local periodic executed twice

2008-02-19 Thread Nicki de Wet
I found a solution for the local periodic scripts that is executed twice. Various pages on the net suggested putting local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic" in /etc/rc.conf. This did not work, I found the solution to be to put it in /etc/periodic.conf.local. Regards, Nicki _

Re: local periodic executed twice

2008-02-19 Thread Willy Offermans
Hello Nicki and FreeBSD friends, On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:54:50AM +0200, Nicki de Wet wrote: > I found a solution for the local periodic scripts that is executed twice. > Various pages on the net suggested putting > local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic" in /etc/rc.conf. > > This did not w

Re: local periodic executed twice

2008-02-19 Thread Nicki de Wet
Willy, You are right, I can actually put it in /etc/periodic.conf. The periodic scripts all contain the following line: . /etc/defaults/periodic.conf This file contains the following: # periodic script dirs local_periodic="/usr/local/etc/periodic /usr/X11R6/etc/periodic" On the system where

Re: interrupt storms with AR5414 on 6.3 RELEASE

2008-02-19 Thread huub
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 15:10 -0800, Sam Leffler wrote: > huub wrote: > > I have a problem running the Atheros AR5414 wireless mini-pci-card > > (Compex model WLM54AGP23) with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE (GENERIC i 386) on a > > Soekris 4521. > > > > I get lots of messages: > > "interrupt storm detected on "

Re: UFS snapshot weirdness

2008-02-19 Thread Eirik Øverby
On Feb 13, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Eirik Øverby wrote: Yes, I am absolutely sure of this. I considered using the snapshot tool, however I need to reduce dependencies to an absolute minimum (as one target environment is very strict on allowing additional so

Multiple key presses are hindered when repeat turned off

2008-02-19 Thread Joe Peterson
I have verified this on two machines, but it would be helpful if others out there can reproduce it too. Also, I do not know if it is Xorg or the FreeBSD keyboard drivers, since I see no way to reproduce on the console (i.e. turn off repeat). In an xterm, type: "xset r off". Then try some multipl

Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM

2008-02-19 Thread Kevin K
I have a box that we recently installed 16GB of RAM on. The box is i386 FreeBSD 6.2. It only recognizes 4gb. I am currently recompiling the kernel to support options PAE (KERNCONF=PAE) in order to see this. I understand this is still considered a Beta implementation ,and this is a production bo

Re: Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM

2008-02-19 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:10:17PM -0500, Kevin K wrote: > Does anyone have any alternative solutions that would provide a more > reliable environment other than PAE? You have two options, and these are the only two I'm aware of: 1) Run amd64 (64-bit). 2) Run i386 with PAE enabled. I would choos

Re: Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM

2008-02-19 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 05:10:17PM -0500, Kevin K wrote: > I have a box that we recently installed 16GB of RAM on. The box is i386 > FreeBSD 6.2. It only recognizes 4gb. > > > > I am currently recompiling the kernel to support options PAE (KERNCONF=PAE) > in order to see this. I understand this

is there any raid5 in software in FreeBSD ?

2008-02-19 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
i've seen RAID 0 through 3 (skip 2 ;) ) thanks, matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "

Re: is there any raid5 in software in FreeBSD ?

2008-02-19 Thread Joe Peterson
ZFS has RAIDZ - very similar to RAID5 (with added features), if you don't mind ZFS's current experimental state. -Joe Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > i've seen RAID 0 through 3 (skip 2 ;) ) > > thanks, > > matheus > ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mai

Re: is there any raid5 in software in FreeBSD ?

2008-02-19 Thread John Nielsen
On Tuesday 19 February 2008 07:51:32 pm Joe Peterson wrote: > Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > > i've seen RAID 0 through 3 (skip 2 ;) ) > > > > thanks, > > ZFS has RAIDZ - very similar to RAID5 (with added features), if you > don't mind ZFS's current experimental state. gvinum supports RAID5, but is a bit

Re: Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM

2008-02-19 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Kevin K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080219 14:40] wrote: > I have a box that we recently installed 16GB of RAM on. The box is i386 > FreeBSD 6.2. It only recognizes 4gb. > > > > I am currently recompiling the kernel to support options PAE (KERNCONF=PAE) > in order to see this. I understand this is s

Re: Dual Core Xeon / i386 install w/ more than 4gb of RAM

2008-02-19 Thread Tom Samplonius
- "Alfred Perlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any alternative solutions that would provide a > more > > reliable environment other than PAE? > > Besideds PAE some people have mentioned running an amd64 system. > > One thing to consider is that PAE in 6-stable (6.