Re: Qemu on amd64 does not boot installation CDs

2010-10-07 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 03:23:24PM -0400, Venkatesh Srinivas wrote: > > > > - Some programs dump core from time to time (uptime dependant) > > This evening, this is the turn of dosbox. It fails with this message: > >assertion: z->z_Magic == ZALLOC_SLAB_MAGIC in _slabfree > > Are you running t

Re: Qemu on amd64 does not boot installation CDs

2010-10-07 Thread Venkatesh Srinivas
> > > - Some programs dump core from time to time (uptime dependant) > This evening, this is the turn of dosbox. It fails with this message: >assertion: z->z_Magic == ZALLOC_SLAB_MAGIC in _slabfree > > Hi, Are you running the latest version of world, in addition to a recent kernel? If so, cou

Re: Qemu on amd64 does not boot installation CDs

2010-10-07 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 06:06:22PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > > Also is anybody using amd64 as desktop? ;-) I am. The latest 2.7/x86-64 DragonFly versions are now generally quite stable. There are still some quirks left, howewer. Generally, the longer the system stays running, the longer it bec

Re: Invisible Firefox process exists some where even after the process is killed.

2010-10-07 Thread Courtney R. Spencer
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Siju George wrote: > > "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new > window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart > your system." > > There is no process corresponding to firefox in ps aux when this happens. > > I have

Qemu on amd64 does not boot installation CDs

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
Hi, Qemu installed fine on my amd64. I tried booting archlinux and ubuntu with it but it would start and then get stuck while booting the installer CD. Anybody using qemu on amd64? Also is anybody using amd64 as desktop? ;-) thanks --Siju

Invisible Firefox process exists some where even after the process is killed.

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
Hi, Now after the recent build/install world on amd64 my firefox freezes often. When firefox is up this is the process dfly-vmsrv# ps aux|grep firefox sgeorge 862 0.0 5.5 262108 163944 v0 SL5:42PM 0:40.03 /usr/pkg/lib/xulrunner/xulrunner-bin /usr/pkg/lib/firefox/application.ini root

Re: FreeBSD isn't Free - Does this affect DragonFLY?

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > >        In the final one read down to the comment by Jung-uk Kim, if that's > right there is no problem. > Ok :-) Just asked since there was the atheros debate some time back on the licences. thanks --Siju

HEADS UP - Security flaw in libc glob code

2010-10-07 Thread Matthias Schmidt
Hi, there is a security flaw in the glob(3) code of libc: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Flaw-in-libc-implementation-threatens-FTP-servers-1103319.html Original and NetBSD advisory: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/7822 http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-

Re: FreeBSD isn't Free - Does this affect DragonFLY?

2010-10-07 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:11:08 +0530 Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128634319422034&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128639321930440&w=2 > http://www.listware.net/201010/freebsd-questions/18454-like-it-or-not-theo-has-a-point-freebsd-is-shipping-export-restr

Re: FreeBSD isn't Free - Does this affect DragonFLY?

2010-10-07 Thread Alex Hornung
On 07/10/2010 11:41, Siju George wrote: Hi, http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128634319422034&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128639321930440&w=2 http://www.listware.net/201010/freebsd-questions/18454-like-it-or-not-theo-has-a-point-freebsd-is-shipping-export-restricted-software-in-the-

FreeBSD isn't Free - Does this affect DragonFLY?

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
Hi, http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128634319422034&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=128639321930440&w=2 http://www.listware.net/201010/freebsd-questions/18454-like-it-or-not-theo-has-a-point-freebsd-is-shipping-export-restricted-software-in-the-core.html Thanks --Siju

128-bit integer division using gcc 4.1 linkage errors when trying to build pango on amd64

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
Hi, Trying to build firefox for 2.7-DEVELOPMENT from pkgrsc head gives this error gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/pkgsrc/devel/pango/work/pango-1.28.1' CCLD pango-view /usr/pkgsrc/devel/pango/work/.buildlink/lib/libcairo.so: undefined reference to `__umodti3' /usr/pkgsrc/devel/pango/work/.b

Re: firefox instability may be fixed now in HEAD

2010-10-07 Thread Siju George
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :I'm still using 2010Q1. Should I switch to the 2.8 build of packages once I > :recompile the kernel and world? > : > :Pierre > >    We won't have 2.8 packages until about a week after netbsd rolls Q3. >    In fact, right now we are waitin