Sorry my previous messages was not formatted properly
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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 my (not functioning) configuration is:
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// __ 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
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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)?
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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:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd /cdrom
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cdrom# ls
video_ts
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Xfce 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
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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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