From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 16:59:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212B81065673 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp5.iomartmail.com (asmtp5.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A19B78FC0A for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp5.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp5.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q08GxqnQ026878; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:53 GMT Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-125-39.as13285.net [92.22.125.39]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp5.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q08GxqmJ026866; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:52 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1520B33C52; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:52 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 16:59:52 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20120108165952.GC1715@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20120107150555.BYL92929@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20120108003225.dc64798a.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jousvV0MzM2p6OtC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120108003225.dc64798a.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:59:56 -0000 --jousvV0MzM2p6OtC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 12:32:25AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:05:55 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelford@surewest.ne= t wrote: > > (1) Does anyone know how to get FreeBSD to read the > > motherboard name? This name, on an xw4400, starts with > > "HP" followed by a eleven digits, and is given in Windows > > XP as "Full Computer Name" on the "Computer Name" tab > > of the "System Properties" window. Among other purposes, > > this name is used by Novell network operating system to > > distinguish hosts on a subnet. >=20 > The OS provides the output of dmesg and maybe the > output of pciconf -lv, as well as the sysctl value > dev.acpi.0.%desc which may contain the required > information. However, I'm sure there is a program > in the ports collection that can be used to obtain > that kind of information. >=20 > Try: >=20 > dmesg | grep "HP" > sysctl -a | grep "HP" > pciconf -lv | less >=20 > and see if there's such a number mentioned. Maybe > you can also use acpidump to retrieve that information > from the ACPI datasets. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > (2) I cannot get the "find" command to locate files > > that I believe were installed at the time of sysinstall.=20 > > If I understand the Handbook correctly, when one runs > > "find" from the "/" directory, it is supposed to inspect > > all directories and subdirectories of all partitions, > > which it is not doing. What concept am I missing here? >=20 > It would be easier to answer if you could provide > the find command line you've been running. :-) >=20 > See "man find" for more information. Basically, > "find / -name -type f" should be sufficient > to access all partitions currently mounted to search > for specified regular files. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > (3) I thought that I would obtain a better understanding > > of the file system by running "man heir." This command > > runs fine under "sh." When I switch to my preferred shell, > > which is "bash," I type, and receive echo on the screen, > > "man hei." As soon as I depress "r," the entire previously > > entered command echos to the screen, starting where the > > "r" should have appeared. In checking the bash manual, it > > says that this response is correct for "control-r." I > > could not find "non-shift-r" to be called out as a command.=20 > > Am I doing something wrong? Is this a hardware bug? Is > > this a software bug? Is there something that needs to be > > defined or undefined in a configuration file? =20 >=20 > No, bash's configuration files provided after install > should be fine. >=20 > However, I think you have a typo. The command you're > intending to run is "man hier" ("hierarchy"). I've > tested both csh and bash here, both allow the command > to be entered without any interruption. When I type > "man hei" followed by Ctrl+R, I get the following > output: "(reverse-i-search)`': man hei". >=20 >=20 >=20 > > (4) Not having very good luck with the "find" command, > > I thought I would try to use the "locate" command.=20 > > To use this command, one must create a database.=20 > > On www.us-webmasters.com, I read that this database > > could be constructed by running the command > > "#usr/libexec/locate.updatedb."=20 >=20 > The required task is usually executed by the system's > "night job" at 3:00 once a week. The script that will > be run is /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate which you > could run manually. It will deal with the correct > call of /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb (instead of > running it as root!). The thing to run is periodic(8): # periodic weekly That will also update other useful stuff. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --jousvV0MzM2p6OtC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk8Jy4cACgkQHduKvUAgeK6F/QCffTG/3/IoDwox5cQ6+M8znDJJ KdAAoJ/HrroM4YJxi+UUQ5DpP1REnY/S =yAAD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jousvV0MzM2p6OtC--