gnome2 and packages cleanup

2005-08-27 Thread Gareth Campbell
Hey everyone, I was installing gnome2 from the ports collection (on dial-up!) and it took like 3 days of constant work when it finally ran out of space on my /usr drive (only using a 6.4gig). I thought this would be more than enough, but alas... So I guess Gnome is too much for my wee

External Modem Speaker

2005-08-20 Thread Gareth Campbell
Hello everyone, Just wondered if there's a way to run my external modem without the speaker? It doesn't have a switch on it or anything, thought their might be a ppp command or FreeBSD command or something? Thanks Gareth ___

Internet firewall

2005-08-19 Thread Gareth Campbell
Hey guys, I'm a newbie and have got my box all set up with FreeBSD 5.4, fluxbox wm, firefox, thunderbird etc... It's all looking awesome, with transparency, and working well. I run it on dial-up ppp but haven't set up any firewall. Should I be setting one up? If so, do I use one of the