Re: obtaining src

2024-08-18 Thread Will Senn
On 8/18/24 06:55, Rhialto wrote: If you want everything, getting http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-10/tar_files/src.tar.gz (and xsrc) seems easier. -Olaf. That'll work. Thanks. - will

the guide POD

2024-08-17 Thread Will Senn
hi all, I've been reading/studying/rereading through my print-on-demand copy of "the guide". Stellar document. Almost as good as the FreeBSD handbook, or maybe better... depends on what you're looking for, I guess :). I like it, either way. The book came out nicely, though I think next time,

obtaining src

2024-08-17 Thread Will Senn
Hi I'm following Chapter 32 - Obtaining the Sources and it says I ought to get 25 files, including extsrc.tar.gz, but over in ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-10/tar_files/src, there are only 24 and no extsrc.tar.gz... should I be concerned? - will

changing console

2024-08-16 Thread Will Senn
I'm having some difficulty figuring this out, so I thought I would ask here. 1. How do I change the console to use the vesa framebuffer console (1024x768x32) which is available and works from the boot menu (is it something in /etc/rc.conf)? 2. This changing from green on black of the kernel m

Re: Operating offline (not on Internet)

2024-08-13 Thread Will Senn
On 8/13/24 19:00, Brad Spencer wrote: local pkgsrc instance, By this do you mean rsyncing a mirror locally of something along the lines of: https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/10.0_2024Q2/All/ for the latest as of now? Will

Operating offline (not on Internet)

2024-08-13 Thread Will Senn
How difficult would it be to build a new system for offline use. On the home net is fine, but no internet? The install part is easy, but how do I get packages onto the system, say, xfce4 and its plugins? How can I do it - with no direct pkgsrc repo access and with local files only? I don’t min

Re: wifi loses its mind

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
> On Aug 11, 2024, at 10:28 AM, Michael van Elst wrote: > > will.s...@gmail.com (Will Senn) writes: > >>> I have an athn0 device set up on my inspiron n4110 with netbsd10 >>> stable. It's connected to my wifi access point. If I'm working on the >&g

Re: wifi loses its mind

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
On 8/11/24 09:28, Will Senn wrote: I have an athn0 device set up on my inspiron n4110 with netbsd10 stable. It's connected to my wifi access point. If I'm working on the device console or in a terminal, it's able to access the internet and local network, no issues. However, if I

wifi loses its mind

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
I have an athn0 device set up on my inspiron n4110 with netbsd10 stable. It's connected to my wifi access point. If I'm working on the device console or in a terminal, it's able to access the internet and local network, no issues. However, if I remote into it over ssh and leave the connection o

Re: correct way to append to search directories for man

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
On 8/11/24 03:06, RVP wrote: Add it to `_default': ``` $ diff -u /etc/man.conf{.orig,} --- /etc/man.conf.orig  2024-01-29 23:14:46.0 + +++ /etc/man.conf   2024-08-11 08:03:26.043097894 + @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@  # directory with all of the subdirectories listed for the keyword _s

correct way to append to search directories for man

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
I'm scratching my head trying to add a path to the manpath so that I don't lose the existing search directories: man -p /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/X11R7/man/man1 /usr/pkg/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man8/amd64 /usr/share/man/man8/x86 /usr/share/man/man8 /usr/pkg/man/man8 /usr/share/man/man6 /usr/pkg/m

Re: cdrecord of install iso fails

2024-08-11 Thread Will Senn
On 8/10/24 09:11, Rhialto wrote: On Fri 09 Aug 2024 at 18:49:39 -0500, Will Senn wrote: cdrecord v /dev/cd0d NetBSD-10.0-amd64.iso Maybe you copy/pasted this wrong here, but in case not: you probably mean "-v" instead of "v". That probably makes the remaining argument

cdrecord of install iso fails

2024-08-09 Thread Will Senn
Hi my Inspiron N4110 won't boot off of the USB installer images, but it works just fine from the CDROM images from the install isos. I want to be able to have a netbsd only ecosystem for my explorations with the os, so I read up in the guide about using cdrecord to burn an iso image, downloaded

Re: piixide0:1:0: lost interrupt on my Inspiron 2020 all-in-one

2024-08-09 Thread Will Senn
On 8/9/24 10:33, Martin Husemann wrote: On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 10:05:30AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: I see an endless parade of: piixide0:1:0: lost interrupt [MM.NN] type: atapi tc_bcount: 0 tc_skip: 0 We need full dmesg output (or a copy of /var/run/dmesg.boot). Is there a CD/DVD medium in

piixide0:1:0: lost interrupt on my Inspiron 2020 all-in-one

2024-08-09 Thread Will Senn
Hi, I sucessfully installed netbsd from: NetBSD-10.0_STABLE-amd64-install and had the issue, so then I installed from: NetBSD-10.0_STABLE-i386-install but with either, after the installation, while rebooting - after it reports: setting sysctl variables: ddb.onpanic: 1 -> 0 I see an endless p

Re: Need advice on ZFS

2024-08-08 Thread Will Senn
On 8/8/24 14:53, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote: On Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 02:19:18PM -0500, Ted Spradley wrote: Should I trust NetBSD's ZFS with my user's data? I understand that our ZFS isn't being kept up as well as FreeBSD's, that's why I have FreeBSD on one box on my home network, but I'd like t

Re: Is it possible to completely disable ipv6 in NetBSD 10

2024-07-29 Thread Will Senn
Thanks. Doing the kernel build is on my list of things to work through. Will On 7/29/24 10:37 AM, Dr. Nicola Mingotti wrote: hi, in a RPi i disabled ipv6 recompiling the kernel from my notes * remove IPV6 da GENERIC.common * by Nicola On Thu-25-Jul-2024 17:05, Will Senn wrote

state of user/admin documentation in 2024

2024-07-25 Thread Will Senn
Is the NetBSD Guide the primary source of information for new users/admins? I came across a NetBSD System Manager's Manual that had a lot of information in it, too, but it seemed like it might not be as up to date. In 2024, with NetBSD 10 out, what would you say were the most up to date sourc

Is it possible to completely disable ipv6 in NetBSD 10

2024-07-25 Thread Will Senn
In other OS'es I am able to completely disable ipv6 - usually via: vi /etc/sysctl.conf net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 and disabling ipv6 for each nic. or selecting no for ipv6 for the interface at install... How can I turn it off for netbsd? Is it pos

turn display off from command line

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
I have been able to get my netbsd system working well so far, every problem with its solution. Y'all have been great :). Now, I'm figuring out sleep and whatnot. sysctl -w hw.acpi.sleep.state=3 definitely puts the laptop to sleep and it wakes up with power button press - yay. How do I put t

Re: Cleaning up disks from prior installs

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 1:38 PM, Martin Husemann wrote: I sysinst before you get to the partitioning step, there is an option that goes like: ++ x What would you like to do? x x

Re: ntpdate problem

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 1:01 PM, Daniel Cunha wrote: Hi Will, seems an order issue if I get well, did you try to change the script to execute before the ntpdate? (it could be a test) https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-rc.html#chap-rc-rcorder It seems like the order's fine, but one of the scripts fi

Re: ntpdate problem

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 1:12 PM, Brad Spencer wrote: The network wasn't ready when ntpdate ran. This can happen on more than just wireless networks. I have personally seen it on wired RPI devices that use dhcp and on virtual machines that have higher than usual latency (i.e. full CPU and device emulation on

Cleaning up disks from prior installs

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
I'm not yet entirely clear on netbsd's approach to partitioning. I have my T430 set to UEFI only, no CSM. I have noticed that during installation, sticking to GPT, I have issues with the disk provisioning steps that are baffling. The solution I've found to be repeatable and dependable is to boo

Re: ntpdate problem

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 11:51 AM, Joel wrote: Depending on how you acquire a network address and DNS address, you might not have access to your DNS yet? You can set ntpdate=NO in /etc/rc.conf to prevent running ntpdate at startup. -Joel Yes, that seems to be the problem. I'm using wifi (wpa_supplican

ntpdate problem

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
During boot up, I get the following message: The following components reported failures:    /etc/rc.d/ntpdate See /var/run/rc.log for more information. uname -a NetBSD loki.sentech.home 10.0_STABLE NetBSD 10.0_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Sat Jul 20 16:11:27 UTC 2024 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/sr

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 11:12 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: On 7/24/24 11:54 AM, Will Senn wrote: On 7/24/24 10:45 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: On 7/24/24 12:17 AM, Will Senn wrote: Hi, NetBSD newb here. I know FreeBSD well, a bit about OpenBSD, and lots about Linux. My question is after installing, how do I

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 10:45 AM, Louis Guillaume wrote: On 7/24/24 12:17 AM, Will Senn wrote: Hi, NetBSD newb here. I know FreeBSD well, a bit about OpenBSD, and lots about Linux. My question is after installing, how do I check for updates to the system itself and get them installed (security updates

Re: sysinstall problems upgrading from stable to daily latest

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 10:31 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26:24AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: All in all, I wonder if choosing "current system" is the answer to both problems - maybe it won't fsck rdk1 and won't try to umount /. Is this correct or do I have a real

sysinstall problems upgrading from stable to daily latest

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
As I was doing sysinstall against https, nycdn... NetBSD-daily, I experienced an issue that I don't know how to process: When I picked the destination, I chose wd1, the disk where I installed the system (I didn't read carefully or I might have chosen "current system"). The installer then did a

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 10:04 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 09:58:23AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: Thx. So, if I'm understanding this better, I can run: sysinst choose upgrade choose http or https :-) set host as nycdn.netbsd.org set base directory as pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/l

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 9:37 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 08:46:34AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: Thanks for the explanation. So, I downloaded the USB installer for NetBSD 10.0 from the website. It's dated 3/28. I take it that this is the "formal release" (followinghttps:/

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 8:12 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 08:06:05AM -0500, Will Senn wrote: On 7/24/24 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: Also, you can use INSTALL-NetBSD from etcmanage, which you might take as an example and really read it before using it. Thanks. I also found this

Re: system updates

2024-07-24 Thread Will Senn
On 7/24/24 7:55 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: Also, you can use INSTALL-NetBSD from etcmanage, which you might take as an example and really read it before using it. Thanks. I also found this: https://www.netbsd.org/support/security/patches-10.0.html Which seems to indicate that I need to check for s

system updates

2024-07-23 Thread Will Senn
Hi, NetBSD newb here. I know FreeBSD well, a bit about OpenBSD, and lots about Linux. My question is after installing, how do I check for updates to the system itself and get them installed (security updates, kernel updates, etc)... or is this not a thing with NetBSD? I figure packages are up