Re: Issue with kernel building

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
world and kernel, as well as the instructions in the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile. Following those advices should be easy and provide you with a procedure that reliably works. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... __

Re: Issue with kernel building

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:46:30 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Polytropon writes: > > > > Very good point! I'd clear the /usr/src/obj directory as pointed out, > > > then build a generic kenel, install it and boot from it. Then you > > > know yo

Re: doom, quake, hexen...

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
orts, and Jedi Knight II via wine. I don't see a massive problem to run those on the amd64 platform, from which I switched back to i386 on my home system due to trouble with wine. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Re: doom, quake, hexen...

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:05:17 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > > > > > Please advise if there are any 3D shooters in the ports collection > > > which work out of the box on 9.0-STABLE (amd64)? None of those I have > > > tried work for a

Re: doom, quake, hexen...

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:46:40 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > > > I could also play Quake, Quake 2 from ports, > > > > and Jedi Knight II via wine. > > > > > > Oh, is there really nothing native? > > > > No, that game

Re: Double boot

2012-08-21 Thread Polytropon
R or the boot0 boot manager. See "man fdisk" for details, as well as "man boot0cfg". -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

Re: /tmp filesystem full

2012-08-22 Thread Polytropon
# Mention files deleted daily_clean_preserve_verbose="YES" # Mention files deleted daily_clean_rwho_verbose="YES" # Mention files deleted You could however (temporarily) add your own debugging statements to the script in question. --

Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem

2012-08-22 Thread Polytropon
t attitude: Why put time and money into documentation that nobody will be interested in reading it, or which would require manpower for continuous changing, and that will be obsolete and not applying anymore in few years? > all of this has > left little reason to keep using FreeBSD. Why use

Re: firefox & png

2012-08-22 Thread Polytropon
an make sure it's properly installed and you still get the error, please _show_ the error here so a better diagnostics step can be done. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questi

Re: firefox & png

2012-08-22 Thread Polytropon
require you to reinstall your OS. Where would we be if every little package addition would force the OS to be reinstalled... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.

Re: /tmp filesystem full

2012-08-22 Thread Polytropon
/tmp may disappear after a reboot (see clear_tmp_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf), whereas /var/tmp is to be preserved during reboot. Some programs rely on this behavior when putting "delete-temporary" and "keep-temporary" files into the respective directories

Re: EXIF inspector

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
uot; for details. It's a really versatile program which can be excellently integrated into scripts. In case you need more info from a photo file, use the "strings" utility provided by the system and parse its output. -- Polytropon M

Re: /tmp filesystem full

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
that this test only considers path names. In case you have long _file_ names (or names containing corrupt characters maybe), that could also be a problem, as the locate command also records those, if I remember correctly. You can change the "-type d" to "-type f" to test for file

Re: freebsd-update question.

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
ou prefer.) The described problem with libutil can be avoided when working with the compat8x port. There are more such ports for older versions that allow running binaries compiled for those OS versions ("API/ABI remapping"). -- Polyt

Re: Issue with kernel building

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
h, I didn't know that. I just stick to the Handbook info but it's good > to learn other options. Cheers. Have a look at the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile -- it contaons lots of "compressed information" about how to deal with source installs. Also worth reading: &q

Re: firefox & png

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:26:18 -0400, david coder wrote: > +++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: > >[ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] > > > >> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: > >> > thx, i ha

Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox & png]

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: > it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central > role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, "make > showconfig" executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from t

Re: freebsd-update question.

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
ia or simply use CVS to obtain (or at least update) it. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To uns

Re: implications of adding root to a group

2012-08-23 Thread Polytropon
The script doesn't continue. Adding root to specific groups allows programs testing for group membership to recognize the required group. It's comparable to adding non-root users to "operation groups" like "dialer" or "operator" to allow them execute scripts a

Re: how to solve the problem to install R?

2012-08-25 Thread Polytropon
se. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/math/R. Enter the command # make configure and deselect the PDF_MANUALS option. (Not tested!) This should leave you with GNU info manuals if you keep that option selected. Then repeat the installation command. -- Polytropon

Re: how to solve the problem to install R?

2012-08-25 Thread Polytropon
package (via pkg_add -r). The Makefile doesn't define RDEPS (runtime dependencies), so that should be relatively easy. The LaTeX dependency seems to be a build dependency (see Makefile excerpt above). If you don't have success with any advice, maybe file a ports PR. -- Polytropon

Re: how to solve the problem to install R?

2012-08-26 Thread Polytropon
y new build attempt. As I said, I've partially checked things here on my system, and I get the configuration dialog and can even get around the BROKEN warning by deselecting PDF_MANUALS. Start in a clean environment. Follow the steps as described in the manuals (e. g. "man 7 ports")

Re: CMI8788 audio card/chip support

2012-08-26 Thread Polytropon
· CMedia CMI8338B · CMedia CMI8738 · CMedia CMI8738B It lists older CMI8788 as supported devices. Doesn't it provide sufficient compatibility? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___

Re: text editor

2012-08-28 Thread Polytropon
e, and find the one that fits your needs best. Try for example vim and gvim, also give mcedit and joe a try. Make sure your system is properly configured (terminal emulation and language settings, keyboard settings) so you can benefit from what those editors can do. -- Polytropon Magdeburg,

Re: text editor

2012-08-28 Thread Polytropon
this list -- FreeBSD questions -- is not the best place to ask for what they are or where to download them. > 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. That lack of compatibility is a significant problem on "Windows", don't you think? :-) --

Re: GTK and black window content

2012-08-28 Thread Polytropon
t happen to other Gtk applications (such as Sylpheed), only to Firefox (and games such as Doom 3 demo and Quake 4 demo, but not to OpenArena). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questio

Re: CMI8788 audio card/chip support

2012-08-29 Thread Polytropon
13f6) and temporarily "patch" them into the cmi driver, to try if it then will recognize the device and handle it (maybe with limited functionality)? I know a similar approach has been possible to "magically activate" some incom

Re: Sharing COM ports to Windows hosts

2012-09-03 Thread Polytropon
s", but I seem to remember that the 3.11 and 95 versions came with such a program. In worst case, maybe you can use a DOS program like Kermit under "Windows"? I'm sure the compatibility is restricted, but maybe you can give it a try. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html Not

Re: Error with "Coretemp"

2012-09-04 Thread Polytropon
ssfully been monitoring CPU temp with a Intel Pentium 4 processor on FreeBSD 5 and 7, using xmbmon and some kernel configuration tweaks, such as the inclusion of: device smbus device iicbus device iicsmb device iicbb device iic With xmbmon, temperatures could

Re: Firefox install problem

2012-09-05 Thread Polytropon
ed in a component of a some gadget for the KDE desktop. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freeb

Re: Auto-mounting sshfs from /etc/fstab

2012-09-05 Thread Polytropon
n "system-wide": Add a section to /etc/rc.local: echo -n " sshfs" /usr/local/bin/sshfs And to /etc/rc.shutdown.local: echo -n " sshfs" umount Note that you can add additional configuration tweaks by using the rc.conf mechani

Re: NFSv4 ACL permissions setting

2012-09-05 Thread Polytropon
terisk, it would be "setfacl -b * first-file second-file"; > this means setfacl would modify not only the files passed by find, but also > all the files in the current directory. Note that the parameter lists constructed by xargs and passed to setfacl might grow quite long and possibly

Re: .package files?

2012-09-06 Thread Polytropon
lock? You could extract that block manually to a separate file and then try uudecode (or some other decoder) on it. It's possible that it is a "self-contained installer" from a Linux distribution... Keep on fighting, Blondie has puppies. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Ha

Re: openbsd packet firewall

2012-09-07 Thread Polytropon
ake installworld' 8. `make delete-old' 9. `mergemaster'(you may wish to use -i, along with -U or -F). 10. `reboot' 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore) The proper use of mergemaster and the two delete* targets seems

Re: FreeBSD in finance sector

2012-09-07 Thread Polytropon
and financial firms tend to _not_ publish what they run. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

Re: gpart and mbr give "no operating system" message at boot.

2012-09-07 Thread Polytropon
me and out of patience for this, since it is something > of a bandaid > situation anyway. The version number should not be the problem. It's only important that the boot elements installed refer to the layout that is present on disk correctly. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happ

Re: ports

2012-09-08 Thread Polytropon
x27;s better to ask PBI-related questions in PC-BSD's web forum as those are not exactly "native FreeBSD things". -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Polytropon
or longer pauses between ports tree updates, better integration with "make update" target). Depending on your updating habits, choose the tool that works best for you. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-09 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:26:50 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:37:03 + (UTC), Helmut Schneider wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm running a custom kernel so I (guess I) need svn in future to > >

Re: portsnap Generating a "Bad file descriptor" Error Message

2012-09-10 Thread Polytropon
fdadda42805f9ae38f487177dcb9493f5e0cb4f792490b2f.tgz That should be _no_ problem (with the correct file name of course). Again, "Bad file descriptor" is often seen in relation to file system trouble. I've seen that in the past myself. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Hap

Re: svn and/or portsnap

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
out-x11 (or how the package was called) to be able to update ports and sources via CVS. Today this is not needed anymore, as CVS (as csup) is part of the OS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... __

Re: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
N use which was considered an abomination. I sadly cannot remember its name... networkmanager??? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.free

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
eration of one file within the hierarchy a different result was printed. Tested on OS version 8.2-STABLE/i386, one year old. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:14:43AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:38:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to checksum directories as I move them around. > > > ive r

Re: NFS Install

2012-09-13 Thread Polytropon
achine you build on) _or_ (now mounted via NFS) -> /mnt/remotehost/etc/src.conf (fits the machine you build for); and a similar symlink for /sys/i386/conf/REMOTE -> /mnt/remotehost/sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL. I know that looks ugly, but it's the easies solution that currently occurs to my mind. :-

Re: cksum entire dir??

2012-09-13 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:46:25 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 07:31:45AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 12/09/2012 00:14, Polytropon wrote: > > > % cksum > > > > > > and could obtain a checksum - so it _seems_ to work. > >

Re: kinternet alternative in FreeBSD

2012-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:05:03 +0200, suseuse...@lajt.hu wrote: > Matthias, Polytropon: > > I have answered to your messages using "reply to" but my messages > haven't reached the mailing list. I am posting now my answer in a > new (not reply to) mail. Check your mail

Re: 8.1 -> 8.3

2012-09-16 Thread Polytropon
rts become part of the OS (the base system). If I remember correctly, that happened in the 7.x branch with xz (becoming /usr/bin/xz). In such cases, it's good to revier the related ports. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___

Re: Can't find kernel, finds slices but no files on them

2012-09-19 Thread Polytropon
tp://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Backup Options For FreeBSD dump(8)/restore(8) http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_em_dump_8_em_em_restore_8_em I'm almost sure that you will need to re-initialize something within the boot chain (guess without further diagnosti

Re: Can't find kernel, finds slices but no files on them

2012-09-19 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:22:20 +0200, Fritiof Hedman wrote: > On 19 September 2012 23:37, Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:28:30 +0200, Fritiof Hedman wrote: > >> Hi list! > >> > >> I must warn you, I'm quite new to FreeBSD (I'm mostly us

Re: bash Shell Scripting Question

2012-09-19 Thread Polytropon
mefile refers to a file that has to exist, while somecommand < `someothercommand` does not take someothercommand's output (stdout), but instead interprets it as a file specification and then reads from that files (if existing). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy Fr

Re: bash Shell Scripting Question

2012-09-20 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:16:40 +0200, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > On 09/20/2012 04:29, Polytropon wrote: > > Correct. You could use different approaches which may or may > > not fail due to the directory names you will encounter (like > > directories with spaces

Re: How do I set number of retries in Firefox?

2012-09-20 Thread Polytropon
e GUI equivalent. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freeb

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

2012-09-26 Thread Polytropon
sr/src and /usr/src/sys are no distinct subtrees, i. e. /usr/src/sys is a component of /usr/src. It's only different from /usr/ports. Using the "old" CVS approach, both can be updated with the same program (csup). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: bad root shell in /etc/passwd

2012-09-26 Thread Polytropon
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: prompt, press RETURN. In worst case (e. g. if you have accidentally damaged /bin/sh, maybe by overwriting it with a dynamically linked bash), you could type "/rescue/sh" instead. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeB

Re: bad root shell in /etc/passwd

2012-09-26 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:07:26 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > Thanks, all. > > On 09/26/12 19:18, Polytropon wrote: > > That's why you should be using the "toor" account and leave "root" > > unchanged. > > I realized that about the time I learned I

Re: trouble getting .shrc to take

2012-09-26 Thread Polytropon
xecute commands from file instead of ~/.bashrc. You can find more information in the "INVOCATION" section of the manual at "man bash". There are files for per-user configuration as well as system-wide files. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user sin

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

2012-09-26 Thread Polytropon
nd incorporated to the OS... I'm currently using csup with this approach and would be interested if Subversion can provide the same easy interface to that kind of functionality. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _

Re: older version of programs in freebsd

2012-09-29 Thread Polytropon
that ports tree or binary packages. You can set PACKAGEROOT (see "man pkg_add") in order to install from the RELEASE precompiled package collection instead of from the one updated to reflect the current ports tree. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Ger

Re: find slot number and number of ports for each card

2012-09-29 Thread Polytropon
card at "pci0:0:10:0". _Where_ those are located (which "hardware slots") is not obvious, as there aren't even _5_ of them on the mainboard! It cannot easily be concluded, especially considering the common lack of lower-level documentation. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany H

Re: 8.3-R cannot mount non-BSD burned DVD

2012-09-29 Thread Polytropon
ification (like file name length or depth of directory hierarchy). The standard is the RockRidge extension as used in many operating systems (or, to be correct, by many pre- mastering and burning tools), but "Windows" uses the "Joliet" extension. However, FreeBSD can understand both

Re: Port update hosed entire system

2012-09-30 Thread Polytropon
ion in "man portmaster"). In ultra-worst case, remove the /usr/local subtree (copy everything you might need afterwards, e. g. config files and your scripts!), repopulate it using the mtree file, and reinstall what you need. That will pull in any dependencies you may not have thought o

Re: Port update hosed entire system

2012-10-02 Thread Polytropon
the / partition, so it can even be started in single-user mode with / mounted read-only). > Since I could not even switch to a no console (ctrl+alt+f2...) and > login I'm not really wanting to reboot at this point. >From within X, you need Ctrl+Alt+PF2; from text mode, only Alt+PF2

Re: stop and start X server in FreeBSD 9.0

2012-10-02 Thread Polytropon
reeBSD has no runlevels. Yes, FreeBSD uses the rc.d mechanism (see "man 8 rc" for details). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

Re: suggest pdf viewer for pdf version 1.6 with annotations

2012-10-03 Thread Polytropon
27;m not using any of these, so I can't make better recommendations. Whenever I approach the border of what xpdf and gv can do, I use "acroread ". :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Re: suggest pdf viewer for pdf version 1.6 with annotations

2012-10-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:28:06 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > [ Polytropon wrote on Wed 3.Oct'12 at 11:26:38 +0200 ] > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:50:16 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I got sent a pdf file, version 1.6, with annotations. > > >

Re: A problem with loader

2012-10-05 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:30:56 +, Zbigniew wrote: > OK, maybe different way: where is the source code for this "loader" > available? Somehow I'm unable to find it. You're searching for this? /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader And the Forth related stuff: /usr/src/sys/bo

Re: A problem with loader

2012-10-05 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:46:13 +, Zbigniew wrote: > 2012/10/5, Polytropon : > > > You're searching for this? /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader > > And the Forth related stuff: /usr/src/sys/boot/forth > > Made a "quick search" in the Internet - maybe too qui

Re: compile/install Libreoffice Writer only

2012-10-07 Thread Polytropon
h Gnome, but builds independently (even though it requires lots of Gtk dependencies). If installed, you will "only" have the text processing program -- no spreadsheet, no database, no presentation graphics. It's a quite versatile program and can even read outdated MICROS~1 memory gar

Re: New User to FreeBSD

2012-10-07 Thread Polytropon
ble troubleshooting resources first, like, "do your homework". :-) http://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo http://www.freebsd.org/support.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___

Re: compile/install Libreoffice Writer only

2012-10-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:12:17 + (UTC), jb wrote: > Polytropon edvax.de> writes: > > > > > On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 05:11:50 + (UTC), jb wrote: > > > Hi, > > > is there a way to do that right now in ports (config, make options) ? > > > Or

Re: Building Ports: Is there a "make" equivalent for --batch ?

2012-10-07 Thread Polytropon
Usually portmaster is considered an alternative, and instructions on how to use it to solve port changes are provided when an entry to /usr/ports/UPDATING is added. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Re: Building Ports: Is there a "make" equivalent for --batch ?

2012-10-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:57:05 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > In message <20121007234043.cadf5863.free...@edvax.de>, > Polytropon wrote: > > >A workaround (and not directly the answer to your question) is > >to process the config dialogs before starting

Re: portmaster backup package

2012-10-08 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:18:20 + (UTC), jb wrote: > Hi, > what to do with that backup package (-b option) after installation of new port > failed ? Install it with pkg_add? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi enne

Unlocking HDD ATA password

2012-10-09 Thread Polytropon
"evil" tools, like, dealing with error codes, password hashes, hex dumps of specific "hardware sectors", but it looks like too much work to just get those 160 GB. But I did learn a lot. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, M

Re: freebsd-texlive port

2012-10-10 Thread Polytropon
rding _which_ TeX distribution to use, e. g. WITH_TEX=texlive (will install TeXlive) or WITH_TEX=teTeX (will install teTeX) if a dependency of TeX is requested? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___

Re: freebsd-texlive port

2012-10-10 Thread Polytropon
e changed by stripping all non-FreeBSD parts from TeXlive). Still I see the "problem" of TeXlive's own package management system. Integrating _that_ with subports (or havving TeXlive as a metaport) doesn't look easy. As I don't need any feature of TeXlive, I'm _curren

Re: portmaster options

2012-10-12 Thread Polytropon
ectory is present the -PP|--packages-only option is required. See the ENVIRONMENT section below for additional requirements. This means --index-only is to be used when using portmaster for binary installs without an installed ports collection. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD

Re: portmaster options

2012-10-12 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:17 + (UTC), jb wrote: > Polytropon edvax.de> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:35:43 + (UTC), jb wrote: > > > Hi, > > > what is the diff between > > > --index > > > and > > > --index-only

Re: portmaster options

2012-10-12 Thread Polytropon
ts > ===>>> 1 has a new version available > > # find /tmp -name "*INDEX*" > > Nope :-) But this? # portmaster -L --index | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' /tmp/d-87852-index/INDEX-9.bz2

Re: editing pdf files

2012-10-13 Thread Polytropon
pattern (at least in the case I tested it for). If they get other names than .001.pbm, change the approach accordingly. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mai

Re: FreeBSD9 - Fresh install

2012-10-13 Thread Polytropon
ugh some admins prefer to use partitions for separating OS components for a good reason.) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

Re: FreeBSD9 - Fresh install (2)

2012-10-13 Thread Polytropon
ble, and it could even be helpful in some bad case scenario. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: editing pdf files

2012-10-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:47:01 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 01:19:07PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:46:28 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > The disassembling can be done with > > > > % pdfimages source.pdf . >

Re: editing pdf files

2012-10-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:38:16 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 01:19:07PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:46:28 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > ive got a question that fits in here. hopefully. > > > > > > last week I fo

Re: Graphiz broke because of swig

2012-10-14 Thread Polytropon
y from the installed software, so actually don't fear: no need to do this. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

Re: FreeBSD9 - Fresh install (2)

2012-10-15 Thread Polytropon
to mark more than one slice bootable, the start loader (from BIOS) will boot into the first one it finds, and that will possibly be the one of the 1st slice. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___

Re: FreeBSD9 - Fresh install (2)

2012-10-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:47:07 +0200, Jos Chrispijn wrote: > Polytropon: > > Per definition, you can only mark one slice bootable. If you manage to > > mark more than one slice bootable, the start loader (from BIOS) will > > boot into the first one it finds, and that will p

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-16 Thread Polytropon
setup looks like yours, except that (as I said) I did not use any "additional features" of the DSL modem (as it did not have such features). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ fr

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-19 Thread Polytropon
quired). Setting the nameserver to an _actual_ nameserver (either running named on the machine, or relying on the ISP's nameservers) is required. This is the easiest approach to dealing with PPPoE modems (if they are used as "actual modems" without any additional

Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain

2012-10-19 Thread Polytropon
there any EFI laptops? As far as I know, Apple only makes such. Newer netbooks intended to run MICROS~1 products are also known, both for i386/amd64 and ARM architecture (with the idea that on ARM, you cannot run anything else than what the hardware vendor allows, which is "Win

Re: pppoe configuration and dns name resolution

2012-10-19 Thread Polytropon
cess. I know several modems that do the "connection work" on their own and have the user _not_ deal with PPPoE details on their side - everything will be done in IP (here: DHCP), providing all required connection details. > From my understanding it shoud not matter whether fxp0

Re: How to list /etc/fstab in new BFSD label?

2012-10-21 Thread Polytropon
listed (for sysinstall, not tested for bsdinstall). However, "modern" HAL + DBUS combinations prefer not to have any media devices listed in /etc/fstab, because they're doing the stuff required on their own. -- Polytropon Magdeb

Re: graphics card

2012-10-22 Thread Polytropon
; driver is excellent for the older ATI models. Make sure you have DRM/DRI working, and check for GL support (glxinfo, glxgears, xvinfo; install xlockmore and see "xlock -nolock -mode fire"). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-22 Thread Polytropon
percentage of John's age regarding Jim's age?" In that case, it would be 8/22=0.3636 being 36%. Obvious: John's age is approximately 1/3 of Jim's age. The easiest way for creating the proper calculation is to refer to the equation percentage *

Re: license

2012-10-23 Thread Polytropon
mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/images.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscri

Re: ipfw headers

2012-10-23 Thread Polytropon
ers). > > please help if somebody set TOS bit in any ways or know the path which ipfw > headers are located. Does /usr/src/sbin/ipfw contain what you're searching for? Other incorporated header files might be located in the system's default path /usr/include (or a subdirectory th

Re: ipfw headers

2012-10-23 Thread Polytropon
problem. You can compare this to other #include preprocessor commands found in ipfw's main.c. Final note: If you did actually use the name "studio.h" - that is a typo. There is no "u" in "standard I/O". :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-24 Thread Polytropon
gs, * one of them is not a nickel, * adds minus 1 to the result * and then branches to register #14 */ setpicardcolor(); /* 4 lights! */ :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... __

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread Polytropon
d. For example, WITHOUT_BLUETOOTH will prevent building BT-related kernel modules and utilities. See "man src.conf" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@fre

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