Questions tagged [freebsd]
FreeBSD is a free Unix-based operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.
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How to increase sound volume on eMac P69 running FreeBSD 10.3?
I've got FreeBSD 10.3 (PowerPC) installed on eMac P69.
I'm using MPlayer to test loudness. I already use -af volume=10:1-like options but they tend to distort sound pretty quickly + it is not really ...
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freeBSD: Atom Text Editor
Per Atom text editor build instructions for freeBSD:
pkg install node
pkg install npm
pkg install libgnome-keyring
npm config set python /usr/local/bin/python2 -g
Then:
git clone https://github.com/...
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How to make okular open http/https links in PDFs with firefox?
I'm on FreeBSD and have compiled and installed the graphics/okular port (i.e. not much else of KDE4 other than okular's dependencies.) This has installed version 1.8.0. I start my X11 manually with ...
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Can't boot FreeBSD on a P133 laptop
Recently, I've setup a FreeBSD 11 on a 6GB PATA 2.5" hard drive using a PATA/SATA>USB adapter and qemu on my main Arch Linux computer. FreeBSD boots OK in qemu, but when moved to my Dell Latitude XPi (...
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WebDAV server with PAM auth and system file permissions?
Basically, what I'm looking for is Samba - except that I want it to be WebDAV in the front. The requirements are that the users can log in to the WebDAV dir with their system account, and files will ...
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FreeBSD: How to start a python script as daemon?
I'm facing an issue with a python file that I'd like to start as a service.
I named my service ocrserver and the script I want to start is in /home/administrator/ocr/ocrserver/init.py with some ...
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Increasing disk size on FreeBSD 11.2 (pfSense | ESXi)
I tried to use this link to solve my problem but to no avail;
Expanding the disk size on pfsense under VMWare ESXi.
I'm using pfSense and I wish to increase the disk drive from 11 GB to 200 GB.
Steps ...
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FreeBSD sh: is it possible to import a list of commands into fc without executing them?
I cannot find any indication that sh supports persistent history. So I am trying to create this functionality manually. At the end of my .shrc history I have added this:
trap -- 'fc -ln -- 1 >> ...
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FreeBSD11: Hanging from time to time
I’m running FreeBSD on my beaglebone black headless server and everything looks perfect, however, after some time idle (no user interaction) it stops responding to any incoming connection (ssh/http) ...
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How to Run ld in Script with A Smaller Memory Footprint?
I'm trying to build Swift 3 on FreeBSD. The last thing I need to do is run the build-script.
My problem is that at some point the script runs:
Linking CXX executable bin/llvm-lto
Which ...
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Cannot connect to FreeBSD server behind a router
I have a FreeBSD 9.3 installation inside the 192.168.2.x LAN2 which is connected to the 192.168.1.x LAN1 (router WAN IP is 192.168.1.10).
This BSD runs SSH and FTP services. I can use both services ...
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FreeBSD and DD a Blu-Ray Disk
How do I mount a Blu-Ray Movie Disk in FreeBSD 10? I don't need to decrypt the disk, I just need to access the data and copy it to an ISO files so I can transfer the image to another a windows ...
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Use two different keyboards with different layouts in FreeBSD in X environment
I have bought a laptop and installed FreeBSD on it. I am now trying to finish this all.
The laptop has a Danish keyboard, but I have also a USB typematrix keyboard with bépo (French Dvorak) layout ...
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Multi-user permissions setup
I've been trying to figure out a good permissions scheme for my multi-user file server. I currently have about 5 users, each storing files in their home directory. These files are also being ...
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FreeBSD shared swap partition with Linux
What must I do, to run these commands before Arch Linux calls swapon -a?
mkswap /dev/sdaX
swapon /dev/sdaX
Just in case it matters, /dev/sdaX was created in FreeBSD 10.1 environment, as soon as ...