Questions tagged [netbsd]
NetBSD is a freely available open source version of Unix-derivative Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD); due to convenient license and portability, NetBSD is often used in embedded systems.
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Netbsd: where are patches/fixes?
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Package sqlite3-3.49.2 has a memory-corruption vulnerability, see https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6965
Package libxml2-2.14.4 has a use-after-free vulnerability, see ...
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NetBSD "-f" option in find
I can't understand what "-f" option to find command on NetBSD mean.
Manual: https://man.netbsd.org/find.1 says
-f Specifies a file hierarchy for find to traverse. File hierarchies may ...
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How to build OpenSSL from source, without depending on /lib/libcrypto.so
After several sessions with intense Google searching and trying several angles with ChatGPT, I seem to be at a dead-end, my problem arises when I try to build OpenSSL from source, it seems that the ...
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NetBSD - how to display information about kernel memory in GDB?
I'm debugging the NetBSD kernel with gdb, but I would like to be able to display information about the memory region an address is in. I'm mainly interested in finding out the permissions of a page of ...
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Is possible to find a single file of NOT installed package on Netbsd?
Simple question:
On Fedora, i want to search mplayer..
dnf provides *bin/mplayer
on Debian
apt -y install apt-file
apt-file update
apt-file search mplayer|grep bin
on Freebsd
pkg install -y pkg-...
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NetBSD: podman mount volume: Error: statfs : no such file or directory
I'm experimenting with podman under NetBSD and want to mount a host directory into the container.
According to this answer I did:
podman machine init -v ~/podman/volumes/:/mnt/podman tpvm
podman ...
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Issues starting headless installation of NetBSD in VirtualBox
On a headless Ubuntu 22.04 machine, I'd like to start a headless installation of NetBSD 9.2 in VirtualBox.
I have a prepared virtual machine with a set of blank disk images attached, as well as with ...
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How to "talk" to a "parent" IP in a subnet?
I have access to just *nix systems. Either NetBSD and/or bare Linux-based OS.
So my question comes from the fact that ADB is not widely available on all platforms, if so is very hard to install or ...
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Why Does the NetBSD System Call Manual Mention the Standard C Library?
I'm reviewing man(2) pages on NetBSD 9, and have seen that all of the documents (write(2), open(2), pipe(2)) mention the Standard C Library at the top.
My understanding was that system calls were ...
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How to install a torrent client on a NetBSD server with only SSH access [closed]
I have a remote server running NetBSD 6, to which I have access only via SSH. I have very limited Unix/Linux experience but I guess there are some command line torrent cliens available for Unixes like ...
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Does *BSD have the ability to encrypt a system partition with full disk encryption?
Does FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD have an encryption feature like Linux's dm-crypt?
And will it work for a system partition?
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Is there anything similar to CrystalDiskMark for UNIX?
If you're shopping for an SSD, you've surely seen one of those screenshots from CrystalDiskMark with a few green squares, and the 2x4 matrix with results of doing read/write tests for the given ...
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How to compile fIcy for BSD?
I'm trying to compile fIcy (https://gitlab.com/wavexx/fIcy) for NetBSD/FreeBSD.
When I'm executing the make command nothing happens. Even no error message.
The same source package compiles without ...
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How to change the font size in NetBSD (TTY no GUI)
NetBSD 7.1 (GENERIC.201703111743Z) amd64
In TTY without gui , the better screen resolution is set at boot time but the font is really to small.
So how to change that
On debian dpkg-reconfigure ...
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Setting wallpaper in NetBSD JWM
I have installed "NetBSD JWM" in the virtual environment of VMware Workstation 14 Pro.
I'd like to set wallpaper but I do not know how to do it.
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pkgin installation problem (NetBSD)
I just installed NetBSD 7.1.1 (i386) on my old laptop.
During the installation, I could not install pgkin (I don't know why), so I skipped it and now I have a NetBSD 7.1.1 installed on my laptop ...
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How to run tnftpd without root on OS X?
I'm trying to run tnftpd on OS X, which is NetBSD's FTP server and used to be OS X's FTP server. I built and installed it from Apple's sources. Unfortunately, it seems that I cannot run the server ...
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NetBSD - Unable to install pkgin
I'm running NetBSD on the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B.
uname -a
NetBSD rpi 7.99.64 NetBSD 7.99.64 (RPI.201703032010Z) evbarm
I'm trying to install pkgin but I'm receiving an error about version mismatch .....
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using pkgsrc in home directory in NetBSD
I'm new to NetBSD, although often using pkgsrc on ubuntu. I can build and install packages from source without any effect ubuntu's package dependencies.
For example, even if ruby 2.2 is installed by ...
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NetBSD 7.0.2 not honoring hostname setting when using DHCP
I've recently installed NetBSD 7.0.2, and I'm having trouble setting my hostname right.
I'm using DHCP, so I got dhclient=YES in my /etc/rc.conf.
Now, the documentation says, that there are several ...
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Let ifconfig wait for IPv6-address to not be tentative
I claim an IPv6 address using ifconfig in a script. This address is then immediately used to listen on a TCP port.
When I write the script like this, it fails because the service is unable to listen:
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Creating a user without a password on NetBSD
On my NetBSD installation, I have it set so that root has no password. I can login as root without typing a password. But, when I create a user with just useradd -m <username>, log out, then ...
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How long might it take to build NetBSD userland and kernel?
I am interested to use NetBSD as the operating system on my server. I have not used a system where security updates are performed by source, but have read enough in the guide to feel comfortable ...
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NetBSD install, configure network, stuck at the command /sbin/ifconfig fwip0 media error: ifconfig SIOCGIFMEDIA: inappropriate ioctl for device
I'm in NetBSD installation process, when configuring network, I'm stuck in this command and there is no way out of it:
Status: Command failed
Command: /sbin/ifconfig fwip0 media
Hi enter to continue
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Automatic install NetBSD ISO
Is there some form of automated NetBSD installation?
I would like to automate this manual process:
https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-exinst.html
But I found no examples.
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