... m basically asking to any > developper if this FS would be a good addition to OpenBSD...or the goals are > way too different and it wouldn't be very useful. How can we answer your question as long as the design itself is a moving target? Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Feb 25 2007 - 17:45

> Does anyone have a problem with the latest macppc snapshot? > Booting the cd41.iso, it loops with: > "init: single user shell terminated, restarting" My fault. This will be fixed in the next snapshot. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Feb 27 2007 - 09:14

... vgafb driver is too optimistic thinking it can drive your card, while it can't. This is being worked on, so that by the 4.1 release, there will be minimal support for these cards. In the meantime, you will need to use a serial console. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 2 2007 - 07:09

> $ sudo mount -t ext2 /dev/svnd0c debian > mount: no mount helper program found for ext2: No such file or directory Use ``-t ext2fs''. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 2 2007 - 13:59

... the context below in which newfs gives the error. Well, do you want to mount the image or newfs it? OpenBSD does not ship with anything able to create ext2fs filesystems, you'll need to create the filesystem with another operating system. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 2 2007 - 15:30

... .kbdreset=1 but it will halt the system or in rc.shutdown change > powerdown to YES. but what i want is a reboot, not halt or powerdown. Then add a reboot command (such as ``/sbin/shutdown -r now'') as the last line of /etc/rc.powerdown. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 6 2007 - 11:14

... Do I just > use newfs or is the fact that the disklabel fstype entry is swap enough > and I leave it with no filesystem on it? mkswap is a linux thing; other operating systems have never needed anything to be done to be able to use swap. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 9 2007 - 09:39

... , unless perhaps if pasting has been done with the mouse. > 1) Can I do this that way, what is the actual problem? The actual problem is that you don't know Makefile syntax requirements. > 2) Do I have to modify another file? No. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 16 2007 - 06:12

... I should know better than to correct a developer, but apart from that > it would look better and help avoiding issues with trailing backslashes > (which should not be there anyway), this is not really _needed_, is it? You're indeed right. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 16 2007 - 07:58

... used as part of an evil conspiracy to reduce the signal/noise ratio of mailing lists. (Of course, some lists like this one do not need help to maintain a low s/n ratio, but there are some things conspirationnists can never understand). Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 16 2007 - 10:55

... .org >> FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! > > It is right there in the signature. Come on Marco, real evil persons do not need to brag about it in their signature. He's, at best, a misguided minor evil. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 20 2007 - 09:07

... want a nice pet project to spend time on, NetBSD runs on it and porting their code should be relatively easy to do. Of course this won't help with the fact that the NSLU2 is horribly slow (it's not nicknamed ``slug'' without a good reason). Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 22 2007 - 15:24

... and once properly shutdown, the OS > would then power off the device. > Under OpenBSD, this switch does nothing. You need to sysctl machdep.kbdreset=1, for example by uncommenting the entry in /etc/sysctl.conf. See power(4) for details. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Mar 23 2007 - 17:17

... . Then again, it might be a waste of time. > > Just curious: why do you think this helps? It's not like nice'ing the > only process on the box that uses any real resources helps, does it? It does not change anything wrt this problem. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Apr 16 2007 - 16:57

... proces gets stuck at `syncing disks' after > which I have to m-c-ESC and then boot sync. > > I have this on a i386 and I met someone on #openbsd who had it on > a sparc. > > When will this bug be fixed? It has been fixed already. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Apr 23 2007 - 08:18

... . >> > >> > I have this on a i386 and I met someone on #openbsd who had it on >> > a sparc. >> > >> > When will this bug be fixed? >> >> It has been fixed already. > > It just happened again. Then it is not the issue I had in mind. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Apr 23 2007 - 09:11

... I > type in "cont\r" the shutdown continues on properly, including powering > off the system. There was an unconditional Debugger() call in this codepath, which got commited by mistake. Snapshots after march 23rd have this corrected. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Apr 25 2007 - 00:30

... > > uberry0 at uhub2 port 2 > uberry0: ServerEngines SE USB Device, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2 > uberry0: Charging enabled And this is caused by a stupid bug in both axe and uberry. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll fix this later today. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - Apr 26 2007 - 08:08

... on the exact functions of the flags that can be > passed to WD via config? I haven't found any, and I'm not a good enough C > programmer to tease them out of the source. Unexpectably, these flags are described in the wd(4) manual page. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - May 14 2007 - 15:00

... ? If you actually really cared about this, you would have found the answer in the FAQ by yourself. > Also, is someone going to change the topic on #openbsd on all servers > worldwide? I don't know. I am not wasting time on irc. Miod

openbsd-misc - Miod Vallat - May 24 2007 - 16:17