Probelms with make isntallworld

2004-02-29 Thread stan
Can anyone tell me what's going on here? I'm trying to build a new STABEL amchine this weekend. I installed the minimum distribution, cvsup'd and am trying to do a make buildworld, make buildkernel, make installkernel, reboot, make installworld sequence. It keeps erroring out in the make

VPN via ssh ?

2004-02-28 Thread stan
I can connect to my home machines from work using runsocks ssh. Now it seems to me that I ought to be able to build a full blown VPN tunnel using this, right? A little Googling suggest that one approach might be to use ppp over the tunnel. Given that the 2 machines involved are both FreeBSD

cvsup problems with older machine

2004-02-26 Thread stan
I'v got a 4.2 STABLE machine I'm trying to use cvsup to bring up to data. When I run the cvsup that's on it to connect to my cvsup seerver, I get a message about upgrading cvsup, and a reference to a web page at: http://www.cvsup.org/s1g/ But that link seems to be dead. What can I do to get

Troubles starting apache

2004-02-25 Thread stan
I'm building a new STABLE machine to replace an ageing FreeBSD Apache server at work. I've got all the configs setup on the new machine, and have it up on the network, but I can't get Apache to start. I've never seen this sort of behavior before. I tracked it through apachectl to where the

Re: Troubles starting apache

2004-02-25 Thread stan
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:01:06PM +0100, Remko Lodder wrote: Please checkout the logfiles httpd-default-error_log (or something similiar) Thanks, that indeed pointed me to a stupid mistake in /etc/hosts. -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither

imap question

2004-02-23 Thread stan
I'm trying to help a firend of mine get an imap server running on one of his FreeBSD 4.9 STABLE machines. We have built the UW imapd port, and installed it. However we seem to be habing a bit of a problem making it work. Tha man page, and the docs (which I only found in the ports work directory

Re: imap question

2004-02-23 Thread stan
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:02:22PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 02/23/04 07:38 PM, stan sat at the `puter and typed: I'm trying to help a firend of mine get an imap server running on one of his FreeBSD 4.9 STABLE machines. We have built the UW imapd port, and installed it. However we

Re: imap question

2004-02-23 Thread stan
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:28:09PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 02/23/04 08:29 PM, stan sat at the `puter and typed: On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:02:22PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 02/23/04 07:38 PM, stan sat at the `puter and typed: I'm trying to help a firend of mine get an imap

Small FreeBSD Image?

2004-02-15 Thread stan
I'm setting up Nagios, and I want to show the OS that's on a given machine using it's map graphics. Anyone know where I can find a small FreeBSD image? (PNG preferred). -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

sendmail confi help

2004-02-11 Thread stan
How can I configure FreeBSD's default sendmail to work like this: If the message is for domain1 or domain2, deliver directly. If not, use a smarthost ? I can amke the smarthost work, but then it wnats to send _all_ mail there. -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety

Where is the jail directory for linux_base?

2004-02-08 Thread stan
While runing portupgrade this afternoon, I got a message about creating teh null device in linux_base's jail directory. Where is this by default? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Still no handbook

2004-02-08 Thread stan
I'm still trying to get my missing handbook back. I added teh doc cvsup file to teh set I processes with teis weekends cvsup run, on teh machine I want this on. Ran cvsup, make buildowrld, amke buildkernel, make installworld, make isntallkernel, and mergemaster. But, still no handbook. Is he a

A reverse DNS question

2004-02-05 Thread stan
Can I use dig, or some tool to query an upstream DNS amchine to findout what rnage it is authoratative for in _reverse_ DNS? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports?

2004-02-05 Thread stan
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:36:59PM -0600, Frank Knobbe wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 14:31, stan wrote: I have a system that I have removed all teh non English language port directories, and I run a cvsup _with_ a refuse file for these. Then I did a portdb -Uu. This resulted in a fair number

Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports?

2004-02-04 Thread stan
I want to omit some of the ports from my cvsup run. I've always used the ports-all tag, but these days there a a good many non English language ports that only use space on my disks. I would like to limit the collections. Probably by excluding certain ports subtags, rather than explicitly

Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports?

2004-02-04 Thread stan
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:48:06AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 07:42 am, Randy Grafton wrote: You can use the refuse file to omit branches. I've attached my cvsupfile and my refuse file to give you an idea as to how this works. I placed my cvsupfile in

Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports?

2004-02-04 Thread stan
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:48:06AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 07:42 am, Randy Grafton wrote: You can use the refuse file to omit branches. I've attached my cvsupfile and my refuse file to give you an idea as to how this works. I placed my cvsupfile in

Re: Where can I find a list of the cvsup tags for ports?

2004-02-04 Thread stan
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:45:11AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 09:26 am, stan wrote: On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:48:06AM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 07:42 am, Randy Grafton wrote: You can use the refuse file to omit branches. I've

Has anyone gotten the bind 9 port to run chrooted?

2004-02-03 Thread stan
I'm trying to get the bind 9 port to run chrooted. I've installed the bind9 port with the overwrite base install flag, and added the define to /etc/make.conf to prevent building from the base tree. My problem is that when I try to start it I keep running into issues. The latest is that it can't

rndc-confgen -a goes off forever

2004-01-30 Thread stan
I'm trying to set up bind 9 on a 4.9 STABLE machine. Looking in theprots message file, it says tehat I need to generate a source of random numberes by using rndc-confgen -a. When I type this command, it never returns (It's been linke 10 minutes). and to shos that it's not using any CPU cycles. I

Using bind9, instead of the default bind8

2004-01-30 Thread stan
What's involed in using bind9, instead of the default bind 8. I have made the port, but it seems that I probably need to somehow delete the existing bind8, right? I see the entry in /etc/defaults/mak.conf that instructs the buld process to not build it, but I already did a make world before

Re: rndc-confgen -a goes off forever

2004-01-30 Thread stan
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 03:33:50PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 10:22:14AM -0500, stan wrote: I'm trying to set up bind 9 on a 4.9 STABLE machine. Looking in theprots message file, it says tehat I need to generate a source of random numberes by using rndc-confgen

Re: Using bind9, instead of the default bind8

2004-01-30 Thread stan
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 04:52:12PM -, Edmund Craske wrote: There's something wrong with the rc.conf stuff for named if you install the bind9 port over the base bind8 (by doing a make -DPORT_REPLACES_BASE_BIND9 install clean in dns/bind9) because of differences in command line arguments.

Trying to set up cvsup mirror

2004-01-29 Thread stan
I'm trying to set up a cvsup mirror to use for updating about 50 machines that are internal to our corporate network. Since I have better control over the firewall et all from my home network, I'm building the machine there. I've got it built, and used the cvsup-mirror port to assist me in

Can someone explain where the cvsup-mirror port puts it's crontab entry?

2004-01-29 Thread stan
I've just installed this wonderful port, and with some kind help from the list got it working. Thanks to everyone. Now, I've got a learning question. This port creates a crontab entry to schedule updates. I looked in /var/cron/tabs, and I don't see it. I can't su to that user as his shell is

Is the handbook no longer installed?

2004-01-29 Thread stan
I just discoverd that on a machine I recently rebuilt, I have a dead link to /usr/share/doc/handbook. Is this not installed now? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin

Internal cvsup server?

2004-01-28 Thread stan
I'm supporting a fair number of FreeBSD machines that live behind a very restrictive corporate firewall. I finally managed to get the powers that be to agree to open up the port for cvsup, but they want to limit it to one IP address. Actually this is probably not a bad solution. My plan is to

Cricket setup help

2004-01-24 Thread stan
Long agao, and far away I set up mrtg to monitor various aspects of a nrtwork. Twoard the end of this excersise, I remeber being frustrated by some limitations of mrtg. I looked around, ad decided that if I ever needed to do this job again, I'd use cricket. Well, the time has come to setup this

Getting snmp running on a STABLE machine?

2004-01-18 Thread stan
I'm trying to get snmp running on a STABLE machine. I've built and installed teh net-snmpd port, but I can't seem to find where teh example config file was put. Any sugestions? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

portupgrade seesm to be broken

2004-01-18 Thread stan
I just cvsup'd one of may machines, and now I can't seem o get portupgrade to work. Here is what I'm seesing: Script started on Sun Jan 18 15:18:53 2004 black# portupgrade -aRr -l /home/stan/report fwbuilder-1.1.2_20040101cvs: 1.1.2_20040101cvs: Not in due form: 'version[_revision][,epoch

Re: Getting snmp running on a STABLE machine?

2004-01-18 Thread stan
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 05:42:18PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:31:08PM -0500, stan wrote: I'm trying to get snmp running on a STABLE machine. I've built and installed teh net-snmpd port, but I can't seem to find where teh example config file was put. Any

mt command index?

2004-01-12 Thread stan walters
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Re: AMD Processors

2004-01-03 Thread stan
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 07:03:58PM -0800, Mike Maltese wrote: For the kernel configuration you can even optimize the compilation for such processors (5.x only) : options CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK options CPU_ENABLE_SSE These are also valid kernel options for 4.x. Where are these

Does anyone know how to subscribe to the isc dhcp list?

2004-01-02 Thread stan
I'm still not able to get failover working on ISC dhcpd, and it looks like this list is out of answers. The REAME in the work directory of the port mentions a couple of mailing lists dedicated to that project (great anoth mailinglist to subscribe to :-(), but it does not explain how to subscribe

DNS/DHCP redundnacy

2004-01-01 Thread stan
I'm revamping my network infrastructure a bit to increae redundancy. Presently DNS is served by a single FreeBSD, and I've got a dhcp server running on an OpenBSD machine that also serves as my firewall. Where I'm headed is to build a 2nd FreeBSD, and use it and the existing FreebSD as

A sendmail config question

2004-01-01 Thread stan
I'm setting up a FreeBSD machine behind a firewall to recieve mail. Inside teh firewall the machines are in a fak domain. The IP address that is on the outside of the firewall is in a vaild DNS block. Looking at the default freebsd.mc config file, I don't see anywhere to tell sedmail to accept

Re: A sendmail config question

2004-01-01 Thread stan
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:29:56PM +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 11:09:28AM -0500, stan wrote: I'm setting up a FreeBSD machine behind a firewall to recieve mail. Inside teh firewall the machines are in a fak domain. The IP address that is on the outside

using multiple isc-dhcp servers?

2004-01-01 Thread stan
I have set up the isc-dhcp port on 2 machines. and it is serving addresses, but I notice that whichever machine gives the lease is the only one that records the lease in it's leases file. This seems like a problem. How can I configure this package to avoid this problem? -- They that would give

ISC dhcpd serve configuration question

2004-01-01 Thread stan
I'm still trying to get ISC dhcp to work in a redundnat fashion where I have 2 machines, and they share an address pool. Here's where I am on this. Well I thoguht I had it working for a minute. The executbale is _really_ picky about the syntax od the config file, and I found some help at:

Re: ISC dhcpd serve configuration question

2004-01-01 Thread stan
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:26:00PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Looking at tcpdump it _si_ a bootp packet that it sends, so I'm wondering if this line is the problem? deny dynamic bootp clients; Any ideas? How do you know that the packet

Re: hard drive test

2003-12-31 Thread stan
On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:17:50PM -0700, David Bear wrote: i just installed 4.9-rel. after having the system on for about two hours I got a console message that device ad0 had timed out. then the system froze. after a reboot (power off then on) the systems has been working fine. The HD

Fynamic DNS updates with isc-dhcp3 port?

2003-12-31 Thread stan
I just installed the isc-dhcp3 on a 4.9 STABLE machine that is also the DNS server for my domain. I enable ad-hoc Dynamic DNS updates, and I;m getting error messages about them timing out. I read the dhcpd.conf man page that came with the port, and now I;m _reallY_ confused. Even though this

Using FreeBSD as a DHCP server

2003-12-30 Thread stan
I need to use a STABLE machine for a DHCP server. Man -k and looking in /etc/defaults/rc.conf don't seem to point me to the server side of this protocol. Do I need to add a port? If so what's the best one? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither

Internet connection sharing with FreeBSD

2003-12-19 Thread Stan Wright
What is the best way to share an internet connection between two FreeBSD machines ? The network [192.168.0.x] is already set up. I can ssh etc. from one machine to the other. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Where do I put options to ports make directives?

2003-12-14 Thread stan
I'm rebuilding a machine that suffred a root disk crash. I can't seem to find the place to put the optiosn I pass to various port's make install comands (as defines), so they will be reused, when I use portupgrade to keep them up to date. Where is thsi file? -- They that would give up essential

OK, it's time

2003-11-19 Thread stan
It feels like time to start using FreeBSD 5.1 CURRENT. I'm starting to see things that are only supported in it (as oposed to 4 STABLE). So, is it possible (and safe) to upgrade a 4 STABLE machine to 5? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty

STABLE CURRENT on same machine?

2003-11-17 Thread stan
I suddenly find myself with a need to use something thta seems to only be supported in 5.1 CURRENT. I've never visited 5.x land before, and I'm a bit warry. I've got a Compaq N410C that's pretty happy in 4 STABLE land, and has a Linux partition. I'm considering blowing away the Linux partition,

Re: Drive errors?

2003-11-16 Thread stan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 06:24:11PM -0500, stan wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:30:29PM +0300, Joseph Begumisa wrote: atapci0: VIA 82C686 ATA100 controller port 0xa000-0xa00f at device 7.1 on pci0 atapci0: Correcting VIA config for southbridge data corruption bug ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14

Re: Drive errors?

2003-11-14 Thread stan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:48:14PM +0300, Joseph Begumisa wrote: On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, stan wrote: I've got a relativly recent STABLE machine that I', gettng errors like this on: Nov 12 20:00:01 black newsyslog[33912]: logfile turned over due to size100K Nov 12 20:00:07 black

Re: Drive errors?

2003-11-14 Thread stan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:30:29PM +0300, Joseph Begumisa wrote: atapci0: VIA 82C686 ATA100 controller port 0xa000-0xa00f at device 7.1 on pci0 atapci0: Correcting VIA config for southbridge data corruption bug ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 ad3:

Compaq Wireless LAN Multiport W200

2003-11-14 Thread stan
What do I need to do to make a Compaq Wireless LAN Multiport W200 work in an N410C laptop, under STABLE. What do I need to do to make this work? It appears to be detected in dmesg: ugen0: Compaq Computers Compaq WLAN MultiPort W200, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2 ohci1: NEC uPD 9210 USB controller mem

Drive errors?

2003-11-13 Thread stan
I've got a relativly recent STABLE machine that I', gettng errors like this on: Nov 12 20:00:01 black newsyslog[33912]: logfile turned over due to size100K Nov 12 20:00:07 black /kernel: ad3s1e: UDMA ICRC error writing fsbn 113202879 of 56601408-56601455 (ad3s1 bn 113202879; cn 7046 tn 141 sn

Re: Drive errors?

2003-11-13 Thread stan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:31:29AM +0100, Martin wrote: Am Fr, den 14.11.2003 schrieb stan um 01:20: Nov 12 20:00:07 black /kernel: ad3s1e: UDMA ICRC error writing fsbn 113202879 of 56601408-56601455 (ad3s1 bn 113202879; cn 7046 tn 141 sn 6) retrying I had a similar effect here

Wireless (802.11) question

2003-10-27 Thread stan
I'm about to embark on a wireless experiemnt, having never dealt with this technology before. So, I've got a failry basic question. My plan was to put a wireless card in a machine running FreeBSD, and use this machine as a gateway from an existing network to a new subnet that would only exist in

Re: Wireless (802.11) question

2003-10-27 Thread stan
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:42:54PM +, Andrew Humphries wrote: On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 20:31, stan wrote: I'm about to embark on a wireless experiemnt, having never dealt with this technology before. So, I've got a failry basic question. My plan was to put a wireless card

Wireless networking hardware recomendations?

2003-10-26 Thread stan
I've got to set up a wireless network. I plan on using a FreeBSD machine as the access point. It will be the gateway between an existing network, and a new subnet dedicated to various 802.11/B (and later perhaps /G) enabled devices. I'm looking ofr recomendations for hardware on the FreeBSD end.

How can I set up a STABLE machien to compile Gnome apps from source?

2003-10-23 Thread stan
Wonderful as the ports system is, there comes a time in life when I need to compile packages outside that system. Lately I have been totaly unable to nuild anything Gnome related. I keep getting errors about gnomeConf.sh not being found. What do I need to do to set up my achine to allow building

Sane-frontends port and Gnome 2?

2003-10-05 Thread stan
I've got a machine that I just cvsup'd and did a portupgrade. A while back, in an effort to get Gnome 2 workign, I had dleted all the Gnome 1 related stuff, and eveyrthign that dpeneded on it. Aparently while doing this I deleted the sane-frontends port. I started to build it today, but I noticed

Re: Sane-frontends port and Gnome 2?

2003-10-05 Thread stan
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 03:23:07PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 15:16, stan wrote: I've got a machine that I just cvsup'd and did a portupgrade. A while back, in an effort to get Gnome 2 workign, I had dleted all the Gnome 1 related stuff, and eveyrthign

Gnome-think

2003-10-05 Thread stan
I can't seem to find this neat little utilty in the ports tree. Is it perhaps included in some bigger port? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

NFS server and files 2G (STABLE)

2003-09-30 Thread stan
I'm having a bit of a problem using a FeeBSD STABLE machine as an NFS server for an HP-UXa box. I'm able to mount the FreeBSD box, abd see the files, but take a look at this: On teh FreeBSD machine $ ls -l total 11471104 -rw-rw-r-- 1 stan wheel 11743520768 Sep 24 08:34 oracle_dump.09242003

Re: cvsup + portupgrade Now no Gnome login

2003-09-28 Thread stan
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 10:48:44PM -0500, Frank Knobbe wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 14:17, stan wrote: I cvsup'd today (main and ports), then did a portupgrade -aRR, and now I can't get loged intot a session using gdm. I've rebooted the machine, and blown awa ~/.g[cn]* in my user home

cvsup + portupgrade Now no Gnome login

2003-09-27 Thread stan
I cvsup'd today (main and ports), then did a portupgrade -aRR, and now I can't get loged intot a session using gdm. I've rebooted the machine, and blown awa ~/.g[cn]* in my user home directory. Still no luck. I tried the Gnome failsafe session, still no luck. Looks like it doesn't even _try_ to

System hangs on boot with USB mouse pluged in

2003-09-27 Thread stan
As of a fairly recent cvsup, my laptop has developed an anoying feature If I leave the USSB mouse pluged in, it hangs hard during the boot procees, requiring me to power cycle it. If I boot it WP the mouse pluged in, and plug it in _after_ the USN detection (at boot) is doen, the it recognizes the

Re: How can I install the python snack module?

2003-09-24 Thread stan
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:37:02PM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2003 16:31, stan wrote: I'm trying to poart a small python application to FreeBSD from linux (routeplanner if you are curious). It requires a number of python modules, including snack I located

How can I install the python snack module?

2003-09-23 Thread stan
I'm trying to poart a small python application to FreeBSD from linux (routeplanner if you are curious). It requires a number of python modules, including snack I located the tarball for the module, but when I run configure for it I get: $ ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for Tcl

Galeon2 open menu question

2003-09-01 Thread stan
Im trying to set up a machine using Gnome2. One of the chages (aparently) is that I seem to need to be running Galen2 Well, like a lot of the other gnome 2 stuff it seems to be sunstainly less featurfull than the Gnome 1.4 stuff I' acustomed to, So, on to a specif question. When I type CTRL O in

playing a DVD with mplayer

2003-08-31 Thread stan
I just got a new notebook with a DVD drive. I compiled mplayer from the ports. Now I want to play a smaple VD that I have. What do I need to do to mount the DVD? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

ogle-gui and Gnome 2 system

2003-08-31 Thread stan
I'm experimenting with dvd players, and I read the agle worked very well. I've got a STABLE machine that's pretty much up to date, including Gnome2. When I started building the ogle-gui port I noticed that it was building a bumch of, what looks like to me, Gome 1.4 libraries. Having just gone

Re: How to get CUPS to work (newbie)

2003-08-31 Thread stan
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 11:32:50PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: I have CUPS installed on my 4.8 system. I cannot seem to configure it, though. I have tried the web interface at localhost:631, but it seems that the cupsd.conf file was not created. Well, then I tried to create this using

FW: A ppp configuration question

2003-08-30 Thread stan
set login TIMEOUT 80 gin:-\\r-gin: stan word: foo-bar tan spp set timeout 6000 deny chap deny deflate pred1 disable deflate pred1 enable lqr allow lqr set timeout 6 set ifaddr 127.1.1.1/0 127.1.1.2/0 # add 0 0 127.1.1.2 ppp_grizzly: set parity even set timeout 120 set phone 8864919

setting the hdlc timer in ppp?

2003-08-30 Thread stan
In my ongoing strugle to get ppp to connect over a link that tales a _very_ long time to come up, I've come to suspect that the hdlc timer is timing out (based upon it's default of 55 seconds seeming to be when my timeouts occur). Can I increase this timer's lentgh in /etc/ppp.conf? -- They

A ppp configuration question

2003-08-29 Thread stan
CONNECT set timeout 180 set phone 9w8864919 # set phone 8864919 set parity even set login TIMEOUT 80 gin:-\\r-gin: stan word: foo-bar tan spp set timeout 6000 deny chap deny deflate pred1 disable deflate pred1 enable lqr allow lqr set timeout 6 set ifaddr 127.1.1.1/0 127.1.1.2/0 # add 0 0

Resizing disk partitons?

2003-08-28 Thread stan
I've got a laptop with a single hard disk that is curently paritioned into 3 partions. 1 for FreeBSD, 1 for linux Swap, and a 3rd for Linux. I've got an application that requires a M$ OS. Is there a way I can repartion this drive without having to reinstall bith my other OS'es? -- They that

Slash app for Gnome 2?

2003-08-24 Thread stan
I'm trying to do the (paINFUL) transition from Gnome 1.4 (which I really like) to Gnome 2 (which I don't _yet_ like). One of the peices that seem to be missing is the slahs app fro the panel. Am I overlooking something? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve

gtop

2003-08-24 Thread stan
I can't seem to find gtop in the ports anymore. Is it gone? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin ___ [EMAIL

Analog clock applet from Gnome 2

2003-08-24 Thread stan
I use a analog clock aplet (Anaother Clock) in Gnome 1.4. Is there anything similar in Gnome 2? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

Re: Slash app for Gnome 2?

2003-08-24 Thread stan
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 11:19:00PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 22:07, stan wrote: I'm trying to do the (paINFUL) transition from Gnome 1.4 (which I really like) to Gnome 2 (which I don't _yet_ like). One of the peices that seem to be missing is the slahs app fro

Re: gtop

2003-08-24 Thread stan
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 11:19:14PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 22:08, stan wrote: I can't seem to find gtop in the ports anymore. Is it gone? It's now called gnomesystemmonitor. Thanks, is that the one that I get from the system monitor pick on the Gnome 2 menu

Gnome 1 to Gnome 2 conversion mess

2003-08-24 Thread stan
I'm trying to get a STABLE machien converted from Gnome 1 to Gnome 2. I think I've deleted all the Gnome 1 ports, but whne I try to build the Gnome2 port it's still complaining about the presence of Gnome 1 bits. Here is the ouptut of pkg_info on the machine in question: GimpUserManual-PDF-2

Re: gtop

2003-08-24 Thread stan
On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 02:49:55PM -0500, Matt Bettinger wrote: On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:17:07 -0400 stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 11:19:14PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 22:08, stan wrote: I can't seem to find gtop in the ports anymore

Re: Gnome2 config files weirdness

2003-08-22 Thread stan
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:00:33PM +, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 21:58, stan wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:16:15PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 12:09, stan wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:14:59PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote

How can I get sound working on a Compaq EVO n410C

2003-08-22 Thread stan
I would swear that Iasked this question, and got an answer a couple of weeks ago. I got sidetrakced from the project of making this machine work, and I can't find in my mail archive for the FreeBSD list what the answer was ;-( Sorry. -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary

help transistiong to Gnome 2

2003-08-20 Thread stan
I've decided to try the transition from Gome 1.4 to Gnome 2. I delted all teh Gnome 1 packages, and built the Gnome 2 packages (after cvup'ing the ports tree). So far so good, as I'm able to log in and get a session as a normal user. However, i have a few questions. 1. How can I set up an icon

Re: help transistiong to Gnome 2

2003-08-20 Thread stan
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:49:34PM +0100, Matt Heath wrote: stan wrote: I've decided to try the transition from Gome 1.4 to Gnome 2. I delted all teh Gnome 1 packages, and built the Gnome 2 packages (after cvup'ing the ports tree). So far so good, as I'm able to log in and get a session

Probelms building XFree86-4-clients

2003-08-20 Thread stan
I'm having a problem building XFree86-4-clinets from ports. I cvsup'd last night, and this failed during portupgrade, so I tried it by hand. It fails in the link stage looking for a Xfont libarary. That's a new one for me. Do I have to install another port to get this? -- They that would give up

Re: help transistiong to Gnome 2

2003-08-20 Thread stan
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:41:55PM +0100, Matt Heath wrote: These are FreeBSD relevent because ? Well, perhpas because it's FreeBSD ports that install this! sorry, that is good enough to fill up the list with how do I configure Gnome? Free BSD Questions list [EMAIL

Gnome2 config files weirdness

2003-08-20 Thread stan
I'm trying to get Gnome 2 up and running on a TABLE machine. I've built the gnome2 port, and I'm getting gdm2 as a login screen. I'm able to log in as a normal user. But when I change something. it thinks it's changing roots Gnome config. And indeed all changes I make are affecting all users.

gonvert from ports (package conflict problems)

2003-08-19 Thread stan
I'm trying to install gonvert from the ports tree, on a machine that was cvsup'd a week or 2 ago. I get a message about it conflicting with py-gtk, but when I try to use pkg_delete to remove that I get that it is required by gnome-1.4, and py-gnome. What can I do, so that I can use gonve? --

FW: Re: Terminal program on fbsd

2003-08-19 Thread stan
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Jonas wrote: I have connected the console port on a Cisco router to COM1 on my fbsd box. Which program on the fbsd can I use to access the router? Does the COM port need to be mounted and how do I set the speed? tip com1 works fine for console access. man tip will

What ports need to be open on a firewall to allow cvsup?

2003-08-08 Thread stan
The company I work for is implementing a new firewall, and there is some posibilty I might be able to get the apropriate ports to cvsup my FreeBSD machines open. Assuming pasive mode cvsup, what ports would I need open? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve

Which snmp port?

2003-08-06 Thread stan
There seem to be 2 (or 3) ports of UCD snmp in the ports tree, and the description files don't enlighten me as to the differences. Could someone clue me in as to the reasons to use on vs the other? -- They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor

tightvnc not honoring .xinitrc file

2003-08-06 Thread stan
I'm trying to set up vnc on a STABLE machine. I've built tightvnc from the ports, and run vncpassword to create a password. Then I run vncserver as teh user whose session I wish to see on my remote machine. I'm then able to connect ucing vncviewer on the remote machne, but unfortunately I get a

easy screen dumps?

2003-08-04 Thread stan
I need a few screen dumps to include in a bit of documentation for some of my FreeBSD systems. Sugestions as to an easy way to get these from my X sesion would be appreciated. I have used xgrab in the past, but while the port builds, and the front end runs fine, the back end (xgrabsc) just core

ssh/root and remote X sessiosn

2003-08-01 Thread stan
I have my FreebSD machines set up in the current preferred (IE default) ssh/tty setup which prohibits remote ssh logins. So to get to root I ssh as my normal user, and su -. All is well, unless I need to run a client as root. Even manually setting the DISPLAY variable does not seem to allow this.

Updating several amchine behind a fireall?

2003-08-01 Thread stan
I find myself in the unfortunate position of supporting 10+ FreebSD machine that live behind a _VERY_ restrictive firewall that I have no control over. The only thing I can get through the firewall is http (using a FreebSD machine with squid as a SOCKS proxy). Over time these machine have gotten

Re: Help PLEASE! on proper kernel config file to use serial portswith puc driver

2003-08-01 Thread stan
On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 01:37:35AM -0400, J. Seth Henry wrote: Stan, Could you describe your hardware in a bit more detail. I can't imagine why your system would hard lock, unless there is something seriously wrong. Also, I'm curious why puc is detecting your card as sio4 and sio5 (COM5

Help PLEASE! on proper kernel config file to use serial ports withpuc driver

2003-07-31 Thread stan
OK, I've spent all night complaining kernels with no luck. I've read the man page for puc, I've read the man page for sio, I've looked at the code for puc, I've searched d Googlee, and STILL I can't get sio devices assigned to my PCI serial port card. It's detected as: puc0: Dolphin Peripherals

Re: Help PLEASE! on proper kernel config file to use serial portswith puc driver

2003-07-31 Thread stan
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:34:14AM -0400, J. Seth Henry wrote: All you need in your kernel config is 'device puc'. You already appear to have this in your config, as your system detected the adapter. You will have to sh MAKEDEV cuaan (where 0 n NUM_PORTS) to get the device nodes in your

Re: Help PLEASE! on proper kernel config file to use serial portswith puc driver

2003-07-31 Thread stan
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:34:14AM -0400, J. Seth Henry wrote: All you need in your kernel config is 'device puc'. You already appear to have this in your config, as your system detected the adapter. Him I've made some progress on this ;-( I have created teh devices in /dev. I now have just

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