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[Pcbsd-developer] comments about 1.1 upgrade

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Hello!

I have been busy testing 1.1 patch that Kris made and now I write down all 
mistakes, bugs and suggestions. I already posted some on forums, but in case 
somebody miss em, I double it here:

############## 1.1 patch pbroblems:

1. hostname is doubled again in /etc/rc.conf.
2. kldload ntfs screams that hints file is old. 
3. same problem with linprocfs 
 
Code:
 warning: KLD '/boot/kernel/ntfs.ko' is newer than the linker.hints file 
 warning: KLD '/boot/kernel/linprocfs.ko' is newer than the linker.hints file

linux compat may be wise to move from module to kernel for speed and I presume 
that ntfs module is loaded automatically when access to filesystem is made...
   
4. Xorg official config file is xorc.conf 
 
Code:
 ls /etc/X11 
 XF86Config
   
5. "nve" DHCP config still missing from /etc/rc.conf 
6. What for is this> compat5x_enable="YES"? 

My kernel does not have any older 4 and 5 compat options in kernel right now.
 
7. /etc/resolv.conf.save 
 
Code:
  search had1.wa.comcast.net. 
 nameserver 68.87.69.146 
 nameserver 68.87.85.98 
 
This file overwrites current dns servers served by ISP or local router 
in /etc/resolv.conf and causing loose of internet connections. I think I got 
it when upgraded 6.0 installation manually to 6.1 and missed some config with 
mergemaster but in never hurts to point out this issue.

############Some thoughts about InstallLiveCD:

1. Name it PC-BSD instead of FreeSBIE, it is not hard, I know.
2. LiveInstallCD kernel and default installation kernel MUST be the same. It 
is pitty that some users are able to run installer but stuck with unbootable 
operating system.
3. Enable "options ATA_STATIC_ID   # Static device numbering" in kernel- it is 
good for SATA drives with their nonstandard device numbering.


Thank You for Your Patience
Andrei

http://raidon.eu

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] We have serious problem with SSH keys!

[Tim M. <ti...@pc...>]

Hi,

> What is your key?
>
> I imagine that all PC-BSD installations got the same key... This is just
> insane....
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/openssh.html

Whoops! Well spotted. Not a *serious* issue, you couldn't compromise the 
security of a PC-BSD installation with this knowledge, it could be used 
however to 'spoof' one.

1.1 is coming up soon, we could easily fix this for new installations. 
Existing systems can be easily patched, I'll talk to Kris about getting this 
fixed.

Thanks Andrei,

Tim

-- 
Tim McCormick
PC-BSD System Developer
ti...@pc...

[Pcbsd-developer] We have serious problem with SSH keys!

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

[code]less /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub[/code]

[quote]ssh-dss 
AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAAAEBAI3NCpOPcq1NY6Df/80nNanoZ6tvGoEaiAhw//1BLuCZrwhWrttn1YT3ERidgsJemL6tGApjMCrLyRxsHbYZV
/zklvqEcAcwxkPTgO3bLrIISXUIXXtBag88nPrrUrUJISqKgXzI8RZaKAlde6AWVptjnfwz0zrPVuNSLHdb0VUnweh02n/I4MJxXmZODZ9MNJnKTU
V0T9QtD6ThUjgAuHjV7p+9ZeUrXCWTfuZef8ixQMenRxVAzhMGU8P7QcHBf5aG15IICn8F/d2gta6QvsA65OKPrMm8BJL+S+kppZlZL53cWcpuHmj
fgkXA3Ib9T6t6IaIzayxbd11/tERKAhcAAAAVAI1eC1sYgnFvwzvt0ZtQ/ZKW9IIDAAABAQCA9g3UUdqMnsgGlo6krHCvBldTNcOCDvbZw8XBpmYZ
VNUqRQ14esrea2aLs4SPN/5QFDSYFtXfvDsaPfrI2HoW0aLnsNWtrKfpX6rwQUwVIh8gHpPYtSgcn5ReU8JcDaS7J7QLI/fj17PXkX0eqSqfst/QS
Ba48SU0Y5OVOezpF9RVavUCaLrrSDr4qvla9iGlYnD9IE0O516xAUWuJDb1MtdPEX1Lilo9Yb0a5XYIg6+DfrWWZmRcB8pAO73PjSPBEMEV8fTgG6
T/Jb+htps3yX/eAYULt45Q4fGu8rdWj/jfBIwlg6+jt1/M+IKcTdr7IN6ONKimy9pBW7R2ITJjAAABAQCCxteh9kz/8KdbACFOD41l7XTW37Jecli
H2TSSjOFFeJw17aDMQEWPiF+AZoxy0h5Gc0tv+/e/JSiEYAKONprxi+bKoOickyArLHAvC4GmhVGf74WOxb9RjDCgW/u97DIdcAX3YllbUyVBvnW4
vHfatIVUGx/6SM1F3c5Fnjd1A+lmH3Co5rQyLVzVM5zqoHfv/D1w36xBpksNPJ3I2rnaLC9a2KCqeFgx/IgrvBruBuK9mHQIpIseAfRLndWavfQV+
jlFIFbq9p1tU1F38yQESVJbZu0lYcZslYpcNC/RgPpu1MWzy0a1pNzoLkCcryj9cCsQgGQkyq1CrlgrLehT 
root@PCBSD.localhost
ssh_host_dsa_key.pub (END) [/quote]

What is your key?

I imagine that all PC-BSD installations got the same key... This is just 
insane....

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/openssh.html

[Pcbsd-developer] PC-BSD 1.0 with FreeBSD 6.1 issues

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

I don't know is it my problem or 6.1 USB engine is broken:

---------------------------------------------------------------
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Samsung DSC DKJ2 > Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
da0: 488MB (1000448 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 488C)
umass0: Phase Error, residue = 0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Synchronize cache failed, status == 0x4, scsi status 
== 0x0
umass0: Phase Error, residue = 0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Synchronize cache failed, status == 0x4, scsi status 
== 0x0
umass0: Phase Error, residue = 0
---------------------------------------------------------------
with 6.0 it worked just fine.

After major upgrade I can't mount filesystems automatically anymore- only 
manually :( Device insertion detection works but just can't mount anything.


Kernel changes:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
machine         i386
#cpu            I486_CPU
#cpu            I586_CPU
cpu             I686_CPU
ident           NEWPCBSD

# To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
#hints          "GENERIC.hints"         # Default places to look for devices.

#makeoptions    DEBUG=-g                # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug 
symbols

options         SCHED_ULE               # ULE scheduler
#options        SCHED_4BSD              # 4BSD scheduler

options         VESA            # Vesa Support for Splash
options         SC_PIXEL_MODE   # add support for the raster tex

# Direct Rendering modules for 3D acceleration.
device          drm             # DRM core module required by DRM drivers
device          i915drm         # Intel i830 through i915
device          mach64drm       # ATI Rage Pro, Rage Mobility P/M, Rage XL
device          mgadrm          # AGP Matrox G200, G400, G450, G550
device          r128drm         # ATI Rage 128
device          radeondrm       # ATI Radeon
device          savagedrm       # S3 Savage3D, Savage4
device          sisdrm          # SiS 300/305, 540, 630
device          tdfxdrm         # 3dfx Voodoo 3/4/5 and Banshee
#!!!options         DRM_DEBUG       # Include debug printfs (slow)

options         HZ=1000
options         DEVICE_POLLING

# PF firewall
device pf
device pflog
device pfsync

# PF ALTQ
options         ALTQ
options         ALTQ_CBQ        # Class Bases Queuing (CBQ)
options         ALTQ_RED        # Random Early Detection (RED)
options         ALTQ_RIO        # RED In/Out
options         ALTQ_HFSC       # Hierarchical Packet Scheduler (HFSC)
options         ALTQ_PRIQ       # Priority Queuing (PRIQ)
options         ALTQ_NOPCC      # Required for SMP build
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


/etc/devfs.rules
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[devfsrules_common=7]
add path 'acd*'  mode 660 group operator
add path 'cd*'   mode 660 group operator
add path 'pass*' mode 660 group operator
add path 'xpt*'  mode 660 group operator
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/rc.conf
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
background_dhclient="YES"
hostname="localhost.my.domain"
compat5x_enable="YES"

NIC="de em ixgb txp vx bfe bge dc fxp lge nge pcn re rl sf sis sk ste ti tl tx 
vge vr wb xl cs ed ex ep fe ie lnc sn xe an awi wi nve"

for i in $NIC; do
      eval ifconfig_${i}0="DHCP"
      eval ifconfig_${i}1="DHCP"
done

blanktime="180"
saver="logo"
sshd_enable="YES"
usbd_enable="YES"
moused_type="auto"
moused_enable="YES"

#Enable samba server
samba_enable="NO"

# Disable LPD
lpd_enable="NO"

# Enable CUPS
cupsd_enable="NO"
background_cupsd="YES"
enable_linux="YES"

# FSCK Enhancements
fsck_y_enable="YES"
background_fsck="YES"

tmpmfs="YES"
tmpsize="777m"
#tmpmfs_flags="-S -o noatime,noexec,nosuid,nosymfollow"
tmpmfs_flags="-S"
nfs_server_enable="NO"
sendmail_enable="NONE"

pf_enable="Yes"
pf_logd="Yes"
pf_conf="/etc/pf.conf"

#Disable probing of idle TCP connections to verify the peer is up and 
reachable:
tcp_keepalive="YES"
#ICMP error response bandwith limiting. Helps protect against DoS attacks:
icmp_bandlim="YES"

devd_enable="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_common"
removable_interfaces="an0 cbb0 cbb1 ed0 ed1 fd0 cd0 da0"
usbd_enable="YES"
ugen_load="YES"
umass_load="YES"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/pf.conf
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
scrub in all
pass in all
pass out all
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/hosts
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
::1                     localhost localhost.my.domain
127.0.0.1               localhost localhost.my.domain
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] PC-BSD 1.0 kernel features (drm, firewall, ....)

[Kris M. <kri...@co...>]

Andrei,

I may go ahead and roll an alternate kernel with these options, and make 
it selectable on the System Utility :) Thanks for the suggestions.



---
Kris Moore


Andrei Kolu wrote:
> I start with kernel today:)
> 
> changes in default PC-BSD kernel config /root/kernel/MYKERNEL :
> 
> machine         i386
> #cpu            I486_CPU
> #cpu            I586_CPU
> cpu             I686_CPU
> ident           PCBSD
> 
> # Direct Rendering modules for 3D acceleration.
> device          drm             # DRM core module required by DRM drivers
> device          mach64drm       # ATI Rage Pro, Rage Mobility P/M, Rage XL
> device          mgadrm          # AGP Matrox G200, G400, G450, G550
> device          r128drm         # ATI Rage 128
> device          radeondrm       # ATI Radeon
> device          sisdrm          # SiS 300/305, 540, 630
> 
> # networking
> options         HZ=1000
> options         DEVICE_POLLING # not all NICs support polling :( but releases 
> IRQs for better networking performance
> 
> # PF firewall
> device pf
> device pflog
> device pfsync
> 
> # PF ALTQ # not all NICs support ALTQ :(
> options         ALTQ
> options         ALTQ_CBQ        # Class Bases Queuing (CBQ)
> options         ALTQ_RED        # Random Early Detection (RED)
> options         ALTQ_RIO        # RED In/Out
> options         ALTQ_HFSC       # Hierarchical Packet Scheduler (HFSC)
> options         ALTQ_PRIQ       # Priority Queuing (PRIQ)
> options         ALTQ_NOPCC      # Required for SMP build
> 
> Alternative to PF is to use IPFW
> 
> options    IPFIREWALL                   
> # This option enables IPFW as part of the kernel
> options    IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE           
> # Enables logging of packets that pass through IPFW and have the 'log' keyword 
> specified in the rule set.
> options    IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=5   
> # Limits the number of packets logged through syslogd(8) on a per entry basis. 
> You may wish to use this option in hostile environments which you want to log 
> firewall activity. This will close a possible denial of service attack via 
> syslog flooding.
> options    IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
> options    IPDIVERT # This enables the use of NAT functionality.
> 
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[Pcbsd-developer] Re: PCBSD-Developer digest, Vol 1 #40 - 2 msgs

[Charles A. L. <lan...@gm...>]

I agree will at least all addons that I know you suggested (CPU, PF,
IPFW, etc...)

Charles.

[Pcbsd-developer] PC-BSD 1.0 kernel features (drm, firewall, ....)

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

I start with kernel today:)

changes in default PC-BSD kernel config /root/kernel/MYKERNEL :

machine =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 i386
#cpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I486_CPU
#cpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I586_CPU
cpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I686_CPU
ident =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 PCBSD

# Direct Rendering modules for 3D acceleration.
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0drm =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # DRM core module req=
uired by DRM drivers
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0mach64drm =A0 =A0 =A0 # ATI Rage Pro, Rage Mobili=
ty P/M, Rage XL
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0mgadrm =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# AGP Matrox G200, G400=
, G450, G550
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0r128drm =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # ATI Rage 128
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0radeondrm =A0 =A0 =A0 # ATI Radeon
device =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0sisdrm =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# SiS 300/305, 540, 630

# networking
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 HZ=3D1000
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 DEVICE_POLLING # not all NICs support polling :( bu=
t releases=20
IRQs for better networking performance

# PF firewall
device pf
device pflog
device pfsync

# PF ALTQ # not all NICs support ALTQ :(
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_CBQ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Class Bases Queuing (CBQ)
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_RED =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Random Early Detection (R=
ED)
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_RIO =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# RED In/Out
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_HFSC =A0 =A0 =A0 # Hierarchical Packet Schedul=
er (HFSC)
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_PRIQ =A0 =A0 =A0 # Priority Queuing (PRIQ)
options =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ALTQ_NOPCC =A0 =A0 =A0# Required for SMP build

Alternative to PF is to use IPFW

options =A0 =A0IPFIREWALL =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=20
# This option enables IPFW as part of the kernel
options =A0 =A0IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=20
# Enables logging of packets that pass through IPFW and have the 'log' keyw=
ord=20
specified in the rule set.
options =A0 =A0IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=3D5 =A0=20
# Limits the number of packets logged through syslogd(8) on a per entry bas=
is.=20
You may wish to use this option in hostile environments which you want to l=
og=20
firewall activity. This will close a possible denial of service attack via=
=20
syslog flooding.
options =A0 =A0IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
options =A0 =A0IPDIVERT # This enables the use of NAT functionality.

[Pcbsd-developer] PC-BSD 1.0 kernel features (drm, firewall, ....)

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

I start with kernel today:)

changes in default PC-BSD kernel config /root/kernel/MYKERNEL :

machine         i386
#cpu            I486_CPU
#cpu            I586_CPU
cpu             I686_CPU
ident           PCBSD

# Direct Rendering modules for 3D acceleration.
device          drm             # DRM core module required by DRM drivers
device          mach64drm       # ATI Rage Pro, Rage Mobility P/M, Rage XL
device          mgadrm          # AGP Matrox G200, G400, G450, G550
device          r128drm         # ATI Rage 128
device          radeondrm       # ATI Radeon
device          sisdrm          # SiS 300/305, 540, 630

# networking
options         HZ=1000
options         DEVICE_POLLING # not all NICs support polling :( but releases 
IRQs for better networking performance

# PF firewall
device pf
device pflog
device pfsync

# PF ALTQ # not all NICs support ALTQ :(
options         ALTQ
options         ALTQ_CBQ        # Class Bases Queuing (CBQ)
options         ALTQ_RED        # Random Early Detection (RED)
options         ALTQ_RIO        # RED In/Out
options         ALTQ_HFSC       # Hierarchical Packet Scheduler (HFSC)
options         ALTQ_PRIQ       # Priority Queuing (PRIQ)
options         ALTQ_NOPCC      # Required for SMP build

Alternative to PF is to use IPFW

options    IPFIREWALL                   
# This option enables IPFW as part of the kernel
options    IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE           
# Enables logging of packets that pass through IPFW and have the 'log' keyword 
specified in the rule set.
options    IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=5   
# Limits the number of packets logged through syslogd(8) on a per entry basis. 
You may wish to use this option in hostile environments which you want to log 
firewall activity. This will close a possible denial of service attack via 
syslog flooding.
options    IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
options    IPDIVERT # This enables the use of NAT functionality.

[Pcbsd-developer] Problems with forum logon and language installation

[me me <als...@ya...>]

Hello,

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place for
these questions.

I tried to register for the web forum, but when I
tried to login to post 
this question, I got a blank page and no login.  I am
using Firefox 
1.5.0.2.  Am I the only one experiencing this?

I also tried to use the chat room on IRC with
chatzilla, but that didn't 
work either, nobody answered.

I want to install PCBsd with multilanguage support so
that my wife whose 
native language is different from mine can login using
her own language 
in KDE and I keep my login in English.

Trying to install using her language from the
beginning fails because I 
can't login once KDE comes up.

If I install in English, then I never get the prompt
to install any other 
language on the first boot up.  This seems to be a
PCBsd specific 
application? How do I invoke the language installer
from a running KDE?

Again, sorry if this is off-topic, but I am not able
to find help 
anyplace else.

Regards.


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Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Re: PCBSD-Developer digest, Vol 1 #36 - 2 msgs

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Charles A. Landemaine wrote:
> On 4/26/06, pcb...@li...
> <pcb...@li...> wrote:
>> I looked at www.pbidir.com today and realized that it is not user
>> friendly. My humble suggestions:
>>
>> 1. List on front page not program names with version numbers but just
>> themes like: Web, Utilities, Office... with short description, what you
>> can find here.
>
> I think listing software on the 1st page save one click for common
> applications, for instance Opera is listed on the 1st page, so I just
> have to click twice to get it :)
>
First page is crowded right now and it is difficult to find something in 
this mess.
And "userfriendly"  means  that  if you can find something even without 
searching by just following the path.
For example: I want to try out different browser> I click on front page 
"Internet" link/icon> Found link to "Browsers"> Then I see browsers 
sorted by rating/alphabet whatever> click on Opera> I see different 
versions of Opera, like FreeBSD native PBI, Linux version with Flash and 
maybe older versions(not everyone have 64bit processors with gigs of ram 
and older programs is less hungry for computation power, maybe I don't 
like new version and I want to compare new functions with older 
version... )> I download package I want and I am happy now ;)
>> 2. In themes like Web, Utilities, Office.. etc. you can see program
>> names with short description and last version number. If someone want to
>> try out older version they can download it from list below.
>
> Should we keep older versions?
>
Yes we should, if there is no serious vulnerabilities. New version does 
not mean that it is better quality automagically.
>> 3. Most popular software mean not mostly downloaded for all time but
>> mostly downloaded per week or month.
>
> Good idea.
Maybe there should be options for sorting/statistics.
>> 5. If someone visits pbidir.com he have no information what it is all
>> about. More information please. How it is related to PC-BSD and why it
>> so good to be true and so on...
>
> Yes, a short explanation could help new visitors. Let's see what I can
> come up with...
>
Some words about pbidir forum. Is it vise to have separate forum for pbi?
> Thanks for the suggestions, I'll see how I can improve all of the 
> above ;)
Any time.

[Pcbsd-developer] Re: PCBSD-Developer digest, Vol 1 #36 - 2 msgs

[Charles A. L. <lan...@gm...>]

On 4/26/06, pcb...@li...
<pcb...@li...> wrote:
> I looked at www.pbidir.com today and realized that it is not user
> friendly. My humble suggestions:
>
> 1. List on front page not program names with version numbers but just
> themes like: Web, Utilities, Office... with short description, what you
> can find here.

I think listing software on the 1st page save one click for common
applications, for instance Opera is listed on the 1st page, so I just
have to click twice to get it :)

> 2. In themes like Web, Utilities, Office.. etc. you can see program
> names with short description and last version number. If someone want to
> try out older version they can download it from list below.

Should we keep older versions?

> 3. Most popular software mean not mostly downloaded for all time but
> mostly downloaded per week or month.

Good idea.

> 5. If someone visits pbidir.com he have no information what it is all
> about. More information please. How it is related to PC-BSD and why it
> so good to be true and so on...

Yes, a short explanation could help new visitors. Let's see what I can
come up with...

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll see how I can improve all of the above ;)

--
Charles A. Landemaine.

[Pcbsd-developer] Re: PCBSD-Developer digest, Vol 1 #37 - 1 msg

[Charles A. L. <lan...@gm...>]

On 4/30/06, pcb...@li...
<pcb...@li...> wrote:
> Are you prepared for /. effect? Thank god nobody posted PC-BSD news on
> this site today- I am able to download iso image :)

PC-BSD is hosted at NearlyFreeSpeech.net, if I'm not mistaked, they
have a cluster and should be able to handle it.

> Next time it is preferable if PC-BSD insiders got new releases couple of
> days before official release. Now new users asking questions about
> PC-BSD 1.0 and I have not installed it jet. Have to improvise...

Actually 1.0 release is like RC2 with minor enhancements and a lot of
bug fixes, so there is no big difference ;)
You're helping a lot on the forum, thanks for your help and for your time ;=
)

--
Charles A. Landemaine.

[Pcbsd-developer] Slashdot effect

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Hi guys!

Are you prepared for /. effect? Thank god nobody posted PC-BSD news on 
this site today- I am able to download iso image :)
Next time it is preferable if PC-BSD insiders got new releases couple of 
days before official release. Now new users asking questions about 
PC-BSD 1.0 and I have not installed it jet. Have to improvise...


Andrei

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] PBIdir possible impovements

[Federico L. <flo...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 5:12 pm, Andrei Kolu wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I looked at www.pbidir.com today and realized that it is not user
> friendly. My humble suggestions:
>
> 1. List on front page not program names with version numbers but just
> themes like: Web, Utilities, Office... with short description, what you
> can find here.
> 2. In themes like Web, Utilities, Office.. etc. you can see program
> names with short description and last version number. If someone want to
> try out older version they can download it from list below.
> 3. Most popular software mean not mostly downloaded for all time but
> mostly downloaded per week or month.
> 4. I'd like to see independent reviews about approved software in pbidir
> from registered users.
> 5. If someone visits pbidir.com he have no information what it is all
> about. More information please. How it is related to PC-BSD and why it
> so good to be true and so on...
>
> Thank You for your patience.
> antik
>
Nice ideas there, not sure how easy they would be to impliement though...
/me looks at Charles :)

[Pcbsd-developer] PBIdir possible impovements

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Hello!

I looked at www.pbidir.com today and realized that it is not user 
friendly. My humble suggestions:

1. List on front page not program names with version numbers but just 
themes like: Web, Utilities, Office... with short description, what you 
can find here.
2. In themes like Web, Utilities, Office.. etc. you can see program 
names with short description and last version number. If someone want to 
try out older version they can download it from list below.
3. Most popular software mean not mostly downloaded for all time but 
mostly downloaded per week or month.
4. I'd like to see independent reviews about approved software in pbidir 
from registered users.
5. If someone visits pbidir.com he have no information what it is all 
about. More information please. How it is related to PC-BSD and why it 
so good to be true and so on...

Thank You for your patience.
antik

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Patch for PBIDelete

[Kris M. <kri...@co...>]

Good idea! I'll get this thrown in!

---
Kris Moore


Matteo Niccoli wrote:
> This patch sort in case-sensitive alphabetical order the output of
> PBIdelete. Maybe something of similar should be done for pbm.ui.h
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> --- main.cpp	Tue Jan 17 18:16:21 2006
> +++ ../main.cpp	Wed Apr 19 16:39:41 2006
> @@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
>   int i = 0;
>   QString tmp;
>   QString ProgDirName;
> + QStringList ProgList;
>  
>    cout << "Installed PBI's\n----------\n";
>  
> @@ -374,11 +375,12 @@
>          tmp = ProgVer[i];
>          tmp.replace(" ", "");
>          ProgDirName = ProgDirName + tmp;
> -        cout << ProgDirName << "\n";
> +	ProgList << ProgDirName;
>          i++;
>     }
>  
> -
> +   ProgList.sort();
> +   cout << ProgList.join( "\n" ) << endl;
>  }
>  
>  
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006

[Pcbsd-developer] Some improvement to network manager

[<mni...@da...>]

Hi all,



now, when users change configuration of network card or routing table, needs to reboot pc to apply the changes.

But we can simply use this 2 scripts in /etc/rc.d to 

reload configuration from rc.conf to make this changes

available without reboot:



/etc/rc.d/netif stop

/etc/rc.d/netif start

/etc/rc.d/routing stop

/etc/rc.d/routing start



After this 4 command, we have network card configuration

and routing table reloaded from rc.conf.



It's very simple not? What do you think?



Bye.

[Pcbsd-developer] Patch for PBIDelete

[Matteo N. <mat...@da...>]

This patch sort in case-sensitive alphabetical order the output of
PBIdelete. Maybe something of similar should be done for pbm.ui.h

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] An ask on PCBSD Usermanager.

[Tim M. <ti...@pc...>]

Hi Matteo,

Thanks for the info, you make an excellent point.

I'll see that this gets fixed for the final version.

Regards,

Tim

On Wednesday 19 April 2006 12:50, Matteo Niccoli wrote:
> Hi, i see in source code of usermanagerback.cpp
>
> fullnameRegExp.setPattern("([a-z]*[A-Z]*[0-9]*\\s*)+");
>
> But, into:
>
> /usr/src/usr.sbin/pw/pw_user.c, i see:
>
> char    *
> pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos)
> {
>         *****************
>         *****************
>         if (gecos) {
>                 /* See if the name is valid as a gecos (comment) field. */
>                 badchars = ":!@";
>                 showtype = "gecos field";
>
> the only 3 character not allowed to be in Fullname are:
>
> badchars = ":!@";
>
> My ask is: Why usermanager of PCBSD is more restrictive than
> userland FreeBSD binaries, that add/remove user from the system?
>
> This is a problem, because if you add an user with useradd, you
> can have FullName like "Pippo &", but if you try to edit this user
> with PCBSDUserManager, when you try to save changes (without
> change the FullName), it gives you an error on "Pippo &".
>
> Why not use the same badchars of pw_user.c instead of a
> regular expression?
>
> Bye.
>
>
>
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[Pcbsd-developer] An ask on PCBSD Usermanager.

[Matteo N. <mat...@da...>]

Hi, i see in source code of usermanagerback.cpp

fullnameRegExp.setPattern("([a-z]*[A-Z]*[0-9]*\\s*)+");

But, into:

/usr/src/usr.sbin/pw/pw_user.c, i see:

char    *
pw_checkname(u_char *name, int gecos)
{
        *****************
        *****************
        if (gecos) {
                /* See if the name is valid as a gecos (comment) field. */
                badchars = ":!@";
                showtype = "gecos field";

the only 3 character not allowed to be in Fullname are:

badchars = ":!@";

My ask is: Why usermanager of PCBSD is more restrictive than
userland FreeBSD binaries, that add/remove user from the system?

This is a problem, because if you add an user with useradd, you
can have FullName like "Pippo &", but if you try to edit this user
with PCBSDUserManager, when you try to save changes (without
change the FullName), it gives you an error on "Pippo &".

Why not use the same badchars of pw_user.c instead of a
regular expression?

Bye.

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] EDU version of PC-BSD

[Kris M. <pie...@gm...>]

Andrei,

This would be a great idea. I would like to see this as a complete PBI, 
almost a Total-Conversion package that adds all these things to the OS. 
Are all of these features already available in BSD as a package of some 
sort, or would they have to be developed also?



---
Kris Moore


Andrei Kolu wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Many teachers in Estonia have strong demand for educational version of 
> PC-BSD.
> 
> Features they need:
> 1. Kdeedu package, Openoffice, Java,
> 2. windows active directory authentication, LDAP,
> 3. samba server,
> 4. terminalserver XDMCP,  NX server, PXE terminal boot
> 5. remote administration over vnc and NX,
> 6. printserver quote (controlled, paid printing)
> 7. time syncronisation
> 8. ID-card reader support
> and so on...
> 
> I propose to make spacial release for schools- where our future 
> "clients" resides or pack it all together in one featured edu.PBI package.
> 
> Andrei
> 
> 
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[Pcbsd-developer] EDU version of PC-BSD

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

Hello!

Many teachers in Estonia have strong demand for educational version of 
PC-BSD.

Features they need:
1. Kdeedu package, Openoffice, Java,
2. windows active directory authentication, LDAP,
3. samba server,
4. terminalserver XDMCP,  NX server, PXE terminal boot
5. remote administration over vnc and NX,
6. printserver quote (controlled, paid printing)
7. time syncronisation
8. ID-card reader support
and so on...

I propose to make spacial release for schools- where our future 
"clients" resides or pack it all together in one featured edu.PBI package.

Andrei

Re: [Pcbsd-developer] Re: Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Kris M. <pie...@gm...>]

We'll have to put this on a list of TODO's for the next release :) I'll 
save a copy of this script, do some testing with it here.
---
Kris Moore


Federico Lorenzi wrote:
> Well, my laptop's (which i managed to ressurect) cpu line on dmesg is the
> EXACT same as my P3 server, so i dont think that that would work, however
> most modern laptops have a lid... so here is a little script which should
> detect laptop / desktop:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # Laptop detection script V0.001
> # Reply to the mailing list if it doesn't work...
> 
> dmesgLine=`dmesg | grep "acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0"`
> 
> if test "${dmesgLine}" = ""; then
>         echo "You have a desktop!"
> else
>         echo "You have a laptop!"
> fi
> 
> Cheers
> 
> On 4/1/06, mai...@gm... <mai...@gm...> wrote:
>> Some laptops (such as the one I'm using right now), have a numpad installed.
>> I would recommend an installer option that asks the user whether or not it's
>> got a numpad.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's probably also not feasible to look at the CPU name both because there
>> are a lot of cpu types out there, and I doubt you're going to find a nice
>> list of every one possibly available, and because there are some crazy folk
>> out there who put a mobile chip in a desktop (for overclocking), or a normal
>> chip in a laptop.
>>
>>             -Matt McDonald
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> From: pcb...@li...
>> [mailto:pcb...@li...] On Behalf Of Charles A.
>> Landemaine
>> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:27 AM
>> To: pcb...@li...
>> Subject: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello guys :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
>> Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 100%
>> sure to work?
>>
>> Is there another way?
>>
>> If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
>> during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
>>
>> Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2402
>>
>> Have a nice week-end! :)
>>
>> --
>> Charles A. Landemaine.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
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[Pcbsd-developer] Houston, We Have a Problem....

[Andrei K. <an...@bs...>]

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[Pcbsd-developer] Re: Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop

[Federico L. <flo...@gm...>]

Well, my laptop's (which i managed to ressurect) cpu line on dmesg is the
EXACT same as my P3 server, so i dont think that that would work, however
most modern laptops have a lid... so here is a little script which should
detect laptop / desktop:

#!/bin/sh
# Laptop detection script V0.001
# Reply to the mailing list if it doesn't work...

dmesgLine=3D`dmesg | grep "acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0"=
`

if test "${dmesgLine}" =3D ""; then
        echo "You have a desktop!"
else
        echo "You have a laptop!"
fi

Cheers

On 4/1/06, mai...@gm... <mai...@gm...> wrot=
e:
> Some laptops (such as the one I'm using right now), have a numpad install=
ed.
> I would recommend an installer option that asks the user whether or not i=
t's
> got a numpad.
>
>
>
> It's probably also not feasible to look at the CPU name both because ther=
e
> are a lot of cpu types out there, and I doubt you're going to find a nice
> list of every one possibly available, and because there are some crazy fo=
lk
> out there who put a mobile chip in a desktop (for overclocking), or a nor=
mal
> chip in a laptop.
>
>             -Matt McDonald
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: pcb...@li...
> [mailto:pcb...@li...] On Behalf Of Charles=
 A.
> Landemaine
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:27 AM
> To: pcb...@li...
> Subject: [Pcbsd-developer] Detecting if computer is laptop or desktop
>
>
>
> Hello guys :)
>
>
>
> Is it possible to detect if the user's computer is a laptop or desktop?
> Renato suggested looking at the CPU name and decide accordingly. Is it 10=
0%
> sure to work?
>
> Is there another way?
>
> If not, I suggested to add a "Select between laptop or desktop" option
> during installation to turn on/off the numlock key accordingly.
>
> Discussion here: http://www.pcbsd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3D2402
>
> Have a nice week-end! :)
>
> --
> Charles A. Landemaine.
>
>
>