Re: Is Citrix client working on dfly?

2010-10-15 Thread Colin Adams
>> > > It seems the situation hasn't improved yet: > > > http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/reports/i386/2.7/20100916.0518/citrix_ica-10.6.115659nb1/install.log > > It would be great if you could try compiling it from pkgsrc yourself and > figure out why it break

Re: Why did you choose DragonFly?

2010-09-20 Thread Colin Adams
e, but what other features > affect or do you see affecting your day to day life as an > administrator, developer, or [insert use case here], now or in the > future? > > Thanks in advance for your response. > > Best, > Sam > -- Colin Adams Preston, Lancashire, EN

Minimum size for a hammer file system?

2010-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
r/ to learn more about hammer. There is says it is designed to be used on 50GB or more. So was I misreading earlier, or have improvements meant it is now practical for smaller file systems? -- Colin Adams Preston, Lancashire, ENGLAND () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbo

Re: Installing Apache mod_proxy etc.

2010-01-16 Thread Colin Adams
Well, I compiled it and got it working - well sort of - my results aren't satisfactory, but it may be that I don't know how to do reverse proxying properly, despite following the guides. 2010/1/16 Justin C. Sherrill : > On Sat, January 16, 2010 8:57 am, Colin Adams wrote: >>

Re: Installing Apache mod_proxy etc.

2010-01-16 Thread Colin Adams
Actually it seems mod_proxy, mod_proxy_http and mod_headers are all statically compile din. As mod_proxy_html is an external module, i expect i shall have to compile that myself. But if anyone know different, please let me know. Thanks. 2010/1/16 Colin Adams : > Hello, > > I need t

Installing Apache mod_proxy etc.

2010-01-16 Thread Colin Adams
Hello, I need to install mod_proxy, mod_headers, mod_proxy_http, and mod_proxy_html for Apache. I can't find these using pkg_search. Do I have to build these from source outside of the pkgsrc system, or are there packages for them somewhere? -- Colin Adams Preston, Lancashire, ENGLAND

Re: GHC on DragonFly?

2009-11-08 Thread Colin Adams
(Absolute address of GOT for -ve static TLS). This is meaningless to me at the moment. I shall have to dig into it, but if anyone can point me at any useful documentation, it will be appreciated. -- Colin Adams Preston, Lancashire, ENGLAND

Re: GHC on DragonFly?

2009-11-04 Thread Colin Adams
: > On Sat, 16 May 2009 19:09:06 +0100 > Colin Adams wrote: > >> I think someone was making an attempt to port ghc (Glasgow Haskell >> Compiler) to DragonFly. Has this been succesfull? > > Neither lang/ghc (6.8.3) nor wip/ghc (6.10.1) build without changes. > >

Mulit-core O/S design

2009-10-01 Thread Colin Adams
I've just been reading a paper on this subject: http://www.barrelfish.org/barrelfish_hotos09.pdf It may have relevance fro DragonFly (I don't know). -- Colin Adams Preston, Lancashire, ENGLAND

GHC on DragonFly?

2009-05-16 Thread Colin Adams
I think someone was making an attempt to port ghc (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) to DragonFly. Has this been succesfull?

A new link

2009-05-06 Thread Colin Adams
I thought readers might be interested to know that the Worldwide Dragonfly Association now has a link from http://ecoevo.uvigo.es/WDA/wda_005.htm to the DragonFly home page.

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-05-01 Thread Colin Adams
That works, thanks. But I think it's time to read the git documentation, to be sure I know what's going on. 2009/5/1 Jordan Gordeev : > Colin Adams wrote: >> >> I still get the error message (on the git branch command, this time): >> >> fatal: Not a vali

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-05-01 Thread Colin Adams
I still get the error message (on the git branch command, this time): fatal: Not a valid oblect name: 'DragonFly_RELEASE_2_2' 2009/5/1 Matthew Dillon : > > :But git checkout v2.2.1 was what i actually needed-:) > : > :So what I did was the following (in case whoever maintains the wiki > :page is

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-05-01 Thread Colin Adams
8) make installkernel 9) make installworld 10) make upgrade 11) reboot And this seems to be working fine. What I'm not clear about is if I need to do anything with pkgsrc. My guess is that applications shouldn't care what the X is in kernel version 2.2.X. 2009/5/1 Colin Adams : > 2

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-05-01 Thread Colin Adams
2009/5/1 Colin Adams : > 2009/5/1 Matthew Dillon : >> :in /usr or /usr/src? >> >>    The Makefile to do the source tree management is in /usr.  It sets up >>    the GIT repo and checks out the project into /usr/src. >> > > So after the: > > make git-clo

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-04-30 Thread Colin Adams
2009/5/1 Matthew Dillon : > :in /usr or /usr/src? > >    The Makefile to do the source tree management is in /usr.  It sets up >    the GIT repo and checks out the project into /usr/src. > So after the: make git-clone I should do: cd src git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_2_2 ? If I do that, I get

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-04-30 Thread Colin Adams
2009/4/30 Matthew Dillon : man build >    /usr has a Makefile in it that gives you convenient targets for >    downloading and maintaining a copy of the source.  I just realized, >    though, that the Makefile defaults to using the master branch, >    which is the head of the development tree inste

Re: DragonFly 2.2.1 released!

2009-04-30 Thread Colin Adams
Is there an upgrade path from 2.2.0? I found a HOWTO page on the website, but that was talking about CVS.. 2009/4/29 Matthew Dillon : >    The 2.2.1 sub-release is now available on our mirrors for download! > >    We're working on updating the release notes. > >                                    

Re: PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
It wouldn't have helped me anyway, as I couldn't get the installer to work. But I think it's a good idea. 2009/4/23 Justin C. Sherrill : > On Thu, April 23, 2009 6:43 am, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> cd /usr >> make pkgsrc-checkout > > Would it be worth making this an optional step at install time

Dragonflies on DragonFlyBSD

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
I've managed to move my website, and, if I've made the firewall/routing change correctly, then you can see it (complete with powered-by-dragonfly badge) at: http://colina.demon.co.uk/?q=blog/4

Re: PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
Thanks Steve. I have PHP working now. Next for the php-mysqlextension. Shouldn't be too hard. 2009/4/23 Steve O'Hara-Smith : > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:39:28 +0100 > Colin Adams wrote: > >> Nevermind. I think I've figured it: >> >> 1) I unpack pkgs

Re: PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
Nevermind. I think I've figured it: 1) I unpack pkgsrc from the crdom 2) cd www/ap-php 3) bmake install Please tell me if there is anything else needed. 2009/4/23 Colin Adams : > But I found it on the cdrom. > > However, i don't know what to do with it. > > 2009/4/23

Re: PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
But I found it on the cdrom. However, i don't know what to do with it. 2009/4/23 Colin Adams : > I don't have /usr/pkgsrc/www > > 2009/4/23 Steve O'Hara-Smith : >> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:07:19 +0100 >> Colin Adams wrote: >> >>> It appears t

Re: PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
I don't have /usr/pkgsrc/www 2009/4/23 Steve O'Hara-Smith : > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:07:19 +0100 > Colin Adams wrote: > >> It appears that apache isn't php-enabled on DragonFly (at least - not >> for me - I I try a .php file, I see the source code). >&g

PHP and apache

2009-04-23 Thread Colin Adams
It appears that apache isn't php-enabled on DragonFly (at least - not for me - I I try a .php file, I see the source code). I've tried pkg_search for ap-php and mod_php and found neither. How do I get apache to use php on DragonFly?

Re: Can't start mysqld

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
That's just what I can't do - these instructions don't work because of the access problem. (They say there is no existing password, but the system denies me access anyway). 2009/4/22 Joerg Sonnenberger : > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 08:29:46PM +0100, Colin Adams wrote: >>

Re: Can't start mysqld

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
I can access mysql if i start it with the --skip-grant-tables option, and then i can set the root user's password, but I still can't login when i restart it. the mysql packages are clearly screwed on dragonfly. 2009/4/22 Colin Adams : > Well I've just changed /tmp permissions

Re: Can't start mysqld

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
Well I've just changed /tmp permissions to match those of /var/tmp (which also match those for /tmp on my Linux systems). And now mysqld runs, but I can't set any passwrods - I get access denied (even for root) from mysqladmin. It seems that the software gets installed with a secret password! 200

Re: Packages needed to run mysql

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
Well, I have /bin/sh as my shell - I've never used C-shell (dragonflies don't like salt water, so you won't find me by the C-shore much), but I see root has it set to /bin/csh. Is it safe to change root's shell to /bin/sh, or are there any dependencies on this? 2009/4/22 Jeremy C. Reed : >> I jus

Can't start mysqld

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
I copied the examples/rc.d/mysqld into /etc/rc.d When i attempt t run this with start, i get errors: /usr/pkg/libexec/mysqld: Can't create/write to file '/tmp/ibdQHTh3' (Errorcode: 13) which, if I am not mistaken, is permission denied. How can root (or indeed any other user) get a permission de

Re: Packages needed to run mysql

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
imply type mysqladmin on a user account, and it works fine)? 2009/4/22 Colin Adams : > I did pkg_radd for mysql-client-5.0.67nb1 and mysql-server-5.0.67, but > that hasn't installed the mysqladmin command. > > Which package will it be in. I need this for drupal. >

Packages needed to run mysql

2009-04-22 Thread Colin Adams
I did pkg_radd for mysql-client-5.0.67nb1 and mysql-server-5.0.67, but that hasn't installed the mysqladmin command. Which package will it be in. I need this for drupal.

How to mount a USB stick?

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
I plugged in my sole USB stick. It was named as da0 I tried: mount /dev/da0 /mnt but got a message saying invalid superblock. Since I have used it on linux, I tried -t ext2fs but got: wrong magic number 0 (expected ) What am I supposed to do?

Re: Release 2.2.1? [was: Re: How to configure DragonFly?]

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
Thanks. I have networking working now, and I'm installing Apache. Once I have my "Dragonflies on DragonFly" website set up, may I use the "Powered by DragonFly" bade 3 from the images site on it? 2009/4/21 Matthew Dillon : > > :OK. > : > :How do I configure my ethernet card for a static IP addre

Re: Release 2.2.1? [was: Re: How to configure DragonFly?]

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
OK. How do I configure my ethernet card for a static IP address? I understand the ifconfig command, but it looks like I have to ignore that and put ifconfig_rl0="something-or-other" in /etc/rc.conf. And I don't know what the something-or-other should be. 2009/4/21 Sascha Wildner

Re: Release 2.2.1? [was: Re: How to configure DragonFly?]

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
So I found the thread in question (I think). the advice was to to ALT-Fn too look for a X server that is working. But I just find plain ttys. I tried both before and after logging in to installer. 2009/4/21 Colin Adams : > It still doesn't working. > Is there an archive for this li

Re: Release 2.2.1? [was: Re: How to configure DragonFly?]

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
as instaler, i remember i > did something like that, someone told me that in the list, there > should be a mail about this, it is a know bug. > Sdav > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 09:37, Colin Adams > wrote: >> Was this after booting from live DVD or from Hard disk? Did you just >

Re: Release 2.2.1? [was: Re: How to configure DragonFly?]

2009-04-21 Thread Colin Adams
ned, it just > dont work in the 1st one > Sdav > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 03:15, Matthias Schmidt > wrote: >> HI, >> >> * Colin Adams wrote: >>> Furthermore, if I try to run the installer from the live DVD, it won't >>> let me TAB to any

Re: How to configure DragonFly?

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
Furthermore, if I try to run the installer from the live DVD, it won't let me TAB to any of the other options, such as configuring an installed system (which is all I want to do). So please someone tell me the name of the shell-script that I need to run. 2009/4/21 Colin Adams : > 2

Re: How to configure DragonFly?

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
2009/4/20 Jeremy C. Reed : > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Colin Adams wrote: > >> Now that I've managed to install DragonFly (and have a working system >> again) by avoiding using the installer, I need to configure my system. >> The handbook just shows the menus from the in

How to configure DragonFly?

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
Now that I've managed to install DragonFly (and have a working system again) by avoiding using the installer, I need to configure my system. The handbook just shows the menus from the installer. Is it possible to just type a command that will launch that menu system? If not, what commands do I need

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
- I forgot to put /mnt in front of the path). Hopefully I can correct that on my own without further help. Thanks for all your help. 2009/4/20 Colin Adams : > If I add an extra initial line: > > 4 partitions: > > Then I no longer get the error message. > But it does say se

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
If I add an extra initial line: 4 partitions: Then I no longer get the error message. But it does say sector size 0, and just typing: disklabel ad0s1 shows the same information as before. 2009/4/20 Colin Adams : > I also tried saving the output from disklabel ad0s1 and just using the >

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-20 Thread Colin Adams
I also tried saving the output from disklabel ad0s1 and just using the last part of that. But I get the same error messages. It looks like a bug in disklabel to me. 2009/4/20 Colin Adams : > Thanks. > > I am having problems with the disklabel. > > I get: > > line 2: partitio

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-18 Thread Colin Adams
2009/4/18 Jordan Gordeev : > Colin Adams wrote: >> >> I don't know if it is the same problem (it certainly sounds similar). >> >> This is not a laptop though. Nor is it an old machine (less than 3 years >> old). >> >> Anyway, I have boote

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-17 Thread Colin Adams
essed at, it says "device not configured". 2009/4/17 Michael Neumann : > Colin Adams wrote: > >> I was able to install DragonFly on the disk all-right, but  the >> machine still won't boot if the drive is powered-on at boot time. > > I remember that I had

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-17 Thread Colin Adams
h it.  Could you > maybe use window's fdisk to create a large partition on the drive and then > report back how the partition table looks like?  In this case we could > adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. > > thanks >  simon > > Colin Adams wrote: >&g

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-17 Thread Colin Adams
I was able to install DragonFly on the disk all-right, but the machine still won't boot if the drive is powered-on at boot time. I'll have to try the linux live-cd fdisk :-( 2009/4/17 Colin Adams : > Now I'm back home, i've tried out everyone's suggestions. > &

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-17 Thread Colin Adams
t we simply don't know exactly how to deal with it.  Could you > maybe use window's fdisk to create a large partition on the drive and then > report back how the partition table looks like?  In this case we could > adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. > > t

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-15 Thread Colin Adams
on table looks like?  In this case we could > adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. > > thanks >  simon > > Colin Adams wrote: >> >> What appears to have happened is that in some way it has trashed my >> disk-drive - I can still get the ma

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-09 Thread Colin Adams
What appears to have happened is that in some way it has trashed my disk-drive - I can still get the machine to boot from the live CD, but only if I physically disconnect the hard-disk first. 2009/4/8 Hasso Tepper : > Colin Adams wrote: >> Well, if that is the case the ISO shou

Re: Installing DragonFly

2009-04-08 Thread Colin Adams
works (except CTRL_ALT_DEL). :-( :-( 2009/4/8 Sascha Wildner : > Colin Adams schrieb: >> >> I'm trying to install from the DVD. >> >> When i get to the login prompt, I type installer. >> >> Now every screen I come to, I get, in addition to the formatted

Installing DragonFly

2009-04-08 Thread Colin Adams
I'm trying to install from the DVD. When i get to the login prompt, I type installer. Now every screen I come to, I get, in addition to the formatted screens, I get: Login incorrect login: Password:/i386 (dfly-live) (ttyv1) login: It appears I need some kind of password to login as installer

Re: Installing from CD/DVD only?

2009-04-07 Thread Colin Adams
guest. 2009/4/7 Justin C. Sherrill : > On Tue, April 7, 2009 7:41 am, Colin Adams wrote: >> Would I be correct in saying that you need a CD or DVD drive attached >> to the computer in order to install DragonFly? >> >> If so, would a USB-attached one be sufficient? > >

Installing from CD/DVD only?

2009-04-07 Thread Colin Adams
Would I be correct in saying that you need a CD or DVD drive attached to the computer in order to install DragonFly? If so, would a USB-attached one be sufficient?

Re: Drupal on DragonFly?

2009-04-07 Thread Colin Adams
l try the whole thing out running DragonFly as a KVM guest on my development machine first, prior to converting the webserver from Linux to DragonFly). 2009/4/7 Robert Luciani : > Colin Adams wrote: >> Ok. >> >> But I would like to know from anyone who might have tried

Re: Drupal on DragonFly?

2009-04-06 Thread Colin Adams
Ok. But I would like to know from anyone who might have tried this. 2009/4/6 Jordan Gordeev : > Colin Adams wrote: > >> Does Drupal + Apache work fine on DragonFly? I'm thinking about moving >> installing DragonFly on my webserver (just so I can call my website >

Drupal on DragonFly?

2009-04-06 Thread Colin Adams
Does Drupal + Apache work fine on DragonFly? I'm thinking about moving installing DragonFly on my webserver (just so I can call my website Dragonflies on DragonFly :-) )

Fwd: EUREKA - was the 'why' of pseudofs

2009-02-18 Thread Colin Adams
-- Forwarded message -- From: Colin Adams Date: 2009/2/18 Subject: Re: EUREKA - was the 'why' of pseudofs To: Bill Hacker 2009/2/18 Bill Hacker : > Proven pattern among Odontata, too: > > http://ecoevo.uvigo.es/Olalla/index_en.htm That should be Odo

Re: XSLT 2.0 processor for DragonFly

2008-05-03 Thread Colin Adams
2008/3/3 Colin Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 02/03/2008, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > :Gestalt is now available for DragonFly from: > > > > > > Very interesting! Have you considered creating a pkgsrc package > >

Re: XSLT 2.0 processor for DragonFly

2008-03-02 Thread Colin Adams
On 02/03/2008, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :Gestalt is now available for DragonFly from: > > Very interesting! Have you considered creating a pkgsrc package > for it? That would integrate it into the package framework for > several BSDs (including DragonFly). I br

XSLT 2.0 processor for DragonFly

2008-03-02 Thread Colin Adams
Gestalt is now available for DragonFly from: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=124274 Installation is as simple as unpacking the tgz file. Calling ./getsalt will give a usage message.

Re: Build type for GNU configure

2008-03-01 Thread Colin Adams
Where do you get the latest version from? I'm just using what comes with the software. On 01/03/2008, Peter Avalos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 05:34:50PM +0000, Colin Adams wrote: > > I am trying to install a library (ePOSIX - an Eiffel binding to >

Build type for GNU configure

2008-03-01 Thread Colin Adams
I am trying to install a library (ePOSIX - an Eiffel binding to POSIX), but when I run ./configure, it responds with: cannot guess build type - you must specify one. On my linux system, looking in config.log, i see: ac_cv_build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu What would be the appropriate value for Dra

Re: Introduction

2008-02-29 Thread Colin Adams
Thanks Simon, DHCP works. On 29/02/2008, Simon 'corecode' Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin Adams wrote: > > Meanwhile, I have managed to install 1.12 in a virtual machine on my > > Linux 64-bit quad core box. I didn't attempt to configure the netw

Re: Introduction

2008-02-29 Thread Colin Adams
ut I don't know what command to type to bring up those configuration menus again - I can't find it mentioned in the DragonFly handbook (flight manual?). Please help. On 26/02/2008, B. Estrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 08:37:58PM +, Colin Adams wrote

Re: Introduction

2008-02-26 Thread Colin Adams
On 26/02/2008, Colin Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26/02/2008, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :P.S. Can someone tell me the scientific name of the species pictured > > :in the mascot? > > > > I'm afraid I don&#

Re: Introduction

2008-02-26 Thread Colin Adams
On 26/02/2008, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :P.S. Can someone tell me the scientific name of the species pictured > :in the mascot? > > I'm afraid I don't know. I took that picture in my garden, in > Berkeley, California. Well, I will find out. It is almost certainly a Da

Introduction

2008-02-26 Thread Colin Adams
Hello DragonFlyBSD users, I have just seen the word DragonFlyBSD for the first time today (on the KVM wiki). I am a software engineer and also a dragonfly recorder (yes, I record the numbers and species of dragonflies and damselflies in Hurst Grange Park, Penwortham, Lancashire, England). So I co