Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:53:39 -0400 From: Chiang Seng Chang <cs@ctzen.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a server on all day Message-ID: <40C5E103.9010009@ctzen.com> In-Reply-To: <20040608173530.K64702@pukruppa.net> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608160517.B64702@pukruppa.net> <40C5D3CB.80907@ctzen.com> <20040608173530.K64702@pukruppa.net>
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Well... X is not started automatically (a.k.a. no gdm/kdm)... sometimes I'd like to "play" with some X stuff... I know there are other solution, like build on a fast machine and install onto the slow one. I didn't bother because 1) the server is still working while the upgrade is taking it's own sweet time, and more importantly 2) I have no fast machine ;-) I put x11 into the ignore list in pkgtools.conf, but the recent perl 5.8 upgrade seems to ignore that and build everything anyway. -cs p.s. sorry have to resend this cos' "toying" with my postfix canonical settings... Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Chiang Seng Chang wrote: > >> I also have an always-on "headless" server running for like 3 years >> now without any problem. >> >> I use it for: apache, samba, vpn, postfix (the "usual" server apps). >> >> I think the "key" is to use the minimal (translate: cooler, less power >> hungry) components. >> >> Mine is P2-400 with 5400 rpm HDDs. >> >> A UPS would be a nice addition. >> >> The ONLY issue I have is it takes a few *days* to do portupgrade -ar ;-) >> maybe I should just remove all the X stuff. > > You really should do this. All your services are configured via text > files anyway. > > Regards, > > Uli. > > > +---------------------------+ > | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | > | Wuppertal | > | Germany | > +---------------------------+
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