-26 Thread Ed Flecko
I'm struggling how to best use subversion to update my kernel source, system files, documentation, etc., so I can keep my system up to date. Can someone tell me how to use subversion to keep my /usr/ports, /usr/src and /usr/src/sys directories up to date? Thank you, Ed __

pf not seeing inbound packets on netgraph interface

2012-01-02 Thread Ed Carrel
half the network conversation. Ideas on things to try or investigate next? I can provide a paste of any relevant config or log files, just let me know. Thanks, Ed Carrel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

OT: Root access policy

2011-12-29 Thread Irk Ed
For the first time, a customer is asking me for root access to said customer's servers. Obviously, I must comply. At the same time, I cannot continue be accountable for those servers. Is this that simple and clear cut? Assuming that I'll be asked to continue administering said servers, I guess I

Re: How to change Fluxbox resolution?

2011-05-25 Thread Ed Flecko
Modes "1024x768" entry Suggestions? Ed ___ 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"

How to change Fluxbox resolution?

2011-05-25 Thread Ed Flecko
echo “/usr/local/bin/startfluxbox” >> ~/.xinitrc 9. startx I've edited xorg.conf and added a 1024x768 entry, but apparently something's not right. Comments? Suggestions? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

"Best practices" on upgrading, etc.

2011-03-11 Thread Ed Flecko
mply change my supfile to RELENG_8_2 and then: run csup upgrade the ports make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel make installworld is that right? Is my sequence wrong? 3.) How do I upgrade any installed software (I CAN use portmaster for that, right?)? Thank you, Ed __

Re: "portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1

2011-03-04 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Aurthur. :-) It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make deinstall, etc.). Apparently, I installed it from a package, so I did a pkg_delete automake and then started my portmaster -a again and it seems to be running fine

Re: "portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1

2011-03-04 Thread Ed Flecko
u really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/automake without deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER" in your environment or the "make install" command line. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake. Suggestions? Thank you, Ed _

"portmaster -a" command fails - *** Error code 1

2011-03-04 Thread Ed Flecko
xtproc/fixrtf textproc/html textproc/html2text textproc/jade textproc/linuxdoc textproc/p5-XML-Parser textproc/scr2txt textproc/xhtml www/links1 www/tidy devel/libtool security/ca_root_nss devel/libsigsegv net/openldap24-client devel/pcre devel/apr1 devel/autoconf ftp/curl www/apache22 www/privoxy ww

Do you have to install Apache to use sarg (and squid) with Webmin?

2011-03-03 Thread Ed Flecko
en add the sarg module? Thank you, Ed ___ 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"

Fastest way to get an entire FBSD system back online?

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
tware). Is there something similar in the FBSD arena?...some form of "backing up" a server so that if a drive fails, upon replacement of the drive(s), the OS can be very quickly recovered from a backup (of some sort), or from an image, etc.? What options a

Re: portmaster -afv -no-confirm --clean-distfiles-all command - too much automation???

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Hmmm...I'll check that out Bruce. I saw the command listed on: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html but it doesn't give any cautions against using it. Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there?

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Patrick, It's my understanding that if you have a custom kernel, you can't use the "binary update" method. Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscri

portmaster -afv -no-confirm --clean-distfiles-all command - too much automation???

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
rt, delete all files without prompting) Do you think that's a little too much automation, or do you think that would be pretty safe to run without screwing things up? :-) Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/m

Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there?

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Damien. :-) Two questions - 1.) If rebooting into single user mode isn't obviously a requirement...I wonder why so many tutorials, books, etc. tell you to do this? 2.) How do I rebuild the ports? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ma

Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there?

2011-03-02 Thread Ed Flecko
tz -i mount -a -t ufs mergemaster -p cd /usr/src make installworld mergemaster and then one final reboot. Is there a way to finish the upgrade process without actually being in front of the server??? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ma

Re: How to push privoxy traffic through squid?

2011-02-24 Thread Ed Flecko
file (squid -k reconfigure) RW: You're 100% correct; you need to connect to squid which will then push traffic through Privoxy Thank you for your input. :-) Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

Re: How to push privoxy traffic through squid?

2011-02-24 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Berk, Nope...no dice, that won't work either. More suggestions??? :-) Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-question

How to push privoxy traffic through squid?

2011-02-24 Thread Ed Flecko
squid...but it doesn't work. When I change my browser proxy settings to server address:8118 I can't reach the internet. I managed to make this work once before...but darned if I can remember how I did it! Suggestions??? Thank you, Ed ___ free

Install Squid on FBSD with different configure options?

2011-02-18 Thread Ed Flecko
x27;t that just fetch the package from the internet? How do I install squid from the ports package that's on my hard drive? I am correct in that when I install the package from my local hard drive, it will automatically create the necessary users/groups for me, r

Re: Should I use the standard-supfile or stable-supfile?

2011-01-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Excellent! Thank you gentlemen! Ed ___ 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: Should I use the standard-supfile or stable-supfile?

2011-01-20 Thread Ed Flecko
Thank you Nerius! Would it be smart to run this daily via cron? Ed ___ 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"

Should I use the standard-supfile or stable-supfile?

2011-01-20 Thread Ed Flecko
Hi everyone, I've installed Production Release 8.1 on a production server and I want to just track the errata branch, so should I use the standard-supfile or stable-supfile? Also, I want my supfile to read: tag=RELENG_8_1 right? Thank yo

Re: Just wanted to install vim - had to spend entire day building X11

2011-01-10 Thread Ed Smith
This seems bizarre. Logically, it would seem better to do a split like vim (bare vim - what you would expect) and xvim (vim with X11) similar to how emacs does emacs/xemacs. On 1/10/2011 4:06 AM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:19:02 +0100, Tony Maserati wrote: Hi, I'm just

ghostscript x11

2010-10-18 Thread Ed Hudson
does the current pkg build tree for i386/8.1-stable have X11 turned off (by default) for ghostscript-8.71 ? elhdt# pkg_add -rf ghostscript8 Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/ghostscript8.tbz... Done. elhdt# ls -ld /var/db/pkg/ghost* drwxr-xr-x 2 root

Re: Confused about keeping system up to date

2010-10-05 Thread Ed Flecko
kernel or...??? 2.) If the problem IS just related to the kernel, I just do: csup + make buildkernel + make installkernel, right? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Confused about keeping system up to date

2010-10-05 Thread Ed Flecko
you just apply patches or should you always update, rebuild, etc.??? Thank you, Ed ___ 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: [squid-users] One slow Website Through Proxy

2010-09-22 Thread Ed Flecko
What about running a packet sniffer, like Wireshark, and looking at the trace file? Start a trace file before trying to access the web site, then took at the "Delta time" (time between packets) and see where the delay is? Ed ___ freebsd

Will FBSD Squid "port" create squid user and group?

2010-09-22 Thread Ed Flecko
ware that needs a special user/group, will those users/groups be created when you install from ports, or only from packages? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsu

Re: FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Dennis! These are config options you've changed within the squid.conf file??? Can you give me some specifics as to what you changed and why you changed it? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

Re: printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
und in the /usr/share/examples/printing directory. Let's try and print! lpd is run from /etc/rc, controlled by the lpd_enable variable. This variable defaults to NO. If you have not done so already, add the line: lpd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf, and then either restart your machine, or j

Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
According to the FreeBSD website (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmtp port. Does anyone have an example of a script or other method (maybe a cron script?) that would e-mail my log files to me daily? Thank you, Ed

FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
ons you might recommend I need? Are there any suggestions you might make to improve performance? Suggestions? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Which specific version will be installed via pkg_add or via the port?

2010-09-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Hi folks, When you're installing software via the pkg_add command or building from source, how do you what specific version you'll be installing BEFORE you actually install it? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Re: Should a "squid" user have a shell?

2010-09-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Excellent! Thanks for the tips! Ed ___ 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: Should a "squid" user have a shell?

2010-09-01 Thread Ed Flecko
good. Since I'm new to using squid and using squid on FreeBSD, I'm simply trying to duplicate his setup. It's quite possible that I could achieve the same performance results from using the port install of squid...but maybe I wouldn't. :-) Ed __

Should a "squid" user have a shell?

2010-09-01 Thread Ed Flecko
access to the squid directory and all of its files, what the easiest way to give the appropriate permissions? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Advantage -vs- Disadvantage: SFTP -vs- SCP

2010-08-26 Thread Ed Flecko
Gary, I agree...but I HAVE to give them access! :-) Ed ___ 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"

Advantage -vs- Disadvantage: SFTP -vs- SCP

2010-08-26 Thread Ed Flecko
dering if one method might be better than the other? Comments??? Thank you, Ed ___ 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: Why is the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack the best?

2010-08-23 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Roland, The books that I have refer to the "efficiency" of the stack. Perhaps that's what the authors are referring to as you've referenced being able to saturate a link with traffic and there's little, if any, dropped packets? Ed __

Why is the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack the best?

2010-08-23 Thread Ed Flecko
there any good resources (URLs, books, etc.) that highlight the differences??? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-question

Favorite terminal software?

2010-08-13 Thread Ed Flecko
, I'm O.K. with that too. Suggestions??? Thank you, Ed ___ 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: ZFS practical application?

2010-08-10 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks David...I appreciate your input. :-) Ed ___ 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"

FreeBSD equivalent of Microsoft DFS

2010-08-09 Thread Ed Flecko
Is there a FreeBSD equivalent to Microsoft DFS, i.e., software that will replicate delta level file changes of network shares among multiple servers in real time? Would that be rsync with just a frequently scheduled cron task? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd

ZFS practical application?

2010-08-09 Thread Ed Flecko
ility to expand as necessary, but then I'm wondering what prevents the filesystem from just "running away"? Are there any sites out there with perhaps a more laymen's explanation of ZFS? Comments? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@f

How to confirm/deny ntp is working?

2010-08-02 Thread Ed Flecko
ile" (/var/db/ntpd.drift)? 2.) Do I need to manually create the logfile (/var/log/ntp.log)? 3.) How do you confirm that FreeeBSD is, in fact, keeping time? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/ma

Re: Correct syntax of "supfile" to keep ports upgraded?

2010-07-30 Thread Ed Flecko
uot;errata" branch (*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8_0) and up update, I use the following command: csup -4 /etc/stable-supfile Maybe I should use cvsup (cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/stable-supfile) instead so I can use portsnap??? What do you think? Ed

Correct syntax of "supfile" to keep ports upgraded?

2010-07-30 Thread Ed Flecko
ce tree is to use the "src-all" # mega-collection. It includes all of the individual "src-*" collections. # Please note: If you want to track -STABLE, leave this uncommented. src-all To keep my "ports" up to date, do I simply need to add: ports-all tag=. to this file

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Oh, O.K., so I CAN just download the tarball (from http://httpd.apache.org/), unpack and install it (just like any other source install) and specify the jail as the target or did I misinterpret you? Sorry if I've missed your point! :-) Ed ___ fr

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
re suggesting. Also, do you know for sure that compiling from source and specifying the install target (i.e., ./configure --prefix=/PathToJail --enable-ssl...etc., etc., etc???) won't work? Thank you again! Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
rk. Do I need to do the opposite, i.e., from the HOST console: ./configure --prefix=/PathToJail --enable-ssl...etc., etc., etc??? Thank you! Ed ___ 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: Install Apache in qjail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Gentlemen, Since the ONLY instance of Apache on this box will BE the one I'm installing in the jail, I should just be able to connect to it by its IP address...just like any other web server. Yes? No? Am I missing something? Ed ___ freebsd-ques

Install Apache in qjail?

2010-07-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Hi folks, I'm using the new qjail, and I've created a new jail named "webserver", but I don't see how you install a package (in this case, Apache 2.2.15) inside the jail? I know qjail is pretty new; is the best source of documentation at the moment the &q

Recommend ezjail.conf settings?

2010-07-20 Thread Ed Flecko
s_jail" # ezjail_procfs_enable="YES" # ezjail_fdescfs_enable="YES" should be uncommented because they're "Default options for newly created jails", right? Are there any of the other settings I might want to consider enabling? Thank you, Ed

Re: Help with "ezjail-admin create" command

2010-07-14 Thread Ed Flecko
but I don't see much. Is it similar to the "ezjail-admin install" command somehow? Ed ___ 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: Help with "ezjail-admin create" command

2010-07-14 Thread Ed Flecko
Thank you. :-) What services are you referring to on the host that need to be reconfigured??? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "fr

Re: Help with "ezjail-admin create" command

2010-07-14 Thread Ed Flecko
t proof" for a relative newbie. :-) Also, what do you mean "for the templates to work you need to specify all dependencies by hand"? I'm not stuck on following this website, but IF the steps are fairly accurate, it seems to be a good roadmap and it doesn't

Help with "ezjail-admin create" command

2010-07-14 Thread Ed Flecko
"basejail", right?), isn't it? 3.) When I type: find / -name apache I get: /usr/local/etc/ezjail/apache and /www/jails/apache Does the ezjail program create TWO instances of what will be my "jailed" Apache? Why does it do that? Did I goof something else up, or is that &

Clarification: "Jail" -vs- "Chroot"

2010-07-13 Thread Ed Flecko
? The new, 2nd edition of "Absolute FreeBSD" says: "Chrooting is useful for web servers that have multiple clients on one machine—that is, web servers with many virtual hosts." Comments??? Suggestions??? Thank you! Ed ___ free

ezjail -vs- "Do it yourself" jail?

2010-07-09 Thread Ed Flecko
or downsides to using the ezjail route for setting up my server with Apache? It sure sounds like an easier way to go and less "goof-proof", but as we all know, easier is not always better! Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Fwd: Staying up to date with security patches

2010-07-02 Thread Ed Flecko
Thank you again. After doing a sync/rebuild, does FreeBSD keep a log (somewhere) that actually shows which security patches have been applied? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Fwd: Staying up to date with security patches

2010-07-02 Thread Ed Flecko
ould you just get in the habit of syncing / updating after you install any particular release? Ed ___ 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"

Staying up to date with security patches

2010-07-02 Thread Ed Flecko
your installed applications updated (i.e., Apache, BIND, etc.)? 4.) Finally, where's the best URL to scour past FreeBSD posts/answers? Thank you! Ed ___ 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: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Flecko
just, not, quite big enough so I think I'll try 1G to give me plenty of room. Ed ___ 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: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Flecko
mance that much, do you think? Ed ___ 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: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Flecko
Chip, That sounds like a smart thing to do; can you tell me more about how to do that (or point me to a www resource; I'm happy to read more about that). :-) Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

Re: /boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks guys. :-) Doesn't that seem odd that the "default" partition size for root (512M) isn't quite big enough? Should I make the partition size slightly larger (on future installs) to eliminate this problem? Ed ___ freebsd-q

/boot is full after running "make installkernel" on FreeBSD 8.0

2010-07-01 Thread Ed Flecko
/boot/kernel 233M ./boot/kernel.old 466M ./boot 7.4M./lib 4.3M./rescue 4.4M./sbin It looks like the both kernels are eating up the entire / Right? What am I doing wrong? The isn't normal, is it? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd

Re: Odd routing issue...

2010-05-11 Thread Ed Jobs
On Wednesday 12 of May 2010 06:07, Glenn Sieb wrote: > I'm getting a route added upon reboot with the hostname of the box, > going to lo0. > It's preventing things like, pinging itself. I can manually delete the > route, but.. where is it being set to begin with?! well, that behaviour is what i wo

Re: Auto update

2010-04-11 Thread Ed Jobs
On Sunday 11 of April 2010 12:32, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > In order to find out if someone logged in, I should then first copy > auth.log to auth2.log, and do a compare and then do the tail trick. Have > to cron that every half a minute. > I would like to know if there is something that is alterted o

Re: Replacing Home Router With PC

2010-03-10 Thread Ed Jobs
On Thursday 11 of March 2010 03:36, mailinglist wrote: > The question is, can it use that wireless card to > act as a access point instead of a client (how the card is intended to be > used)? you can run the hostapd daemon to configure a card as an access point. I did this on an openbsd box, so i'

Re: .zshrc

2010-02-02 Thread Ed Jobs
On Tuesday 02 of February 2010 22:59, Dánielisz László wrote: > alias vi vim use: alias vi="vim" -- Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: .zshrc

2010-02-02 Thread Ed Jobs
On Tuesday 02 of February 2010 20:41, Polytropon wrote: > I've taken your .zshrc content and installed zsh, but > whenever I started it, "echo $SHELL" tells me it is > /bin/csh... so I'm much more clueless now... :-) the $SHELL variable does not change when you run a subshell. but the shell is lau

Re: /etc/hosts.deniedssh

2010-01-18 Thread Ed Jobs
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 00:39, David Southwell wrote: > Examples from hosts.deniedssh > I seem to be on the receiving end of a concerted series of unsuccessful > break in attacks on one of our systems. One small part of the attack has > resulted in over 2000 entries in our hosts.deniedssh fi

Installing FreeBSD 8 on an HP Pavilion TX2510US

2010-01-05 Thread Ed Lerner
Hello, I have been wanting to put FreeBSD on my laptop for some time now. I backed up all of my files to a separate HD. I burned 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso to a DVD and installed it on my laptop, removing all partitions so FreeBSD is my sole OS. I also used the FreeBSD boot manager. I have attempte

Re: I have mail, but where?

2009-12-22 Thread Ed Jobs
On Wednesday 23 December 2009 00:50, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I had already tried that, but AFAIK mail reads from /var/mail/andrea and > that file is not there (in spite of the above message). In my box, there is the ~/mbox file that has the messages in it. you can check out if it exists... --

Re: How to make VirtualBox have higher (full screen) resolution?

2009-12-21 Thread Ed Jobs
On Monday 21 December 2009 12:48, Eric Le Goff wrote: > My understanding from a previous post in this list (Around december > 18th) was that VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run was specifically tied to the > Linux kernel > This also what I experimented. i read it again, but what i get from the older post i

Re: How to make VirtualBox have higher (full screen) resolution?

2009-12-20 Thread Ed Jobs
On Sunday 20 December 2009 12:24, Yuri wrote: > Oleg Ginzburg wrote: > > You need for "Install Guest Additional > > How do I do this? > I have VBOXADDITIONS_3. CDROM image in the virtual Linux. But how to > install it? > mount it in the guest (linux) system and there is a file callled VBoxLinu

Re: Any chance ZFS becoming default?

2009-12-19 Thread Ed Jobs
On Saturday 19 December 2009 22:26, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > Don't spread FUD please. If you had read the WIKI you would know it talks > about sysinstall support for ZFS, not about removing UFS. i'm sorry if my mail was misleading. we have no idea how it will be implemented. my guess is that both

Re: Any chance ZFS becoming default?

2009-12-19 Thread Ed Jobs
On Saturday 19 December 2009 16:42, Victor Lyapunov wrote: > Hi everybody, > Sorry for asking dumb questions, but is there any chance zfs becoming > default FS in FreeBSD? If so, how soon might this happen? > > Cheers, > Victor. As seen in http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD9 under Other Kernel: ZFS

Re: Confusion About "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox"

2009-12-18 Thread Ed Jobs
On Friday 18 December 2009 06:39, Ryan Ware wrote: > Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press > release for 8.0 it says, "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in > VirtualBox". I understand what the host mode support is with the > VirtualBox port. What I don't unde

Re: Native PDF viewer

2009-12-16 Thread Ed Jobs
On Wednesday 16 December 2009 05:04, Rolf Nielsen wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I don't have Linux compat layer activated, and I have no need for > it, I'd like to ask if anyone can suggest a native PDF viewer (I'm not > fond of the idea of installing a compat layer for just one application). > Curre

Re: ZFS pools gone?

2009-11-25 Thread Ed Jobs
On Wednesday 25 November 2009 18:14, cali clarke wrote: > I just did a clean install of 8.0-RELEASE. > > I am _CERTAIN_ that the drives with ZFS on them were not touched by > the installer. > > Having booted the system (with zfs enabled in rc.conf): > did you try zpool import ? -- Real program

Re: Bootcamp?

2009-11-19 Thread Ed Jobs
On Friday 20 November 2009 03:35, Matt Szubrycht wrote: > I am not aware of any emulators/virtual machine software capable of running > OS X, but would be VERY interested in doing that as well. > There is a vmware image of OS X Leopard in quite a few bittorrent trackers. But the really interes

Re: Bootcamp?

2009-11-19 Thread Ed Jobs
On Friday 20 November 2009 02:17, David Rawling wrote: > Hi Juan and welcome to the FreeBSD community. You might try VirtualBox, > which is similar to VMWare Workstation but free and part of the ports > tree. > > There's probably a package for it - try: > > pkg_add -r virtualbox > > However, you

Re: weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Ed Jobs
On Monday 16 November 2009 00:58, Mel Flynn wrote: > Does the cron log (/var/log/cron) show that it was run as operator around > the time it started? > /usr/sbin/cron[47350]: (operator) CMD (/usr/libexec/save-entropy) > > Even if it wasn't, I don't see a reason for such a buildup. Unlesssince

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