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How to disable logical processors in OpenBSD?
It is well known that OpenBSD disables hyper-threading by default. However, htop shows 16 CPUs: 8 online and 8 offline, which takes extra space on the screen and is not very informative. Moreover, ...
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Is there a *BSD equivalent of MacOS renameatx_np, atomic swap file renaming?
I am looking to create a *BSD compatible C function like the one below: int fs_ext__swap (const char *from, const char *to) { int res = renameatx_np(AT_FDCWD, from, AT_FDCWD, to, RENAME_SWAP); ...
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What is the most native way to generate desktop notification in BSD unixes
macOS has its "osascript" with "display notification", Linux has its "notify-send". Both are the most native way to generate DE notifications. What is the most native way ...
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Can't mount USB during OpenBSD installation
I'm trying to install OpenBSD and I need to mount USB with wifi firmware, but can't find it inside /dev. sysctl shows that it is inserted and no errors in dmesg about it. $ sysctl hw.disknames sd0:...
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Why wont wifi work on openbsd
I'm on latest OpenBSD, fully installed, installed drivers for iwx0 which is the wireless card I have. My /etc/hostname.iwx0 has the following in it nwid "mywifiname" wpakey "...
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I get taken back to the xeondm login screen after trying to login on OpenBSD
I am trying to start MWM by default. I edited the $HOME/.xsession script to make OpenBSD boot with MWM by default instead of FVWM, After I rebooted OpenBSD. I tried to login with xenodm, and all it ...
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OpenBSD 6.7 Wireguard instructions fail
Wireguard setup instructions don't work for me on my OpenBSD 6.7 machine: $ uname -a OpenBSD foobar 6.7 GENERIC.MP#3 amd64 $ sysctl kern.version kern.version=OpenBSD 6.7 (GENERIC.MP) #3: Thu Jul 9 07:...
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polkit on OpenBSD
I use xfce which came with a polkit action org.xfce.thunar.policy in /usr/local/share/polkit-1/actions/. This action allow to run thunar as root if you can give the root password. On debian with ...
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Test suites for utilities (cat, cp etc) Linux or BSD?
Are there any test suites available for the small programs usually shipped with the operating system? Specifically, programs like cp, cat, dd etc (anything in /bin/) on Linux or BSD; OpenBSD being the ...
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How does route-to work in the BSD pf firewall?
I've recently learned about the route-to functionality in the pf firewall, and I wonder how it works. Is it similar to the "policy-based routing" system in linux? How does route-to allow the ...
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Why isn't there a /usr/include/GL directory on OpenBSD?
I have just recently made the switched for Linux to OpenBSD. So far, I am really liking the philosophy of including the bare minimum needed to run the system, and the emphasis for clean and simple ...
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Reverting OpenBSD Install In-Place
What I'm trying to do is revert my VPS running OpenBSD-current (following via binary updates, using snapshots and booting to ramdisk) to OpenBSD-6.2-release. It's not an important system, so if it ...
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I can not change the ciphers in OpenBSD 6.2 in httpd.conf
I can not change the ciphers in OpenBSD 6.2 in httpd.conf tls ciphers "HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!SSLv3:!TLSv1:!DSS:!ECDSA:!RSA:!SHA1:!AES128:!DHE:-ECDH:ECDHE:+SHA384:+SHA256" /etc/httpd.conf:46: ...
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How to copy files from android device to OpenBSD
Here is what dmesg | tail shows after I connect my android phone to the USB port (the last three lines show up when I turn on USB tethering on the android device): # dmesg | tail vscsi0 at root ...
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What does *.* stand for in "Local Address" of a netstat result?
when I do the following netstat : $ netstat -nap udp -f inet Active Internet connections (including servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state) udp ...
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