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LC_TIME portability (and other locale settings)
It seems that Linux and FreeBSD (at least) have different notions of how presentation of time is implemented in different locales (LC_TIME), notably but not entirely in how the hour of day is ...
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How to use the L4 Microkernel with a FreeBSD userland
I'm trying to understand how to use the L4 Microkernel with a FreeBSD userland. I've asked the same to a L4 developer,but he told me that he does not know FreeBSD,so I'm here to ask the same question. ...
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Should we boot the FreeBSD kernel in ELF format or in zImage format ? How?
we have just virtualized Debian 12 on our arm (32 bit) Chromebook. As host / dom0 we have chosen Devuan 5,and for guest / domU,Debian 12. It works great. But our goal is different. We want to ...
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NFS mount mixing up ctime and mtime
I have an NFS mount served from a Linux server to a FreeBSD client. If I use touch to set the atime and mtime of a file on the FreeBSD client,
tavianator@muon $ touch -at "199112140000" ./...
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Adding 10 whitespace characters using sed
I have written a script that replaces a string, but I need to add the 10 whitespace characters back. I can add it back by pressing space 10 times, and that works, but this looks hideous in my script.
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Rewriting MediaTek MT7921 Linux driver for FreeBSD
New to BSD, coming from Linux. My laptop (Asus FX706LI) uses the MediaTek MT7921. Although I've never installed linux on this laptop, I know the driver is in Linux 5.12 and subsequent kernels. I am to ...
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Variable name must begin with a letter on .cshrc
I'd like to adjust .cshrc as below:
# $FreeBSD: src/share/skel/dot.cshrc,v 1.14.6.1 2008/11/25 02:59:29 kensmith Exp $
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# .cshrc - csh resource script, read at beginning of execution by each shell
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Datasheets as references in making device drivers
Aside from FreeBSD or Linux operating systems' design structure and C programming knowledge, are datasheets enough as additional references in making device drivers?
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Copying / preserving symbolic link timestamp
I have been working on some projects on a GNU/Linux system and now they have been archived on a FreeBSD server. In the archive, I have rearranged some directories and now I noticed that some symbolic ...
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How to start xorg in Arch Linux virtual machine running top of FreeBSD's bhyve?
I'm trying to start KDE Plasma and SDDM with virtualized Arch Linux. The host is FreeBSD running bhyve. Bootloader is UEFI.
Looking at the virtual display with VNC connection with remmina (VNC viewer) ...
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Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected. None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication fail
I know that it is not supported and experimental,but I tried to install maya 2022 (trial) in freebsd 13.1-RELEASE,inside the linuxulator. Unfortunately an error prevents maya from running:
/usr/sbin/...
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dd (data/disk dump, copy and convert) best practices for backups in local external drives
As a domestic user wishing to get best value for it's money on external storage and a well encrypted and resilient backup discipline (having all time in the world).
Please, is this a good use of dd?
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Sending logs between rsyslog (client) and syslogd (server)
I have two machines. First of them runs embedded Linux and the second one runs FreeBSD. The machine with Linux has rsyslog and needs to be a syslog client. The other one has installed syslogd and ...
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How download a FreeBSD package from linux?
I have to download a FreeBSD package from linux but I have some problem.
I have tried to search the package from here but it gaves me (on Latest/all) a 403 forbidden error. Anyone know why and overall ...
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Dual boot Linux and FreeBSD through Grub
I am trying to install Slackware Linux and FreeBSD on a single disk. I have installed both the systems. I have also installed grub in MBR through Linux but it has found only Slackware Linux and not ...
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