Four (even five) problems/queries on my FreeBSD installation
Hi. I have installed 5.4/KDE on my Thinkpad 600E, and it mostly works but there are a few things I need help with. (Please note that I still consider myself being a newbie on FreeBSD!) ;) 1. I installed KDM to make the computer a little more userfriendly, but now I can't run things as su. Emacs refuses to start for instance, and when I am trying to adjust things in Login Manager (in KControl) it asks me for the root password, I enter it, and then I bounce back. What is the problem? I still can run emacs as lars, but not as superuser. (I can su in a terminal window of course) 2. During my window years (those are goodbye now! ;) I bought a TwinMos 256Mb USB-memory, and FreeBSD finds an umass device when I put it in my Thinkpad, but how will I mount it? Can it be done? 3. Since I installed KDM I got the Turn off computer-option in KDE, but it only runs FreeBSD to a halt, not to a complete power down - how will I chance that? 4. As su I can use tab to complete filenames, but not as user lars. I guess it has to to with which shell I use, how do I change shell? Or is it another way I can get the possibility to use tab to complete filenames? 5. My girlfriend found the Klickety-game in KDE - anyone else here having the same problem? Your computer being taken by someone who wants to play the games so you cannot sit for hours and hours and have fun tweaking the system? ;) Hope someone can help me! Thanks in advance! / Lars ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD-newbie!
Hi. My name is Lars and lives in Sweden. I have finally bought FreeBSD 5.2 and the handbook from the FreeBSD-mall. That's great! I've wanted to leave the Windows-world and I have been testing Linux for a few years. But I have some problems with my FreeBSD-installation, and I hope someone here can help me! Facts: FreeBSD5.2 (feb 2004 version), IBM Thinkpad (laptop with 300Mhz Intel II, 96Mb RAM and 20Gb HDD. 1. Since I have been used to KDE over the years, I have decided to continue with that, but it locks up the entire computer - sometimes when I start KDE, and mostly when I shut it down. 2. In frustration over KDE-issues I tested Gnome. Quite pretty Window Manager, but I never got any working keyboard there. Ideas? And can I run KDE-applications in Gnome? I use Kstars a lot. 3. In Sweden we have some exciting extra wovels... but the keymaps never seem to find them. What do I do wrong? What kind of a keyboard do I have on a Thinkpad anyway?! At some configurations I've got the and , but no ~, and of course the opposite has also happened. Um... I think that's all for now. Hope someone can help! Thanks in advance! / Lars ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD-newbie!
Hi. My name is Lars and lives in Sweden. I have finally bought FreeBSD 5.2 and the handbook from the FreeBSD-mall. That's great! I've wanted to leave the Windows-world and I have been testing Linux for a few years. But I have some problems with my FreeBSD-installation, and I hope someone here can help me! Facts: FreeBSD5.2 (feb 2004 version), IBM Thinkpad (laptop with 300Mhz Intel II, 96Mb RAM and 20Gb HDD. 1. Since I have been used to KDE over the years, I have decided to continue with that, but it locks up the entire computer - sometimes when I start KDE, and mostly when I shut it down. 2. In frustration over KDE-issues I tested Gnome. Quite pretty Window Manager, but I never got any working keyboard there. Ideas? And can I run KDE-applications in Gnome? I use Kstars a lot. 3. In Sweden we have some exciting extra wovels... but the keymaps never seem to find them. What do I do wrong? What kind of a keyboard do I have on a Thinkpad anyway?! At some configurations I've got the and , but no ~, and of course the opposite has also happened. Um... I think that's all for now. Hope someone can help! Thanks in advance! / Lars ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]