Hi *, I am more of a Linux dude who wants/needs to use FreeBSD for various servers and in a multiboot developer's box. I use Linux/Debian/knoppix a whole lot, but I am having great difficulties trying to set up an internet connection using FreeSBIE: I am trying to do it via "sysinstall" going though all the conf screens till I get to the "Network services Menu" and then select "Networking Configure additional network interfaces" then I see my NIC displayed as: "x10 3COM 3c90x/3c90xB PCI ethernet card", click on OK and then get the following questions prompted: "Do you want to try IPv6 configuration of the device?" [No] "Do you want to try DHCP configuration of the interface?" [No] then a windows comes on which I enter (or so I think) the basic internet settings: after that m y (not functioning) configuration is: // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - // __ ifconfig -a [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig -a xl0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> inet6 fe80::260:8ff:fec9:b770%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 ether 00:60:08:c9:b7:70 media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active fwe0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> ether 02:00:4c:00:3d:1c ch 1 dma -1 plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 pflog0: flags=0<> mtu 33208 pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 2020 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 // __ netstat -rn [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# netstat -rn Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 98 lo0 Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire ::1 ::1 UH lo0 fe80::%xl0/64 link#1 UC xl0 fe80::260:8ff:fec9:b770%xl0 00:60:08:c9:b7:70 UHL lo0 fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 U lo0 fe80::1%lo0 link#6 UHL lo0 ff01::/32 ::1 U lo0 ff02::%xl0/32 link#1 UC xl0 ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UC lo0 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I think there is something wrong somehow, because I have run tcpdump/ethereal and I can see the whole internet traffic reaching my NIC, however I can not get out there, not even ping my gateway. I have tried that both before and after running sysinstall and always as root. Using Knoppix you could run "netcardconfig" to set up your internet connection access right away. I could imagine FreeSBIE uses something similar because the window used to actually enter the settings does not look like an ncurses-based one. What is the scrip used by FreeSBIE to just enter your internet connection setting at once (without going through all other settings)? // __ also knoppix does not come with mplayer ready on the CD, so this was one of the first thing that I tried, but all I got was hassling while trying to run mplayer. I went: // __ 1. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd /cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cdrom# ls video_ts // __ 2. Xfc e Menu -> Multimedia -> Mplayer clicked on the File search icon (underlined triangle last to the right) and after it looked as if the movie was going to start playing I got: Error! VobSub: Bad magic in IFO deader // __ 3. I tried then starting with another file and got: Error! "Seek failed" // __ then I tried different files (with extensions ".ifo") to have mplayer crash with all kinds of errors This DVD I have payed with knoppix (after installing mplayer on an external drive) and with Windows without any problems. I have noticed lots of people complaining about mplayer+FreeBSD. I would literally love for the liveDC community (largely Debian-based knoppix nuts) to have also FreeBSD alternatives. I could go ahead and start my wish list headed by a livecd-started/internet based installation of FreeBSD a la Debian/debootstrap. My personal opinion is that FreeSBIE has someway to go. How fast they get "there" remains to be seen. Thanks otf
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