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    libusb

    I am trying to use python to talk to usb devices. It is not working very well, and I would like to call atention to this. I used pip to install pyusb. Calling show_devics() twice will cause a segfault. FreeBSD 12.1 AMD64 Python 3.7.9 python -c "from usb.core import show_devices...
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    rolling binary updates from server to clients

    I haven't had any luck searching for this, perhaps someone here can point me in the right direction. Is there an app to enable a FreeBSD server to perform binary updates on a host of FreeBSD clients. Example 1: A binary update to an application (FireFox) is needed on all...
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    Installing from USB flash drive.

    create freebsd flash drive from linux Hi, so sorry not to have gotten back to you earlier about this. I suggest that you install qemu , a hardware emulator that lets you run filesystem images in a window under X11. I can not give you step by step instructions on how to do that on a linux...
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    Installing from USB flash drive.

    I have successfully installed FreeBSD 7.2Release (i386) from a USB flash drive. It involves a little more work than installing from CD/DVD but the convenience of having it on a USB flash drive makes it worth it. I created a single bootable slice with only a "/" partition. Then I used tar...
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    System randomly panics

    random panics You should test ALL of the hardware, especially the integrity of your disk drives. Download and burn the appropriate disk test and recertification utility from your disk drive manufacturer, IBM, Seagate, Maxtor, etc. I can not stress enough that people need to periodically...
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    Which is your Favourite Linux?

    Favorite Linux ? Currently my favorite OS with a Linux kernel , is Ubuntu, but I would like to briefly share my history with FBSD and Linux kernel OS's. The year was 1996, MS did not have a secure stable OS out yet so I went to a amateur radio swap meet and picked up copies of Slackware...
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