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>    1. php/apache/ssl core dumps  (Ruben Bloemgarten)
>    2. Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!!
>       (greg at grokking.org)
>    3. tetex, latex, dvips (Florian Hengstberger)
>    4. Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!!
>       (greg at grokking.org)
>    5. Re: tetex, latex, dvips (Roland Smith)
>    6. Re: tetex, latex, dvips (Florian Hengstberger)
>    7. Re: tetex, latex, dvips (Lowell Gilbert)
>    8. Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer (Lowell Gilbert)
>    9. Re: tetex, latex, dvips (Roland Smith)
>   10. Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer (Chris Hodgins)
>   11. Re: daily log reports (Danny Howard)
>   12. Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd partition on an
>       external usbdrive (Lowell Gilbert)
>   13. Re: make depend error in kernel config (Warren)
>   14. Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX) (RW)
>   15. volume problems with snd_via8233 (vaida bogdan)
>   16. AVerMedia AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus card not detected (vaida bogdan)
>   17. Re: IPSec and Racoon between 5.4 and 4.11 (Mike Tancsa)
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>   19. Re: silencing the boot beep (Eric Schuele)
>   20. Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX)
>       (wmc2004aug at bellsouth.net)
>   21. (SOLVED)Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd
>       partition on an external usbdrive (Steve)
>   22. (SOLVED)Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd
>       partition on an external usbdrive (Steve)
>   23. Ethernet over FireWire: How? (Rob)
>   24. Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX) (Joel)
>   25. Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How? (Olivier Nicole)
>   26. Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How? (Rob)
>   27. Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How? (Joel)
>   28. Re: running FreeBSD 4.11 or 5.4 on a SBC (Joel)
>   29. dual-homed gateway: polling & no-polling LANs combined. OK? (Rob)
>   30. Re: How to use snapshots (Joel)
>   31. Re: is this a possible DoS attack? (Joel)
>   32. changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc. (Bagus)
>   33. Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
>       (Olivier Nicole)
>   34. Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
>       (Jos? de Paula Rodrigues)
>   35. Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
>       (Jos? de Paula Rodrigues)
>   36. The availability of socketbits.h? (Xu Qiang)
>   37. Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
>       (Foo Ji-Haw)
>   38. Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How? (Ed Stover)
>   39. Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:55:44 +0200
> From: "Ruben Bloemgarten" <ruben at bloemgarten.demon.nl>
> Subject: php/apache/ssl core dumps 
> To: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Message-ID: <20050516205530.117E343D9E at mx1.FreeBSD.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="windows-1250"
> 
>  
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
>  
> 
> I’m trying to get Apache to work with both ssl and php. However, when ssl
> apache and php are installed and the php module is set to be loaded into
> apache, apache core dumps (11). I’m using the latest ports tree. Also I’ve
> tried any number of combinations of mod_php, php-extensions,
> apache13-mod_ssl, apache13-ssl, apache then openssl etc etc. This problem
> has been discussed before but none of the solutions seem to be working.
> Could anyone help ?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
>  
> 
> Ruben 
> 
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 13:55:55 -0700
> From: "greg at grokking.org" <greg at grokking.org>
> Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!!
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <428908DB.4090606 at grokking.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Bill Paul wrote:
> > Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next
> > five minutes and READ THIS!!
> > 
> > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and
> > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud.
> > 
> > No no, go back and do it again.
> > 
> > Again!
> > 
> > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT*********
> > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?!
> > 
> > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason.
> > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!!
> > 
> > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!!
> > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!!
> > 
> >               ____    _____   _        _        _   _ 
> >              |  _ \  |_   _| | |      | |      | | | |
> >              | |_) |   | |   | |      | |      | | | |
> >              |  _ <    | |   | |      | |      | | | |
> >              | |_) |  _| |_  | |____  | |____  |_| |_|
> >              |____/  |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_)
> > 
> > 
> > I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that
> > would make it easier to remember!
> > 
> > Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with
> > "Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak
> > english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded
> > or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape
> > together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy
> > syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear
> > from you at all!!!!!!
> > 
> > I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for
> > you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time
> > I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID
> > NAME RIGHT!!!!!
> > 
> > This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's
> > dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill"
> > will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on
> > fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata
> > and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and
> > gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, 
> > ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's
> > oatmeal!!!
> > 
> > And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter!
> > Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS
> > MISTAKE AGAIN!!!!
> > 
> > -Bill   <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!
> > 
> 
> 
> So...Paul...did you have a question regarding FreeBSD? :)
> [ducks and runs for cover]
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:11:22 +0200
> From: "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Subject: tetex, latex, dvips
> To: FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <iglpiy.orf7m0 at webmail.tuwien.ac.at>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Why do latex and tetex conflict?
> Firstly I installed latex but couldnt find the koma package
> but all tools (dvips, xdvi ...).
> So I removed latex and installed tetex-base and tetex-texmf.
> Koma works fine, but I can only produce pdf with pdflatex.
> dvips is not present and xdvi tells me that there are a lot of
> fonts missing! When I try to install dvips I get the following
> message:
> 
> ===>  Installing for dvips-5.76
> 
> ===>  dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): 
>       teTeX-base-2.0.2_2
>       teTeX-texmf-2.0.2
> 
>       They install files into the same place.
>       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/print/dvips.
> 
> How can a tex distribution conflict with and dvi to ps
> converter???
> Am I doing something completly wrong?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Florian
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 14:20:51 -0700
> From: "greg at grokking.org" <greg at grokking.org>
> Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!!
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <42890EB3.7080500 at grokking.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> greg at grokking.org wrote:
> > Bill Paul wrote:
> > 
> >>Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next
> >>five minutes and READ THIS!!
> >>
> >>You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and
> >>read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud.
> >>
> >>No no, go back and do it again.
> >>
> >>Again!
> >>
> >>You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT*********
> >>say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?!
> >>
> >>No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason.
> >>the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!!
> >>
> >>Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!!
> >>Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!!
> >>
> >>              ____    _____   _        _        _   _ 
> >>             |  _ \  |_   _| | |      | |      | | | |
> >>             | |_) |   | |   | |      | |      | | | |
> >>             |  _ <    | |   | |      | |      | | | |
> >>             | |_) |  _| |_  | |____  | |____  |_| |_|
> >>             |____/  |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_)
> >>
> >>
> >>I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that
> >>would make it easier to remember!
> >>
> >>Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with
> >>"Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak
> >>english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded
> >>or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape
> >>together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy
> >>syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear
> >>from you at all!!!!!!
> >>
> >>I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for
> >>you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time
> >>I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID
> >>NAME RIGHT!!!!!
> >>
> >>This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's
> >>dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill"
> >>will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on
> >>fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata
> >>and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and
> >>gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, 
> >>ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's
> >>oatmeal!!!
> >>
> >>And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter!
> >>Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS
> >>MISTAKE AGAIN!!!!
> >>
> >>-Bill   <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So...Paul...did you have a question regarding FreeBSD? :)
> > [ducks and runs for cover]
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> Oops...sorry folks -- wrong list!
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:25:44 +0200
> From: Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: tetex, latex, dvips
> To: FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Cc: Florian Hengstberger <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Message-ID: <20050516212544.GA1539 at slackbox.xs4all.nl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:11:22PM +0200, Florian Hengstberger wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Why do latex and tetex conflict?
> > Firstly I installed latex but couldnt find the koma package
> > but all tools (dvips, xdvi ...).
> > So I removed latex and installed tetex-base and tetex-texmf.
> > Koma works fine, but I can only produce pdf with pdflatex.
> > dvips is not present and xdvi tells me that there are a lot of
> > fonts missing! When I try to install dvips I get the following
> > message:
> 
> Try to get a hold of a TeXLive CD. It does not install via a port, but
> it is the most complete TeX distribution out there. Most TUGs hand them
> out to members for free, but I think you can also buy them, e.g. at the
> Lehmanns bookstore.
> 
> Roland
> -- 
> R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text.
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:31:08 +0200
> From: "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Subject: Re: tetex, latex, dvips
> To: Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl>,	"FreeBSD mailinglist"
> 	<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Cc: Florian Hengstberger <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Message-ID: <iglqfw.solypb at webmail.tuwien.ac.at>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> A tex live-cd? I wonder why this should be preferable to a port.
> Anyway what's wrong with the latex port. 
> Is this port still maintained, I've read that tetex will be the 
> standard tex port in future.
> But how to go the standard latex, xdvi, dvips way without
> dvips?
> Finally what about latex3e if the've finished their work??
> 
> Thanks Florian
> 
> 
> Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> schrieb:
> 
> > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:11:22PM +0200, Florian Hengstberger wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > Why do latex and tetex conflict?
> > > Firstly I installed latex but couldnt find the koma package
> > > but all tools (dvips, xdvi ...).
> > > So I removed latex and installed tetex-base and tetex-texmf.
> > > Koma works fine, but I can only produce pdf with pdflatex.
> > > dvips is not present and xdvi tells me that there are a lot of
> > > fonts missing! When I try to install dvips I get the following
> > > message:
> > 
> > Try to get a hold of a TeXLive CD. It does not install via a port, but
> > it is the most complete TeX distribution out there. Most TUGs hand them
> > out to members for free, but I think you can also buy them, e.g. at the
> > Lehmanns bookstore.
> > 
> > Roland
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: 16 May 2005 17:43:23 -0400
> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Subject: Re: tetex, latex, dvips
> To: "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Cc: FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <44psvq26f8.fsf at be-well.ilk.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
> 
> > Why do latex and tetex conflict?
> 
> Because both of them try to install /usr/local/bin/latex (et. al.).
> 
> > fonts missing! When I try to install dvips I get the following
> > message:
> > 
> > ===>  Installing for dvips-5.76
> > 
> > ===>  dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): 
> >       teTeX-base-2.0.2_2
> >       teTeX-texmf-2.0.2
> > 
> >       They install files into the same place.
> >       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> > *** Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop in /usr/ports/print/dvips.
> > 
> > How can a tex distribution conflict with and dvi to ps
> > converter???
> 
> Because they install files into the same place.  If you're interested
> in which ones, look at the pkg_plist files.
> 
> Try installing print/dvipsk-tetex.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: 16 May 2005 17:49:28 -0400
> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer
> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <44ll6e2653.fsf at be-well.ilk.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> writes:
> 
> > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting
> > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it
> > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0.  
> > 
> > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it
> > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been
> > installed in /usr/local/bin.
> > 
> > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more
> > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation.
> > 
> > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work.
> 
> You haven't mentioned what kind of problems you're having.
> 
> Personally, I use apsfilter, which I find makes life very easy...
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:55:44 +0200
> From: Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: tetex, latex, dvips
> To: Florian Hengstberger <e0025265 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20050516215544.GA1693 at slackbox.xs4all.nl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 11:31:08PM +0200, Florian Hengstberger wrote:
> > A tex live-cd? I wonder why this should be preferable to a port.
> 
> TeXLive is a TeX distribution that you can install. I think it also
> includes a live-cd.
> 
> > Anyway what's wrong with the latex port. 
> 
> TeXLive contains more packages and they are better integrated. It uses
> Type1 or TrueType fonts for almost all font families.
> 
> > But how to go the standard latex, xdvi, dvips way without
> > dvips?
> 
> Like it or not, pdf(La)TeX is more and more becoming the standard. Xpdf
> is fine for viewing pdfs, and runs on more platforms than acrobat.
> 
> > Finally what about latex3e if the've finished their work??
> 
> LaTeX3 (if it is ever finished) will be integrated into the different
> distributions. OTOH, even Leslie Lamport seems to think that LaTeX will
> fall into disuse in about five years. The consensus seems to be that
> ConTeXt
> is the most modern TeX macro package.
> 
> Roland
> -- 
> R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text.
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> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:02:56 +0100
> From: Chris Hodgins <christopher.hodgins at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer
> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <63c3899e050516150228922b3c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On 5/16/05, Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> wrote:
> > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting
> > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it
> > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0.
> > 
> > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it
> > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been
> > installed in /usr/local/bin.
> > 
> > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more
> > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation.
> > 
> > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work.
> > 
> 
> Install cups.
> Install gimp-print with "WITH_CUPS" defined.
> Turn on your printer and make sure the USB cable is in.
> Start cups.
> Browse to localhost:631 and go to the add printer section.
> Add a USB printer and if you installed gimp-print with cups support
> you should be able to choose the correct printer from the list.
> 
> Happy Printing. :)
> Chris
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 15:09:18 -0700
> From: Danny Howard <dannyman at toldme.com>
> Subject: Re: daily log reports
> To: "parachute at optonline.net" <parachute at optonline.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <42891A0E.4050403 at toldme.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> parachute at optonline.net wrote:
> 
> > That is not my IP address or what is assigned, i was just using it  
> > for simplicity...
> >
> > How can I change the address it sends mail to? I rather change it to  
> > root at localhost instead or root at domain.tld. I can probably do that by  
> > changing /etc/aliases but it's strange since I didn't need to do this  
> > in 5.3 
> 
> Well, ahem, the default MTA is Sendmail ... so, this is kind of a 
> postfix question, yes?
> 
> I'd say "make reinstall" Postfix and be sure you answer "yes" to the 
> mailer.conf question.
> 
> Also, check /usr/local/etc/portfix/aliases.
> 
> -d
> 
> -- 
> http://dannyman.toldme.com/
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 12
> Date: 16 May 2005 19:54:41 -0400
> From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Subject: Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd partition on an
> 	external usbdrive
> To: "steve" <steve at digitalbluesky.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <44ekc6rake.fsf at be-well.ilk.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> "steve" <steve at digitalbluesky.net> writes:
> 
> > This is a follow-up to my earlier question on how to create a freebsd
> > partition on a usbdrive.  I followed these instructions:
> >
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x163.ht
> > ml And was able to create a 111 gig freebsd partition on the usb hard
> > drive, with label da0s1d and /mnt/usbdrive as it's mount point.
> > However, when I try to:
> > ># mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbdrive
> > 
> > I get the error:
> > ># mount: /dev/da0s1d: no such file or directory
> > 
> > In /dev I see an entry for da0s1 and da0s1c but no entry for
> > da0s1d. Any help in determining what I have missed? Steve
> 
> You say you were able to create it as da0s1d; how do you *know* you
> were able to do that.  It doesn't look as though you did.  Are there
> *any* /dev/da* devices? 
> 
> What if you rescan the USB bus?
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 13
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:58:43 +1000
> From: Warren <shinjii at virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>
> Subject: Re: make depend error in kernel config
> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200505170958.44648.shinjii at virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 4:55 am, you wrote:
> > Warren <shinjii at virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> writes:
> > > Up untill 1 week ago i have been able to compile my kernel perfectly
> > > fine. However after running a CVSUP i am no longer able to compile my
> > > kernel and i have not changed anything it since i did it quite a few
> > > mnths ago. I do not have sound loaded in my kernel anywhere but rather
> in
> > > a different spot where it seems to be loading and working perfectly
> fine.
> > >  Any assistance would be greatful.
> 
> 
> > "make depend" on that kernel configuration works for me...
> > Maybe you need to clean your build directory?
> 
> 
> ironically i tried that and it didnt work, however i tried it again and by 
> miracle it actually allowed me to build the kernel no errors. Thnxs for the
> 
> help.
> -- 
> Yours Sincerely
> Shinjii
> http://www.shinji.nq.nu
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 14
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:13:19 +0100
> From: RW <list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com>
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX)
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200505170113.19514.list-freebsd-2004 at morbius.sent.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;  charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> On Monday 16 May 2005 18:02, FreeBSD MailingLists wrote:
> > I fished out an old laptop out of my closet.
> > It is a Pentium 233 MMX w/ 64MB Ram and 12G HD
> > I am thinking about setting up a small station for browsing the web.
> > Which would perform better on such a system?  FreeBSD or NetBSD?
> 
> 
> NetBSD prioritises portability over performance, FreeBSD generally has better
> 
> application and hardware support on a smaller set of platforms, so FreeBSD is
> 
> the obvious choice.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 15
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 00:44:01 +0000
> From: vaida bogdan <vaida.bogdan at gmail.com>
> Subject: volume problems with snd_via8233
> To: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org, freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <12848a3b0505161744493e5343 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Hi, I've bought a new computer with an ASRock K7Upgrade-880
> motherboard with 5.1 channels AC'97 Audio (quoting from install guide
> and I have a problem with sound on Freebsd 5.4 with snd_via8233.
> 
> After I load the module, the sound volume is set to max and even
> though I can lower the sound bar (xmms) or lower the volume in 
> mplayer or even mixer, the volume doesn't change. I can only change it
> from my audio boxes.
> 
> I think it could be a module problem because it works ok in windows.
> 
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <VIA VT8237> at io 0xd000 irq 22 kld snd_via8233 (5p/1r/0v
> channels duplex default)
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 16
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 00:45:31 +0000
> From: vaida bogdan <vaida.bogdan at gmail.com>
> Subject: AVerMedia AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus card not detected
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <12848a3b05051617453b2bf0a at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> I used the handbook instructions:
> 
> bktr_load="YES" to loader.conf
> +/- hw.bt848.tuner=6 in sysctl.conf
> 
> bktr man page tells me my tuner is supported, yet dmesg's output shows
> only:
> 
> bktr_mem: memory holder loaded
> 
> I also tried compilling it in the kernel (by the manual) with no success.
> 
> This is the first time I tried using a tvtuner on fbsd so I could have
> got smthg wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 17
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:56:47 -0400
> From: Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net>
> Subject: Re: IPSec and Racoon between 5.4 and 4.11
> To: Daren Russell <darenr at end-design.co.uk>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <23gi81pattnnan1rlv8uc0dva1ken5r8cj at 4ax.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 12:51:50 +0100, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions
> you wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >Has anybody got 5.4 <-> 4.11 talking in this config, or does anybody
> >know of any pitfalls because of kernel changes?
> 
> There should not be any issues as I have 90+ RELENG4 boxes deployed
> talking to a 5.4 server and a dozen RELENG_5 boxes talking to 2
> RELENG_4 servers generally with out issue. The one thing we run into
> from time to time is the issue of net.key.prefered_oldsa=1 on
> FAST_IPSEC on RELENG_4.  But other than that, it works.  What issues
> are you running into ?  Did you enable debug logging in racoon ? What
> state do the tunnels get to ? i.e what does setkey -D show ?
> 
> 	---Mike
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net
> Providing Internet Access since 1994
> mike at sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:36:22 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX)
> To: FreeBSD MailingLists <freebsd.ml at gmail.com>,	questions
> 	<freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517103300.2930.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 14:03:18 -0400
> Tomas Quintero <tomasq at gmail.com> wrote
> 
> > On 5/16/05, FreeBSD MailingLists <freebsd.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I fished out an old laptop out of my closet.
> > > It is a Pentium 233 MMX w/ 64MB Ram and 12G HD
> > > I am thinking about setting up a small station for browsing the web.
> > > Which would perform better on such a system?  FreeBSD or NetBSD?
> > > 
> > > I know that this is a mailing list for FreeBSD users, but I am hoping
> > > that you will be objective and give me a suggestion based purely on
> > > performance.
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > Tomoki Taniguchi
> > 
> > Hell, put Windows NT4 on it. It's all the same. If you're not doing
> > anything special on it, it doesn't really matter imo.
> 
> Say what?
> 
> NT4 for browsing the web? With known vulnerabilities and no maintenance?
> 
> Be civil.
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 19
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:38:11 -0500
> From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org>
> Subject: Re: silencing the boot beep
> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org>
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <42894B03.8080105 at computer.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
> 
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Eric Schuele <e.schuele at computer.org> writes:
> > 
> > 
> >>Allan Bowhill wrote:
> >>
> >>>Does anyone know how to turn off the annoying beep when BSD
> >>>partition selector comes up?
> >>
> >>Wish I knew... I could use this as well.
> > 
> > 
> > You could modify your sources to remove it. 
> > Pretty simple; just remove the putchr (line 205 of boot0.S).
> > 
> 
> OK... Thanks.  I'll give it a try.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Eric
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 20
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:00:56 -0400
> From: wmc2004aug at bellsouth.net
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX)
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20050516215636.02a1c380 at mailsvr.xxiii.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> 
> At 09:36 PM 5/16/2005, you wrote:
> >... It is a Pentium 233 MMX w/ 64MB Ram and 12G HD ...
> >... Which would perform better on such a system?  FreeBSD or NetBSD?
> 
> I have a system with nearly identical specs that runs DNS and some other 
> minor services on our external network.  While I can't comment on NetBSD, I
> 
> would suggest that with FreeBSD in that little memory, you should take the 
> time to configure and compile a stripped-down kernel.  It saves 5 or 6 MB 
> of ram on mine (ie:  a good chuck of 64MB!)
> 
>    -Wayne
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 21
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:11:18 -0400
> From: Steve <steve at digitalbluesky.net>
> Subject: (SOLVED)Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd
> 	partition on an external usbdrive
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> 	<6.2.1.2.0.20050516220806.0276a350 at mail.digitalbluesky.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> 
> 
> I went back and tried the whole partitioning process again following the 
> instructions EXACTLY as laid out in section 16.3.1 of the FreeBSD handbook 
> and it worked this time.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:54 PM 5/16/2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> >"steve" <steve at digitalbluesky.net> writes:
> >
> > > This is a follow-up to my earlier question on how to create a freebsd
> > > partition on a usbdrive.  I followed these instructions:
> > > 
> >
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x163.ht
> > > ml And was able to create a 111 gig freebsd partition on the usb hard
> > > drive, with label da0s1d and /mnt/usbdrive as it's mount point.
> > > However, when I try to:
> > > ># mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbdrive
> > >
> > > I get the error:
> > > ># mount: /dev/da0s1d: no such file or directory
> > >
> > > In /dev I see an entry for da0s1 and da0s1c but no entry for
> > > da0s1d. Any help in determining what I have missed? Steve
> >
> >You say you were able to create it as da0s1d; how do you *know* you
> >were able to do that.  It doesn't look as though you did.  Are there
> >*any* /dev/da* devices?
> >
> >What if you rescan the USB bus?
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 22
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:11:18 -0400
> From: Steve <steve at digitalbluesky.net>
> Subject: (SOLVED)Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd
> 	partition on an external usbdrive
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> 	<6.2.1.2.0.20050516220806.0276a350 at mail.digitalbluesky.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
> 
> 
> I went back and tried the whole partitioning process again following the 
> instructions EXACTLY as laid out in section 16.3.1 of the FreeBSD handbook 
> and it worked this time.
> 
> Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:54 PM 5/16/2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> >"steve" <steve at digitalbluesky.net> writes:
> >
> > > This is a follow-up to my earlier question on how to create a freebsd
> > > partition on a usbdrive.  I followed these instructions:
> > > 
> >
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x163.ht
> > > ml And was able to create a 111 gig freebsd partition on the usb hard
> > > drive, with label da0s1d and /mnt/usbdrive as it's mount point.
> > > However, when I try to:
> > > ># mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbdrive
> > >
> > > I get the error:
> > > ># mount: /dev/da0s1d: no such file or directory
> > >
> > > In /dev I see an entry for da0s1 and da0s1c but no entry for
> > > da0s1d. Any help in determining what I have missed? Steve
> >
> >You say you were able to create it as da0s1d; how do you *know* you
> >were able to do that.  It doesn't look as though you did.  Are there
> >*any* /dev/da* devices?
> >
> >What if you rescan the USB bus?
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 23
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Ethernet over FireWire: How?
> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517023224.71177.qmail at web54006.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My lab bought a new computer, which I have to
> configure as a dual-homed/gateway, sambaserver,
> http-server, etc. This I know how to do.
> I'm using 5.4-RELEASE for this computer.
> 
> Among many things 'built-in' on the motherboard,
> it has this also built-in:
>  skc0: Marvell Yukon Lite Gigabit Ethernet
>  firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
>  fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire>
> 
> (these lines are from dmesg output)
> 
> The 'skc0' has the regular ethernet socket (RJ-45
> connector), so I can use that as one ethernet
> connection.
> 
> Can I use the firewire/ethernet as the second
> ethernet card on this computer. If yes, how?
> I'm not at all familiar with firewire stuff.
> The lines in the dmesg output actually triggered
> this question.
> 
> Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can
> use the firewire as the second ethernet card?
> The backside of the computer has a socket labeled
> '1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector. Do I
> need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45?
> 
> BTW: what are the advantages and disadvantages of
> using this firewire thing as ethernet device?
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Rob.
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 24
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:39:40 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD or NetBSD on older hardware (MMX)
> To: questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517103652.2933.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 01:02:42 +0800
> FreeBSD MailingLists <freebsd.ml at gmail.com> wrote
> 
> > I fished out an old laptop out of my closet.
> > It is a Pentium 233 MMX w/ 64MB Ram and 12G HD
> > I am thinking about setting up a small station for browsing the web.
> > Which would perform better on such a system?  FreeBSD or NetBSD?
> > 
> > I know that this is a mailing list for FreeBSD users, but I am hoping
> > that you will be objective and give me a suggestion based purely on
> > performance.
> 
> Performance? Which OS may be the wrong question.
> 
> If you want it to browse the web, add RAM. If possible, add 512MB.
> 
> I'd ask how much experience you have with the command line. netBSD (and
> openBSD) will require much more work on the command line than freeBSD.
> 
> I'd also ask whether you need multibyte text. If so, freeBSD's support
> of locales is better than netBSD's or openBSD's.
> 
> I understand that it is possible to get a window manager working with
> only 64 MB of RAM, but you would want to use one of the bare bones, dead
> simple ones, _not_ Gnome or KDE. Even if you can raise the RAM to 512 MB,
> you'll still probably prefer to use a simpler window manager.
> 
> If you really know what you are doing, you can get better performance on
> small systems with netBSD. But if you knew that much, you wouldn't be
> asking.
> 
> Pick one, go for it, expect to learn a lot. As much as possible, avoid
> compiling on a box that slow. Use binary packages when you can.
> 
> Expect compiles to take days, not hours. With only 64MB, don't be
> surprised if a moderately large source package takes more than a week to
> compile.
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 25
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:42:47 +0700 (ICT)
> From: Olivier Nicole <on at cs.ait.ac.th>
> Subject: Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How?
> To: spamrefuse at yahoo.com
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200505170242.j4H2glVx014970 at banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> > Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can
> > use the firewire as the second ethernet card?
> > The backside of the computer has a socket labeled
> > '1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector. Do I
> > need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45?
>  
> I'd say that "Ethernet over Firewire" is really what it says it is,
> Ethernet is encapsulated in Firewire, so at the other end you also
> need to attach to a "Ethernet over Firewire" device.
> 
> Beside, Firewire is much slower than Ethernet I guess.
> 
> If you build a router for your lab, I'd recommend that you buy proper
> Ethernet cards, they will prove much more reliable (last longer,
> deliver higher bandwidth, attach nicely to some weird Ethernet
> switches...) than cheap solution like "over Firewire". Is it worth
> saving 50$ on a machine that is supposed to handle a good share of
> your lab infrastructure?
> 
> Olivier
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 26
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:48:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How?
> To: Olivier Nicole <on at cs.ait.ac.th>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20050517024840.93539.qmail at web54004.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> 
> --- Olivier Nicole <on at cs.ait.ac.th> wrote:
> > Hi Rob,
> > 
> > > Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can
> > > use the firewire as the second ethernet card?
> > > The backside of the computer has a socket labeled
> > > '1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector. Do I
> > > need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45?
> >  
> > I'd say that "Ethernet over Firewire" is really what
> > it says it is,
> > Ethernet is encapsulated in Firewire, so at the
> > other end you also
> > need to attach to a "Ethernet over Firewire" device.
> > 
> > Beside, Firewire is much slower than Ethernet I
> > guess.
> > 
> > If you build a router for your lab, I'd recommend
> > that you buy proper
> > Ethernet cards, they will prove much more reliable
> > (last longer,
> > deliver higher bandwidth, attach nicely to some
> > weird Ethernet
> > switches...) than cheap solution like "over
> > Firewire". Is it worth
> > saving 50$ on a machine that is supposed to handle a
> > good share of
> > your lab infrastructure?
> 
> I had no idea what this firewire stuff was about,
> but in that case I will ignore it and buy another
> decent LAN card.
> Thanks for your explanation.
> 
> Rob.
> 
> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 27
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:22:50 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How?
> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517115242.2936.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> > My lab bought a new computer, which I have to
> > configure as a dual-homed/gateway, sambaserver,
> > http-server, etc. This I know how to do.
> > I'm using 5.4-RELEASE for this computer.
> > 
> > Among many things 'built-in' on the motherboard,
> > it has this also built-in:
> >  skc0: Marvell Yukon Lite Gigabit Ethernet
> >  firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
> >  fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire>
> > 
> > (these lines are from dmesg output)
> > 
> > The 'skc0' has the regular ethernet socket (RJ-45
> > connector), so I can use that as one ethernet
> > connection.
> > 
> > Can I use the firewire/ethernet as the second
> > ethernet card on this computer. If yes, how?
> > I'm not at all familiar with firewire stuff.
> > The lines in the dmesg output actually triggered
> > this question.
> > 
> > Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can
> > use the firewire as the second ethernet card?
> > The backside of the computer has a socket labeled
> > '1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector.
> 
> That would be extremely odd if it were an RJ-45. Firewire (IEEE1394)
> uses two or three physical connectors, but none of them are RJ-45.
> 
> > Do I
> > need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45?
> 
> You don't really want a converter. The point of ethernet over firewire
> was to allow two computers (or other devices, like high-end video) to
> route ethernet over a firewire cable. 
> 
> > BTW: what are the advantages and disadvantages of
> > using this firewire thing as ethernet device?
> 
> I've seen USB "modems" (telco network to USB), haven't seen any Firewire
> modems, which seems a little odd, since USB and IP are not a good fit,
> and since Firewire includes IP over firewire in the standard. I guess
> that's just because iNTEL decided to put USB (an iNTEL technology) into
> their chipsets, so USB is ubiquitous.
> 
> Just for fun, I searched on google for "firewire ethernet" and found
> this: 
> 
> <http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/28/0831203&mode=thread>
> 
> It may answer some of your questions.
> 
> Probably, the only way this would help in your case is if you had two
> boxes with firewire on two separate but physically close networks and
> wanted to use those two boxes as a bridge between the two networks.
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 28
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:37:17 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: running FreeBSD 4.11 or 5.4 on a SBC
> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517122525.293C.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> > I have a need for a Single Board Computer (SBC), something like the
> TS-5600
> >  
> > http://www.embeddedarm.com/epc/ts5600-spec-p.php
> >  
> > My requirements are:
> >  
> > +100MHz CPU
> > Wireless 802.11b
> > 3 or 4 Serial ports
> > boot from a CF card
> > 8 ch. A/D
> > 2 ch. D/A
> > less than 5 watts of power!
> >  
> > is this do-able in FreeBSD?
> 
> It has been done. You could probably find something about several such
> projects by searching on your favorite search engine for "sbc freebsd"
> or something similar.
> 
> As noted, netbsd, openbsd, and various flavors of Linux have also been
> used in this sort of device with good results. (More terms you might
> want to search on.)
> 
> > Since I am on this subject, I was going to use an old P-120 motherboard
> > running with a hard drive for development.  
> > Does any one know of a cheep A/D - D/A and DIO PCI card that can be used
> > with FreeBSD?
> 
> Again, they exist. You'll probably come across such hardware while
> doing the above searches.
> 
> > I am hoping to most of the development in C (little as possible, as I am
> > just learning C), and shell scripts.
> 
> You'll probably find some mailing lists in the process as well, where
> you can get help with this.
> 
> Have fun. :-)
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 29
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 20:39:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rob <spamrefuse at yahoo.com>
> Subject: dual-homed gateway: polling & no-polling LANs combined. OK?
> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517033957.97192.qmail at web54003.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a dual-homed gateway, running 5.4 release.
> 
> I have one LAN card for which with polling is
> supported, but for the other one it's not.
> 
> Is it a good idea to use polling for the one card,
> and leave the other in no-polling state.
> 
> Is that OK? Advantages/disadvantages? Recommendations?
> 
> Thanks!
> Rob.
> 
> 
> 		
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 30
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:46:41 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: How to use snapshots
> To: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Message-ID: <20050517124310.293F.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> (reformatted, to maintain the thread)
> 
> > > > ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/   looks like
> > > install disc1
> > > > content.
> > > >
> > > > How or what do I need to run to use this to update my system?
> > > >
> > > > Been to the official handbook with no luck.
> > > 
> > > It's exactly like any other install image.
> > > Boot the floppies and do a binary upgrade.
> > 
> > I have no idea what you mean by those statements.
> > What floppies are you talking about?
> > What does what you say have to do with system snapshots.
> > 
> > How do I download the snapshot version with all the files and
> > sub-directors?
> > 
> > This snapshot URL must be a normal thing available to the general
> > FreeBSD user.
> > So there must be some pre-canned way to download and use it.
> > How do I find this out?
> 
> Read this whole section:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html
> 
> Note, in particular, under the heading 
> 
>     19.2.2.3 Using FreeBSD-STABLE
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 31
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:51:34 +0900
> From: Joel <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> Subject: Re: is this a possible DoS attack?
> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20050517124657.2942.REES at ddcom.co.jp>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-2022-JP"
> 
> On Mon, 16 May 2005 08:26:58 -0600
> "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad at shire.net> wrote
> > [...]
> > May 16 02:20:00 crickhollow named[87025]: zone 22.63.209.in-addr.arpa/ 
> > IN: loading master file ptr.209.63.22: file not found
> > May 16 02:33:31 crickhollow /kernel: Limiting icmp unreach response  
> > from 232 to 200 packets per second
> > May 16 03:14:52 crickhollow /kernel: All mbufs exhausted, please see  
> > tuning(7).
> > May 16 03:14:53 crickhollow last message repeated 3 times
> > May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: o 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 on dc0
> > May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: arp: 166.70.252.252 moved from  
> > 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 to 00:20:ed:56:b9:07 on dc0
> > May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: arp: 166.70.252.252 moved from  
> > 00:20:ed:56:b9:07 to 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 on dc0
> > May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: arp: 166.70.252.252 moved from  
> > 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 to 00:20:ed:56:b9:07 on dc0"
> > [...]
> 
> NIC in 166.70.252.252 going bad?
> 
> Some sort early morning of line noise? (I'd suggest the solar flare, but
> I think that was before the weekend.)
> 
> --
> Joel Rees   <rees at ddcom.co.jp>
> digitcom, inc.   $B3t<02q<R%G%8%3%`(B
> Kobe, Japan   +81-78-672-8800
> ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp> **
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 32
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:11:25 -0500
> From: "Bagus" <bagus at cox.net>
> Subject: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <NFBBJMMIKLKCDJIPOPLFGEPKFNAA.bagus at cox.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure of
> all the syntax.
> 
> If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf.
> hostname="john"
> ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
> 
> now I'm hoping to have a
> 
> hostname of  bagus.org
> gateway of 204.251.1.185
> ip address of 204.251.1.186
> netmask of 255.255.255.248
> 
> I'm guessing I need to change my resolve.conf, too. what does the 'search'
> line in there do?
> 
> Any other considerations?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bagus
> 
> p.s. I can't for the life of me find a simple
> how-to-get-your-freebsd-box-online guide. The handbook seems to only have
> "11.3 Core Configuration" which has a little bit about cluster
> configurations. What's up with that? I just want to get one box online!
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 33
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:07:45 +0700 (ICT)
> From: Olivier Nicole <on at cs.ait.ac.th>
> Subject: Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: bagus at cox.net
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200505170407.j4H47jFr070180 at banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
> 
> > now I'm hoping to have a
> > 
> > hostname of  bagus.org
> > gateway of 204.251.1.185
> > ip address of 204.251.1.186
> > netmask of 255.255.255.248
> 
> 
> in /etc/rc.conf
> 
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 204.251.1.186  netmask 255.255.255.248"
> defaultrouter="204.251.1.185"
> hostname="bagus.org"
> 
> in /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> dunno, what do you expect to have?
> 
> olivier
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 34
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:14:33 -0300
> From: Jos? de Paula Rodrigues<espinafre at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <5ef8c2f005051621143a9f4076 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On 5/17/05, Bagus <bagus at cox.net> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure
> of
> > all the syntax.
> > 
> > If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf.
> > hostname="john"
> > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
> > 
> > now I'm hoping to have a
> > 
> > hostname of  bagus.org
> > gateway of 204.251.1.185
> > ip address of 204.251.1.186
> > netmask of 255.255.255.248
> > 
> > I'm guessing I need to change my resolve.conf, too. what does the
> 'search'
> > line in there do?
> > 
> > Any other considerations?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bagus
> > 
> > p.s. I can't for the life of me find a simple
> > how-to-get-your-freebsd-box-online guide. The handbook seems to only have
> > "11.3 Core Configuration" which has a little bit about cluster
> > configurations. What's up with that? I just want to get one box online!
> >
> 
> I use the following on my rc.conf:
> 
> ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.200.8  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> defaultrouter="192.168.200.254"
> hostname="uirapuru.pinguim"
> 
> HTH.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 35
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:18:09 -0300
> From: Jos? de Paula Rodrigues<espinafre at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <5ef8c2f0050516211870a4f20a at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> I forgot to say, my router is configured as a DNS proxy (probably the
> default in your setup, too), so I put its address on /etc/resolv.conf:
> 
> nameserver 192.168.200.254
> 
> "man resolv.conf" should enlighten you about what the "search" option
> does; I don't need it, so  my whole resolv.conf file consists of that
> single line above.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 36
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:22:27 +0800
> From: Xu Qiang <Qiang.Xu at fujixerox.com>
> Subject: The availability of socketbits.h?
> To: freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.org
> Message-ID: <20050517041306.1888E1D92E at imss.sgp.fujixerox.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Hi, all: 
> 
> I am compiling NNGS (No Name Go Server) code in my FreeBSD 5.3 machine. Yet,
> I came across the following error: 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> gcc -traditional-cpp -Wall -DFREEBSD -c network.c
> network.c:23: socketbits.h: No such file or directory
> gmake: *** [network.o] Error 1
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I have searched for this file in my system, but can't find it. 
> 
> To have it present, which software must I install?
> 
> Regards,
> Xu Qiang
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 37
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:26:53 +0800
> From: Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo at nexlabs.com>
> Subject: Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: Jos? de Paula Rodrigues<espinafre at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <4289728D.7070805 at nexlabs.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> This brings to mind a question, I've been wanting to ask:
> 
> How does one get the system to read the rc.conf changes without 
> rebooting the system?
> 
> José de Paula Rodrigues wrote:
> 
> >On 5/17/05, Bagus <bagus at cox.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm using FreeBsd 5.3 and I'm switching to a static ip, but am not sure
> of
> >>all the syntax.
> >>
> >>If not, here's what I had in my rc.conf.
> >>hostname="john"
> >>ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
> >>
> >>now I'm hoping to have a
> >>
> >>hostname of  bagus.org
> >>gateway of 204.251.1.185
> >>ip address of 204.251.1.186
> >>netmask of 255.255.255.248
> >>
> >>I'm guessing I need to change my resolve.conf, too. what does the
> 'search'
> >>line in there do?
> >>
> >>Any other considerations?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Bagus
> >>
> >>p.s. I can't for the life of me find a simple
> >>how-to-get-your-freebsd-box-online guide. The handbook seems to only have
> >>"11.3 Core Configuration" which has a little bit about cluster
> >>configurations. What's up with that? I just want to get one box online!
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I use the following on my rc.conf:
> >
> >ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.200.8  netmask 255.255.255.0"
> >defaultrouter="192.168.200.254"
> >hostname="uirapuru.pinguim"
> >
> >HTH.
> >_______________________________________________
> >freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to
> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 38
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:23:49 -0600
> From: Ed Stover <estover at nativenerds.com>
> Subject: Re: Ethernet over FireWire: How?
> To: Olivier Nicole <on at cs.ait.ac.th>
> Cc: spamrefuse at yahoo.com
> Message-ID: <428971D5.5080902 at nativenerds.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> Olivier Nicole wrote:
> > Hi Rob,
> > 
> > 
> >>Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can
> >>use the firewire as the second ethernet card?
> >>The backside of the computer has a socket labeled
> >>'1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector. Do I
> >>need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45?
> Just drop $15 for another NIC.
> > 
> >  
> > I'd say that "Ethernet over Firewire" is really what it says it is,
> > Ethernet is encapsulated in Firewire, so at the other end you also
> > need to attach to a "Ethernet over Firewire" device.
> > 
> > Beside, Firewire is much slower than Ethernet I guess.
> Firewire is essentially twice as fast as 100baseT and almost as fast as
> 1000baseT (GigaBit)
> > 
> > If you build a router for your lab, I'd recommend that you buy proper
> > Ethernet cards, they will prove much more reliable (last longer,
> > deliver higher bandwidth, attach nicely to some weird Ethernet
> > switches...) than cheap solution like "over Firewire".
> "over firewire" is not a cheap solution, actually it will cost you more
> upfront and in the long run then ethernet.
> > Is it worth
> > saving 50$ on a machine that is supposed to handle a good share of
> > your lab infrastructure?
> Remember a decent NIC is $8-$15  ..
> > 
> > Olivier
> > _______________________________________________
> > freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to
> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
> > 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 39
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 01:27:45 -0300
> From: Jos? de Paula Rodrigues<espinafre at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: changing from dhcp to static ip, changing hostname, etc.
> To: Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo at nexlabs.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <5ef8c2f005051621273774de29 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> 
> On 5/17/05, Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo at nexlabs.com> wrote:
> > This brings to mind a question, I've been wanting to ask:
> > 
> > How does one get the system to read the rc.conf changes without
> > rebooting the system?
> > 
> 
> Just restart the appropriate service (usually found in /etc/rc.d or
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d).
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
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