From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 01:50:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A38F16A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 01:50:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4C943D2F for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 01:50:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq50-036.dial.allstream.net [216.123.131.36]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id E4EB5EB296; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:49:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:49:48 -0500 From: epilogue To: Jerry Gardner Message-ID: <20041202204948.28dc6530@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041203001318.GB6015@gardnerclan.net> References: <20041203001318.GB6015@gardnerclan.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:50:07 -0000 On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:13:19 -0800 Jerry Gardner wrote: > I just loaded FreeBSD 5.3 a few days ago, and generally things are > running well, with a few exceptions: hello jerry, > 1) How do I stop the Sendmail daemons from starting at boot? I have > sendmail_enable="NO" set in /etc/rc.conf, but two sendmail > processes are running after boot. 'man rc.sendmail' -- read it closely -- note that "NONE" works for the moment, but is deprecated and scheduled to be removed. > 2) How do I set GCC flags when compiling a port. I added > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" to /etc/make.conf, but > get an error when building a port. The error is get is > "env: -pipe No such file or directory" /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf may help you here. > 3) I think I might have a permissions problem in my home directory. > Certain applications (Firefox and xfce, for exacmple) can't seem to > write files under my home directory. I can create files using an > editor, and download files, but these two applications fail when > trying to modify their configuration options. it would have been very helpful for you to post the perms you have. these work for my $HOME --> drwxr-xr-x > 4) I installed portupgrade from the port, and built the database using > > 'pkgdb -f', but whenever I run portupgrade or portversion, it > displays a message "Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.." and hangs > there forever. How do I fix this? it probably isn't hanging, but actually generating a new INDEX for you. solutions to this have been discussed ad nauseum in several of mailing lists. 1) get used to reading /usr/ports/UPDATING (you'll find your solution in the entry dated 20041115) 2) when you have a problem with ports, check UPDATING. if that yields nothing, check the mailing list archives (lists.freebsd.org or, my prefered interface, freebsd.rambler.ru) hope this helps. cheers, epi > - Jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >