Re: showing CAPSLOCK state on display

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:19:01 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > I'm running 10-CURRENT on my small netbook EeePC 900; the device has > only a set of four lights (powered on, battery loading, disk i/o, WLAN) and > no indicator more, especially not for CAPSLOCK. So you don't know the > state of it and ha

Re: Telnet SRA login related issue

Excuse me i just founded similar thread on the list which says: SRA is a login sequence that encrypts the password (something that regular telnet doesn't do). It's only is activated if the other end advertises itself as a telnet server. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-Au

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013. június 19. 19:41 napon Warren Block írta: > There have been some excellent responses, and I just wanted to add a > quick point: > > Virtual machines with VirtualBox work very well and avoid the problem of > trying to make compatible partition layouts. Enable sshd on FreeBSD and > get t

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

There have been some excellent responses, and I just wanted to add a quick point: Virtual machines with VirtualBox work very well and avoid the problem of trying to make compatible partition layouts. Enable sshd on FreeBSD and get to the files with rsync or scp or some FUSE module on the othe

Re: apply /etc/ttys changes on system

HUP to init with the command ``kill -HUP 1''. On receipt of this > signal, init re-reads the ttys(5) file. > You are right, it is in the man page. I just wanted to preserve my machine from facing possible side-effects this command may cause, which i may not be aware of, if pos

RE: apply /etc/ttys changes on system

> > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] on behalf of Dan Nelson > [dnel...@allantgroup.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 7:54 AM > To: takCoder > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: apply /etc/ttys changes on system

, getty, or window information) may be changed in the ttys(5) file without a reboot by sending the signal SIGHUP to init with the command ``kill -HUP 1''. On receipt of this signal, init re-reads the ttys(5) file. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com

Re: Boot hangs in single-user mode

Hi Everyone, On Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:24:52 -0300, Andrew Hamilton-Wright wrote: > > Strangely, it seems that I cannot boot single user, either > using "boot -s" from the boot loader, or using the boot menu. > When I get to the point where the root filesystem is mounted, > it hangs right after pri

Re: XDM cannot start desktop after Xorg upgrade

2013-06-09 07:46, Leslie Jensen skrev: 2013-06-08 17:28, Polytropon skrev: On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:20:56 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: I've been using XDM as login manager for years. Since the latest Xorg upgrade, XDM cannot start XFCE4 as it used to. Strange that this happens after an upgr

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

Thank you all for the points you mentioned around this topic. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Mark Felder wrote: >There isn't a max password length as far as I'm aware, ... On Jun 17, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Eduardo Morras wrote: > > If I remember well, any password longer than default size is trunc

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:48:20 +0200, Istvan Gabor wrote: > 2013. június 18. 19:49 napon Michael Sierchio írta: > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor wrote: > > > ... > > > How can I do this in FreeBSD? > > > Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? > > >

Re: install firefox without X

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I need use -X ssh and use firefox on remote machine: > > ssh -X -l user xxx host > > Is there a way to install firefox without X? or less ports possible > On a clean machine, setting WITHOUT_X11=yes in /etc/make.conf then using

Re: Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

You can simply newfs the device itself, without a volume label, slice, or partition. That's the normal thing to do with malloc devices, or additional disks. If the disk doesn't require a boot loader, isn't the root device, etc. that may be the best thing to do. Your caution about EXT* is spot-in

Re: Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Tue Jun 18 13:47:50 2013 > Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_FreeBSD_slice/partiton_setup_?= > =?UTF-8?Q?question?= > From: =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= > To: =?UTF-8?Q?FreeBSD_Questions?=, > =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_Sierchio?=, > =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_S

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

2013. június 18. 19:49 napon Michael Sierchio írta: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor wrote: > > ... > > How can I do this in FreeBSD? > > Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? > > > > Can I do something like the following: > > > > /dev/ad0s1a / > >

Re: install firefox without X

On 18 June 2013 14:01, Teske, Devin wrote: > On Jun 18, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Pol Hallen wrote: > > > Hi all :-) > > > > I need use -X ssh and use firefox on remote machine: > > > > ssh -X -l user xxx host > > > > Is there a way to install firefox without X? or less ports possible > > > > I indeed ru

Re: install firefox without X

On Jun 18, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I need use -X ssh and use firefox on remote machine: > > ssh -X -l user xxx host > > Is there a way to install firefox without X? or less ports possible > I indeed run Firefox using the above method from my servers (which aren't

Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Istvan Gabor wrote: > ... > How can I do this in FreeBSD? > Can I have slices with only one partition occupying the whole slice? > > Can I do something like the following: > > /dev/ad0s1a / > /dev/ad0s2e /home > /dev/ad0s3e /usr/local > /dev/ad0s5b swap > /dev/ad0

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

On 06/18/13 15:01, Chris Maness wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Paul Wootton< paul-free...@fletchermoorland.co.uk> wrote: On 06/17/13 20:40, Greg Larkin wrote: Hi Chris, I prepared a new patch that incorporates my fixes, yours and Michael's. I found the coredump - multiple missing

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Paul Wootton < paul-free...@fletchermoorland.co.uk> wrote: > On 06/17/13 20:40, Greg Larkin wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> I prepared a new patch that incorporates my fixes, yours and >> Michael's. I found the coredump - multiple missing right parens on >> line 1170.

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

On 06/17/13 20:40, Greg Larkin wrote: Hi Chris, I prepared a new patch that incorporates my fixes, yours and Michael's. I found the coredump - multiple missing right parens on line 1170. Then I ran into another problem on line 430 and made an educated guess with the fix. The new patch is here

Re: Avoid sharing interrupts in FreeBSD under ESXi

"C. L. Martinez" wrote: > HI all, > > I have installed a FreeBSD 8.4 vm under an ESXi 5.1 U1 server. All > works ok, except for interrupt usage between mpt and nic interfaces: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org is for beginners questions for newbies, as this question is deeper, I suggest try asking o

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

> As you need max syntax checking from OCR, throw it at as many > different basic interpreters/ compilers as you can, & inspect where > each bleats, some error messages may be more & less usefull for > different errors. > > A friend of mine wrote a basic decades back, its in /usr/ports/lang/pbasic

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

I know this may seem off-the-wall to some, but I pasted a hashed password for a user under 9.1 into the /etc/passwd entry for that user on an 8.3 machine, and auth continues to work properly. That's nice. - M ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013, at 21:19, Brandon Gooch wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:35 AM, takCoder wrote: > > Perhaps your PR is unnecessary: > > $ svn log -v -r243023 /usr/src/sys/sys/param.h > Hmm, looks like it wasn't MFC'd to 9-STABLE before 9.1's release. Well, at least it's good to know tha

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:35 AM, takCoder wrote: > Thank you, Mark, for your helpful answer :) > > yes, i am aware of the max username length of 16characters.. I just wanted > to become sure about password max length, cause i need to moderate it in my > self-built user interface.. > > Thank you ag

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

One _little_ terminology detail: On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:56:08 +0100, RW wrote: > What's important is the > amount of work needed to evaluate a password in a bruteforce dictionary > attack. I'd say that bruteforce != dictionary. It's bruteforce _or_ dictionary attack instead. A dictionary attack

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:52:48 + Teske, Devin wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Mark Felder wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin > > wrote: > > > >> The default in FreeBSD is MD5 > > > > MD5 is no longer the default. > > > > > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ba

Re: installing a kernel under a custom location, not /boot/kernel?

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:21:21 -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I think there is an option for this. > > But I cannot find it under > > 9.5. Building and Installing a Custom Kernel > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/kernelconfig-bu

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

Hi, Reference: > From: Chris Maness > Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:52:47 -0700 Chris Maness wrote: > Here is a link to the USNO article that the BASIC program originated from: > USNO171s.pdf > > Thanks, > Chris Maness As you need

Re: easy question about logcheck

> If you include logcheck in a cron job (hourly, daily, etc.), the cron > system will send the email with its output. After installed logcheck I didn't done any changes to cron... but I've notify mails from logcheck Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd

Re: easy question about logcheck

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/17/13 4:16 PM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) > > I just configurated logcheck and everything is perfect :-) > > A question: where is the script that handle to send email? > > I check also with pkg_info -L but I didn't see any script that send

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

Here is a link to the USNO article that the BASIC program originated from: USNO171s.pdf Thanks, Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

On closer inspection it looks like the moons in the right spot, but the Sun is in the wrong spot. I will take a look and see if there is no error in the lines that deal with the Sun's Az/El. I have the original code that was scanned from a USNO document. The OCR was rather sloppy. I will post t

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:52:48 -0500, Teske, Devin wrote: Is sha512 the highest it goes in our system? Not sure what the limitations are. I know OpenBSD uses blowfish and I have been using that on older FreeBSD servers as a workaround. I think that OpenBSD uses a high number of rounds on

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/17/13 3:03 PM, Chris Maness wrote: > Oops, here is another patch that includes a correction for the > missing parenthesis that Michael Ross pointed out: > > --- sun.bas.orig2013-06-17 11:51:00.0 -0700 +++ > sun.bas2013-06-17 11:57:55.

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

Oops, here is another patch that includes a correction for the missing parenthesis that Michael Ross pointed out: --- sun.bas.orig 2013-06-17 11:51:00.0 -0700 +++ sun.bas 2013-06-17 11:57:55.0 -0700 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ 1020 ON N GOTO 1030, 1090 1030 IS=133775.*M/SK 1040 PRINT "S

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

Thanks a ton Greg. It is crashing here too. I am not sure as to the cause. I made a small patch to place on top of yours. There is a typo that outputs the sun position as DOG instead of DEG. Here it is: --- sun.bas.orig 2013-06-17 11:51:00.0 -0700 +++ sun.bas 2013-06-17 11:44:06.0

Re: Trouble installing py-sqlite3 port for python3.x

Modulok gmail.com> writes: > > List, > > I'm *guessing* this is more of FreeBSD problem than a python one, so I'll ask > on this list. I'm trying to import sqlite3 in python3.2 on FreeBSD > 8.1-RELEASE and ran > into trouble: > > $ python3.2 > ... > >>> import sqlite3 > Traceb

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

I'm no BASIC Guru, but this one line caught my eye while scrolling through your mail: 2010 IF ABS(H>1. THEN GOTO 2040 Missing parenthesis? Regards, Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: Any BASIC Gurus around?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/17/13 1:16 PM, Chris Maness wrote: > I am having trouble getting this old USNO basic program running in > bwBASIC. The error output is not clear to me where the problem is. > Here is the code, if someone wouldn't mind running it and > suggesting e

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Jun 17, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin > wrote: > >> The default in FreeBSD is MD5 > > MD5 is no longer the default. > > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=238484 Huzzah! 9.1-RELEASE and higher indeed use sh

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:25:54 -0500, Teske, Devin wrote: The default in FreeBSD is MD5 MD5 is no longer the default. http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=238484 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Jun 17, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Eduardo Morras wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:56 +0330 > takCoder wrote: >> >> I need to moderate the input password in my system's user interface. And I >> believe i have tested longer passwords than that, about 1000 characters >> long, and there was no limitat

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:49:56 +0330 takCoder wrote: > > I need to moderate the input password in my system's user interface. And I > believe i have tested longer passwords than that, about 1000 characters > long, and there was no limitations, via using this command in a /bin/sh > test shell script

Re: installing a kernel under a custom location, not /boot/kernel?

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I think there is an option for this. > But I cannot find it under > 9.5. Building and Installing a Custom Kernel > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > > I need to keep several kernels installed, not > just th

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

Thank you, Lowell, for your reply. :) >> And i've heard that no-maximum-limits for passwords length is only possible >> when we keep them in encrypted form not as plain text, which i think is >> matched with FreeBSD behavior. > >Is plain-text passwords even a supported behaviour? I didn't think it

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

takCoder writes: > As i googled it, there is no maximum limitations for users' password > length by default.. But we may use *pam_passwdqc* module with *max* option > to check it when required. > > And i've heard that no-maximum-limits for passwords length is only possible > when we keep them in

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

Thank you, Mark, for your helpful answer :) yes, i am aware of the max username length of 16characters.. I just wanted to become sure about password max length, cause i need to moderate it in my self-built user interface.. Thank you again :) On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Mark Felder wrote:

Re: FreeBSD maximum password length

There isn't a max password length as far as I'm aware, but there is a max username length that drive me insane sometimes. I should really file a PR about that... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Flash failing with videos on "youtube"

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > On 2013-06-16 13:39, Jerry wrote: >> I saw the answer to this a while back, but I cannot find it now. > youtube-dl -t 'filename' You can also use this trick to work on youtube directly: This video use flash player: http://www.youtube.com/wa

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Greg Larkin wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 6/14/13 6:26 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a FreeBSD 9.1 host (fully patched) with ZFS. Every day I am >> receiving in security output this message: >> >> fbsd.domain.lo

Re: Flash failing with videos on "youtube"

On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:57:09 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: > El día Sunday, June 16, 2013 a las 07:39:30AM -0400, Jerry escribió: > > > I saw the answer to this a while back, but I cannot find it now. > > dom.ipc.plugins.enabled = false > > to be set via about:config in FF Perhaps that sho

Re: Flash failing with videos on "youtube"

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Jerry wrote: > After working fine for quite a while, this problem has started. When > attempting to play videos on "youtube", I am greeted with a message > that states "Adobe Flash Player is Required for Video Playback? Some clips are forced to show commercials an

Re: Flash failing with videos on "youtube"

El día Sunday, June 16, 2013 a las 07:39:30AM -0400, Jerry escribió: > I saw the answer to this a while back, but I cannot find it now. dom.ipc.plugins.enabled = false to be set via about:config in FF matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribb

Re: Setting a locale globally

On 6/14/2013 at 3:46 PM staticsafe wrote: |On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:13:34PM -0400, Mike. wrote: |> |> |> I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to |> |>LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" |> |> |> globally, i.e., put the locale entry in one file, and then have the |> locale propagate as I g

Re: Panic/reboot while trying to install 9.1 on a HP Proliant DL580G5

On 14/06/2013 23:33, Ewald Jenisch wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 10:41:01AM +0930, Shane Ambler wrote: Just guessing from what I see - The panic is "No usable event timer found!" I did say just guessing and thought someone more knowledgeable may have spoken by now. One thing I did find - the

Re: Setting a locale globally

On Jun 14, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:54:06 -0400, Mike. wrote: >> On 6/14/2013 at 9:12 PM Polytropon wrote: >> >> |On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:13:34 -0400, Mike. wrote: >> |> I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to >> |> >> |>LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" >

Re: Setting a locale globally

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:54:06 -0400, Mike. wrote: > On 6/14/2013 at 9:12 PM Polytropon wrote: > > |On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:13:34 -0400, Mike. wrote: > |> I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to > |> > |>LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" > |> > |> > |> globally, i.e., put the locale entry in o

Re: Setting a locale globally

On 6/14/2013 at 9:12 PM Polytropon wrote: |On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:13:34 -0400, Mike. wrote: |> I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to |> |>LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" |> |> |> globally, i.e., put the locale entry in one file, and then have the |> locale propagate as I go into other s

Re: Setting a lcoale globally

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:13:34PM -0400, Mike. wrote: > > > I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to > >LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" > > > globally, i.e., put the locale entry in one file, and then have the > locale propagate as I go into other shells and run various scripts. > > >

Re: Setting a lcoale globally

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:13:34 -0400, Mike. wrote: > I would like to set the locale of my 9.1 server to > >LANG="en_US.ISO8859-1" > > > globally, i.e., put the locale entry in one file, and then have the > locale propagate as I go into other shells and run various scripts. You can add this to

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/14/13 6:26 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a FreeBSD 9.1 host (fully patched) with ZFS. Every day I am > receiving in security output this message: > > fbsd.domain.local kernel log messages: > > +++ /tmp/security.AT1oDecp 2013

Re: Panic/reboot while trying to install 9.1 on a HP Proliant DL580G5

On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 10:41:01AM +0930, Shane Ambler wrote: > Just guessing from what I see - > > The panic is "No usable event timer found!" > > . Hi Shane, Thanks much for the hints you sent me. Since I'm pretty swamped with work it took me a couple of days before I could go on with my

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Jason Birch wrote: >> >> Uhmm .. I will try it ... but for what reason?? >> > It would be nice to see if anything else in the crontab might be causing > it. > > You can also run `periodic security` as root and see if it manfiests the > same way. Running from con

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

> > > Uhmm .. I will try it ... but for what reason?? > > It would be nice to see if anything else in the crontab might be causing it. You can also run `periodic security` as root and see if it manfiests the same way. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org m

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > C. L. Martinez writes: > >> > Have you added anything to the default system crontab? Are >> >> I have added a script to rebuild packages every week with poudriere: > > And if you comment that out? > > >

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

C. L. Martinez writes: > > Have you added anything to the default system crontab? Are > > I have added a script to rebuild packages every week with poudriere: And if you comment that out? Robert Huff

Re: Daily periodic cronjob generates core dump

1.0/etc/crontab 194170 2009-06-14 06:37:19Z brian $ # SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/etc:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin # #minute hourmdaymonth wdaywho command # */5 * * * * root/usr/libexec/atrun # # Save some entropy so that /dev/random can re-seed on boot.

Re: 8.4-RELEASE buildworld failure

13.06.2013 19:24, Rick Miller пишет: > Hi all, > > I checked out releng/8.4, executed buildworld, and received the following > error. Wondering if someone might have experience with this scenario. Is it persistent? I.e. what if you remove /usr/obj and start once again? > ===> share/doc/psd/13.r

Re: Cannot make open-vm-tools on 9.1

ebuild open-vm-tools on the first machine and I get the > same compile error. Replying to myself, I know. After spending 3 days trying to work out the problem (and installing a couple of other systems without problems), I decided to re-try an OS installation. I relaunched a cvsup to download t

Re: mail from Charlie

The name Charlie is for Charlie Root, i.e. root. Generally it will just be cron messages, unless you get hacked and someone's nice. On 6/13/2013 11:36 AM, Pol Hallen wrote: Hi all :-) I use 9.1... I don't known why, from yesterday I didn't received any mail from Charlie :-/ postfix runs perf

Re: mail from Charlie

On 06/13/2013 11:36 AM, Pol Hallen wrote: > Hi all :-) Wow: the combination of your domain name and the subject you chose really made this message look like spam. > I use 9.1... I don't known why, from yesterday I didn't received any > mail from Charlie :-/ Check that periodic has completed: som

Re: How to force a static /etc/resolv.conf?

On 2013-06-12 17:46, Darren Pilgrim wrote: How do I tell resolvconf to always use a static configuration or, better yet, to not muck with /etc/resolv.conf at all? According to the project developer, the answer is to have resolvconf not touch /etc/resolv.conf by put the following in /etc/resolv

Re: How to force a static /etc/resolv.conf?

On 2013-06-13 05:02, Loic Capdeville wrote: You can configure it in your dhclient.conf file. Use the supersede keyword. For example, in your case add: supersede domain-search "example.com example.net" supersede domain-name-servers 2001:db8::53 That only addresses the DHCPv4 cli

Re: How to force a static /etc/resolv.conf?

On 13/06/2013 02:46, Darren Pilgrim wrote: I'm running 9.1. I run a local recursive resolver, so my /etc/resolv.conf needs to remain static. I have DHCPv4, DHCPv6 and VPN clients running which all want to modify /etc/resolv.conf. I have set in /etc/resolvconf.conf: search_domains="example.com

Re: which reader/tablet/

Hi, Have you seen Project Gutenberg. There are alot of books there that are out of print and published in a variety of formats. I have gotten stuff onto a older kindle (black and white) with the cable that it comes with (usb) plugged into the computer, in windows to kindle, dragging and dropping

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:38:34 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > Since I updated to 9.1-RELEASE my boot process seems to stall for a > while. Booting in verbose mode shows messages like these ones: > > Opening device da

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:38:34 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: Since I updated to 9.1-RELEASE my boot process seems to stall for a while. Booting in verbose mode shows messages like these ones: Opening device da0 -> 6 (repeated like 30 times or so) Opening device da1 -> 6 (repeated like 30 time

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Fernando Apesteguía > wrote: >> >> I recompiled the GENERIC kernel and changed SCSI_DELAY to 2000 instead >> the default 5000. >> Still no luck. It doesn't make any difference so I suppose something >> else

Re: mini express cards supported by freebsd

On Fri, 7 Jun 2013, david coder wrote: i need a mini express wifi card for a thinkpad laptop. does anybody know of one that is supported by freebsd? the aironet card i have is too fat. Thinkpads have a BIOS blacklist that only allows approved cards to be used. The approved cards likely var

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Fernando Apesteguía < fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recompiled the GENERIC kernel and changed SCSI_DELAY to 2000 instead > the default 5000. > Still no luck. It doesn't make any difference so I suppose something > else changed. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks

incomplete PLIST for devel/liblangtag [WAS Re: libchk issue]

On my system (9.1-RELEASE-p3 on amd64), libchk reports: Unresolvable link(s) found in: /usr/local/lib/liblangtag-gobject.so.2 liblangtag.so.1 'pkg which' informs me that: /usr/local/lib/liblangtag-gobject.so.2 was not found in the database

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Polytropon wrote: >> On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:38:34 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >>> Since I updated to 9.1-RELEASE my boot process seems to stall for a >>> while. Booting in verbose mode shows messag

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

On Jun 11, 2013, at 2:56 AM, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > On 06/10/2013 21:10, dte...@freebsd.org wrote: >> Character sentinels are not required. >> >> FreeBSD's sh(1) knows (because "[" is a built-in) that when you quote a >> parameter, that it is not (even if the value begins with "-") not an

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Surat Sodchuen wrote: > thank for your kindness > i tired that your suggestion but cannot resolve problem. > for more information ... > FreeBSD 9.1-Release on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 128GB of Ram > every time when booting process it seem freezing about 15 seconds >

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

On 06/10/2013 21:10, dte...@freebsd.org wrote: > Character sentinels are not required. > > FreeBSD's sh(1) knows (because "[" is a built-in) that when you quote a > parameter, that it is not (even if the value begins with "-") not an operator. What you are saying here is at least misleading. I ju

Re: mail/claws-mail: exporting mail filters?

On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:11:52 +0200 "Herbert J. Skuhra" wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 09:04:12 +0200 > "O. Hartmann" wrote: > > > Since I use on several boxes private and in the deprtment the same > > email accounts, I'd like to export the mail filters I created and > > import them to other boxes

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

On 10.06.2013 20:53, lcon...@go2france.com wrote: script fragment: PTR=`dig @some.dns +short +norec -x a.b.c.d` echo "$PTR" if [ "$PTR" == "" ] ; then Use something like (== is wrong, btw.) #!/bin/sh if [ "X$1" = "X" ] ; then echo foo fi -- Christoph echo "$PTR" >> /path/

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reebsd.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:17 PM To: freebsd-...@freebsd.org Cc: Alex Liptsin; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to switch Datgram/Connected mtu modes? On Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:43:29 am Alex Liptsin wrote: > Hello. > > I work with FreeBSD 9.1 and Mellanox de

Re: 9.1-RELEASE slow boot

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:38:34 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >> Since I updated to 9.1-RELEASE my boot process seems to stall for a >> while. Booting in verbose mode shows messages like these ones: >> >> Opening device da0 -> 6 (repeated like 3

Re: Suddenly Seeing Clamav Errors After MailScanner Update

Hi Tim, Double check what user clamd is run as, and what permissions your mail spool have. Somewhere along the line your mail spool locked out clamd The lstat system call's man page says `execute (search) permission is required on all of the directories in path that lead to the file.` Also, do

RE: Bourne shell "if" syntax

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:53 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax > > Mich

Re: buildworld selectively?

Walter Hurry writes: > >> Fair enough. Point taken, thanks. Nevertheless I see no reason to > >> compile stuff I neither want nor need. > > > >While I endorse the principle ... it can be difficult for the > > casual user to know which parts can be removed without blowing up things >

Re: buildworld selectively?

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Walter Hurry writes: > > > Ah, src.conf. That's what I missed!. Thank you so much Gary, and sorry if > > it was a silly question. > > Bear in mind that you're only going to be able to shave a small

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

Michael Sierchio tenebras.com> writes: > ... > Right. Many scripts seem to assume that sh is bash, and that's > certainly not the case here. > > if [ "x$BLAH" = "x" ]; then > > is the most reliable and portable way of determining if it's a string > of zero length. Actually this trick is not

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

On 06/10/2013 02:21 PM, dte...@freebsd.org wrote: ctually, there's another reason you should also avoid the above (unquoted parameter), and that's in the case of a multi-word value. For example: Yup, that's the compelling case for using quoting. -- -

RE: Bourne shell "if" syntax

> -Original Message- > From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.te...@fisglobal.com] On Behalf Of > dte...@freebsd.org > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:19 PM > To: tun...@tundraware.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: dte...@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Bou

Re: Bourne shell "if" syntax

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > That wasn't really my point. I use sentinels because in the face of an > empty string this: > >if [ $PTR = "" ] > > Actually evaluates to: > >if [ = "" ] > > Which throws an error. Right. Many scripts seem to assume that sh is bas

RE: Bourne shell "if" syntax

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Tim Daneliuk > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:17 PM > To: dte...@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Bourne shel

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