Re: PPTP client

2005-09-30 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Peter Bako wrote: > I have a situation where I need to connect an OpenBSD box to a MS Windows > PPTP server (yep, I know it is not secure, but in this case I have no choice > in the matter). > > After looking around the net I found myself at > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.ne

Re: OpenBSD VPN SonicWall Problems

2005-09-30 Thread Trepliev
I've been told that the remote side is a Sonicwall TZ170, firmware SonicOS Enhanced 3.1.0.7-4e. I'm going to keep monkeying with the configuration to see if I can get it to work. Thanks! On 9/30/05, Will H. Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What sonicwall firmware version? > I have a spare

Re: Compatibility question for the New Sun X4100 server with 4FastEthernet as possible BGP routers, or stick with HP DL-145 G2?

2005-09-30 Thread David Gwynne
On 01/10/2005, at 10:04 AM, Sam Vaughan wrote: On 30/09/2005, at 6:58 PM, David Gwynne wrote: However, the onboard storage controller probably wont work out of the box right now. It's a SAS variant of the chips supported by the mpt driver. According to marco it isn't as trivial as adding t

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Nick Holland
Michael Favinsky wrote: > I understand async is always unsafe. I don't mean async. I don't use async. > > I mean the hardware write cache built into the ATA drives. I read somewhere Funny...I've read lots of things that proved to be wrong. Wrote a few things, too. ;) > that, unlike SCSI drives,

Re: OpenBSD VPN SonicWall Problems

2005-09-30 Thread Will H. Backman
What sonicwall firmware version? I have a spare sonicwall that I could use to try and mirror your configuration and see if it works for me. I'd have to wait until I get in to work on Monday. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Trepliev Sent: Fri 9/30/2005 8:57 PM To: m

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Hi Josh Josh Grosse wrote: I don't recall you mentioning whether ff dropped a .core file when it crashed. You might consider running firefox from a shell, and if it won't drop a .core file into your working directory, running ff from within gdb. Running firefox from the shell gives me this:

OpenBSD VPN SonicWall Problems

2005-09-30 Thread Trepliev
I'm having some unusual difficulties getting a VPN running between OpenBSD3.7 and a SonicWall. The remote gateway is not under my control and I have to make the adjustments on my side to make this work. For some reason it looks to be failing during Phase 1 when it is getting the USER_FQDN from th

Re: Printer setup

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: The last time i had to use a non-postscript printer with OpenBSD i used foomatic. Since i was not familiar with the software, it was a bit of a pain to set up. But like most other software on OpenBSD, once i had it configured properly it worked without any problems. Jus

Re: Printer setup

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
I have done this so far: 1. Installed ghostscript 8.14 2. Installed cups from packages 3. Set loglevel to debug2 4. Run cupsd 5. Downloaded and installed hl1250 PPD file for my Brother printer (goes in /usr/local/share/cups/model) 6. Installed my printer using the browser interface at http://lo

Re: Compatibility question for the New Sun X4100 server with 4FastEthernet as possible BGP routers, or stick with HP DL-145 G2?

2005-09-30 Thread Sam Vaughan
On 30/09/2005, at 6:58 PM, David Gwynne wrote: From: "Henning Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 22:20]: afaik the 4100 and 4200 use the slightly aged AMD chipset, same thing as in the HP DL145 G1, the V20z, and the IBM - should just work. True, th

Re: How to apply patches on a small PC

2005-09-30 Thread Jakub Głazik
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse wrote: Do you have a faster pc running OpenBSD? In that case you can also do a "make release" and upgrade that old pc. .. and also check out "binpatch" project (google). -- .: Jakub GEazik .: zytek(at)ostrow-wlkp.net .: jid:zytek(at)azazel.ostrow-wlkp.net

Re: PPTP client

2005-09-30 Thread Matthew Clarke
vendredi, le 30 septembre, 2005, Peter Bako nous a dit ceci: > I have a situation where I need to connect an OpenBSD box to a MS Windows > PPTP server (yep, I know it is not secure, but in this case I have no choice > in the matter). > > After looking around the net I found myself at > http://ppt

Re: hacking tftpd to support logging of "file names transfered" to syslog

2005-09-30 Thread Whyzzi
After examining the tcpdump log, I came to the conclusion that the PXE firmware embedded in the Intel network card was too old to be trusted as reliable. For the archives then, the command I used to capture packets with tcpdump was: tcpdump -i fxp0 -n -vvv -XX > tftpbootlog.txt After updating the

Re: squid-2.5.STABLE11.tgz

2005-09-30 Thread Bryan Irvine
> I noticed that squid-2.5.STABLE11-transparent.tgz is available for 3.6, > but not 3.7. When can we expect a new package? env FLAVOR=transparent make install

looking for reliable USB printer

2005-09-30 Thread Marc Espie
Just wanted to know what people currently use for an usb printer under OpenBSD. I'm looking for rather cheap hardware that's currently sold in europe as brand new, and guaranteed to work (through experience) by people...

PPTP client

2005-09-30 Thread Peter Bako
I have a situation where I need to connect an OpenBSD box to a MS Windows PPTP server (yep, I know it is not secure, but in this case I have no choice in the matter). After looking around the net I found myself at http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/. So I downloaded, complied and installed the pro

problems with connection to dsl modem (xl1: watchdog timeout)

2005-09-30 Thread Jakub Głazik
Hi all, I've just got a problem with my DSL modem which worked fine for more than a yeah. It stopped responding, to ping etc. Firstly it was: azazel ~ # ping 80.53.109.249 PING 80.53.109.249 (80.53.109.249): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: No buffer space available ping: wrote 80.53.109.249 64 cha

Re: squid-2.5.STABLE11.tgz

2005-09-30 Thread Carlos A. Carnero Delgado
Hello, On 9/30/05, Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running OpenBSD 3.7-STABLE. I'm trying to find an > updated package: > squid-2.5.STABLE11-transparent.tgz Note that the transparent proxy build is a port flavor, so you could readily use that. Best regards, Carlos.

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 10:37:43PM +0200, Rico wrote: > ...I tried that but it didn't change anything, firefox is still crashing. I don't recall you mentioning whether ff dropped a .core file when it crashed. You might consider running firefox from a shell, and if it won't drop a .core file into

Re: hp nc6120 I can't use openbsd

2005-09-30 Thread Haluk Durmus
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:23:06 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Haluk Durmus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hello > > > > I love openbsd but after the display of my openbsd-laptop > > was broken a bought a new Laptop hp nc6120. > > I can't boot openbsd wit 3.7 boot cd and snapshot 3.8 boot cd.

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Hi steven mestdagh wrote: yes, your resource limits are probably not high enough. change them with 'ulimit -d' or something similar. my java_vm here is using about 200M of memory, which is higher than the default limit in 3.7. It is actually set to unlimited. Cheers, Rico.

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Hi Paulo Manoel Mafra wrote: Try using this: /etc/login.conf default:\ :datasize-max=512M:\ :datasize-cur=384M:\ :stacksize-cur=8M:\ I tried that but it didn't change anything, firefox is still crashing. Cheers, Rico.

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Theo de Raadt
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:39:42PM +0200, Matthias Kilian wrote: > > > I assume by 'write caching' you mean async. > > > > No. I think he meant caching by the disk device (see the note about > > atactl writecachedisable). > > I forgot: > > And thus may be as (or even more) worse as async

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 09:39:42PM +0200, Matthias Kilian wrote: > > I assume by 'write caching' you mean async. > > No. I think he meant caching by the disk device (see the note about > atactl writecachedisable). I forgot: And thus may be as (or even more) worse as async. But then I'm

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Theo de Raadt
> I mean the hardware write cache built into the ATA drives In principle this is a problem. I reality it is not, or at least, it bites us very rarely. > I read somewhere that, unlike SCSI drives, the write cache in ATA > drives results in misinformation about when data was actually written > to

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 12:51:21PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > When using ATA drives, I have to make a choice between write caching or soft > > updates, since write caching with soft updates creates an unsafe situation. > > I assume by 'write caching' you mean async. No. I think he meant cach

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Michael Favinsky
I understand async is always unsafe. I don't mean async. I don't use async. I mean the hardware write cache built into the ATA drives. I read somewhere that, unlike SCSI drives, the write cache in ATA drives results in misinformation about when data was actually written to disk. So, as I understan

Re: squid-2.5.STABLE11.tgz

2005-09-30 Thread Simon Morgan
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:35:42AM -0700, Joe S wrote: > Where can I find more information about security updates for packages, > other than checking the FTP server? http://www.openbsd.org/pkg-stable.html -- "Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex." (Where there is no police, there is no speed limit.

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Will H. Backman
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Theo de Raadt > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:51 PM > To: Michael Favinsky > Cc: 'misc@openbsd.org' > Subject: Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching > > > When using ATA drives, I have to make a ch

Re: ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Theo de Raadt
> When using ATA drives, I have to make a choice between write caching or soft > updates, since write caching with soft updates creates an unsafe situation. I assume by 'write caching' you mean async. No. You have that wrong. async is always unsafe. Everything else you say says that you consid

squid-2.5.STABLE11.tgz

2005-09-30 Thread Joe S
I'm running OpenBSD 3.7-STABLE. I'm trying to find an updated package: squid-2.5.STABLE11-transparent.tgz I checked /pub/OpenBSD/3.7/packages/i386 of a few FTP servers and only found squid-2.5.STABLE11.tgz. I noticed that squid-2.5.STABLE11-transparent.tgz is available for 3.6, but not 3.7.

ATA Soft Updates or Write Caching

2005-09-30 Thread Michael Favinsky
When using ATA drives, I have to make a choice between write caching or soft updates, since write caching with soft updates creates an unsafe situation. Which gives better performance? Write caching without soft updates or soft updates without write caching? If soft updates without write caching i

Re: Something hosing my msdos/FAT32 file system

2005-09-30 Thread Reid Nichol
I can confirm this behaviour. But, I can still mount and use the partition. I'm using 3.7. What I get is: 1) say /mnt/ms/ directory contains 1, 2, 3 directories with a bunch of stuff in them. 2) cd /mnt/ms/; mkdir 4; mv * 4 3) cd 4 4) ls and 1, 2, 3 gets listed. But, if I cd into any of the

Re: Etiquette re: unanswered questions

2005-09-30 Thread Darrin Chandler
I've used rl0 with 3.7 and had no problems. Not onboard, but regular PCI slot... Roger Neth Jr wrote: For what it is worth. I was unable to get a rl0 nic to work with OpenBSD 3.7-stable. It would not ping or communicate with the other networked computers. arp -a showed that rl0 was not seeing

Re: Etiquette re: unanswered questions

2005-09-30 Thread Richard P. Koett
L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Richard P. Koett wrote: > >> What is the accepted thing to do if one posts a question >> and gets no response after a few days? >> >> Should one... >> >> a) Politely ask again? >> >> b) Rephrase the question? >> >> c) Assume nobody wants to answer so

Re: Etiquette re: unanswered questions

2005-09-30 Thread Roger Neth Jr
For what it is worth. I was unable to get a rl0 nic to work with OpenBSD 3.7-stable. It would not ping or communicate with the other networked computers. arp -a showed that rl0 was not seeing the arp on the other computers nics and vice versa. I put a linksys nic in the same computer and all is we

Re: Ports question

2005-09-30 Thread Bryan Irvine
On 9/29/05, Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While not at all supported and could break things I have done in the > past > > > ## CLAMAV on OpenBSD > cd /usr > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs cvs get \ > -rHEAD -Pports/security/clamav > > then go make a package and assuming that works, install

Re: How to apply patches on a small PC

2005-09-30 Thread Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse
Do you have a faster pc running OpenBSD? In that case you can also do a "make release" and upgrade that old pc. Cheers, Jasper On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:55:49 -0700 Ami Emanuel Bizamcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why are you using openbsd version 3.6 and not 3.7 ? > > -- amix > > On 9/30/05,

Re: How to apply patches on a small PC

2005-09-30 Thread Ami Emanuel Bizamcher
why are you using openbsd version 3.6 and not 3.7 ? -- amix On 9/30/05, Frederic Durodie @ JET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use a small older pc (75MHz first generation Pentium 64MB ram > 3 GB of disk) as a webserver/fileserver using OBSD 3.6. I'm OK to install > the patches

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Paulo Manoel Mafra
Try using this: /etc/login.conf default:\ :datasize-max=512M:\ :datasize-cur=384M:\ :stacksize-cur=8M:\ ... On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 03:53:48PM +0200, Rico wrote: * Hi * * I am trying to get java working on mozilla-firefox on obsd37. * * I have installed the jdk1.4 from p

How to apply patches on a small PC

2005-09-30 Thread Frederic Durodie @ JET
Hi, I'm trying to use a small older pc (75MHz first generation Pentium 64MB ram 3 GB of disk) as a webserver/fileserver using OBSD 3.6. I'm OK to install the patches but some of them require to rebuild the kernel which I suspect could take forever on this pc (haven't tried it though) and eats up a

Re: Compatibility question for the New Sun X4100 server with 4FastEthernet as possible BGP routers, or stick with HP DL-145 G2?

2005-09-30 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Henning Brauer wrote: > I am more curious about the 2100 actually. Finally a vendor got it and made a (apparently) decent single-CPU amd64 1U machine with a reasonable price tag. I am uncertain what chipset they use, might be nForce, might I like the 2100 better, but was looking at the 4100 O

Re: Etiquette re: unanswered questions

2005-09-30 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Richard P. Koett wrote: > What is the accepted thing to do if one posts a question > and gets no response after a few days? > > Should one... > > a) Politely ask again? > > b) Rephrase the question? > > c) Assume nobody wants to answer so stop asking? > d) Assume you haven't

Re: Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread steven mestdagh
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 03:53:48PM +0200, Rico wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to get java working on mozilla-firefox on obsd37. > > I have installed the jdk1.4 from ports and the installation went well. I > have created the symbolic link from libjavaplugin_oji.so to > /home/user/.mozilla/plugins >

Re: Load Balancing

2005-09-30 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:35:16 +0530, Manpreet Singh Nehra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >DHCP | | 172.31.1.1 > > |

Java with mozilla-firefox

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Hi I am trying to get java working on mozilla-firefox on obsd37. I have installed the jdk1.4 from ports and the installation went well. I have created the symbolic link from libjavaplugin_oji.so to /home/user/.mozilla/plugins Doing "about:plugins" in the browser java shows up as installed.

Re: Printer setup

2005-09-30 Thread Daniel A. Ramaley
The last time i had to use a non-postscript printer with OpenBSD i used foomatic. Since i was not familiar with the software, it was a bit of a pain to set up. But like most other software on OpenBSD, once i had it configured properly it worked without any problems. Just curious, why don't you

Load Balancing

2005-09-30 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
I have been through the FAQS and manuals trying to configureload balancing on my 4 DSL connections. The connections are all same from the same ISP, each connection terminates into a ADSL router, which gets the IP from the ISP server, the ADSL routers have the following internal addresses 1. 172.31.

Printer setup

2005-09-30 Thread Rico
Hi I have been trying to setup a brother HL-1430 printer on OpenBSD 3.7 but has been told it is near impossible. I have installed cups but I am not sure if it is better to use it. I can locate the printer on /dev/lpt0 and it's in dmesg. From that and getting some actually printing done, I have

Re: OpenBGPD sizing

2005-09-30 Thread per engelbrecht
Claudio Jeker wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 02:39:15AM +0200, per engelbrecht wrote: per engelbrecht wrote: Stuart Henderson wrote: How much RAM might I want in order to accept full views from 2-3 peers? Thanks. Running 3 peers, full table (170.097 prefixes) uses 317MB ram all included

Re: Compatibility question for the New Sun X4100 server with 4FastEthernet as possible BGP routers, or stick with HP DL-145 G2?

2005-09-30 Thread David Gwynne
From: "Henning Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Daniel Ouellet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-29 22:20]: I was looking at the HP DL-145 G2 with SCSI on them and I also saw the new Sun X4100. Looking at the less then complete technical information on the Sun server, I don't see the details of the chip

Re: in-kernel PPPoE doesn't like my authname

2005-09-30 Thread Can Erkin Acar
Talmage wrote: > I'm planning on implementing a OpenBSD all-in-one router/firewall/ > PPPoE_client/VPN_server and have been having issues getting the in- > kernel PPPoE to work which is the first thing I'm working on. I've > checked the pppoe(4) manpages but still haven't been able to get it