Questions tagged [freebsd]
FreeBSD is a free Unix-based operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.
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configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables ERROR on FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE
I'm not able to install sudo on my FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p3 amd64
marietto:/usr/ports/security/sudo # make
===> License sudo accepted by the user
===> sudo-1.9.15p4 depends on file: /usr/...
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Changing Firefox icon in MWM/CDE
I am trying to change the icon for Firefox using X resources and CDE. I am not sure if it is possible anymore.
I have tried this:
Dtwm*firefox*iconImage: Dtterm
and this:
Dtwm*mozilla*iconImage: ...
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FreeBSD console resolution
I'm trying to get higher resolution on FreeBSD 14 while booting. I'm trying to match the same resolution I run my desktop in, 1280x720. I'm adding this to my /boot/loader.conf:
efi_max_resolution=&...
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Can't start TOR as a daemon on FreeBSD
I'm trying to understand why TOR does not start as a service on my FreeBSD 13.2. This is the error message that I see during the boot :
[notice] Tor 0.4.8.9 running on FreeBSD with Libevent 2.1.12-
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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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When is it safe to do a make deinstall?
So I followed this post on the FreeBSD forums
It was asking me a lot of prompts and I was like "I'm just going to see
if it works".
After it failed to compile I was like "let me remove ...
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Restore USB Stick after using it to install TrueNAS Core
Im facing a problem and, im running out of option.
I used a usb stick to install TrueNAS on old computer to make a home server, I downloaded the iso from TrueNAS website and used rufus to burn it on ...
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Are FreeBSD binaries compatible with macOS?
Since FreeBSD and macOS (OS X) are very similar to each other, can programs written for FreeBSD run on macOS? And if a program can't, then would it be possible to make it work?
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How to sort and filter images by modification time and view them in nsxiv on FreeBSD
I am using nsxiv to view JPEG and PNG images on FreeBSD. However, I am unable to find a way to sort and filter the images by modification time to view them in nsxiv on FreeBSD. On Linux with GNU ...
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using dd for clean MBR code doesn't work on pfSense
Trying to clean the mbr code part on a disk using the pfsense 2.7.0 live disk (pfsense is based on freebsd) under shell command.
being /dev/da0 my drive following the suggested code for clean just the ...
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Figuring out the time until midnight, and output the result in a text file
How could I make lets say remaining time until tomorrow (midnight, also hours and minutes) and save that to a text file, like for example, "x hours and y minutes remaining until midnight"
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Freebsd12: Process killed instead of swapping out
I run FreeBSD 12 through Vagrant on a VM with 350 MB RAM and 2 GB swap.
If I run:
perl -e '$a="x"x200_000_000;sleep 1000' & sleep 10
perl -e '$a="x"x200_000_000;sleep 1000' &...
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How to mount a Veracrypt volume on FreeBSD?
When I mount a volume (stored on external USB drive) on Linux I get the following error
> sudo veracrypt --text --mount /path-to-volume /mnt --pim 0 --keyfiles "" --slot 1 --protect-...
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How to empty name cache on FreeBSD?
The name cache on FreeBSD is responsible for caching file names and their vnodes. It also provides a special database for hashing the contents of large directories.
I would like to know how to empty ...
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How is it possible that NAT doesn't back translate packets?
I have the following topology
and from myhost I can ping router2 but can't ping router1.
With tcpdump I can observe how my pings go and I see that both router1 and router2 reply. But only replies ...
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