i noticed that each time i install, my efibootmgr create line adds a new entry. there a way to delete entries with a certain label so i can clean up after old installs and not have multiple "FreeBSD"s stacking up?

efibootmgr -d -L FreeBSD would be *so nice*

uh

i've never heard of that

rtprio: iwlwifi(4) -- support for Intel AX201.. seems to be stuck in 802.11a/b/g .. not even 'n' wireless in ifconfig -m

Dammit, server went out cold again. Running according to the hoster, unreachable by all other means.

And absolutely nothing in the logs.

Dec 6 06:25:00 jailkeeper /usr/sbin/cron[28635]: (root) CMD (/usr/libexec/atrun)

Dec 6 15:44:21 jailkeeper syslogd: restart

Where would hardware faults/issues/etc be logged? Nothing in /var/log got updated with anything useful.

dmesg?

Alver: if there even is a log message, it likely wouldn't make it to disk. you might be able to catch it with remote syslog

rtprio you never heard of what?

efibootmgr -d -L FreeBSD is just what i wish existed (the -d) it doesn't exist (yet?!)

multiple efi entries

anybody around who has an Oracle Cloud infrastructure account?

I wrote a small helper tool to accept licences for the new FreeBSD images, and fetch the image IDs

but I can't test it anymore as I accepted all my licences...

dch ty for the OCI work. container tech is really important to freebsd

big ups my dude

I have a terminology question, so when people refer to Unix sysadmins, they usually mean Linux OR BSD

but BSD is somewhat close to Unix (it follows the philosophy but I think it is still considered Unix-like), but Linux is not

Linux just pisses over Unix...

so why are some Linux sysadmins job title "Unix Sysadmin"

well "Unix System Administrator"

if you were a BSD sysadmin then I assume it is more acceptable to use "Unix"

polarian: that's one take on it.

Ober: I am asking what would be considered the generally correct terminology lol

i tried to disable moused but i see it still starting up even tho i have no mouse plugged in. anyone know why?

how did you disable it?

ah wait i got mixed up sorry. is moused the best current service for supporting usb mice? or to put it another way do i need to do anything special to disable ps2 mice support?

To disable moused: sysrc moused_nondefault_enable="NO"

man rc.conf | less +/moused_nondefault_enable

using a mouse is an unusual thing on a server

ya it was for someone to mod bios settings that doesn't know you can navigate with kb or smth lol

I agree. Probably the person who enabled it by default thought that on a server that it does not cause any harm and uses little memory and wanted it on the desktop by default.

ya it's dumb i'll remove ty

Navigating BIOS settings would be before FreeBSD loads and won't have moused running then.

polarian: closed source unix has been dead for a very long time

any benefit to enabling hw.usb.usbhid thingy?

why is my firefox not picking the default_unit (sound) ?

it was fine until yesterday =p

hmm

have not had time to diff the old/new dir to figure out what is getting corrupted

HER: firefox uses pulseaudio for output by default

it can be changed in about:config

also pulseadio output can be changed on the fly with pacmd(1)

im trying to set up lagg but i keep getting no route to host. did i not configure it right? rc.conf has: cloned_interfaces="lagg0", ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto failover laggport bge0 laggport bge1 laggport bge2 laggport bge3 192.168.0.100 netmask 255.255.255.0", defaultrouter="192.168.0.1"

are your bge* interfaces up?

heh

ifconfig_bge2="up"

well that's embarassing. i was so excited to try it i forgot that line from the man page example

what am amazing feature tyvm rtprio and mzar

lacp i've found works better but you need a switch that supports it

so the issue is solved ?

ya tyvm

it's amazing. i was pinging router, pulled network cable out, plugged it into other ethernet port, resumed ping replies. incredible

OK, maybe you want to LACP instead of failover, if switch is capable

ya but why? it works so nice already and then i have to bother with checking switch compatibility

is it really that much better?

bt

wrong window :)

it is because the switch is aware what's failing over

ya and i get that. and i prolly would get zero or atleast fewer no route to hosts during the ping while switching ports. but i don't do fancy networking like you guys do. this is really just a convenience so i don't have to figure out which port is the one with the cable stuck in it

but if i do important networking in the future i'll definitely use lacp

this lagg feature is so amazing

freebsd almost always delivers the goods

really want a --delete --label combo on efibootmgr tho

oh i got my boss's server raid card flashed to IT and switched over to hba & zfs woo

box going to be upgraded in 4-6 mo and it'll be freebsd + zfs from day 1. gonna get a proper hba card too

linux out freebsd in

:D

l00py: just script it

i could i just feel like it's a hole in the command's features is all

but i'm not prepared to submit a patch so not like i'm demanding it

i think you may be overestimating how often this problem occurs

how do i find the identifier of the screen i have plugged into comp? i can use xrandr from within x but i can't get x running without knowing identifier lol. it's vga fwiw

i tried VGA-0 but no screen found

i removed the xorg.conf and installed xf86-video-mga and now x loads but it's SUPER slow. and i'm just using i3 for wm

anyone run into that?

just locked up box and had to hard power cycle it

l00py: Yer on your own there, Bevis :)