From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Nov 1 02:23:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA08392 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 02:23:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA08368; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 02:23:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-119.laker.net [208.0.233.19]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id FAA25389; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 05:22:36 -0500 Message-Id: <199811011022.FAA25389@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Alex Davidson" , "FreeBSD Newbies" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:20:59 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You also need a ppp.linkup See the sample in /etc/ppp On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:42:57 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: >ppp.conf > >default: > set log Phaser Chat Connect Carrier LCP IPCP CCP tun command > set device /dev/cuaa1 > set speed 115200 > deny lqr > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\cCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 >OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > >isp: > set phone PHONE_NO_HERE > set login > set authname MY_LOGIN_NAME_HERE > set timeout 120 > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR > > >The only other file in the ppp directory that isn't a .sample is ppp.deny >which contains: >root >toor >daemon >operator >bin >games >news >man >ftp >uucp >xten >ingres > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steve Friedrich [mailto:SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com] >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 1:30 PM >> To: FreeBSD Questions; Alex Davidson; FreeBSD Newbies >> Subject: Re: How to test my ISP connection >> >> >> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:55:51 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: >> >> >It was already set like this - I basically copied the example >> for PAP/CHAP in >> >the ppp.conf.sample. >> >> Send your ppp.conf so we can review it... >> Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. >> >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Nov 1 10:20:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12697 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:20:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from brainstem.idcomm.com (brainstem.idcomm.com [207.40.196.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12678; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:20:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alexd@idcomm.com) Received: from ego.idcomm.com (ego.idcomm.com [207.40.196.10]) by brainstem.idcomm.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA06084; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:29 -0700 Received: from pony-pii-450 ([208.13.36.153]) by ego.idcomm.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-13674) with SMTP id AAA172; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:30:33 -0700 From: "Alex Davidson" To: "Steve Friedrich" , "FreeBSD Newbies" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:26 -0700 Message-ID: <000101be05c4$4c8a1800$0100a8c0@pony-pii-450> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <199811011022.FAA25389@laker.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I now have a ppp.linkup with the following section: isp: delete ALL add 0 0 HISADDR !bg /etc/ppp/ppp/etherup.isp Still nothing. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Friedrich [mailto:SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 1998 3:21 AM > To: Alex Davidson; FreeBSD Newbies; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection > > > You also need a ppp.linkup > > See the sample in /etc/ppp > > > > > On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:42:57 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: > > >ppp.conf > > > >default: > > set log Phaser Chat Connect Carrier LCP IPCP CCP tun command > > set device /dev/cuaa1 > > set speed 115200 > > deny lqr > > set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\cCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" AT > OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 > >OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" > > > >isp: > > set phone PHONE_NO_HERE > > set login > > set authname MY_LOGIN_NAME_HERE > > set timeout 120 > > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 > > delete ALL > > add 0 0 HISADDR > > > > > >The only other file in the ppp directory that isn't a .sample is ppp.deny > >which contains: > >root > >toor > >daemon > >operator > >bin > >games > >news > >man > >ftp > >uucp > >xten > >ingres > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Steve Friedrich [mailto:SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com] > >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 1:30 PM > >> To: FreeBSD Questions; Alex Davidson; FreeBSD Newbies > >> Subject: Re: How to test my ISP connection > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:55:51 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: > >> > >> >It was already set like this - I basically copied the example > >> for PAP/CHAP in > >> >the ppp.conf.sample. > >> > >> Send your ppp.conf so we can review it... > >> Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it > in minutes. > >> > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Nov 1 13:06:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06475 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 13:06:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06453; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 13:06:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-160.laker.net [208.0.233.60]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id QAA06858; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:06:08 -0500 Message-Id: <199811012106.QAA06858@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Alex Davidson" , "FreeBSD Newbies" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 16:04:11 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:26 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: >I now have a ppp.linkup with the following section: > >isp: > delete ALL > add 0 0 HISADDR > !bg /etc/ppp/ppp/etherup.isp > >Still nothing. How are you invoking ppp. You're not using pppd, I hope! I think you're using ppp -auto -alias isp Your log indicated that CHAP authentication wasn't happening. If you have the appropriate entries in ppp.conf for CHAP, and you using the correct modem port... What port is your modem on?? I was pretty sure we got past this part because your log indicated that you were simply denied CHAP. Brian Somers, I believe, maintains the ppp code and he's got a site, I think it's www.awfulhak.org See http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Nov 1 15:53:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28166 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:53:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from brainstem.idcomm.com (brainstem.idcomm.com [207.40.196.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28147; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 15:53:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alexd@idcomm.com) Received: from ego.idcomm.com (ego.idcomm.com [207.40.196.10]) by brainstem.idcomm.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA12381; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:50:01 -0700 Received: from pony-pii-450 ([208.13.36.183]) by ego.idcomm.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-13674) with SMTP id AAA168; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 17:00:05 -0700 From: "Alex Davidson" To: "Steve Friedrich" , "FreeBSD Newbies" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 16:49:58 -0700 Message-ID: <000201be05f2$5574e020$0100a8c0@pony-pii-450> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <199811012106.QAA06858@laker.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 1. ppp 2. load isp 3. dial or 2. dial isp Modem is on com 2 I have looked at the awfulhawk.org web site and since then have messed with all kinds of files, adding entries and stuff, I even added some SLIP stuff and name Server entries (which I don't need as yet but aren't gonna hurt I hope). > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Friedrich [mailto:SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 1998 2:04 PM > To: Alex Davidson; FreeBSD Newbies; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: How to test my ISP connection > > > On Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:20:26 -0700, Alex Davidson wrote: > > >I now have a ppp.linkup with the following section: > > > >isp: > > delete ALL > > add 0 0 HISADDR > > !bg /etc/ppp/ppp/etherup.isp > > > >Still nothing. > > How are you invoking ppp. You're not using pppd, I hope! > I think you're using ppp -auto -alias isp > > Your log indicated that CHAP authentication wasn't happening. If you > have the appropriate entries in ppp.conf for CHAP, and you using the > correct modem port... > > What port is your modem on?? I was pretty sure we got past this part > because your log indicated that you were simply denied CHAP. Brian > Somers, I believe, maintains the ppp code and he's got a site, I think > it's www.awfulhak.org > > See http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Nov 1 18:14:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15266 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:14:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chopin.seattleu.edu (chopin.seattleu.edu [206.81.198.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15260 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:14:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hodeleri@seattleu.edu) Received: from seattleu.edu ([172.17.25.95]) by chopin.seattleu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA15763 for ; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:14:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <363D1523.8952AF17@seattleu.edu> Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 18:12:51 -0800 From: Eric Hodel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Reinstallation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I currently have 2.2.2-RELEASE installed on my machine. If I want to install 2.2.7-RELEASE over 2.2.2, can I do it without having to download all of the source and make world? (I'm just too lazy to download source, even from a T1.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Nov 2 22:23:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21740 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:23:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chopin.seattleu.edu (chopin.seattleu.edu [206.81.198.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA21674 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:23:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hodeleri@seattleu.edu) Received: from seattleu.edu ([172.17.25.95]) by chopin.seattleu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA09488 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:22:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <363EA0CD.EC6E8935@seattleu.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 22:21:01 -0800 From: Eric Hodel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Reinstallation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry if this is a repost, the first didn't seem to go through. I currently have 2.2.2-RELEASE installed on my machine. If I want to install 2.2.7-RELEASE over 2.2.2, can I do it without having to download all of the source and make world? (I'm just too lazy to download source, even from a T1.) Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Nov 2 22:44:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA25418 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:44:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from staff.cs.usyd.edu.au (staff.cs.usyd.edu.au [129.78.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA25397 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:44:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhenry@grey.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au) Message-Id: <199811030644.WAA25397@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Reinstallation To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:44:16 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" In-Reply-To: <363EA0CD.EC6E8935@seattleu.edu> from "Eric Hodel" at Nov 2, 98 10:21:01 pm Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I currently have 2.2.2-RELEASE installed on my machine. If I want to > install 2.2.7-RELEASE over 2.2.2, can I do it without having to download > all of the source and make world? (I'm just too lazy to download > source, even from a T1.) This is not a question for -newbies, but: If you have the repository, you can update it using cvsup, then make world. OR You can buy the 2.2.7 CD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 3 02:25:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20011 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 02:25:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from staff.cs.usyd.edu.au (staff.cs.usyd.edu.au [129.78.8.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA19977 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 02:25:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mhenry@white.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au) Message-Id: <199811031025.CAA19977@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: DaemonNews To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:25:20 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The latest DaemonNews is out! www.daemonnews.org ( I beat you to it, Sue :) Where is the "C BSD run" column? I've been waiting all month for it! ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 3 08:31:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA29641 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:31:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from arthur.axion.bt.co.uk (arthur.axion.bt.co.uk [132.146.5.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29620 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk) Received: from rambo (actually rambo.futures.bt.co.uk) by arthur (local) with SMTP; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:29:53 +0000 Received: from maczebedee (actually macsmtp) by rambo with SMTP (PP); Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:32:47 +0000 Message-ID: Date: 4 Nov 1998 16:29:00 +0100 From: Graeme Brown Subject: How to determine sound card IRQ and DRQ settings ? To: FreeBSD-Newbies X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP for Quarterdeck Mail; Version 4.0.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I am trying to configure a sound card which is integrated with the mother board of a Dell Gxa PC under FreeBSD (2.2.5). I believe the integrated soundcard is a SoundBlaster compatible one. I have built a kernel with sound support with kernel config options controller snd0 device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 I 'm not sure if the sbxvi0 , sbmidi0 are needed. They do not probe on re-booting. I have made sound support devices by cd /dev ./MAKEDEV snd0 When I boot the new kernel the sound driver appears to find the sound card dmesg gives SNIP... sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa sb0: sbxvi0 not found sbmidi0 not found at 0x330 SNIP... However when I try to play a sample file take from the snd-kit distribution cat endoftheworld > /dev/dsp I get the console error messages Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? SNIP... which suggests an IRQ/DRQ conflict. I have removed lpt0 (normally uses IRQ 7) from the kernel config file so I don't see how the IRQ can be source of the problem. Also I cannot find any other entry in the kernel config file which uses drq 1. cat /dev/sndstat gives VoxWare Sound Driver:3.0-beta-950506 (Sun Feb 5 14:38:12 EST 1995 freebsd-hacke) Config options: ffffffff Installed drivers: Type 2: SoundBlaster Type 6: SoundBlaster16 Type 7: SB16 MIDI Card config: SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 (SoundBlaster16 at 0x0 irq 65535 drq 5) (SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 65535 drq 4294967295) Audio devices: 0: SoundBlaster Pro 3.2 Synth devices: Midi devices: 0: SoundBlaster Timers: 0: System Timer Mixers: 0: SoundBlaster Is there a way to determine what IRQs/ DRQs/DMA channels are currently being used by what under FreeBSD which might help me to track down the problem ? I don't think there are any jumpers to set to force the sound card to a known IRQ/DRQ etc. TIA Graeme N Brown BT laboratories, UK email: graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Nov 4 06:37:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03083 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 06:37:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com ([207.219.2.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03078 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 06:37:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mpoulin@honk.org) Received: from SW47 ([10.64.5.146]) by tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id V5DXDD2R; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:37:43 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981104093742.00902830@spectre.honk.org> X-Sender: mpoulin@spectre.honk.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 09:37:42 -0500 To: Graeme Brown From: Martin Poulin Subject: Re: How to determine sound card IRQ and DRQ settings ? Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You may want to ask this in -questions, not -newbies. The guys in -questions have way more experience than us newbies. M. At 04:29 PM 11/4/98 +0100, Graeme Brown wrote: >I am trying to configure a sound card which is integrated with >the mother board of a Dell Gxa PC under FreeBSD (2.2.5). > >I believe the integrated soundcard is a SoundBlaster compatible one. >I have built a kernel with sound support with kernel config options >controller snd0 >device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr >device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 >device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 > >I 'm not sure if the sbxvi0 , sbmidi0 are needed. They do not probe >on re-booting. I have made sound support devices by >cd /dev >./MAKEDEV snd0 > >When I boot the new kernel the sound driver appears to find the >sound card > >dmesg gives >SNIP... >sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa >sb0: >sbxvi0 not found >sbmidi0 not found at 0x330 >SNIP... > >However when I try to play a sample file take from the snd-kit >distribution > >cat endoftheworld > /dev/dsp > >I get the console error messages > >Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? >Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? >Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? >SNIP... > >which suggests an IRQ/DRQ conflict. I have removed lpt0 (normally >uses IRQ 7) from the kernel config file so I don't see how the IRQ >can be source of the problem. Also I cannot find any other entry >in the kernel config file which uses drq 1. > >cat /dev/sndstat gives > >VoxWare Sound Driver:3.0-beta-950506 (Sun Feb 5 14:38:12 EST 1995 >freebsd-hacke) >Config options: ffffffff > >Installed drivers: >Type 2: SoundBlaster >Type 6: SoundBlaster16 >Type 7: SB16 MIDI > > >Card config: >SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 >(SoundBlaster16 at 0x0 irq 65535 drq 5) >(SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 65535 drq 4294967295) > >Audio devices: >0: SoundBlaster Pro 3.2 > >Synth devices: > >Midi devices: >0: SoundBlaster > >Timers: >0: System Timer > >Mixers: >0: SoundBlaster > >Is there a way to determine what IRQs/ DRQs/DMA channels are currently being >used by what under FreeBSD which might help >me to track down the problem ? I don't think there are any jumpers >to set to force the sound card to a known IRQ/DRQ etc. > >TIA >Graeme N Brown >BT laboratories, UK >email: graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 5 04:45:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA05427 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 04:45:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [206.99.165.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA05422 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 04:45:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from briak@wzrd.com) Received: from bkandrk (ppp125.wzrd.com [206.27.118.135]) by mail.wzrd.com (8.9.1/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA26547 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:39:19 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <003d01be08ba$71c49340$87761bce@bkandrk> From: "Brian Kellogg" To: Subject: hardware question Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 07:47:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003A_01BE0890.87F44CC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01BE0890.87F44CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm looking at purchasing freebsd but I have a few questions about = hardware it supports. Does freebsd support ls120 superdisk drives, PCIAudio sound card, and = ISA Cardinal Connecta 56.6 X2 modem? Thanx for your time, Brian ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01BE0890.87F44CC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm looking at purchasing freebsd = but I have a=20 few questions about hardware it supports.
 
Does freebsd support ls120 superdisk = drives,=20 PCIAudio sound card, and ISA Cardinal Connecta 56.6 X2 = modem?
 
Thanx for your time,
 
Brian
------=_NextPart_000_003A_01BE0890.87F44CC0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 5 08:41:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01669 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:41:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mac1.hail.net (mac1.hail.net [209.137.84.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA01646 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:40:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@macpublic.com) Received: from [209.4.68.250] (sub-c4-250.dialisdn.com [209.4.68.250] (may be forged)) by mac1.hail.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/Hail/hg.1) with ESMTP id LAA12269 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:41:58 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: eric@mail.hail.net Message-Id: Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:40:23 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Eric L. Santelices" Subject: New Install Question Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just installed 2.27 from the walnut creek cd rom. It did not install pico and I tried to install the packages manually but I was unable to find it. can some please help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 5 09:05:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA03234 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:05:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wolf.com (ns1.wolf.com [207.137.58.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA03228 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:05:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@wolf.com) Received: (qmail 26956 invoked by uid 100); 5 Nov 1998 17:13:48 -0000 Message-ID: <19981105091348.A25467@wolf.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:13:48 -0800 From: Dan Mahoney To: "Eric L. Santelices" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Install Question References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: ; from Eric L. Santelices on Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 11:40:23AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > It did not install pico and I tried to install the packages manually but I > was unable to find it. can some please help. pico is part of the pine mail reader. You'll find it in /usr/ports/pine4. Dan Mahoney dan@wolf.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 5 11:48:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21125 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:48:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from demon.net (sos.support.demon.net [194.217.150.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA21109 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:48:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from pc037.southend.demon.net ([194.217.151.37]) by sos.support.demon.net id aa08880; 5 Nov 98 19:24 GMT Message-ID: Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:25:26 +0000 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: Re: hardware question References: <003d01be08ba$71c49340$87761bce@bkandrk> In-Reply-To: <003d01be08ba$71c49340$87761bce@bkandrk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <003d01be08ba$71c49340$87761bce@bkandrk>, Brian Kellogg writes > I'm looking at purchasing freebsd but I have a few questions about > hardware it supports. > > Does freebsd support ls120 superdisk drives, PCIAudio sound card, > and ISA Cardinal Connecta 56.6 X2 modem? > > Thanx for your time, > > Brian If your modem isn't a 'winmodem' then freebsd certainly supports it. Have a look at http://www.uk.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.html - look especially at section 3. Regards, -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 5 12:37:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27110 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:37:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abaseen.lums.edu.pk (abaseen.lums.edu.pk [203.128.0.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27094 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:37:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from b99070@ravi.lums.edu.pk) Received: from ravi.lums.edu.pk (ravi.lums.edu.pk [203.128.0.4]) by abaseen.lums.edu.pk (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id BAA03479 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 01:34:28 +0500 (PKT) Received: from localhost (b99070@localhost) by ravi.lums.edu.pk (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id BAA10402 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 01:34:06 +0500 (PKT) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 01:34:06 +0500 (PKT) From: Razal Minhas To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Any books on FreeBSD w/h source code?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear all, I really need to get my hands on the source code of FreeBSD (specifically 2.2.7 if possible) in a published *book* form. Actually I have a senior year project at college in which we have to implement *process migration* on FreeBSD by ourselves. I got my hands on a wonderful book on minix, the source code, the concepts implemented and everything, but ... its FreeBSD that I need. Something/anything similiar available on FreeBSD? So far the only book specifically on FreeBSD that I have heard of is "The Complete FreeBSD". Will this be of any use in this regard? How similiar is FreeBSD to the other BSDs that we hear about? Maybe I could get a book on one of those then? Thanks a heap, Sincerely, Razal Minhas. ######################## BSc (Hons), email: LUMS, b99070@lums.edu.pk Lahore, Pakistan. mminhas@acm.org b99070@FreeBSD4.lums.edu.pk ######################## To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Nov 6 06:32:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA05736 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:32:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com ([207.219.2.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05731 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:32:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mpoulin@honk.org) Received: from SW47 ([10.64.5.146]) by tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id V5DXDF0S; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:31:52 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981106093152.00906850@spectre.honk.org> X-Sender: mpoulin@spectre.honk.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 09:31:52 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Martin Poulin Subject: Re: New Install Question Cc: "Eric L. Santelices" In-Reply-To: <19981105091348.A25467@wolf.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:13 AM 11/5/98 -0800, Dan Mahoney wrote: >> It did not install pico and I tried to install the packages manually but I >> was unable to find it. can some please help. > >pico is part of the pine mail reader. You'll find it in /usr/ports/pine4. > To install, simply type "make install". "make clean" when the installation is done helps too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Nov 6 07:35:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11904 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 07:35:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mac1.hail.net (mac1.hail.net [209.137.84.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11890 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 07:35:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@macpublic.com) Received: from [209.4.68.250] (ericsan.dialisdn.com [209.4.68.250]) by mac1.hail.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/Hail/hg.1) with ESMTP id KAA15917 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:37:02 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1301755960==_ma============" X-Sender: eric@mail.hail.net Message-Id: Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:35:10 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Eric L. Santelices" Subject: PPP Question Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --============_-1301755960==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have configured my PPP setup usingthe tutorial on the web site (PPP - Pedantic PPP Primer). When I type ppp -auto demand, I get a message Warning: You must "set ifaddr" in label demand for auto, background or ddial mode. Any suggestions? Here is my ppp.conf file --- ################################################################ # PPP Configuration File ('/etc/ppp/ppp.conf') # # Default settings; These are always executed always when PPP # is invoked and apply to all system configurations. ################################################################ default: set device /dev/cuaa1 #modem is on com2 set speed 115200 disable pred1 deny pred1 disable lqr deny lqr set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0M0 OK-AT-OK\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" set redial 3 10 # # ################################################################ # # For interactive mode use this configuration: # # Invoke with `ppp -alias interactive` # ################################################################ interactive: set authname ericsan set authkey XXXXXX set phone 745-8737 set timeout 300 set openmode active accept chap # ################################################################ # # For demand-dial (automatic) mode we'll use this configuration: # # Invoke with: 'ppp -auto -alias demand' # ################################################################ demand: set authname ericsan set authkey XXXXXX set phone 745-8737 set timeout 300 set openmode active accept chap set ifaddr 127.1.1.1/0 127.2.2.2/0 255.255.255.0 add 0 0 127.2.2.2 ################################################################ # End of /etc/ppp/ppp.conf /-------------------------------------------\ Eric L. Santelices macPublic, Inc. 305-232-8756 Voice * 305-259-7576 Fax EMail Pager : pageeric@hail.net http://www.macPublic.com \-------------------------------------------/ --============_-1301755960==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" I have configured my PPP setup usingthe tutorial on the web site (PPP - Pedantic PPP Primer). When I type ppp -auto demand, I get a message Warning: You must "set ifaddr" in label demand for auto, background or ddial mode. Any suggestions? Here is my ppp.conf file --- ################################################################ # PPP Configuration File ('/etc/ppp/ppp.conf') # # Default settings; These are always executed always when PPP # is invoked and apply to all system configurations. ################################################################ default: set device /dev/cuaa1 #modem is on com2 set speed 115200 disable pred1 deny pred1 disable lqr deny lqr set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0M0 OK-AT-OK\\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT" set redial 3 10 # # ################################################################ # # For interactive mode use this configuration: # # Invoke with `ppp -alias interactive` # ################################################################ interactive: set authname ericsan set authkey XXXXXX set phone 745-8737 set timeout 300 set openmode active accept chap # ################################################################ # # For demand-dial (automatic) mode we'll use this configuration: # # Invoke with: 'ppp -auto -alias demand' # ################################################################ demand: set authname ericsan set authkey XXXXXX set phone 745-8737 set timeout 300 set openmode active accept chap set ifaddr 127.1.1.1/0 127.2.2.2/0 255.255.255.0 add 0 0 127.2.2.2 ################################################################ # End of /etc/ppp/ppp.conf /-------------------------------------------\ Eric L. Santelices macPublic, Inc. 305-232-8756 Voice * 305-259-7576 Fax EMail Pager : pageeric@hail.net http://www.macPublic.com \-------------------------------------------/ --============_-1301755960==_ma============-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Nov 6 17:30:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05081 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05073 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:30:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA22509 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:30:11 +1100 (EST) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 12:30:11 +1100 (EST) From: Sue Blake Message-Id: <199811070130.MAA22509@phoenix.welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Newbies First Aid Kit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit (Last updated 30 August 1998) (This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. It is also available at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/) 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. FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for 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. 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.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.html first you might get the answer right away. It's always worth trying. Other mailing lists (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/eresources:charters.html) 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 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. _________________________________________________________________ To Subscribe to FreeBSD-Newbies: Send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "subscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message. Mail sent to freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org appears on the mailing list. _________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 7 00:43:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA09831 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 00:43:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA09824 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 00:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA12167; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 00:43:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 00:43:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Brian Kellogg cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware question In-Reply-To: <003d01be08ba$71c49340$87761bce@bkandrk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Brian Kellogg wrote: > Does freebsd support ls120 superdisk drives, PCIAudio sound card, and > ISA Cardinal Connecta 56.6 X2 modem? Yes, no, and yes, respectively. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 7 13:42:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13036 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:42:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk [193.237.89.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13026 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:42:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA08668; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:13:02 GMT (envelope-from nik) Message-ID: <19981107211302.26112@nothing-going-on.org> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 21:13:02 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: TeX problems; Doc. Proj. needs you! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ multi-posted, because of x-post limits, to -hackers, -advocacy, -newbies, and -doc. -hackers, because we might have some hackers who know TeX, but wouldn't think of reading -doc because they don't think they can write. -advocacy, for similar reasons -newbies, for similar reasons (some of the folks in there are new to FreeBSD, but not knew to Unix and/or Unix apps) -doc, because it's Doc. Proj. related. Also posted to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. Reply-To set back to me, nik@freebsd.org ] Calling all TeX hackers, your Documentation Project needs you. The Handbook has been converted to DocBook. This process is (bar some merging from current content) complete. One of the last hurdles is getting PostScript and PDF versions of the Handbook generated. When that's done, we can retire the LinuxDoc version (and start working on the FAQ, and other tutorials). I don't know TeX, and I don't have reference materials handy. There's also a bunch of other Doc. Proj. related stuff that I can do to help bring others up to speed. So I need your help. Briefly, this is how the Handbook is now arranged; * The DocBook Handbook is in the doc/en/handbook subdirectory of the CVS tree. There's a Makefile in there, which should work, as long as you've installed ports/textproc/docproj -- this is a meta-port which will pull in all the others. * The Handbook is processed by an application called Jade. Jade produces a .tex file. * This .tex file then needs to be used, in conjunction with some macros, called JadeTeX, to produce a DVI file. The JadeTeX macros also have a PDF variant. JadeTex needs teTeX v0.9. In theory, that's all the pieces that are needed. I can sort of get things to work. But there are problems, and I don't know how to fix them. This where I've got to so far; * Download and install textproc/docproj from the ports system. This will give you Jade, the DTDs for the Doc. Proj. (don't worry, you don't need to know what they are) and supporting applications. * Download and install print/teTeX-beta from the ports system (you want a version which identifies itself as 0.9-YYMMDD). It's large, ~30MB of required distfiles. * Configure TeX with /usr/local/bin/texconfig. - Rebuild the ls-R database - Change the hyphenation table. Uncomment the British entry (and keep a stiff upper lip as you do so). - Set an xdvi default papertype - Set a dvips default papertype - In the fonts menu, add global write permissions * Fetch the JadeTeX macro package from a CTAN repository, such as You want the contents of that directory and all the subdirectories, so somewhere that supports on the fly tarring of directories is useful. The RCS string in jadetex.dtx should be 2.3 or higher. * Install it. It comes with a Makefile, but it's got problems; 1. The line tex -ini "&hugelatex" jadetex.ini doesn't work, there is no &hugelatex. I used &latex. 2. It references dsssl.def and isoents.tex. I don't know where they come from. 3. Building pdfjadetex doesn't work, due to problems with hyperref. Ignoring those problems, I can get it to install using the Makefile. * Checkout a copy of /doc/en/handbook/ from the CVS repository. You'll also need /doc/en/sgml checked out (and in the same relative position in the filesystem). Run make handbook.tex and wait for it to generate a ~5MB .tex file. If the "handbook.tex" target doesn't exist, it means I haven't committed the Makefile yet. Instead, you can run the following /usr/local/bin/jade -c ../../sgml/catalog \ -c /usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl/modular/catalog \ -c /usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/3.0/catalog \ -c /usr/local/share/sgml/jade/catalog \ -d /usr/local/share/sgml/docbook/dsssl/modular/print/docbook.dsl \ -t tex handbook.sgml * Bump up your TeX limits, since the Handbook's size pushes TeX fairly hard. In particular, you want these settings hash_extra = 60000 pool_size = 1000000 max_strings = 70000 in /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf (adjust the path depending on your $PREFIX setting). * Run tex "&jadetex" handbook.tex You will see errors go by, but it will eventually generate handbook.dvi. The generated file has some problems, in particular, most of the ISO entities (>, ö, and so on) are still in that form, and haven't been translated. Also, the table of contents doesn't have the page numbers correct. You should also be able to do tex "&pdfjadetex" handbook.tex to get the PDF version. I can't do this because of the hyperref problems I outline above. If you can get this working, *and* come up with a jadetex port, I'll be very grateful. If you can get this working, and can give me detailed instructions so that I can write a jadetex port, I'll still be pretty grateful :-) Many thanks to anyone who can help with this. N -- C.R.F. Consulting -- we're run to make me richer. . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message