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  1. francis

    Check how FreeBSD website looked many years ago!

    Hi, there is a very interesting website called the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine, which provides an opportunity for you to check how the FreeBSD website looked in e.g. 2000 etc. It's amazing to see how the website has evolved, changed appearance etc. Just choose a year and one of the...
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    Adobe Flash Player 11.7

    Also please remember, that Flash Player 11.2 is the last supported Flash Player version for Linux. Adobe will continue to provide security updates, but there will not be update to version 11.7. On April 9, Adobe has released security updates for Flash. These updates address vulnerabilities that...
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    malloc implementation

    Hi rainman. It seems that since FreeBSD 7.0 malloc (old implementation called phkmalloc()) was replaced by jemalloc (jemalloc(3) manual page). More interesting information you can find by reading jemalloc.pdf file. This paper presents a new malloc() implementation, informally just called...
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    To all users of the linux-flashplugin.

    Hi, On February 12. Adobe has released a security update for the linux-flashplugin that fixes 17 vulnerabilities. Previous vulnerable version: 11.2.202.262 (last entry on the VuXML website: 2013-02-08). On VuXML website, which is documenting security issues in FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Ports...
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    gtk+ library problem with libreoffice

    Hi SirDice. You have written "Turn off GTK3". Okay, but it seems, that GTK3 option, which You are suggest to turn off, is already off by default in the LibreOffice Configuration Options. Only GTK2 GUI toolkit is on by default; editors/libreoffice. Maybe you meant to turn on this GTK3 option...
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    Which browser(s) do you prefer?

    Hi, please do not forget another browser, which offers many interesting features and extensions. It's called midori a lightweight and fast web browser, which is part of the Xfce project, but can be used everywhere. Some of the features are; support for user scripts and styles, bookmark...
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    Postgresql won't start

    Hi Sife. First, putting Postgresql in a jail, is not a good idea. I read once about it, but unfortunately I do not have sources of this text. Maybe someone with more knowledge and experience, will be able to answer this question. I've used this server a very long time ago and I do not remember a...
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    To all users of the linux-flashplugin.

    Adobe Flash Player has been updated to the 11.2.202.261 version due to several security issue, which could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Previous vulnerable version: 11.2.202.258. On VuXML website, which is documenting security issues in...
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    Stack Protector (PaX) for FreeBSD

    Hello, bryn1u that's a good question. For sure an nVIDIA graphics card driver is compiled with -fstack-protector option. I do not know whether the installed programs from Ports Collection also support so-called SSP. Certainly few, but all? Frankly, this is very interesting. I will check it out...
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    Stack Protector (PaX) for FreeBSD

    Hi bryn1u. I think that SirDice is right writing about removing CXX/CO/CFLAGS from /etc/make.conf file. These settings/values can harm your system, really. Let's move on. You asked about FreeBSD, protector, buffer overflow etc. From my own experience, the FreeBSD has stack protected on some...
  11. francis

    upgrade path to 9.1 from 9.1RC2

    Hi punt. There is a simple way to do update - it is called freebsd-update[1] and provides binary updates to FreeBSD, but remember "(...) e.g., FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE and FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, but not FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT. (...)". So you need to have a GENERIC (which is default)...
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    linux_base-f10 does not install

    Hi adripillo. From what I remember, you do not need to build this driver with support for Linux compatibility [1]. As you probably know, there are also interesting applications, which will help you configure NVIDIA graphic card. One is x11/nvidia-xconfig, which will auto-detect and create (or...
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    Enlightenment on FreeBSD 9

    Hi amr! You wrote a thing with which I can not agree; "the thing is PC-BSD is using KDE (...)". This is not true, because PC-BSD since the 9.0-RELEASE offers a variety of Window Managers, such as KDE, GNOME, XFCE or LXDE and many more. KDE was the default and integrated DE in earlier versions of...
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    Run "nice" outside a Jail

    Hi luizxavierct! Please check jexec command, which allows to execute a command inside an existing jail. As You can see jexec executes commands inside jail; (...) identified by its jid or name. So what it is jid? It is the unique jail identifier, which You can get using jls utility. There is also...
  15. francis

    Lost connection to server after enable IPFW

    Hi Ricky! Please remember and note that on 31 July (it will be on Tuesday, if I'm not mistaken), the support for FreeBSD 8.1 will be ended - Estimated EoL (end-of-life). You should consider upgrading to one of available versions, except the 8.2-RELEASE, because also on July 31, the support will...
  16. francis

    boot FreeBSD using Linux Grub

    Hi ccc! Problem of booting FreeBSD using GRUB is widely described on the internet. One of the interesting thread you can find here; Linux + FreeBSD + GRUB2 - it is a topic, which could help you with GRUB configuration. The most important thing is the fact, that this problem is Solved. Next -...
  17. francis

    portupgrade options

    Hi @kr651129. There is an interesting option, called; BATCH. You can use it with the portupgrade tool or add this option to the /etc/make.conf file. Personally, I think, that this is not a good solution to build ports with default settings. In my opinion it is better to know what is set and/or...
  18. francis

    How to install Kerberos

    Hi yemi! You want to know how to configure it? First, you should look for information about Kerberos e.g. in excellent FreeBSD Handbook. There you will find a comprehensive description of e.g. The Key Distribution Center (KDC), whic is the centralized authentication service that Kerberos...
  19. francis

    Installation nvidia drivers

    Hi, Petr. I also have a NVIDIA graphics card. I use it for a long time without any problems. I see you have a GeForce 8600 GTS card and you are trying to install 71xx driver version, which seems to support older cards. I think you should install the x11/nvidia-driver 295.49 version (see; Display...
  20. francis

    updating FreeBSD 8.2 error

    Hi zola. It's been several days from writing this topic. I do not know whether you were able to update your system, I hope so. Failed to fetch metadata file could means, that server was - for example - loaded. I would suggest you to try the fetch again all available binary updates or even try...
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