Intel 5100 WiFi
Is there any development being done to support the Intel 5100 wireless device? Linux support is very recent (within the last month), and I believe it requires a firmware blob. Does FreeBSD align with OpenBSD on the whole blob debate? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Window managers
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:52:35 +0100, Anthony Atkielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chuck Swiger writes: It's not hard. pkg_delete -xf kde or pkg_delete -xf gnome. [ You might want to be a little more selective than using such a wildcard, however, although if you've got the precompiled packages handy, reinstalling something again is not a big deal if you need a dependency. ] Where is gnome? I can't find anything that looks like it among the packages. All I found was something to insert GNOME menus into window manager, or something like that. There is a simple path to getting up and running. 1 - install X11. There is a single port (/usr/ports/x11/xorg) which will install all the required packages. 2 - config X11. Use xorgconfig and come up with a basic functional config (it will reside in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf). There is a manpage for xorg.conf so once you have the basic one it is probably easier to tweak it in a text editor to iron out the kinks. The xorg manpage should point you to related manpages. 3 - install gnome. Also simple - install /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 and you'll get all the packages. You can install gdm (see /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/) to start X/gnome at boot time. Alternatively, make a .xinitrc file in your home directory containing a call to gnome-session and run startx. good luck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not...
On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 17:58 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: [snip] Please copy this down and put it on a sticky note on your monitor: PLEASE SHUT UP ANTHONY. Do you find it strange that you get so much flack in pseudo-technical discussions? Your understanding of the technology and the issues surrounding it are horrendously amateur. Please dump your subscription to PC World. Subscribers of freebsd mailing lists, please simply plonk him and move on. He will not concede when proved wrong and insists on the last word. Google him - I found him arguing friggin breastfeeding with female pediatricians!! Don't feed the trolls. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firefox tabs broken?
I messed up the gnome 2.8 upgrade (portupgrade ran away when I wasn't looking, but gnome_upgrade.sh saved the day), so I'm not sure if this issue is with firefox or gnome (but I'm suspecting firefox). When opening tabs in firefox 1.0, they immediately show (Untitled) with a middle-click, CTRL-click on a link, or right-click - Open link in new tab. When I drag a link to the tab bar, an empty tab is created but the link loads in the first tab. Help please this is driving me nuts!! Steve ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firefox menu display issue
This is a minor annoyance, but since I haven't seen anyone else comment on it I figure I should throw it out and see. When selecting any menu in firefox 0.9 (and 0.9_1), both the focus highlight and the menu title appear as a solid white bar with no text. Has anyone seen this? Any ideas on whether the problem lies within firefox or maybe gnome themes? I'm using the Simple theme unchanged from its default, but a lot of gnome components were included in my update yesterday. -- Steve Tremblett ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Devil Mascot
You may think that is a small issue, but when you are trying to create market awareness you need a mascot that evokes simplicity and goodwill, not one that evokes evil and deception. For the original inspiration, look up Maxwell's daemon on google. In the 19th century, Maxwell used the daemon entity to represent thermodynamic forces acting between molecules. I first heard of it in a chemistry textbook where a fairy character was used as a tour guide for atoms/molecules. And if the cartoon picture of the BSD daemon is enough to give you the willies, it is beyond the scope of freebsd-questions to help you ;) lazybones ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
decisions for MAME machine
I'm making a MAME cabinet and I'm starting to evaluate as much MAME-related software as I can find. Seeing as there is some Linux software out there, I was wondering if anyone has done a project with a FreeBSD box? A lot of these projects use DOS SVGA - how does FreeBSD compare in terms of performance/usability? What about Linux? experiences/advice/warnings welcome! I am already familiar with various sucks or rules opinions - stick to the topic plz! :) cheers, lazybones ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can portupgrade upgrade itself?
+ Tom Parquette wrote: | I've been automating some routine stuff on my machine and one of them is | cvsuping ports-all and pulling the distfiles overnight (while everybody | is asleep.) Keeping portupgrade right up to date feels like the right | thing to do and I was thinking about adding this to the shell script I'm | writing. | | This sounds like a chicken and egg question but, can the portupgrade | tool safely upgrade itself? In other words, adding portupgrade -Rr | portupgrade in the script after the cvsup run. | TIA... Works just fine - I do it frequently -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: 5.0 or 4.7 for a new laptop
+ stan wrote: | I'm getting a new laptop, probably a Compaq EVO N410c. | | Which would I be better of installing 5.0 or 4.7? Stick to 4.7 - 5.0 is not quite ready for primetime, but feel free to try it, as long as you are aware that it may not be perfectly stable. -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Junior hacker assignment :o
+ Carlos Carnero wrote: | Hello, | | I'd like to make my own modification to FreeBSD, but I | really don't know where to start. This is what I want | to do: | | After doing a shutdown (no APM nor ACPI) FreeBSD tells | me that the system is ready to be powered down. I'd | like to add a (configurable) timeout to this final | system notice that automatically reboots when this | timer has expired. | | Where do I start reading? I mean, I think this is a | kernel thingy, right? Does shutdown -r now reboot the machine without APM? -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Why Use a Daemon as a Symbol since it alienates many?
Please don't feed the troll :) + Lee Nelson wrote: | JT32255 has a point. | | It's clear that we're not going to change how people | react to the daemon logo. So, if advocacy is a goal, | it makes sense to drop the daemon and come up with | something more palatable to the general public. | | But a larger audience for FreeBSD may actually | detract from its usefulness. FreeBSD currently does | not suffer from the kitchen sink problem that Linux | has with its kerrnel. And as a result we don't have | kernel patches for critical bugs every couple of weeks. | | Also, bringing FreeBSD to the masses would divert | effort away from it's current goals of stability and | correctness. Just look at what Red Hat and Mandrake | have done to Linux. | | -Lee | | 11/3/02 12:40:04 PM, Paul Everlund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | The traditional devil horns derive from goats, which if you have ever been | around goats, seen how they can climb, eat all vegetation in sight, climb | trees, get on roofs, etc., how kids gambol, is understandable. But it | alienates so many. But as it alienates so many Christians, Jews and Muslims | as a little Satan symbol, really limits the widespread use, public and tax | paid support and availability of BSD. A better symbol might be the statue of | liberty, or the creator of the first Library, Aristotle. The Penguin symbol | is LINUX' best advantage over BSD, not to mention all the public hostility | towards Berkley. | | Please read http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html. | | And if the little cute daemon alienates Christians, Jews, Muslims or | anyone else, my personal opinion is that they should grow up. | | Take care and I whish you a nice day! | | Best regards, | Paul | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message | | | | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message | +---end quoted text--- -- Steve Tremblett Cisco Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Upgrading to CURRENT
+ Jan Lentfer wrote: | Hi all, | | I am planing to upgrade my 4.6.2/i386 desktop box to current. Is there | some information online about switching from 4.x to 5.0? | What are the new features and bits? CURRENT is a development stream and not intended for general use. It is not guaranteed to work (or even build) at any given time. Tracking the STABLE stream is probably what you're after. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/index.html -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Boot Splash questions
- enable it in your kernel - set /boot/loader.conf like so: splash_bmp_load=YES bitmap_load=YES bitmap_name=/boot/splash.bmp - install a bmp in /boot/splash.bmp - it must be 8bit, 320x200 IIRC it stays up for most of the boot, but it's been some time since I used it. I had a URL for splash screen images, but it appears to be dead. + Craig Williamson (ENZ) wrote: | Hi All, | | I was looking through the kernel config and boot config files to see | if I could tweak a few settings, and something grabbed me. It was the boot | splash. So I've got a few questions to ask of you. | | 1.For how long does the boot splash stay active for? Is it just through | the kernel startup or is it right through the boot up process (like | Linux-Mandrake). | | 2.I downloaded the 4.6-mini iso image. It doesn't seem like that there | is any artwork on the CD. Is there any place that we can download artwork | for FreeBSD, or will I have to go to something like www.kde-look.org | http://www.kde-look.org (shudder - only Linux stuff). | | 3.Is there updated information to set it up? I can do it myself, but if | I'm trying to get Linux coverts (2 so far) to work it, it could get tricky. | | I don't know how to put this, but every time I tell someone about the | similarities between Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD, they all want to try FreeBSD | after using Gentoo. FreeBSD seems like the next logical step up from | Gentoo. Anyway, eep up the good work, and I'm definitely looking forward to | FreeBSD 5.x. | | Craig +---end quoted text--- -- Steve Tremblett To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
