From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 00:10:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 960ED16A4BF; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nezlok.unixathome.org (nezlok.unixathome.org [64.251.88.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3910943FE9; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@nezlok.unixathome.org) Received: by nezlok.unixathome.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3BC0EAE4B1; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Langille To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030914071001.3BC0EAE4B1@nezlok.unixathome.org> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: The FreeBSD Diary: 2003-08-24 - 2003-09-13 X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:10:03 -0000 The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the mailing list archives and/or The FreeBSD Diary . -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/ - practical examples FreshPorts - http://www.FreshPorts.org/ - the place for ports FreshSource - http://www.FreshSource.org/ - the place for source From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 22:21:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF86C16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:21:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monitor.cc.swin.edu.au (monitor.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB5343F85 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:21:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vgeorge@groupwise.swin.edu.au) Received: from groupwise.swin.edu.au (Not Verified[136.186.1.61]) by monitor.cc.swin.edu.au with NetIQ MailMarshal (v5.5.4.16) id ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:21:32 +1000 Received: from INET-DOM-MTA by groupwise.swin.edu.au with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:21:32 +1000 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:21:08 +1000 From: "Verghese George" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Formatting a floppy drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:21:37 -0000 Hi, I tried a simple command of formatting a floppy drive #fdformat /dev/fd0 It comes up with an output Errors encountered: cyl Head Sect Error 0 0 1 no address mark in ID field 0 1 1 no address mark in ID field 1 0 1 no address mark in ID field 1 1 1 no address mark in ID field etc I tried the command fdformat /dev/fd0.1440 and fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fdo but the result is the same. Am I doing something wrong? I am using freebsd 5.1. I had no such problems when I was using version 4.8 Verghese George From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 22:43:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C4816A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4120343FB1 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:43:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nikhilkale@myrealbox.com) Received: from nikhilkale [207.46.50.74] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:13:17 +0550 From: "Nikhil Kale" To: j.e.drews@worldnet.att.net Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:13:17 +0550 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: nikhilkale MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1063604597.e19ccb60nikhilkale@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: How to configure console to cover the entire screen? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 05:43:17 -0000 Hi, I am using a Compaq Presario 2132AC. I will try running the Diagnostic ch= ecks, as pointed out by a few people on my machine and get back. I have one doubt though, I edited the file /etc/ttys. What does this file= configure?????=20 It contained the list of consoles. I changed the console type for ttyv0 f= rom cons25 to vt220 to try to change my console display to full-screen. B= ut after that my system wouldnt startup. So I had to boot off the install= ation disk into the rescue mode and change it back to cons25. Regards, Nikhil. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan To: "Nikhil Kale" , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:43:06 -0500 Subject: Re: How to configure console to cover the entire screen? On Saturday 13 September 2003 05:47 am, Nikhil Kale wrote: > Hi, > I am new to FreeBSD, and recently installed FreeBSD 5.1 on my laptop. > Everythings working fine, but the console covers only about 50% of the > screen area (an inner rectagular area) . I configured X and it covers the > screen properly (1024X768). I would like to configure the console to cove= r > the entire screen too. Any pointers???? Nikhil: Any chance you are using an IBM ThinkPad? I had that problem too and solv= ed it by running the display self check, that is in the BIOS section. After running the screen check, the problem went away and the console was restore= d to full screen. I am running FreeBSD 4.8 on an IBM 600E. To get to the diagnostics checks, I held SHIFT F1 while the notebook booted. =09=09=09=09=09=09Kind regards, =09=09=09=09=09=09Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 00:03:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F65616A4BF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E4843FA3 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003091507030301600ln5l8e>; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:03:04 +0000 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Nikhil Kale In-Reply-To: <1063604597.e19ccb60nikhilkale@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: <20030915000237.V2499@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <1063604597.e19ccb60nikhilkale@myrealbox.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: How to configure console to cover the entire screen? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:03:05 -0000 You should be asking this on freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Good luck, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 00:03:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE0516A4BF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259B643FDF for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2003091507034401400beeh1e>; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:03:44 +0000 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:03:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Verghese George In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030915000314.F2499@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting a floppy drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:03:45 -0000 Please ask this on freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Good luck, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 22:57:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D14B16A4B3 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (law11-oe48.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD8343FD7 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:57:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:57:11 -0700 Received: from 202.113.19.243 by law11-oe48.law11.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:57:10 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [202.113.19.243] X-Originating-Email: [xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com] From: "zhouxuan" To: Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:57:02 +0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Sep 2003 05:57:11.0065 (UTC) FILETIME=[5EA7C090:01C37C17] Subject: X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:57:11 -0000 xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 23:05:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3BD616A4B3 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:05:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (law11-oe67.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.16.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E8A4401A for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:05:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:05:34 -0700 Received: from 202.113.19.243 by law11-oe67.law11.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:05:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [202.113.19.243] X-Originating-Email: [xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com] From: "zhouxuan" To: Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:05:26 +0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Sep 2003 06:05:34.0072 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A788780:01C37C18] Subject: X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 06:05:34 -0000 xinzhouxuan@hotmail.com From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 12:56:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FC716A4C3 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:56:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-dav16.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.162.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C4AB43F3F for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:56:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ed_anisko@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:56:09 -0700 Received: from 216.20.160.137 by sea1-dav16.sea1.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:56:08 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [216.20.160.137] X-Originating-Email: [ed_anisko@hotmail.com] From: "Ed Anisko" To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2003 19:56:09.0094 (UTC) FILETIME=[BCDF2A60:01C37D55] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: TCP IP fails after n minutes X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:56:11 -0000 X-Original-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:02:45 -0700 X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:56:11 -0000 I am using 4.8 and qmail for a high volume smtp relay on three identical = 1u servers. Sis MB, pIII 833, on board nics, ide, shared memory for = viedo set at 2mb. Nice boxes. Call them mail1, mail2 and mail3... Each = have their own networking issues that I could use a hand with. email1: - Dead It worked fine for a day, now after a reboot i get the following error: sis0: PHY failed to come ready. the computer hangs indefinately and needs the power cut to come back up, = at which point it repeats the same problem. email2: - It works for a while It works for about 30 mins until it seems to 'drop off the internet' By = this i mean... it receives and sends mail at its ip for 30 mins and = then.... It can ping itself but it can't ping its gateway router. and no = other computer can ping it. But it doesn't crash. I have been = rebooting every 1/2 hour, hardly the best solution. (hey im new) And i = would really appreciate any input that would sever this computer = attatchment disorder. email3: - It works! Hey buddy! No one is as suprised as me. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks Eddie Anisko From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 01:33:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D3A16A4B3; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from digitelone.com (mail.digitelone.com [202.138.128.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A7D343FBD; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:33:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gihl@digitelone.com) Received: from [203.175.2.233] (account ) by digitelone.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 3.5.9) with HTTP id 3479645; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:25:02 +0800 From: "Gil Agno Virtucio" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.3.5.9 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:25:02 +0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: randomize execution the a script? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:33:37 -0000 Hi. I want to randomize the execution of a shell script. Can i use cron to do this? or are there other available tools that i can use to do this? thank you very much. ____________________________________________________________________ ** Get your free E-Mail account at WWW.DIGITELONE.COM ** From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 19:10:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986E216A4B3 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE9B43FB1 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (sue@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8K2A3FY036812 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from sue@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8K2A3Yu036811 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Sue Blake Message-Id: <200309200210.h8K2A3Yu036811@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Newbies FAK X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:10:04 -0000 FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. It is also available at http://people.freebsd.org/~sue/newbies/fak.html FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG is the place to send all questions about installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. It is particularly important to send all installation questions and answers to FreeBSD-Questions so that they only appear in one place. FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for FreeBSD help or answer how-to questions. It is a discussion forum for newbies. FreeBSD-Newbies provides a place for new FreeBSD users to meet and covers any of the activities of newbies that are not already dealt with elsewhere. Examples include helping each other to learn more on our own, finding and using resources, problem solving techniques, how to seek help elsewhere, how to use mailing lists and which lists to use, general chat, making mistakes, boasting, sharing ideas, stories, moral (but not technical) support, and taking an active part in the FreeBSD community. We take our problems and support questions to freebsd-questions, and use freebsd-newbies to meet others who are doing the same things that we do as newbies. We can help people to use the FreeBSD mailing lists and resources, or to interact more productively with the broader FreeBSD community. These are not support questions, and not technical, so we deal with them here. Everyone can help with these new user orientation requests. One of the things we do together is learn more effective ways to find help when we need it. Here are some suggestions: When something doesn't work the way you expect 1. First look at the errata for your release of FreeBSD at http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/releases/ for the latest information and security advisories. 2. Search the Handbook, FAQ, and mail archives at http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/search/search.html 3. If you still have a question or problem, collect the output of `uname -a' and of any relevant program(s) and email your question to FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG. Mailing lists When you have a problem that you can't solve by yourself, there's only one support mailing list and that's FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG. FreeBSD-questions helps with installation and basic setup as well as more general and advanced questions. You don't have to actually join freebsd-questions before asking a question there. Replies to your question will normally be sent to you personally as well as to the list. Just make sure you have read and followed the guidelines for posting, because you might find them different to what you're used to. If you do subscribe to freebsd-questions you'll have the advantage of seeing all of the recent questions and their answers. Before you post to FreeBSD-questions, please read the guidelines at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Many of the people who answer FreeBSD-questions are very knowledgeable, but they get frustrated when they get questions which are difficult to understand. http://www.lemis.com/email.html is worth reading too. If you're not sure that you can follow these guidelines, come back and ask the other newbies for help on how to post an effective question to the support mailing list. Maybe your question has been asked before. If you search the mailing list archives at http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html first you might get the answer right away. It's always worth trying. Other mailing lists (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-CHARTERS) cover specialised areas and many are more developer-oriented. You'll need to read their charters carefully before participating, but it's probably a good idea to ask on either -newbies or -questions for advice about where to post a more specialised question. FreeBSD-announce is a very low volume read-only list for occasional announcements, such as notice of new releases, and the Really Quick Newsletter. It's worth subscribing to FreeBSD-announce too. Manuals You'll always be expected to show that you have made some effort to use the available documentation before asking for help. That's not always as easy as it sounds! If you know what documentation you need but can't locate it, send a brief query to FreeBSD-questions. If you don't know what you need, always have trouble finding it, or can't make any sense of it when you do, ask some patient newbies to steer you in the right direction. Anyone interested in writing or reviewing documentation for FreeBSD is encouraged to join the FreeBSD Documentation Project. Details are at http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/docproj.html Other resources A resource list is available at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html to help new and inexperienced FreeBSD users to find relevant information quickly. It includes books, on line documents and tutorials, and links to web pages that other newbies have found useful for learning. If you have a suggestion for good material to be included, please write to freebsd-newbies and tell us about it. But I have seen people asking questions here! It is quite common for people to send the wrong kind of post to a mailing list. Because we're newbies it'll certainly happen here from time to time. The best thing to do if you see a message that doesn't belong on a list is to ignore it. There's always someone around whose job it is to sort these problems out privately. The posts to the lists go straight through, whatever their content. It is going to be confusing for a little while because we're all newbies so we all make mistakes. That's OK. One thing we're going to see a fair bit is people posting questions, believing they're doing the right thing by posting here as newbies, not realising how it works. If someone answers those questions the situation will snowball. There's nothing wrong with helping someone to redirect their question to freebsd-questions, but please do so gently. There's nothing wrong with the occasional mistake either. So all questions, requests for help, etc still go to freebsd-questions as usual. Ours is more of a discussion group, a place where newbies can relax with other newbies and focus more on our successes than on our temporary imperfection. We can talk about things here that are not allowed on freebsd-questions. We're also a bit freer to make the mistakes that we need to make in order to learn. _________________________________________________________________ Mailing list membership To Subscribe to FreeBSD-Newbies: Use the easy form at http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies to subscribe to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list, or to change your subscription details if you are already a member. To Unsubscribe from FreeBSD-Newbies: To stop receiving list emails, simply follow the unsubscribe link that appears at the bottom of each email you receive from the mailing list. Mail sent to freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org is distributed to all members of the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. _________________________________________________________________ From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 17:01:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D5216A4B3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-f57.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.163.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4AE043FE3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ignorabimus2002@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:01:56 -0700 Received: from 213.115.16.68 by sea1fd.sea1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:01:56 GMT X-Originating-IP: [213.115.16.68] X-Originating-Email: [ignorabimus2002@hotmail.com] From: "Toan Hoang" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:01:56 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Sep 2003 00:01:56.0446 (UTC) FILETIME=[9237BFE0:01C37FD3] Subject: Ports config X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:01:57 -0000 Hi all! I wonder how I can install ProFTPD with PostgreSQL support... I found that I got to include det mod_sql (or something) when make and install... and I think to remember that it's able to set it make WITH=mod_sql (am I right?) does anybody how I can solve this problem or got a link for me?? Regards. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail snakker ditt språk! http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?rru=dasp/lang.asp - Få Hotmail på norsk i dag From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 19:30:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8608516A4B3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web80604.mail.yahoo.com (web80604.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0377243FB1 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cyb3r_knigh7@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030921023042.58891.qmail@web80604.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.214.160.181] by web80604.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:30:42 PDT Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:30:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Enoch Chan To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Can't start X... Please help!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:30:43 -0000 FreeBSD Version: 5.0 Log File Included: /var/log/XFree86.0.log (See Below) Error Message: "Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O" /var/log/XFree86.0.log -------------------------------------------------- XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (Protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: FreeBSD5.0-RC i386 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 19 22:48:00 2003 (==) Using config file: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config" (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0: (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Card0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |--> Input Device "Keyboard0" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "Pc101" (**) XKB: model: "pc101" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (WW) CheckDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) linear framebuffer access unavailable (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (--) Using VT number 9 Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O When reporting a probelm related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/xFree86.0.log" Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org -------------------------------------------------- You experts probably wonder why I am using FreeBSD 5.0 instead of FreeBSD 5.1... That's because I am a newbie and I got a book that teaches me how to use FreeBSD 5.0. I prefer sticking to it and learn most of the stuff before I go on to a newer version.So if anyone knows what's going on, please reply! Thanks!!! :D Have a nice day!!! Enoch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software