LAPTOP COMPATIBILITY w FreeBSD : Toshiba Satellite A300-13I
Hello users, I am strongly considering of installing FreeBSD on my laptop as my primary O/S but before I do so I would like to ask if someone between you has already done it and if so, if all hardware parts function as they should. Thanks for your time, George ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
KDE Konqueror:Can i have konqueror without KDEstuff port
KDE is a huge package , and if you're trying to portupgrade to p3 550 that's a hard thing to do.3 days now! :-( I just want konqueror , is there any way [or do you know the exact port] that will save me from installing kde base , kde , kdelibs and zillions of kde stuff [which I hate] at my computer? Also , when I start konqueror 'kdeinit' is run also ! 3 instances of it.any way of avoiding that? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Basic Port Management.Is there any?
Hello ! , As a fresh Freebsd user[and fan] I am trying to set up my WM / X environment and choose the apps I will use for basic stuff. Text Editors , Image viewers , Mail apps , FileManagers. So after I see some screenshots [it would be very nice and handy if some screenshots could be added to the freebsd.org/ports database] I'm making install the port to check it out. Some times , I decided that I don't like it . So my first though is to get rid of it , cause I don't want ''trash'' on my system. I'm making deinstall [or pkg_delete] to remove it. Everything ok so far , but what about the one zillion dependant pkg's the app made? You can say , do a pkg_delete -r . Yes but this will may delete also pkgs that are Needed by other ports/apps.. Is there any good plan solution for this ?... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freebsd / FireFox / Macromedia Flash : The Quest
I m currently trying to figure how I m gonna have a Flash Plugin at my Firefox. I know there are like 5 or 6 threads on the mailing list archive about this , but some different than others , and some buggy! I see know that to have the linuxflashplugin pkg's installed I'm downloading like..zillions of Linux compatibility pkgs like gtk and atk rpms and much much more. Question is this : Why don't 'we' have a Freebsd native flash plugin and we need to run Linux compat stuff ? Is it a Macromedia Licence issue? Is it a Firefox issue ? Is it a freebsd team thing? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeFontPath: FPE /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ refcount is 2,
I have the same problem after a fresh 6.0 RC1 install . . . and I thought everything should work just fine..:( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hello , Since the actual 6.0 Release is taking too long , would you suggest me installing 6.0 RC-1 and then then 6.0 is out , can I just apply some patches , or I should Re-makeworld everything?... And another question , I'm on a PIII 550 with 256MB ram . I have 5.3 and some broken libs .Would you suggest me doing a fresh install , or a make world ? Consider I don't have the experience the second procedure takes , but I've heard both opinions. Should I do a portupgrade -a after the makeworld ?... Thank you George ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Release Information : A standard question !...:/
Dear Sir, Is there any information that you can give to the freebsd fans about the 6.0 RELEASE [ releng] and its ..'release' date ? Kind Regards, Thank you ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
attached : portupgrade errors [term output]
Dear sir , i was portupgrading -aPr , after making make fetchindex , and this is what i came upon.. Is there any way to fix desktop-utils issue?... Thank you [Updating the pkgdb format:bdb1_btree in /var/db/pkg ... - 194 packages found (-1 +0) (...) done] --- Installing the new version via the port === Installing for ggv-2.8.5 === ggv-2.8.5 depends on file: /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/.keep_me - found === ggv-2.8.5 depends on file: /usr/X11R6/libdata/pkgconfig/gnome-mime-data-2.0.pc - found === ggv-2.8.5 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === ggv-2.8.5 depends on executable: update-desktop-database - not found ===Verifying reinstall for update-desktop-database in /usr/ports/devel/desktop-file-utils === Extracting for desktop-file-utils-0.7_1 Checksum mismatch for desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz. === Refetch for 1 more times files: desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. Attempting to fetch from http://freedesktop.org/Software/desktop-file-utils/releases/. fetch: http://freedesktop.org/Software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz: size unknown fetch: http://freedesktop.org/Software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz: size of remote file is not known desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz 7590 B 13 kBps Checksum mismatch for desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz. === Giving up on fetching files: desktop-file-utils-0.7.tar.gz Make sure the Makefile and distinfo file (/usr/ports/devel/desktop-file-utils/distinfo) are up to date. If you are absolutely sure you want to override this check, type make NO_CHECKSUM=yes [other args]. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/desktop-file-utils. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/desktop-file-utils. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/desktop-file-utils. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/print/ggv. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/print/ggv. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/portupgrade62268.48 make reinstall egrep: /var/db/pkg/ggv2-2.6.2/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory --- Restoring the old version ** Fix the installation problem and try again. [Updating the pkgdb format:bdb1_btree in /var/db/pkg ... - 195 packages found (-0 +1) . done] --- Skipping 'x11/gnome2-lite' (gnome2-lite-2.6.2) because a requisite package 'gedit2-2.6.2_2' (editors/gedit) failed (specify -k to force) ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! editors/gedit (gedit2-2.6.2_2)(configure error) ! print/ggv (ggv2-2.6.2)(install error) * x11/gnome2-lite (gnome2-lite-2.6.2) --- Packages processed: 0 done, 192 ignored, 1 skipped and 2 failed___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Portupgrading - portauditing
Hello, Your team is ALWAYS very helpful . It's the best support i've ever dealt with. Question : How do i portupgrade , just the pkgs/ports that portaudit -a sais have vulnerabilities,and not the whole thing? Thank you G.K. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mounting a network drive - winxp/nfs
Dear Sir, I want to see the files of the other computer of my 2-pc lan , which runs winxp and has a nfs filesystem. I know that i must edit /etc/fstab , and use the smbfs utility as told on the FAQ . But i could not run smbfs command , and other commands like smbutil , ask a lot of arguments and so , i cant find my way through this. Can you give me some basic information on how to do this (i know that RTFM is the way , but i really can't get the idea of this,i just know i must mount the network drive like a normal harddisk device , and put it on a folder ) Thank you ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question about PORTUPDATE
Hello, I have installed FREEBSD 5.3 some days ago , and while i was reading the handbook , i followed some instructions of it , and did the following things: installed CVSup to update my port collection , and then created a db of the ports with pkgdb -F command. scaned my ports with portaudit and got 11 results,for various packages. I decided to update these packages with portupdate. i typed : su-2.05b# portupgrade kdegraphics-3.3.0 -r And i got : Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp - please wait.. i Was waiting and waiting and waiting,but in vain.after 1 hour,nothing. I run bsd on a P3550,128mb ram,hdd 20gb. i decided to ctrl+c the procedure,and got this output : ^Cfailed to generate INDEX! index generation error /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:482:in `open_db': database file error (PortsDB::DBError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:634:in `port' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:822:in `all_depends_list' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:915:in `tsort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:907:in `tsort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:929:in `sort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:933:in `sort_build!' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:674:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `new' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1845 So , it is logical to wait THAT long for the INDEX.TMP file to be created or it isn't my fault?..Waiting for your reply Thanks in advance, George ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
