From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 09:30:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 837A41065673 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 09:30:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2655F8FC34 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 09:30:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from [172.23.170.144] (helo=anti-virus03-07) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1JulPj-0005x7-BI for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 10:30:47 +0100 Received: from [77.96.25.65] (helo=gb7tf) by asmtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1JulPi-0007mw-C2 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 10:30:46 +0100 Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 10:30:45 +0100 From: Richard Bown To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080510103045.1562f20e@gb7tf> In-Reply-To: References: <20080509223046.2b4c84ee@gb7tf> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.12.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: k3b again X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:30:48 -0000 On Sat, 10 May 2008 14:34:05 +1000 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: > On Fri, 9 May 2008, Richard Bown wrote: > > On Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:09 -0500 > > Thomas Donnelly wrote:> > > > > > > > > I'm sorry if my comments offend, they are not intended to. > > > > But it looks like I've started a flame war. FreeBSD might be fine as a server, so are 99% or the linux distros if you don't want to run X. I've been using linux since kernel version 2.0.10 and Redhat 4. And as my main use was for Ham apps it meant recompiling a kernel every time, when machines were so slow it would take more than 4 hours to compile, so a lot of the basic unix commands are common to both systems. It is no a case of starting from scratch, maybe a case of dusting a few cobwebs off. I did try PC-BSD to get the xorg.conf file as Xorg -configure would not set up the Graphics card., To save time I bought a new card. It looks like to get K3b to burn I'll have to change the DVD r/w. To be able to use the sound system for what I want will mean getting another sound card, as there there is no facilities in FreeBSD to support the M-Audio Delta 66 card to its full potential. There's a problem on its own, that cards used for its low noise and dynamic range, there are no longer made and as far as I know the Terratec boards don't have the same breakout box. To watch TV the DVB-T card cant be used as its not supported, I'd have to buy a USB DVB-T stick and be very careful which chip set it uses as there is only one driver. That DVB-T card is too expensive to just remove and not use. You've only got to look at dmesg : sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 ugen0: on uhub0 ums0: on uhub0 ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir. ugen1: on uhub1 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. ad0: 156334MB at ata0-master UDMA133 acd0: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable acd0: DVDR at ata1-master UDMA33 ad8: 238475MB at ata4-master SATA150 SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! acd0: FAILURE - INQUIRY ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 cd0 at ata1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 cd0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records] acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad8s1a ipfw2 (+ipv6) initialized, divert loadable, rule-based forwarding disabled, default to deny, logging disabled ugen0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected ugen0: detached acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 acd0: FAILURE - READ_TOC ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): READ TOC/PMA/ATIP {MMC Proposed}. CDB: 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): Invalid field in CDB (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): Unretryable error re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP re0: link state changed to DOWN re0: link state changed to UP you can see that its far from happy with the hardware on this machine. I only have three machines, this, a NSLU2,arm-processor, which normally is used as a DX Cluster server, an old laptop running win98 which had been on loan to my mother. So this machine has to do everything, and it clear using FreeBSD it cant without a lot of time and major hardware changes. I should'nt have to rebuild this machine to use FreeBSD, only built it a month ago. I can get around the nannified background software that run on the linux distro I've used for the last 5 years by using an external firewall and turning off all the security features. I'm just stuck with one Ham App which compiles on FeeBSD and not so far on the distro of linux I use. You can flame me much as you like Best Wishes Richard Bown ---- ################################################## OS: FreeBSD 7.0, AMD64 x2 Dual Core 4400+, 8GB RAM HAM CALL: G8JVM, QRA IO82SP, located 75 kms NE Birmingham UK QRV HF + all bands 50 MHz to 10 GHZ www.software-radio.org.uk ##################################################