Re: Re: Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee
-Original Message- From: "Siegbert Baude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Piyush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:00:37 +0200 Subject: Re: Yipe Hi Piyush, > Great..!.Installed FreeBSDthe only problem seems to be that X windows > doesn't seem to be configured,when I tried configuring it during the install it said the > package isn't installed and after I installled it ...it still says the smae thing...any > ideas?...Also how do I configure my sound card...?...and modemdo the smae > linux commands work(most of them?)...how do I see a list of binaries I have > installed?... > Thanx a helluva lotJudSiegberta lo [snip] I've snipped Siegbert's excellent answer just to add a few more suggestions. If you want to see ports or packages you have installed yourself, the pkg_version command and the var/db/pkg directory are good places to look. If you're looking for binaries or ports by name, the whereis command is nice. For more thorough searching for various types of files, there's find of course. One possibility as to why XFree86 isn't showing up is that you asked "too soon." Have you tried again after rebooting or a "rehash" command? There are excellent articles on setting up X with a window manager and connecting to the Net with a modem at http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15 (they're the two oldest articles in the series). HTH, Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee
Hi Piyush, > Great..!.Installed FreeBSDthe only problem seems to be that X windows > doesn't seem to be configured,when I tried configuring it during the install it said the > package isn't installed and after I installled it ...it still says the smae thing...any > ideas?...Also how do I configure my sound card...?...and modemdo the smae > linux commands work(most of them?)...how do I see a list of binaries I have > installed?... > Thanx a helluva lotJudSiegberta lo O.k., great that it worked out finally. Now it`s time to look in the handbook. I don't know how you installed your system (CD? Network?), which version you have chosen exactly and what you installed besides the base system, so it could be already on your disk, but for sure it is at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html It will cover many of your questions, e.g. X, sound, modem configuration. Look especially at chapter I.4. . There you will find how to install applications. If your X isn't installed yet, that's the way to go. You normally find the relevant files in /usr/ports/x11/XFree* depending on what video card you have and if it is supported by version 3 or 4 (most modern cards need this version) of XFree86. To answer this question have a look at: http://www.xfree86.org/support.html Binaries, which belong to the system, are installed in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin. Binaries, which are installed by the ports system, are installed in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. Type man hier to get more information about the directory layout. How to see them all at once depends on your shell. Note that the standard FreeBSD shell is tcsh not bash, like in Linux. If you want you can install bash out of the ports system, of course. HTH, Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee
Great..!.Installed FreeBSDthe only problem seems to be that X windows doesn't seem to be configured,when I tried configuring it during the install it said the package isn't installed and after I installled it ...it still says the smae thing...any ideas?...Also how do I configure my sound card...?...and modemdo the smae linux commands work(most of them?)...how do I see a list of binaries I have installed?... Thanx a helluva lotJudSiegberta lo Piyush
