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This is just an heads-up for users for base_latest of FreeBSD 15. The update from yesterday broke drm-*-kmod (even using FreeBSD-ports-kmods set to latest). TL;DR; Wait for updated packages on FreeBSD-ports-kmods (drm-66-kmod-6.6.25.1500508_9...

Is this really news though? No offense intended (!), but STABLE, just like CURRENT, are essentially developer snapshots and although this is less bleeding edge there are still no guarantees that things will continue working. IMO you should...

we must admit to being a huge fan of systat -vmstat. sure, it's crowded and looks a little silly on modern machines with 48 cores, but it's a more holistic view of the system than top

When it comes to scripting / building for my servers then I basically rely on 2 editors: VS Code for my efforts on Windows and I'm also a die-hard vi user on the console (even up to a point where I have vi-mode enabled on my shell). So.. never...

I assume your PC isn't an embedded system with 64MB of RAM...

How are you able to see this? It implies you have access to the console. You have console access, fix it there. Boot to single user mode, remove the entry from /etc/fstab. If a filesystem in /etc/fstab fails to mount (for whatever reason) the...

Apparently, if I apply the Middleton BIOS to my ThinkPad X61 I can expect this improvement:- What is the best way of recording pre- and post- performance to see if I actually get any benefit?

Which says something about the quality and information density in "the internet".

You can use "net-mgm/aggregate" to optimize the list of the prefixes into bigger subnets and reducing the overall list size. Anyway your approach of blocking the botnets of probing/scan the http(s) files is not optimal. I suggest to use fail2ban...

Thanks for valuable tips! When all things settle a bit, I'm for sure going to take a look at these, especially net-mgm/aggregate to reduce the sizes. The file currently contains over just over 1 100 000 IP (1.1 million) addresses right now 🥵

Don't confuse snapshots with backups. Both are very recommendable to do, that's right. But they are not the same. If snapshots are stored on the same pool (physical drive) they provide quick and easy restorage when something was messed up (#1...

Obviously the CentOS libstdc++.so.6 version doesn't have the necessary symbols (GLIBCXX_3.4.20, .21). Try emulators/linux_base-rl9 instead. Note: In the rl9 package, libstdc++.so.6 is a symlink to libstdc++.so.6.0.29. % strings...

T-Daemon Thanks ! It worked, here is some notes which may become useful for others Update process: # FreeBSD 14.3 -> 14.4 freebsd-update fetch install && freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.4-RELEASE install # First Reboot shutdown -r now # post...

Whether you need them or not is a matter of personal circumstances. I've personally had decent luck with both Podman containers and actual FreeBSD jails. I haven't personally found either to be particularly hard to set up on the whole. I've...

Generally there is no escape except what you already did, moving them away. There is no fsck for ZFS.

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This isn't a question anyone can honestly answer... do you really need them? Nah. But it does depend on context, and there's also something else to consider: there are a lot of security measurements which you don't really need perse, but the...

Found this today after a google search. I've got a FreeBSD 14.4 system with 128GB of RAM, 16 Xeon E5-2630 cores @ 2.4 GHz, and mostly running the defaults. Among the biggest jobs this server does is handling ~1200 concurrent IMAP connections...

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This is not about shortcuts. The settings you do in menu do not apply to Dolphin run from Meta+E. They apply to the Dolphin from menu. The question is: how change settings to Dolphin starting from shortcut.

Indeed, the guy who literally wrote the book on the formal link between compression and intelligence runs a prize to make the best compressor, with a view to furthering AI research: http://prize.hutter1.net/ :)

I go back a page and try to log-in again; after 3-5 times it skips the image captcha :p

This isn't a question anyone can honestly answer... do you really need them? Nah. But it does depend on context, and there's also something else to consider: there are a lot of security measurements which you don't really need perse, but the...

Well, here is the scary part. I booted the machine single user and made the root writable. I then copied the source code versions of rc and rc.subr to a freebsd memstick, inserted the memstick into the single user machine that wouldn't boot...

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Works fine now! I'm on 15.1 and haven't tried adb/fastboot for a while; fastboot erase/flash both A/B slots worked fine from root, and adb sideload sideloaded as root too. '/usr/local/bin/fastboot' erase --slot='all' 'boot'...

freebsd-update won't overwrite the active kernel. The active kerne, if it is named kernel, will be renamed in kernel.old: /usr/sbin/freebsd-update 620 config_BackupKernelDir /boot/kernel.old You can rename your renamed custom kernel...

Qwen 3.6 is out as a dense model (that means that all parameters are active, as oppose to a Mixture of Experts model). Here is how to find the file to download. Visit the models homepage on Huggingface...

For some reason it constantly trips people up. It's been in effect for quite some time indeed. The best way is to simply create a thread in an appropriate forum and link to the howto you have questions about (or remarks, additions, suggestions...

I had this working previously but wanted to make some changes, but unfortunately I get:- It looks like drm-kmod is taking up a lot of space. I have:- MFSROOT_MAXSIZE=4096M

Neither are present in /etc/rc.subr.

I have my own dedicated server and have long been avoiding jails, mostly due to not fully understanding their benefits. Things have changed recently - one of my websites is showing an incredible growth rate - that has me thinking more about...

It is essentially what I followed,except that I updated the packages right after the etcupdate -B and not after the final reboot. Don't know if that matters.

Isn't that what the "any key" is for? Temporary permissions make me rather uncomfortable as they tend to become permanent permissions if not set up correctly. It's just wishful thinking in my view. Perhaps if I look into it more thoroughly it's...

Never mind. Fixed it. . . . . 😁 (From the other thread about that line.) About 4PM yesterday, our ISP went down. I don't know what happened but their estimated repair time (always a joke) was 8:30PM. Then 2:30AM. The only thing I know for sure...

Yeah, there was a great cracked.com article years ago, when it was still good, about 5 reasons why the guy who fixes your computer hates you. He talks about that scenario, an hour of web searching, finally you find someone with the exact same...

Followed some minutes later by postings from the same person berating the other users for not immediately jumping on it, or, "no longer needed, I just fixed it".

My personal favorite thread title is the old all time classic: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also known in its variants NEED URGENT HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or HELP, please!!

I have always run pkg install drm-kmod because that is what I thought I needed to do. I never understood why I received so many files, but since things worked I didn't pursue things.

"What happens next will surprise you" :rolleyes:

Modern equipment doesn't live very long. Occurs to me that it is made to last 10 years at best. That's why I stick to old stuff. Still sounds okay and you can still repair it. Just don't count the labour hours, I replaced hundreds of capacitors...

...and the idea someone would think stripping down a car engine or gearbox comparable tells us all we need to know. But seriously, you're quite right. If car manufacturers could program their engine controllers to detect test conditions and run...

Today I can add Cogent to the list ....

Sure, a good tube amp is worth to be repaired. No question. And not only. I also always try to repair my stuff myself first before I dump any of it: vacuum cleaners, earphones, ventilation,... even my stove (I graduated in mechanical engineering...

Thank you very much folks (especially for bsd-hardware.info - dind't know about this site)! Yes, it indeed seems that T14 Gen 3 is not that reliable when it comes to Wi-Fi (no native driver). In my case, stability and reliability is the primary...

Please don't post links unless you also post a summary.

Patch updates are only one freebsd-update install, a BE "snapshot" is created just before the installation of the patch is done.

There are several hardware probes to this model, it seems graphics is supported sound is "detected" (not sure it that means "working") wifi isn't fully supported: Probe #7aa93cd8ba of Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3...

The installer issue appears to have been fixed. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=270707 There may be problems obtaining the temperature. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280370