From frederic.durodie at pandora.be  Sun Jan  2 14:53:38 2005
From: frederic.durodie at pandora.be (Frederic Durodie)
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:53:38 +0100
Subject: [buug] install of mysql on obsd3.6 failed. help required. thanks.
Message-ID: <IAEPLIKFPMNCMKGHPFHIOEAACAAA.frederic.durodie@pandora.be>

Hi,

I'm new to OpenBSD (and additely still quite green on the linux side as
well). I tried to install mysql on a P200/128MB but it failed. Can someone
help me ? Thanks.

Frederic

geminix# pkg_add -n
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20
Pretending to add
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20
Dependencies for mysql-server-4.0.20 resolve to:
mysql-client-4.0.20,p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004 (todo:
mysql-client-4.0.20,p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004)
Pretending to add mysql-client-4.0.20
/usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysql.1
/usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqladmin.1
/usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqldump.1
/usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqlshow.1
Pretending to add p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004
Dependencies for p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004 resolve to:
p5-DBI-1.43,mysql-client-4.0.20 (todo: p5-DBI-1.43)
Pretending to add p5-DBI-1.43
Dependencies for p5-DBI-1.43 resolve to: p5-PlRPC-0.2018 (todo:
p5-PlRPC-0.2018)
Pretending to add p5-PlRPC-0.2018
Dependencies for p5-PlRPC-0.2018 resolve to: p5-Net-Daemon-0.38 (todo:
p5-Net-Daemon-0.38)
Pretending to add p5-Net-Daemon-0.38
Can't install p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004: incorrect libspec:
lib/mysql/mysqlclient.12.0
Can't install
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20:
can't resolve p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004
/: 3037016 bytes
geminix#




From jan at caustic.org  Sun Jan  2 16:26:22 2005
From: jan at caustic.org (f.johan.beisser)
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:26:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] install of mysql on obsd3.6 failed. help required. thanks.
In-Reply-To: <IAEPLIKFPMNCMKGHPFHIOEAACAAA.frederic.durodie@pandora.be>
References: <IAEPLIKFPMNCMKGHPFHIOEAACAAA.frederic.durodie@pandora.be>
Message-ID: <20050102161253.E73943@pogo.caustic.org>


you're doing two things wrong, check the faq for more details, but
starting here:

pkg_add ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/...

by doing this, there's no root section for the pkg to be installed from.
either set the environment variable PKG_PATH to your pkg directory (in
this case, ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386) then run
pkg_add or grab the package and all the dependancies it wants to a local
directory, and pkg_add from there.

my habit: PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/
sudo pkg_add <packagename>

that will ensure it gets all the dependancies it'll need, from the same
pkg directory as the one you're installing.

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Frederic Durodie wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to OpenBSD (and additely still quite green on the linux side as
> well). I tried to install mysql on a P200/128MB but it failed. Can someone
> help me ? Thanks.
>
> Frederic
>
> geminix# pkg_add -n
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20
> Pretending to add
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20
> Dependencies for mysql-server-4.0.20 resolve to:
> mysql-client-4.0.20,p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004 (todo:
> mysql-client-4.0.20,p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004)
> Pretending to add mysql-client-4.0.20
> /usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysql.1
> /usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqladmin.1
> /usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqldump.1
> /usr/sbin/pkg_add: Can't read /usr/local/man/man1/mysqlshow.1
> Pretending to add p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004
> Dependencies for p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004 resolve to:
> p5-DBI-1.43,mysql-client-4.0.20 (todo: p5-DBI-1.43)
> Pretending to add p5-DBI-1.43
> Dependencies for p5-DBI-1.43 resolve to: p5-PlRPC-0.2018 (todo:
> p5-PlRPC-0.2018)
> Pretending to add p5-PlRPC-0.2018
> Dependencies for p5-PlRPC-0.2018 resolve to: p5-Net-Daemon-0.38 (todo:
> p5-Net-Daemon-0.38)
> Pretending to add p5-Net-Daemon-0.38
> Can't install p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004: incorrect libspec:
> lib/mysql/mysqlclient.12.0
> Can't install
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/mysql-server-4.0.20:
> can't resolve p5-DBD-mysql-2.9004
> /: 3037016 bytes
> geminix#
>
>
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>

 --- f.johan.beisser ---
  I concede that I overestimated the intelligence of the American people.
  Though the people disagree with the President on almost every issue, you
  saw fit to vote for him. I never saw that coming. That's really special.
  And I mean "special" in the sense that we use it to describe those kids who
  ride the short school bus and find ways to injure themselves while eating
  pudding with rubber spoons. That kind of special.
	-- Adam Felber, "Concession Speech"
	   http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/000945.html


From jan at caustic.org  Mon Jan  3 14:58:10 2005
From: jan at caustic.org (f.johan.beisser)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:58:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] install of mysql on obsd3.6 failed. help required. thanks.
	SOLVED
In-Reply-To: <NIEBINJLLFHNOAOBLLFBCEAECMAA.frederic.durodie@rma.ac.be>
References: <NIEBINJLLFHNOAOBLLFBCEAECMAA.frederic.durodie@rma.ac.be>
Message-ID: <20050103145716.G73943@pogo.caustic.org>

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Frederic Durodie @ HOME wrote:

> Thank you for your answer. Doing as you wrote me to do, gave exactly the
> same error. Finally, I figured that the error is because I used the -n (show
> commands, but don't install) option. This is probably difficult to correct
> by the nature of that option. When I installed for real, the installation
> sailed through flawlessly.

i assumed that the "-n" was intentional on your part. sorry for not being
more clear.

 --- f.johan.beisser ---
  I concede that I overestimated the intelligence of the American people.
  Though the people disagree with the President on almost every issue, you
  saw fit to vote for him. I never saw that coming. That's really special.
  And I mean "special" in the sense that we use it to describe those kids who
  ride the short school bus and find ways to injure themselves while eating
  pudding with rubber spoons. That kind of special.
	-- Adam Felber, "Concession Speech"
	   http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/000945.html


From mailinglists at stefanco.com  Mon Jan  3 16:06:32 2005
From: mailinglists at stefanco.com (Stefan Lasiewski)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:06:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] Corrupt root entry in passwd file - Solaris
Message-ID: <20050104000632.74475.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey gang,

I have a machine running Solaris 8.

The top two lines of the /etc/passwd (root and daemon)
file somehow got wrapped together in one long
continuous line, like this: 

root:x:0:1:Root User:/:/usr/bin/ksh
daemon:x:1:1::/:/sbin/noshell

(If that line got wrapped, ksh and daemon don't have a
end-of-line character. Like '.../bin/ksh
daemon:x:...')

As a result, I cannot log in as root.

    % su -
    su: Unknown id: root

When I boot into single-user mode or connect via the
console, I get this [1]:

    missing or bad passwd entry for <root>

Any ideas on how I could recover from this? I cannot
log in as root to edit /etc/passwd, and I cannot find
any CD-bootable Linuxus which can use a Sparc, or a
"Bootable Solaris" recovery disk, etc. 

Am I hosed?

And then my next problem is to get the the RAID array
(It's a Sun Enterprise v440) to work on the Bootable
OS, but that's the next step.

Thanks all!

-= Stefan

[1] Ok, you can stop laughing now :)



From shiro at uclink4.berkeley.edu  Mon Jan  3 17:58:14 2005
From: shiro at uclink4.berkeley.edu (Erik Shirokoff)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:58:14 -0800
Subject: [buug] Corrupt root entry in passwd file - Solaris
Message-ID: <20050104015814.GA20501@jabberwock.hopto.org>


Sorry if this is a dupe.  Sent this originally from the wrong email addy, so I expect it not to reach the list.


Hi Stefan,

Can you pull out the hard drive and connect it to another machine?

Failing that, is there a partition on the disk which can be adequately backed up without root and onto which you could install a second OS?  

Might be the simplest (if not, perhaps, easiest) solutions.

Good luck,
Erik


On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 04:06:32PM -0800, Stefan Lasiewski wrote:
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> X-RocketYMMF: slasiewski
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:06:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: Stefan Lasiewski <mailinglists at stefanco.com>
> To: buug at weak.org
> Subject: [buug] Corrupt root entry in passwd file - Solaris
> X-BeenThere: buug at weak.org
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> 
> Hey gang,
> 
> I have a machine running Solaris 8.
> 
> The top two lines of the /etc/passwd (root and daemon)
> file somehow got wrapped together in one long
> continuous line, like this: 
> 
> root:x:0:1:Root User:/:/usr/bin/ksh
> daemon:x:1:1::/:/sbin/noshell
> 
> (If that line got wrapped, ksh and daemon don't have a
> end-of-line character. Like '.../bin/ksh
> daemon:x:...')
> 
> As a result, I cannot log in as root.
> 
>     % su -
>     su: Unknown id: root
> 
> When I boot into single-user mode or connect via the
> console, I get this [1]:
> 
>     missing or bad passwd entry for <root>
> 
> Any ideas on how I could recover from this? I cannot
> log in as root to edit /etc/passwd, and I cannot find
> any CD-bootable Linuxus which can use a Sparc, or a
> "Bootable Solaris" recovery disk, etc. 
> 
> Am I hosed?
> 
> And then my next problem is to get the the RAID array
> (It's a Sun Enterprise v440) to work on the Bootable
> OS, but that's the next step.
> 
> Thanks all!
> 
> -= Stefan
> 
> [1] Ok, you can stop laughing now :)
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Buug mailing list
> Buug at weak.org
> http://www.weak.org/mailman/listinfo/buug


From jan at caustic.org  Mon Jan  3 18:38:13 2005
From: jan at caustic.org (f.johan.beisser)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:38:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] Corrupt root entry in passwd file - Solaris
In-Reply-To: <20050104000632.74475.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20050104000632.74475.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20050103183508.E73943@pogo.caustic.org>

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Stefan Lasiewski wrote:

> root:x:0:1:Root User:/:/usr/bin/ksh daemon:x:1:1::/:/sbin/noshell

put an end of line character in there. edit it in vi, and just hit enter.
that should fix it.

> "Bootable Solaris" recovery disk, etc.

get your solaris install cdrom, boot single user from it:

	boot -s cdrom

it may actually be

	boot cdrom -s

i can't recall the prom command off hand.

> Am I hosed?

nope.




 --- f.johan.beisser ---
  I concede that I overestimated the intelligence of the American people.
  Though the people disagree with the President on almost every issue, you
  saw fit to vote for him. I never saw that coming. That's really special.
  And I mean "special" in the sense that we use it to describe those kids who
  ride the short school bus and find ways to injure themselves while eating
  pudding with rubber spoons. That kind of special.
	-- Adam Felber, "Concession Speech"
	   http://www.felbers.net/mt/archives/000945.html


From mp at rawbw.com  Mon Jan  3 23:13:52 2005
From: mp at rawbw.com (Michael Paoli)
Date: Mon,  3 Jan 2005 23:13:52 -0800
Subject: [buug] Corrupt root entry in passwd file - Solaris
In-Reply-To: <20050104000632.74475.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20050104000632.74475.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1104822832.41da4230b6b93@webmail.rawbw.com>

As I said on USENET not too horribly long ago (2004-07-17)[1]:
"
Follow standard procedure for recovering a lost root password - except
 instead of altering /etc/shadow, fix your /etc/passwd file.
"

In short, you've a few possibilities:
get access to ID (e.g. root) or control of process that can alter and
fix the /etc/passwd file.
If that can't be done, bring the system down -
graceful shutdown if that can be managed, if not, crash the system.
Then boot from recovery media (or alternative means, e.g. network),
clean and mount the filesystem with the problem file (e.g. root filesystem
for /etc/passwd) and fix the file.  sync the filesystem, then proceed to
do a normal boot.
Taking the disk (e.g. hard disk or SAN LUN presentation) to another system
to modify it there, may be an alternative approach.

If you don't have the relevant bootable media (e.g. Solaris install CDs),
it would probably be advisable to obtain them.  In certain situations, it
is highly advantageous to have them readily available.  Note also, that
depending on hardware and filesystem types, you may be able to use a
substantially different version of Solaris for boot CD and still be able
to successfully fix the problem.

If the system does have functioning bootable properly configured CD(/DVD)
drive, then it may be worth checking if you could even borrow the relevant
CD(s) from someone.  If you have support contract with the vendor, you may
want to check if they'll cover this for you (e.g. as software issue).

Quoting Stefan Lasiewski <mailinglists at stefanco.com>:

> I have a machine running Solaris 8.
> The top two lines of the /etc/passwd (root and daemon)
> file somehow got wrapped together in one long
> continuous line, like this: 
> root:x:0:1:Root User:/:/usr/bin/ksh
> daemon:x:1:1::/:/sbin/noshell
> (If that line got wrapped, ksh and daemon don't have a
> end-of-line character. Like '.../bin/ksh
> daemon:x:...')
> As a result, I cannot log in as root.
>     % su -
>     su: Unknown id: root
> When I boot into single-user mode or connect via the
> console, I get this [1]:
>     missing or bad passwd entry for <root>
> Any ideas on how I could recover from this? I cannot
> log in as root to edit /etc/passwd, and I cannot find
> any CD-bootable Linuxus which can use a Sparc, or a
> "Bootable Solaris" recovery disk, etc.

Footnoes:
1.  Bleh - I'm not so fond of Google's new "groups"(/Usenet) interface ...
much less useful for tracking down details on a Usenet article.


From karshi.hasanov at utoronto.ca  Wed Jan  5 22:17:07 2005
From: karshi.hasanov at utoronto.ca (Karshi Hasanov)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:17:07 -0500
Subject: [buug] cups_help
Message-ID: <1104992227.1494.17.camel@COMPTON1.sofman.com>

Hi all,

I am a new FreeBSD user. Since I was using Gentoo(Linux) last two years,
I had no difficulty to install and run most of FreeBSD ports. 
I have few books on FreeBSD, but none of them talks about CUPS. The last
book I bought was " The complete FreeBSD (4th Edition)", and I found the
book pretty much
useless for applications I need to use.
I appeal to your group for a help. I wanna setup my local printer
(/dev/ltp0) using CUPS. I've tried to follow
http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php, but no success.

Thanks
  



From brian at planetshwoop.com  Thu Jan  6 08:48:52 2005
From: brian at planetshwoop.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:48:52 -0600 (CST)
Subject: [buug] cups_help
In-Reply-To: <1104992227.1494.17.camel@COMPTON1.sofman.com>
References: <1104992227.1494.17.camel@COMPTON1.sofman.com>
Message-ID: <58952.63.73.213.5.1105030132.squirrel@webmail.psys.org>


Karshi Hasanov said:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a new FreeBSD user. Since I was using Gentoo(Linux) last two years,
> I had no difficulty to install and run most of FreeBSD ports.
> I have few books on FreeBSD, but none of them talks about CUPS. The last
> book I bought was " The complete FreeBSD (4th Edition)", and I found the
> book pretty much
> useless for applications I need to use.
> I appeal to your group for a help. I wanna setup my local printer
> (/dev/ltp0) using CUPS. I've tried to follow
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php, but no success.

Many of us would be happy to help.  First off though, you might want to add:

 - what version of CUPS are you using?
 - what version of FreeBSD are you using (uname -a)
 - what kind of printer are you using?
 - what is the error message you see?

That's a start.  Some more detail and info would be useful.

Also, have you tried checking any of the error messages you receive
against www.google.com/bsd?  The questions at freebsd.org mailing list has a
lot of answers and you can often google to find the same problems others
have had.  (This worked well for me when installing moregroupware
recently.)

brian

--
Brian Sobolak
http://www.planetshwoop.com/


From eyefull at eml.cc  Thu Jan  6 16:10:33 2005
From: eyefull at eml.cc (TN)
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:10:33 -0800
Subject: [buug] remapping with xmodmap: help me save my carpel tunnel!
Message-ID: <1105056633.7764.212179946@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Hi, I'm new to this list. I'd like to do the following with xmodmap but
somehow can't figure how:
-map the right alt key to shift (so i can use my thumb when reaching for
the _ or + or | characters)
-swap the escape key with the tilde key (I'm a vi user)
I'm on a x386 with a standard ps2 running freebsd 5.3 and xorg, if that
matters. I've already managed to map my capslock key to control, which
has been a life saver.
thanks!
Toshiro, eyefull at eml.cc
-- 
  
  eyefull at eml.cc



From karshi.hasanov at utoronto.ca  Thu Jan  6 19:16:21 2005
From: karshi.hasanov at utoronto.ca (Karshi Hasanov)
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:16:21 -0500
Subject: [buug] cups_help
In-Reply-To: <58952.63.73.213.5.1105030132.squirrel@webmail.psys.org>
References: <1104992227.1494.17.camel@COMPTON1.sofman.com>
	<58952.63.73.213.5.1105030132.squirrel@webmail.psys.org>
Message-ID: <200501062216.21968.karshi.hasanov@utoronto.ca>


Hi Brian,

I have FreeBSD-5.3 installed, but the ports were updated using "cvsup".  I 
think I have everything for CUPS to work. 
 (1)cups-base 1.1.20, 
ghostscript-gnu-7.07_11, 
gimp-print-4.2.7_1
cups-lpr > cups1.1.20
(2) 
make.conf ==>NO_LPR=true
rc.conf =>> lpd_enable="NO"

#mv /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh.sample /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh
#chmod 755 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh
#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd.sh start

(3) Printer : Brother HL-1030 ( driver  "HL1250.PPD" from 
http://www.linuxprinting.org)


(4) Error ==> client-error-not-possible

I don't hear any noise from the printer, but the above error shows up when I 
try to print.


On January 6, 2005 11:48 am, Brian Sobolak wrote:
> Karshi Hasanov said:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a new FreeBSD user. Since I was using Gentoo(Linux) last two years,
> > I had no difficulty to install and run most of FreeBSD ports.
> > I have few books on FreeBSD, but none of them talks about CUPS. The last
> > book I bought was " The complete FreeBSD (4th Edition)", and I found the
> > book pretty much
> > useless for applications I need to use.
> > I appeal to your group for a help. I wanna setup my local printer
> > (/dev/ltp0) using CUPS. I've tried to follow
> > http://www.freebsddiary.org/cups.php, but no success.
>
> Many of us would be happy to help.  First off though, you might want to
> add:
>
>  - what version of CUPS are you using?
>  - what version of FreeBSD are you using (uname -a)
>  - what kind of printer are you using?
>  - what is the error message you see?
>
> That's a start.  Some more detail and info would be useful.
>
> Also, have you tried checking any of the error messages you receive
> against www.google.com/bsd?  The questions at freebsd.org mailing list has a
> lot of answers and you can often google to find the same problems others
> have had.  (This worked well for me when installing moregroupware
> recently.)
>
> brian
>
> --
> Brian Sobolak
> http://www.planetshwoop.com/


From webmaster at hawaiidakine.com  Sat Jan  8 12:38:19 2005
From: webmaster at hawaiidakine.com (webmaster at hawaiidakine.com)
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:38:19 -1000
Subject: [buug] Re: FIX FOR: Window manager missing under FreeBSD 5.3
In-Reply-To: <41AE3F8C.5080906@hawaiidakine.com>
References: <41AE3F8C.5080906@hawaiidakine.com>
Message-ID: <41E044BB.4090407@hawaiidakine.com>

webmaster at hawaiidakine.com wrote:
> Hi Gurus,
> 
> I am trying out FreeBSD 5.3 on an box which seems to run fine except 
> that the X does not load the screen for ( xfce ) the window manager I 
> use on all my FreeBSD 4.x boxes.
> 
> init files seem to be there, but I just get a black screen with a mouse 
> arrow and a left click brings up a small window with selections 
> including a way to quit.
> 
> Anybody have this or a similar problem installing X windows on FreeBSD 5.3.
> 
> Thanks for help.

Just to update on the xwindows error with XFCE and other window managers 
in FreeBSD 5.3.

Thanks to Edd, a FreeBSD Guru, we have found the FIX:

The problem lies in the gdk-pixbuf port. Recently a fix has been comitted:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=72775

alternatively update the port. Far easier.

Hope this helps!

Edd
-- 
Al Plant -Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com
Supporting Open Source in computing with FreeBSD 4.9 /5.3
"Failure only happens when you stop trying." - Omar Periu




From togo at of.net  Tue Jan 11 22:11:29 2005
From: togo at of.net (Tony Godshall)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:11:29 -0800
Subject: [buug] Early summary [Was: "record" mp3/ogg?]
Message-ID: <20050112061129.GA31364@private>

According to Chris Waters,
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:41:44PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > A quick run down the list of people's suggestions.
> 
> > 1/ I was unaware that general-purpose audio file editors like audacity
> > can record line-in.  It certainly seems to contradict the "one job well"
> > maxim, but I guess we've come a long way (toward hell, that is).
> 
> Well, actually, you can record using nothing but cat(1).  What you
> can't do (at least not easily) with cat is set the sample rate and the
> mixer/channel-select controls.  Once you've got something that can do
> controlled playback of raw sound data, though, you're about 95% of the
> way to making something that can record as well, So, while in general
> I agree with you about the bloat issue, in this case I think it makes
> sense to provide the extra feature.
> 
> The Linux sound card interface is dead easy once you look into it.
> 
> > 3/ ecasound seems like exactly what I am looking for.  It even has
> > an Emacs interface :-)
> 
> I've actually edited raw sound files in emacs.  There's even a live
> concert recording up on the Internet Archive now that has emacs in its
> lineage, thanks to your truly.  :)
> 
> Uncompressed sound file formats are dead easy once you look into it.
> 
> > 4/ gramophile can detect and cut tracks,  but I really hate it's
> > half-arsed curses UI (it doesn't even react to screen size change).
> > It would have been much better off with a straight CLI like ecasound.
> 
> Bummer.  I've heard good things about it, but never actually tried
> it.  The filters designed for clicks and pops (as often found on
> vinyl) seemed like a pretty useful feature too.  Trapping SIGWINCH is
> not difficult.  Did you send in a bug report?
> 
> One last thing I should mention: if you ever plan to burn your sound
> files to audio CD, you should make sure the data is a proper multiple
> of the audio CD sector size, or you may end up with coasters.  The
> "--sector-align" option for FLAC is a good place to start.

cdrecord now handles this automagically, at least when I
feed it a stack of .wav files.

sox works great for me for recording from line-in.

it comes with a 'rec' front-end that is the simplest way I
know to do line-in to raw binary (e.g. the nearly universal .wav)



From xtifr at debian.org  Wed Jan 12 01:14:25 2005
From: xtifr at debian.org (Chris Waters)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:14:25 -0800
Subject: [buug] Early summary [Was: "record" mp3/ogg?]
In-Reply-To: <20050112061129.GA31364@private>
References: <20050112061129.GA31364@private>
Message-ID: <20050112091425.GA23467@starless.xtnet>

On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:11:29PM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote:
> According to Chris Waters,

> > One last thing I should mention: if you ever plan to burn your sound
> > files to audio CD, you should make sure the data is a proper multiple
> > of the audio CD sector size, or you may end up with coasters.  The
> > "--sector-align" option for FLAC is a good place to start.

> cdrecord now handles this automagically, at least when I
> feed it a stack of .wav files.

It's true that cdrecord will pad the tracks if you tell it to, which
will prevent you from creating coasters, and that's a good thing.
However, it pads each track (or each track that needs it), which can
cause an audible click or pop, as the sound level suddenly drops to
zero and then leaps back up.  This is especially noticable with live
recordings.  The FLAC "--sector-align" option actually borrows a few
bytes of data from the next track to pad out the current track size,
which ensures that there are no audible artifacts between tracks,
which is why I recommend it.

> sox works great for me for recording from line-in.

Ah, I hadn't noticed that, but I'm certainly not surprised.  Sox is an
awesome and indispensible tool for anyone working with audio on Linux,
IMO.

cheers
-- 
Chris Waters           |  Pneumonoultra-        osis is too long
xtifr at debian.org       |  microscopicsilico-    to fit into a single
or xtifr at speakeasy.net |  volcaniconi-          standalone haiku


From frederic.durodie at pandora.be  Sat Jan 15 07:50:44 2005
From: frederic.durodie at pandora.be (Frederic)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:50:44 +0100
Subject: [buug] small home OpenBSD pf/router
Message-ID: <41E93BD4.6080104@pandora.be>

Hi,

I've configured a old PC with 2 NICs an OpenBSD 3.6 which I want to use 
as a packet filter/router, dhcp server for the home network. If 
advisable, I'd like to have Apache/MySQL/PHP on it as well. So, here are 
my questions :

1) my ISP uses the mac address of the NIC I have registered with and I 
can't seem to get an address from my ISP if I don't connect with that 
mac address (of the NIC which is in another PC). Normally one would copy 
the mac address to the NIC using eg.  'ifconfig xl1 hw 
A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6'  but I can't seem to find if and how it is done in 
OpenBSD 3.6.

2)  if the packet filter routes the packets for the http server to the 
LAN NIC and Apache is set to only listen to the LAN NIC are the security 
issues any different from a situation where the http server is on a 
different host on the LAN ?

I've been googling but I can't seem to find the answers (that I 
recognize being answers). So, thank you for any suggestions, help or 
just pointing me to right places to look for.

Kind regards,
Frederic

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From togo at of.net  Mon Jan 17 13:41:31 2005
From: togo at of.net (Tony Godshall)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:41:31 -0800
Subject: [buug] Early summary [Was: "record" mp3/ogg?]
In-Reply-To: <20050112091425.GA23467@starless.xtnet>
References: <20050112061129.GA31364@private>
	<20050112091425.GA23467@starless.xtnet>
Message-ID: <20050117214131.GA12071@private>

According to Chris Waters,
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:11:29PM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote:
> > According to Chris Waters,
> 
> > > One last thing I should mention: if you ever plan to burn your sound
> > > files to audio CD, you should make sure the data is a proper multiple
> > > of the audio CD sector size, or you may end up with coasters.  The
> > > "--sector-align" option for FLAC is a good place to start.
> 
> > cdrecord now handles this automagically, at least when I
> > feed it a stack of .wav files.
> 
> It's true that cdrecord will pad the tracks if you tell it to, which
> will prevent you from creating coasters, and that's a good thing.
> However, it pads each track (or each track that needs it), which can
> cause an audible click or pop, as the sound level suddenly drops to
> zero and then leaps back up.  This is especially noticable with live
> recordings.  The FLAC "--sector-align" option actually borrows a few
> bytes of data from the next track to pad out the current track size,
> which ensures that there are no audible artifacts between tracks,
> which is why I recommend it.

I hadn't noticed that, but the stuff I'm putting on a track
typically came from CD (i.e. was already padded) or from a
highly encoded format (i.e. near-silence is changed to
actual silence).



From mp at rawbw.com  Tue Jan 18 08:21:09 2005
From: mp at rawbw.com (Michael Paoli)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:21:09 -0800
Subject: [buug] remapping with xmodmap: help me save my carpel tunnel!
In-Reply-To: <1105056633.7764.212179946@webmail.messagingengine.com>
References: <1105056633.7764.212179946@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Message-ID: <1106065269.41ed37757668c@webmail.rawbw.com>

Quoting TN <eyefull at eml.cc>:

> Hi, I'm new to this list. I'd like to do the following with xmodmap but
> somehow can't figure how:
> -map the right alt key to shift (so i can use my thumb when reaching for
> the _ or + or | characters)
> -swap the escape key with the tilde key (I'm a vi user)

I presumed that by default your asciitilde is on the same key as your
grave (`) and you'd use the shift modifier with that key to get
asciitilde, and not use the shift modifier to get grave, and that you
want to swap that functionality with that of key with the escape key.

Your keycodes may vary.
These may also be helpful:
http://web.mit.edu/answers/xwindows/xwindows_xmodmap.html
xev(1)
xkeycaps(1)

$ { xmodmap -pk; xmodmap -pm; } | fgrep -i 'Alt_R
> Shift_R
> mod1
> Escape
> asciitilde'
      9         0xff1b (Escape)
     49         0x0060 (grave)  0x007e (asciitilde)
     62         0xffe2 (Shift_R)
    113         0xffea (Alt_R)
shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x71)
$ xmodmap -e 'remove Mod1 = Alt_R' -e 'keycode 113 = Shift_R' -e 'add Shift =
Shift_R' -e 'keycode 9 = grave asciitilde' -e 'keycode 49 = Escape'
$ { xmodmap -pk; xmodmap -pm; } | fgrep -i 'Alt_R
> Shift_R
> mod1
> Escape
> asciitilde'
      9         0x0060 (grave)  0x007e (asciitilde)
     49         0xff1b (Escape)
     62         0xffe2 (Shift_R)
    113         0xffe2 (Shift_R)
shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e),  Shift_R (0x71)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40)
$

I'm a vi user too.  As I hop among systems/keyboards semi-regularly,
I tend to use Control-[ and Control-h to respectively generate Escape
and Backspace, generally regardless of keyboard and where Escape and
Backspace may be placed on random keyboards (and what random keyboards
may generate when hitting the Backspace key).  Unfortunately, when the
printable ascii characters jump around on random keyboards, that's not
quite as simple to deal with (particularly if it's a serial terminal).

I guess at least part of my keyboard philosophy includes:
the erase character is backspace
the interrupt character is Control-C
the backspace key should generate backspace
the delete key (if present) should generate the ascii delete character
Control-Shift-/ (a.k.a. Control-?) on the keyboard should generate the
ascii delete character
CapsLock is and should be CapsLock, it's not CapsToggle! (i.e. if
CapsLock is active, the shift keys have essentially no effect) (some of
us are actually used to typing with mostly correct capitalization ... if
CapsLock is on, getting inverse capitalization tends to be quite
annoying and counter-productive).
... but that tends to get into religion ;-)

On my Debian GNU/Linux systems:
$ fgrep -i erase ~/.Xdefaults
XTerm*ttyModes:  erase ^H
$ ls -l /etc/*.d/*local*keymap*
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1507 Aug  1  2003 /etc/init.d/local-keymap.sh
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           25 Jan 15  2004
/etc/rcS.d/S05local-keymap.sh -> ../init.d/local-keymap.sh
$ cat /etc/init.d/local-keymap.sh
#!/bin/sh

#
# Load local keymap modifications *as soon as possible*
#

test -f /bin/loadkeys || exit 0

case "$1" in
        start|restart|force-reload|reload)
                echo Loading local keymap modifications from $0

                echo '

                        #plain, Shift, AltGr; Control, Control+Shift,
Control+AltGr; Alt, Alt+Shift; Alt+Control
                        keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-9,12

                        alt_is_meta

                        #make the Backspace key generate BackSpace
                        keycode 14 = BackSpace


                        #make shifted letters generate uppercase regardless of
Caps Lock state
                        shift keycode 16 = Q
                        shift keycode 17 = W
                        shift keycode 18 = E
                        shift keycode 19 = R
                        shift keycode 20 = T
                        shift keycode 21 = Y
                        shift keycode 22 = U
                        shift keycode 23 = I
                        shift keycode 24 = O
                        shift keycode 25 = P
                        shift keycode 30 = A
                        shift keycode 31 = S  
                        shift keycode 32 = D
                        shift keycode 33 = F
                        shift keycode 34 = G
                        shift keycode 35 = H
                        shift keycode 36 = J  
                        shift keycode 37 = K
                        shift keycode 38 = L
                        shift keycode 44 = Z
                        shift keycode 45 = X
                        shift keycode 46 = C
                        shift keycode 47 = V
                        shift keycode 48 = B
                        shift keycode 49 = N
                        shift keycode 50 = M

                        #make control-shift-/ i.e. control-? generate Delete
                        shift control keycode 53 = Delete

                        #make the Delete key generate Delete
                        keycode 111 = Delete

                        #control-alt-delete --> Boot
                        altgr control keycode 111 = Boot
                        control alt keycode 111 = Boot

                ' |
                /bin/loadkeys
        ;;
        stop)
                :
        ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}"
                exit 1
        ;;
esac


From glim at mycybernet.net  Fri Jan 28 19:42:00 2005
From: glim at mycybernet.net (glim at mycybernet.net)
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:42 -0500
Subject: [buug] [OT] Yet Another Perl Conference North America 2005
	announces call-for-papers
Message-ID: <m1CujSY-000XHZC@mail.cybrnet.net>

   YAPC::NA 2005 (Yet Another Perl Conference, North America) has just
   released its call-for-papers; potential and aspiring speakers can
   submit a presentation proposal via:

         http://yapc.org/America/cfp-2005.shtml

   The dates of the conference are Monday - Wednesday 27-29 June 2005.
   The location will be in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Note that
   a different date block was previously announced, but has been moved to
   accomodate venue availability.)

   The close of the call-for-papers is April 18, 2005 at 11:59 pm.

   If you have any questions regarding the call-for-papers or speaking at
   YAPC::NA 2005 please email na-author at yapc.org

   We would love to hear from potential sponsors. Please contact the
   organizers at na-sponsor at yapc.org to learn about the benefits of
   sponsorship.

   Other information regarding the conference (e.g. venue, registration
   specifics) will be announced soon.

   We look forward to your submissions and a great conference!




From itz at buug.org  Sun Jan 30 00:37:28 2005
From: itz at buug.org (Ian Zimmerman)
Date: 30 Jan 2005 00:37:28 -0800
Subject: [buug] mysterious windowmaker option
Message-ID: <87k6pvia7r.fsf@buug.org>


What does the "Windoze style cycling" option in WPrefs or Wmakerconf
actually do?  I have not observed any difference in Alt+Tab behavior
with it on/off, either in WindowMaker 0.80 or 1.x.

-- 
I wonder which is the best virus for unix and if I can write
a better one in Microsoft BASIC ?
Hans-Marc Olsen in comp.unix.programmer


From rvmss at yahoo.com  Sun Jan 30 12:21:11 2005
From: rvmss at yahoo.com (Rohan Mendonca)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:21:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [buug] Freebsd 5.3 and internet access problems.
Message-ID: <20050130202111.46916.qmail@web41105.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,

I am new to freebsd. I want to move from windows to
freebsd.

I have just installed 5.3 on my computer.
I am running this computer behind a router which is
connected to a cable modem. The router has dhcp
disabled and I assign ip addresses to all the
computers attached to it. 
I managed to configure the ethernet card with a static
ip.
I am able to ping the card. I can also ping the
router.
I can ping the freebsd computer from a windows
computer on the network.

I have 2 problems.

1. I cannot access the internet using opera in
xwindows.
It say's "hosts not found" for any web site even
though 
I can ping the router, the ethernet card.
what am I doing wrong?
I do not think I have icfw enabled.
Please help!

2. I seem to need to enable the ethernet card
everytime I logon/restart the computer. How do I set
it up so that it is enabled permanently.

Thanks,
Rohan
rvmss at yahoo.com


		
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From mp at rawbw.com  Sun Jan 30 15:27:03 2005
From: mp at rawbw.com (Michael Paoli)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:27:03 -0800
Subject: [buug] Freebsd 5.3 and internet access problems.
In-Reply-To: <20050130202111.46916.qmail@web41105.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20050130202111.46916.qmail@web41105.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1107127623.41fd6d4704656@webmail.rawbw.com>

Quoting Rohan Mendonca <rvmss at yahoo.com>:

> I am new to freebsd. I want to move from windows to
> freebsd.
> 
> I have just installed 5.3 on my computer.
> I am running this computer behind a router which is
> connected to a cable modem. The router has dhcp
> disabled and I assign ip addresses to all the
> computers attached to it. 
> I managed to configure the ethernet card with a static
> ip.
> I am able to ping the card. I can also ping the
> router.
> I can ping the freebsd computer from a windows
> computer on the network.
> 
> I have 2 problems.
> 
> 1. I cannot access the internet using opera in
> xwindows.
> It say's "hosts not found" for any web site even
> though 
> I can ping the router, the ethernet card.
> what am I doing wrong?
> I do not think I have icfw enabled.
> Please help!
> 
> 2. I seem to need to enable the ethernet card
> everytime I logon/restart the computer. How do I set
> it up so that it is enabled permanently.

Well, I'm not exactly a BSD expert (perhaps some BSD folks can add
information on details specific to BSD), but you may want to start,
for item 1., looking at DNS and routing.  Can you ping or otherwise reach
IP addresses beyond your router (e.g. Internet IPs)?  How is your routing
configured, for example, does your BSD host have its configuration
set to use your router (or other suitable IP(s)) for default router,
at least on applicable subnet(s)?  Typically netstat -nr and/or
route -n or similar tools can help you see how your routing is set.
Tools such as ping, traceroute, and tcptraceroute can also come in handy
for isolating location and/or nature of problem.  Check the man pages (syntax,
options, and precise tools may vary on your operating system flavor).  Once IP
connectivity works okay (e.g. you can ping or connect to the IP addresses you
expect to be able to reach), then
you can check on DNS.  Are you able to successfully use dig or nslookup or
similar tools to resolve DNS names to IP addresses?  Have you checked over
you DNS configuration, e.g. /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf, or
whatever equivalent files/capabilities you may have.

On item 2., for persistent configurations - such as wanting your system to
come up with the same IP on the same interface when it's rebooted, there
are typically rc scripts, and frequently configuration files which rc
files read for such configuration information.  I'm sure BSD has some
convention on that, but I don't know what it is off hand.  When I encounter
a UNIX/LINUX/BSD system where I'm not familiar with their particular
convention, I usually start by examining the /etc/inittab file,
to determine what gets launched, how, and in what order, when a system
boots.  By perusing and searching enough files, it typically becomes
pretty clear where such configuration changes belong.  In the case of
being quite new to BSD (and perhaps also UNIX/LINUX), it might be easier
to ask around and/or do some searching (e.g. Google) for information on
how to do the typical network configuration tasks on BSD.

Also, if you're in a DHCP, or mixed static/DHCP environment, you may want
to be careful with the specific IP(s) used, to avoid potential conflicts.
This could mean picking static IP(s) in a particular range, and/or tweaking
the DHCP server configuration so as to avoid potential conflicts.


From brian at planetshwoop.com  Sun Jan 30 17:53:13 2005
From: brian at planetshwoop.com (Brian Sobolak)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:53:13 -0600
Subject: [buug] Freebsd 5.3 and internet access problems.
In-Reply-To: <20050130202111.46916.qmail@web41105.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20050130202111.46916.qmail@web41105.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <41FD8F89.4060207@planetshwoop.com>

Rohan Mendonca wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am new to freebsd. I want to move from windows to
> freebsd.

Sweet!

> I have just installed 5.3 on my computer.
> I am running this computer behind a router which is
> connected to a cable modem. The router has dhcp
> disabled and I assign ip addresses to all the
> computers attached to it. 
> I managed to configure the ethernet card with a static
> ip.
> I am able to ping the card. I can also ping the
> router.
> I can ping the freebsd computer from a windows
> computer on the network.
> 
> I have 2 problems.
> 
> 1. I cannot access the internet using opera in
> xwindows.
> It say's "hosts not found" for any web site even
> though 
> I can ping the router, the ethernet card.
> what am I doing wrong?
> I do not think I have icfw enabled.
> Please help!

Have you checked to see that DNS is working properly?  If you type 'ping 
weak.org', do you get an IP address or do you just get the same errors 
as above?

Generally speaking there are two ways to resolve your problems:

1.  As root, type

/stand/sysinstall

This is the configuration manager not unlike the installation of 
FreeBSD.  To configure networking, try Configure -> Networking -> 
Interfaces.

You should have a list of the ethernet cards on your system.  Pick the 
one you want to configure, and make sure that you enter all of the 
relevant information about your network configuration, esp. your DNS server.

That should do it.  After exiting, try again - it should work if the 
configuration is correct.

2.  Check for the files.

/etc/resolv.conf contains where the DNS server is listed.  Mine is 
configured as:

mymagenta# cat resolv.conf
nameserver      206.141.251.2

If you want to ensure that the interface (your network card) is 
configured at run time, you can check /etc/rc.conf

The relevant lines are:

defaultrouter="192.168.0.1"
hostname="YOUR.HOSTNAME.HERE"  #fill in with the real hostname
ifconfig_sis0="inet 192.168.0.4  netmask 255.255.255.0"

The bit above - ifconfig_sis0 - should match your card's driver.  If 
this is configured, then the card should start up at boot.

Generally speaking it's better to use /stand/sysinstall (esp. if you're 
new) as it makes sure all the appropriate pieces are done correctly; it 
leaves less room for typos.

> 2. I seem to need to enable the ethernet card
> everytime I logon/restart the computer. How do I set
> it up so that it is enabled permanently.
> 

See above....

If this doesn't help, then attach the contents of dmesg (type 'dmesg > 
filename') and uname -a, which is pretty standard for BSD questions on 
BSD mailing lists.

Hope this helps,

brian



From sneakums at zork.net  Mon Jan 31 08:20:04 2005
From: sneakums at zork.net (Sean Neakums)
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:20:04 +0000
Subject: [buug] mysterious windowmaker option
In-Reply-To: <87k6pvia7r.fsf@buug.org> (Ian Zimmerman's message of "30 Jan
	2005 00:37:28 -0800")
References: <87k6pvia7r.fsf@buug.org>
Message-ID: <6uoef54ll7.fsf@zork.zork.net>

Ian Zimmerman <itz at buug.org> writes:

> What does the "Windoze style cycling" option in WPrefs or Wmakerconf
> actually do?  I have not observed any difference in Alt+Tab behavior
> with it on/off, either in WindowMaker 0.80 or 1.x.

I think "Windows-style" is when the first Alt-Tab takes you to the
last-selected window, not the next in the cycle order.  After the
first tap of Tab, they behave the same, following the cycle order.


From itz at buug.org  Mon Jan 31 20:14:40 2005
From: itz at buug.org (Ian Zimmerman)
Date: 31 Jan 2005 20:14:40 -0800
Subject: [buug] mysterious windowmaker option
In-Reply-To: <6uoef54ll7.fsf@zork.zork.net>
References: <87k6pvia7r.fsf@buug.org> <6uoef54ll7.fsf@zork.zork.net>
Message-ID: <87pszkj4r3.fsf@buug.org>


Ian> What does the "Windoze style cycling" option in WPrefs or
Ian> Wmakerconf actually do?  I have not observed any difference in
Ian> Alt+Tab behavior with it on/off, either in WindowMaker 0.80 or 1.x.

Sean> I think "Windows-style" is when the first Alt-Tab takes you to the
Sean> last-selected window, not the next in the cycle order.  After the
Sean> first tap of Tab, they behave the same, following the cycle order.

I seldom have more than 2 windows on the same workspace; with just 2,
would the behavior be the same?

-- 
I wonder which is the best virus for unix and if I can write
a better one in Microsoft BASIC ?
Hans-Marc Olsen in comp.unix.programmer