Re: tried 3.0 not 3.7 and still can't get very far

2005-10-30 Thread dick 
paul,

when I purchsed 3 there were all kinds of problems with
loading on a laptop

Now I purchsed 3.7 and it looks like this is the final end of
the road
for openbsd and me

I tolerated figuring out the wireless settings and even
though there is
some reason for a huge time lag installing packages my main
concern is
there is NO flexibility in getting it setup

try posting a dmesg for the laptop you're running on and/or
the log/debugging outputs that are relevant to your errors.


1. every other download has some kind of 'serious' error yet
the package
loads
2. OK finally fed up with instaling upteen seperate packages
to get
something to work i.e. gnome then atttempted to dowload
everything and
install what I want. Well the ftp blows up.
3. just have no sure way of knowing when this system will
start doing
some real work. spending all my time with problems and have
no single
docuement to help


no single document to help? that's hardly the case. take a
look at the openbsd FAQ, http://openbsd.org/faq/index.html ,
or look at the manual pages.

openbsd is not windows or linux. you really should give the
FAQ and manual pages a thorough reading when you're confused.
remain calm :).

cheers,
jake

Re: tried 3.0 not 3.7 and still can't get very far

2005-10-30 Thread Ian Darwin 

You should find somebody local that has a bit of experience, as you
are having problems that others do not have. btinternet.com is in
the UK, so you might try our two UK user groups, at

http://www.openbsd.org/groups.html#United

(If you're in another country, go to the top of the page and find the
country link.)

See also the PC notebooks page, http://www.openbsd.org/i386-laptop.html

P.S. ports@ is the wrong list for that type of query, so I'm redirecting 
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]



when I purchsed 3 there were all kinds of problems with loading on a laptop

Now I purchsed 3.7 and it looks like this is the final end of the road
for openbsd and me

I tolerated figuring out the wireless settings and even though there is
some reason for a huge time lag installing packages my main concern is
there is NO flexibility in getting it setup

1. every other download has some kind of 'serious' error yet the package
loads
2. OK finally fed up with instaling upteen seperate packages to get
something to work i.e. gnome then atttempted to dowload everything and
install what I want. Well the ftp blows up.
3. just have no sure way of knowing when this system will start doing
some real work. spending all my time with problems and have no single
docuement to help

Just pissed off that I blew my money on an impossible system to get
running right