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Coping with portupgrade’s inability to handle new dependencies
I grew tired of handholding portupgrade because of the latter’s inability to handle new dependencies. The script below is the result of my frustration. The script is available for downloading at http://ximalas.info/~trond/create-zfs/canmount/upgrade-outdated-ports.sh.
Read More → Coping with portupgrade’s inability to handle new dependenciesDecoding darkstat’s export format
While pondering why darkstat all of a sudden shows corrupted timestamps when running on FreeBSD/amd64 stable/9, I wrote a small program to decode the export format. The program is available using svn co svn://svn.ximalas.info/darkstattype or http://svnweb.ximalas.info/darkstattype/. The license is the 2-clause BSD license.
Read More → Decoding darkstat’s export formatWITHOUT_NEW_XORG=yes → true
I’m probably not paying enough attention to new developments in FreeBSD after all. After updating the installed ports in my VMs running base/head and base/stable/10, X11 stopped working. It turns out the new version of X.org requires KMS and what not in the kernel. This doesn’t fare well with VMs running inside VirtualBox. The solution? […]
Read More → WITHOUT_NEW_XORG=yes → trueYour own virtualized desktop FreeBSD lab
If you’re like me, eager to test new stuff in FreeBSD, you might as well run a virtualized FreeBSD laboratory on your desktop. I use Oracle VirtualBox, but you might as well use Microsoft Hyper-V, real hardware, or some other contraption. Couple this with ZFS and boot environments, and you’re even able to rapidly revert […]
Read More → Your own virtualized desktop FreeBSD labportupgrade and issues with added dependencies
Is it just me or does portupgrade 2.4.12,2 have issues detecting changes in a port’s dependencies, particularly added dependencies?
Read More → portupgrade and issues with added dependenciesUTF-8 in GNU Emacs
I nicked the following from http://linux.seindal.dk/2004/08/07/gnu-emacs-and-utf-8-locale/: You may also specify your preference toward the Unix newline convention:
Read More → UTF-8 in GNU EmacsFreeBSD and IPv6 only – February 2014
I tried FreeBSD base/head with only an IPv6 address configured on the NIC. While installing some ports, I soon ran into the problem of living in more or less total isolation.
Read More → FreeBSD and IPv6 only – February 2014FreeBSD VT aka newcons in base/head
Update 2015-01-05: I was more or less forced to adopt VT, UTF-8, KMS, and DRM2 when I upgraded my laptop from stable/9 to stable/10 in the time between Christmas of 2014 and New Year of 2015. My laptop, a Dell Latitude D531 of mid-2007 design, is equipped with the AMD/ATI Radeon X1270 GPU. What an […]
Read More → FreeBSD VT aka newcons in base/headFreeBSD’s local_unbound in mobile environments
FreeBSD’s local_unbound DNS resolver was introduced in head in September 2013, and later in stable/10 when that branch became available. Its configuration out of the box, particularly its treatment of the /etc/resolvconf.conf, assumes the local_unbound resolver is the sole resolver to be used. The reason for this blog entry is that I appreciate being able […]
Read More → FreeBSD’s local_unbound in mobile environmentsEnabling PPDS on Lexmark MS510dn
Enabling Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) on a Lexmark MS510dn is pretty well hidden. None of the first two suggestions by Lexmark worked on this model. (Suggestion 1, suggestion 2.) You need to send the printer a PJL command like this one: Why on earth can’t this option be available in the menus with the […]
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