Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

Thanks to all for your detailed and informative replies to my questions. I have many new things to try out. > I can't speak for anyone else, but long posts don't bother me. I hope > > we've clarified things for you. Welcome to FreeBSD! Thanks. Its good to be here! -Richard ___

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

On Thu 03 Dec 2009 at 07:32:33 PST Warren Block wrote: As far as "batch" or even -a, I update the ports tree often and prefer to manually upgrade ports as needed, usually with portupgrade -r. A lot of people seem to like -R; maybe I have the dependencies backwards. Since this is a newbie threa

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

On Thu 03 Dec 2009 at 01:13:39 PST Richard Mace wrote: I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am considering making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux. I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me. 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date.

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

S4mmael wrote: 2009/12/3 Richard Mace : 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date. As far as I can tell from the docs, perhaps the most convenient method is to use something like: # portsnap fetch update # pkgdb -F # portupgrade --batch -aP (do I need an "R" here?) I don't

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

2009/12/3 Richard Mace : > 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date. > > As far as I can tell from the docs, perhaps the most convenient method is to > use something like: > > # portsnap fetch update > # pkgdb -F > # portupgrade --batch -aP     (do I need an "R" here?) > I don't see any rea

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Richard Mace wrote: I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am considering making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux. I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me. 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date. As far as I ca

Re: Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Richard Mace wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am > considering > making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux. > > I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me. > > 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up t

Newbie questions (updating, ports, etc.)

I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am considering making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux. I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me. 1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date. As far as I can tell from the docs, perhaps the most co

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 12:26:40PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > On 9/7/07, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > > > > Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I > > > had an option during install to add.

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On 9/7/07, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > > Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I > > had an option during install to add. BTW, I answered yes to this and > > so had that which was on the 6.

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:16:32 -0400 Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general, the OS versions are managed so that anything that will > run in one version of a main branch will run in another. eg, if > it will run in 6.1, it should run in 6.2 and 6.3. But it may well > not work in

Re: Newbie questions about updating

That is the correct but I prefer to use portsnap for ports and keep cvsup just for core OS! Robert Huff wrote: Lars Eighner writes: > assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate > supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding > this corre

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On 9/7/07, Lars Eighner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, cothrige wrote: > > > assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate > > supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding > > this correctly? > > No. It is not "must." You "can" upd

Re: Newbie questions about updating

cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I > had an option during install to add. BTW, I answered yes to this and > so had that which was on the 6.2 install disc. Based on the other > responses, it is looking like perhaps that is n

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote: > On 9/7/07, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Howdy, and thanks for the help. > > [snip] > > > > > I have downloaded the FreeBSD 6.2 install discs and have finished the > > > > Just stick with 6.2 for the moment. >

Re: Newbie questions about updating

Hi, I can't answer all your questions, but will take a shot at a couple. You should check out the handbook at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html and http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ For more complete information. On Fri, Se

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On 9/7/07, Erich Dollansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Howdy, and thanks for the help. [snip] > > > I have downloaded the FreeBSD 6.2 install discs and have finished the > > Just stick with 6.2 for the moment. I had thought this might be the best method, and so figured I would for some time

Re: Newbie questions about updating

Lars Eighner writes: > > assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate > > supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding > > this correctly? [deletia] > Many people do it it two operations because they really are two > different thing

Re: Newbie questions about updating

Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am not sure. I know that portsnap is the part of base package. dgmm wrote: On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote: 2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other ports. Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalen

Re: Newbie questions about updating

I am not sure. I know that portsnap is the part of base package. dgmm wrote: On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote: 2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other ports. Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalent to cvsup part of the bas

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote: > 2.  Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other >      ports. Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalent to cvsup part of the base system now? -- Dave ___ freebsd-quest

Re: Newbie questions about updating

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, cothrige wrote: assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding this correctly? No. It is not "must." You "can" update your source and your ports tree with one supfile. You can add

Re: Newbie questions about updating

Hi, let me give some very basic answers. cothrige wrote: ports system is completely separate from the OS itself, and that these Applications have nothing to do with the operating system. In theory at least. Practically it is more limited. can be upgraded or updated separately. From what

Newbie questions about updating

I know this is going to be a very dumb question, but I just can't seem to get my mind around exactly what is involved and what I should do regarding this issue. I understand from reading the handbook that the ports system is completely separate from the OS itself, and that these can be upgraded or

Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie questions

On 18-May-07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 07:33:14AM -0700, Chuck Grimes wrote: >> enabled in inetd.conf. >> >> My problem is that using the modem to connect to my isp, I can not get >> fetchmail, rsh, rlogin, or ftp to work. They all start just fine and >> then hang. I have

Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie questions

Thanks to Ted M and Mikhail G for the help on Fetchmail. I think I have narrowed the problem down to exclude any configuration mistakes in fetchmail or sendmail. I think I have a problem with my serial port sio0 (it has a 56k USR modem). In dmesg: dmesg | grep "sio": sio0: configured irq 22 n

Re: Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie questions

Chuck Grimes wrote: [...] > My first priority is getting fetchmail running. Here is the > fetchmailrc dot file: > > defaults proto pop3 > user mailname > poll my.isp.com > pass x > set daemon 840 > > As user, I can run fetchmail at the command line, without an error > message, but it a

RE: Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie questions

n the newer sendmail. (for security reasons no doubt) Ted > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chuck Grimes > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:55 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie qu

Old 4.2 user, with 6.2 newbie questions

I am in the process of moving from 4.2-RELEASE on an old box to 6.2-RELEASE on a new box (Core 2 Duo, DG965WH mobo, GeForce 7600gs, 1G RAM, 400G sata drive). I need to figure out a couple of userland changes to the default 6.2 installation which took about an hour and went great. I have a shell a

Re: Sunday's newbie questions

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Two quick questions I should know the answer to, but don't. > > * When installing the PHP5 port, will it automatically disable and/or > uninstall the PHP4 that's already installed, or should I uninstall the > latter manually beforehand? Manually uninstall php4 first.

Sunday's newbie questions

(Please CC me directly on the response, as I don't normally subscribe to the list and try to find answers via searching the archives.) Two quick questions I should know the answer to, but don't. * When installing the PHP5 port, will it automatically disable and/or uninstall the PHP4 that's alread

Re: More newbie questions-again?

backyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- "E. Gad" wrote: > > > backyard wrote: > > --- "E. Gad" > wrote: > > > > > > > Svein Halvor Halvorsen > > wrote: Subhro wrote: > > > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports > > tree before you start > > > using it to get the required s

Re: More newbie questions-again?

--- "E. Gad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > backyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "E. Gad" > wrote: > > > > > > > Svein Halvor Halvorsen > > wrote: Subhro wrote: > > > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports > > tree before you start > > > using it to get the required so

Re: More newbie questions-again?

backyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- "E. Gad" wrote: > > > Svein Halvor Halvorsen > wrote: Subhro wrote: > > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports > tree before you start > > using it to get the required software. Refer to > the handbook for > > understanding how ports work. >

Re: More newbie questions

backyard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- "E. Gad" wrote: > > > Svein Halvor Halvorsen > wrote: Subhro wrote: > > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports > tree before you start > > using it to get the required software. Refer to > the handbook for > > understanding how ports work. >

Re: More newbie questions

--- "E. Gad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Svein Halvor Halvorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Subhro wrote: > > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports > tree before you start > > using it to get the required software. Refer to > the handbook for > > understanding how ports work. >

More newbie questions

Svein Halvor Halvorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Subhro wrote: > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start > using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for > understanding how ports work. For most people portsnap would be a better way of updating one

Re: Newbie questions

On Wednesday 23 August 2006 12:37 am, E. Gad wrote: > Hello > First I was directed to post the here because I posted to the stable > mailing list before re-reading what it's purpose is- I apologise-. > > > I am playing with freebsd 6 on a testing box. I Upgraded l from 6.0 to > 6.1 because it

Re: Newbie questions

Subhro wrote: > yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start > using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for > understanding how ports work. For most people portsnap would be a better way of updating one's ports tree. Firstly, it's in the base system and

Re: Newbie questions

Hello, Welcome to the world of FreeBSD. First of all, why are you trying to install binaries? I would say it is wiser to use the port system yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for understanding how port

Newbie questions

Hello First I was directed to post the here because I posted to the stable mailing list before re-reading what it's purpose is- I apologise-. I am playing with freebsd 6 on a testing box. I Upgraded l from 6.0 to 6.1 because it looked like popular opinion is that it's got a number of i

Re: Newbie questions: 2 of a few.

On 3/8/06, Bruce M. Axtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to get FreeBSD 5.4 going on a friend's Celeron and > have been doing okay ... until now. > > Question 1: How do I get automounting of cdroms working? Is it possible > in KDE or GNOME, when you put in a cd that the icon just ap

Newbie questions: 2 of a few.

I've been trying to get FreeBSD 5.4 going on a friend's Celeron and have been doing okay ... until now. Question 1: How do I get automounting of cdroms working? Is it possible in KDE or GNOME, when you put in a cd that the icon just appears on the desktop (like it does in another OS I could na

Re: Newbie Questions

se my atheros based wifi > >card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4. Running gnome > >2.12. > >My newbie questions: > > > >1. I am pretty sure that FAM is not running. The newest version of the > >package is installed. I followed the directions fr

Re: Newbie Questions

gt; >Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a > >bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using > >6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi > >card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4.

Re: Newbie Questions

gnome 2.12. My newbie questions: 1. I am pretty sure that FAM is not running. The newest version of the package is installed. I followed the directions from the gnome FAQ and the pkg_message. 'killall -HUP inetd' gives me 'no matching processes were found.' What does `

Newbie Questions

Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using 6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4. Running gnome 2.12. My newbie

Re: Newbie Questions

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:01:23AM +0200, Joseph Borg wrote: > As for the DVD, I've search my ports for growisofs however, I cannot find > it. Can I download it off anywhere? The program is called growisofs, but it's packaged as dvd+rw-tools (in /usr/ports/sysutils). Roland -- R.F.Smith (http:/

RE: Newbie Questions

Hi Ron, Thanks for your tips. The sound card and mixer look ok now. I've also installed xsane and I'm now figuring out how to use it. As for the DVD, I've search my ports for growisofs however, I cannot find it. Can I download it off anywhere? Thanks, Joe

RE: scanner software, dvd software, Gnome sound problem (was: Newbie Questions)

Hi Bob, Thanks for the info :) I've never used it, but the standard answer seems to be SANE: /usr/ports/graphics/xsane /usr/ports/graphics/sane-frontends - I've installed it; now I'll try and figure out how to use it. Shouldn't be a problem I guess. > - Secondly, I've also got a NEC IDE DVD-RW

Re: Newbie Questions

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 09:58:51PM +0200, Joseph Borg wrote: > Hi, > I've got a couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me with: > > - I've got an (extremely old) HP Scanjet 4c Scanner hooked up via an Adaptec > SCSI card to my system. Freebsd seems to recognize this scanner at boot:

Re: Newbie Questions

Joseph Borg wrote: Hi, I've got a couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me with: [snip] - Finally, I've just installed gnome and when it starts up, I get the following error: No volume control elements and/or devices found. The A8V Motherboard on which the system is installed has an i

Newbie Questions

Hi, I've got a couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me with: - I've got an (extremely old) HP Scanjet 4c Scanner hooked up via an Adaptec SCSI card to my system. Freebsd seems to recognize this scanner at boot: May 17 20:48:36 cronus kernel: pass0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0 May 1

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:13:05 -0800, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IIRC, pkgtools.conf only works with the pkgtools apps, like portupgrade. > I don't think it works with making the port from the tree itself (like > if you cd to the folder and make install clean), but options you use in > bui

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Monday 20 December 2004 06:08 am, Joshua Lokken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:09:00 -0600, Nikolas Britton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > >Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will > > > remember your make options. Otherwise,

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:09:00 -0600, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > > > > > >Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will remember > >your make options. Otherwise, you can enter make arguments > >in /etc/pkgtools.conf, although this only help

Re: (cvsup newbie questions)

Joshua Tinnin wrote: Well, if you build a port with make options once, then it will remember your make options. Otherwise, you can enter make arguments in /etc/pkgtools.conf, although this only helps if you know what arguments the ports you're installing might need. What do you mean it "reme

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Friday 17 December 2004 21:11, Kevin Smith wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications) Gnome is one of the most troublesome metaports to upgrade. See for advice on upgrading. __

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Dec 18, 2004, at 12:43 AM, Kevin Smith wrote: Thanks for the tips. For the moment, I'm leaving the OS sources alone and I'm updating the ports collection because my goal is to update gnome to version 2.8. The OS seems to be fine - although I'm sure there are additional bug fixes I can benef

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Saturday 18 December 2004 01:20 am, Toomas Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Smith wrote: > > 1) is there a test utility that I can run that will tell me which > > cvsup mirror server will be fastest ? I did this the manual way by > > pinging a few and looking at the ave times coming back

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Kevin Smith wrote: 1) is there a test utility that I can run that will tell me which cvsup mirror server will be fastest ? I did this the manual way by pinging a few and looking at the ave times coming back. There's a port out there called fastest_cvsup which is supposed to do exactly that. Per

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Thanks for the tips. For the moment, I'm leaving the OS sources alone and I'm updating the ports collection because my goal is to update gnome to version 2.8. The OS seems to be fine - although I'm sure there are additional bug fixes I can benefit from - but I'm a little scared to go through

Re: cvsup newbie questions

is that, while it's frustrating sometimes to scrutinize all the ports in a meta-port, or even all the installed ports on your system, it's a good idea to know what's going on with your system, particularly before you make changes to it by installing software. - jt > >

Re: cvsup newbie questions

now a days? -Original Message- From: Nikolas Britton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM To: Tom Connolly Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions Tom Connolly wrote: [snip] If you want to

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Whoops ... I misunderstood you ... On Friday 17 December 2004 02:58 pm, Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 17 December 2004 01:11 pm, Kevin Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, if I am just interested in the latest fixes/version for > > applications running on 5.3-Release

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Friday 17 December 2004 01:11 pm, Kevin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version > of freebsd: > > 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 >

RE: cvsup newbie questions

TED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:17 PM To: Tom Connolly Cc: 'Joshua Lokken'; 'Kevin Smith'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup newbie questions Tom Connolly wrote: >[snip] >If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup >the ports tree (por

Re: cvsup newbie questions

Tom Connolly wrote: [snip] If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, like so: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean ther

RE: cvsup newbie questions

[snip] If you want to install the latest version of gnome, you should cvsup the ports tree (ports-all), then cd into the directory for the gnome meta-port (it builds gnome and alot of associated apps) and build it, like so: # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean Go away on a vacation fo

Re: cvsup newbie questions

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:11:18 -0800, Kevin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer > releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version of > freebsd: > > 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 > [

cvsup newbie questions

I'm interested in upgrading to gnome 2.8 (and possibly the newer releases of other applications)...I'm running the following version of freebsd: 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 In starting to learn cvsup,

Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :(

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:30:27AM -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> > >>I read a lot about cvsup and other stuff, but it seems very confusing to > >>me. I cannot understand the whole picture. > >>My question is: how can i "import" a *single* port ? > > > > > >You cannot do th

Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :(

Kris Kennaway wrote: I read a lot about cvsup and other stuff, but it seems very confusing to me. I cannot understand the whole picture. My question is: how can i "import" a *single* port ? You cannot do this safely, because how do you know which other "single ports" must also be updated along wi

Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :(

> > Hi, > > I swear i did my home work before addressing to you, but i didn't > understood well what i want. > > 2. I want to install PostgreSQL 8. > The port version that is on the CD is 8 beta2, but i see in > www.freebsd.org that there is already a port for 8 beta4. > How can i "import" thi

Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :(

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:59:33PM +, M?rio Gamito wrote: > Hi, > > I swear i did my home work before addressing to you, but i didn't > understood well what i want. > > 1. I've instaled FreeBSD 5.3 and compiled portaudit as the first port. > Portaudit didn't allow me to install apache13-mods

Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :(

begin quotation of Mário Gamito on 2004-12-07 23:59:33 +: > 1. I've instaled FreeBSD 5.3 and compiled portaudit as the first port. > Portaudit didn't allow me to install apache13-modssl because there is a > security problem with the port that comes in the CD. > How can i then install apache1

Sorry for the newbie questions :(

Hi, I swear i did my home work before addressing to you, but i didn't understood well what i want. 1. I've instaled FreeBSD 5.3 and compiled portaudit as the first port. Portaudit didn't allow me to install apache13-modssl because there is a security problem with the port that comes in the CD. H

Wireless (newbie questions)

Hello everyone, I'm very new to this whole wireless thing (I know, I'm late to the game) and I was just looking at buying my first PCMCIA 802.11g card. I want something that can use an external antenna so I've been looking at a Proxim Orinoco card (http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/11b

Re: newbie questions

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0300 (EEST) Radu MOLNAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope this is the right place to post this.Sorry if it isn't > > Just some stupid newbie questions: > 1) I have an alias made in my .profile alias vi='/usr/local/bin/vim' but >

newbie questions

I hope this is the right place to post this.Sorry if it isn't Just some stupid newbie questions: 1) I have an alias made in my .profile alias vi='/usr/local/bin/vim' but the alias is not made when i log in X. If a log in console or using ssh from a remote host the alias is made bu

Re: Newbie Questions Regarding Command & Running Periodic Updating

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:20:12AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Question # 1: > > When I type 'su' and subsequently type in my password, I am taken to the > root. However, certain programs; i.e., 'portupgrade' will not run. If I then > subsequently type 'su' I a, presented with a new prompt

Newbie Questions Regarding Command & Running Periodic Updating

February 15, 2004 I am presently running FreeBSD version 5.2. Question # 1: When I type 'su' and subsequently type in my password, I am taken to the root. However, certain programs; i.e., 'portupgrade' will not run. If I then subsequently type 'su' I a, presented with a new prompt although no pa

Sendmail newbie questions

Hello folks, I would like to have a mail server running on my oh-so-humble 866MHz PIII FreeBSD 4.5 machine. I want to use sendmail (it is available as a package). I have a few questions to ask. 1. This is a standalone machine at home, I don't have any network cards. Do I need one? I can connect to

Re: newbie questions (2) 5.1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> hello again, > >> > >> first, i can't seem to get my modem to do anything, i think it's > >> an irq conflict, but do

Re: newbie questions (2) 5.1

> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> hello again, >> >> first, i can't seem to get my modem to do anything, i think it's an >> irq conflict, but don't really want to mess around with the config >> files too much if i

newbie questions (2) 5.1

hello again, first, i can't seem to get my modem to do anything, i think it's an irq conflict, but don't really want to mess around with the config files too much if i don't have to. in 5.1 sysinstall(8) there seems to be no option to change or confirm the info probed and sysinstall "skips the ker

solved : Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

2 problems 1 > cable modem needed 10baset connection. changed rc.conf= ifconfig_dc0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP" fixed that problem 2 > didn't need pppoe after all! after changing media, was able to ping external router btw, this is charter pipeline (vermont) servi

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

> What does your ppp.conf look like? For PPPoE, it you should have a line > like this: [ dang email client ] set device PPPoE:ed1 where ed1 is the network card that is hooked up to your DSL modem. > > -- > Matt > > > > > www# /usr/sbin/ppp > > Working in interactive mode > > Using interface: t

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

> attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection. > > manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in > order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot > time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting. > > how can

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

ok here is what i get www# /usr/sbin/ppp Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 tun0: Command: default: add default HISADDR tun0: Command: default: enable DNS tun0: Command: default: set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.0/2 255.255.255 0.0.0.0 tun0: Command: default: set authname ** tun

newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection. manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting. how can i tell if ne