Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-17 Thread Foo JH
Hello all, including the guys who responded. Thanks for the comments and tips/ links. I'd see what I can do to move fwd on the issue. Appreciate your feedback! On 3/10/2011 11:33 AM, Juan C. Valido wrote: I'm an old foggie also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a lot of research and a

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Juan C. Valido
A GUI on a server is just a matter of preference, I go back to before Dos 1.0 and when Windows came out, I fell in love. Now I've got to have a GUI on everything, besides as you get older the command line becomes harder (memory loss)... On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 08:39 +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: On

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 12:35 PM, Juan C. Valido wrote: A GUI on a server is just a matter of preference, I go back to before Dos 1.0 and when Windows came out, I fell in love. Now I've got to have a GUI on everything, besides as you get older the command line becomes harder (memory loss)... Do you plan

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 01:46 PM, Bas Smeelen wrote: On 03/10/2011 12:35 PM, Juan C. Valido wrote: A GUI on a server is just a matter of preference, I go back to before Dos 1.0 and when Windows came out, I fell in love. Now I've got to have a GUI on everything, besides as you get older the command line

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Juan C. Valido
Thank you, being a Windows guy, I didn't know about webmin, tried it and was impressed. New Server coming up no GUI... On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 08:39 +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: On 03/10/2011 04:33 AM, Juan C. Valido wrote: I'm an old foggie also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a lot of

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:46:42 +0100, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: Do you plan to update FreeBSD and installed ports on your servers on a regular basis? Then I would not recommend installing graphical window ports (applications) on these servers, because it can give you a lot of time,

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Juan C. Valido
Well. I don't really know what I'm doing but you offer some great advice, thanks. For an old man I learn fast, I don't mind doing research and of course RTFM :-) On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 01:10 +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:46:42 +0100, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: Do you

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-10 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/11/2011 01:10 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:46:42 +0100, Bas Smeelen b.smee...@ose.nl wrote: Do you plan to update FreeBSD and installed ports on your servers on a regular basis? Then I would not recommend installing graphical window ports (applications) on these servers,

any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-09 Thread Foo JH
Hi guys, I know the steps are documented on the Handbook and all. I've tried to read, follow, and re-read the steps, but I'm not still getting any popular window manager up and running on my FreeBSD servers. Meanwhile new hires are seduced by the comes-with-it windows manager via Ubuntu

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-09 Thread Juan C. Valido
I'm an old foggie also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a lot of research and a lot of trial and error until I found Dan's blog. God Bless the Man! Without his blog I would not have this server up. And yes it's running gnome. https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/category/freebsd/ On Thu, 2011-03-10 at

Re: any friendly folk willing to teach an old foggie how to configure kde/ gnome on freebsd?

2011-03-09 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 03/10/2011 04:33 AM, Juan C. Valido wrote: I'm an old foggie also and a lifetime Windows guy and I did a lot of research and a lot of trial and error until I found Dan's blog. God Bless the Man! Without his blog I would not have this server up. And yes it's running gnome.

Strange behaviour on Gnome with FreeBSD-7.2

2009-07-10 Thread Manish Jain
Hello, This message was earlier posted to freebsd-gnome, from where there was no response. I am consequently re-posting to freebsd-questions in hope of something better. I had FreeBSD-7.2 on my system a few days back, but had to reinstall it afresh last week. In the new install, I did

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-07-01 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:45AM, Tim Judd wrote: On 6/30/09, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-07-01 Thread Sergio de Almeida Lenzi
Em Qua, 2009-07-01 às 13:51 -0400, Trey Sizemore escreveu: On Tue Jun 30, 2009 09:45AM, Tim Judd wrote: On 6/30/09, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing

ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. This includes a complete GNOME 2.26.2 desktop and also the gnome-power-tools and gnome-fifth-toe package collections. *Important:* There

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Gould
2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. This includes a complete GNOME 2.26.2 desktop and also the gnome-power-tools and

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 6/30/09, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. This includes a complete GNOME

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Glen Barber
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tim Juddtaj...@gmail.com wrote: It would be interesting to see how much demand exists for an installation DVD with KDE 3.5.  (KDE lost a large amount of voter share in Linux Journal's last Readers' Choice Awards.) [snip] When I run KDE, I run KDE4.  I'm

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:45:32 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier, I made hints at a webGUI install (the install medium would boot into X, basic setup (VESA driver @1024x768, 24 [or 16bit] depth)), Why not a choice, 800x600 for laptops with smaller screen (or in 16:9 format for

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 6/30/09, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tim Juddtaj...@gmail.com wrote: It would be interesting to see how much demand exists for an installation DVD with KDE 3.5. (KDE lost a large amount of voter share in Linux Journal's last Readers' Choice

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Thomas Abthorpe
At this time KDE has not announced an EOL on 3.5. That said, you will likely see it in the tree through the end of 2009. HTH Thomas On 30/06/2009, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread ras
Manolis Kiagias wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. hi, is this like a normal freebsd install + gnome, or OS with custom system setup, automatic updates

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Abthorpetabtho...@freebsd.org wrote: At this time KDE has not announced an EOL on 3.5. That said, you will likely see it in the tree through the end of 2009. HTH Thomas Yes. Thanks. Andrew ___

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
ras wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. hi, is this like a normal freebsd install + gnome, or OS with custom system setup, automatic

WebInstaller (was: Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released)

2009-06-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 6/30/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:45:32 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: Earlier, I made hints at a webGUI install (the install medium would boot into X, basic setup (VESA driver @1024x768, 24 [or 16bit] depth)), Why not a choice, 800x600 for

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread ras
Manolis Kiagias wrote: ras wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. hi, is this like a normal freebsd install + gnome, or OS

Re: WebInstaller (was: Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released)

2009-06-30 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:41:46 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: A 800x600 resolution is just too crowded when you try to make a system on it. It's no problem when you run the browser without title line, menu bar, icon bar, other bars, and status line. You don't need to make all the text

problem using multiple monitors with gnome on FreeBSD 7

2008-09-10 Thread Derek Ragona
I did a new install of 7.0 on a system equipped with an nvidia 4 video port card with just two monitors attached. Xorg --configure worked fine, and setup xorg.conf correctly for both monitors. When I bring up X with gnome as root, both screens get used just fine. However when I bring up X

Time and Date configuration Gnome 2.22.3 FreeBSD 7.0

2008-07-18 Thread Christopher Gregory
having issues specifically with the Time and Date configuration in gnome 2.22.3 on freebsd 7.0-RELEASE-p2 What is happening, is if you click on SystemAdministrationTime and date, when it comes up all options are greyed out. This means that from within gnome, you are not able to set it up to sync

Re: partition/cd recognition problem hal GNOME 2.16 FreeBSD RELEASE 6.2

2007-02-08 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 18:53 -0800, Charles Schaum wrote: Kudos to the GNOME FreeBSD team for continuing improvements. Problem: Hal no longer recognizes all vfat partitions. Two vfat partitions at ad0s1 and ad1s2 exist. Only ad0s1 now appears. CD burning now proceeds better via Nautilus

partition/cd recognition problem hal GNOME 2.16 FreeBSD RELEASE 6.2

2007-02-05 Thread Charles Schaum
Kudos to the GNOME FreeBSD team for continuing improvements. Problem: Hal no longer recognizes all vfat partitions. Two vfat partitions at ad0s1 and ad1s2 exist. Only ad0s1 now appears. CD burning now proceeds better via Nautilus. Before portsnap / portmaster that failed altogether. Now CD-R

Installing GNOME on FreeBSD 6

2006-04-19 Thread Abhishek Kumar
Hi Can you help me in installing GNOME on FreeBSD Release 6 Thanks Regards, Abhishek smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: Installing GNOME on FreeBSD 6

2006-04-19 Thread michael johnson
On 4/19/06, Abhishek Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can you help me in installing GNOME on FreeBSD Release 6 http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 Thanks Regards, Abhishek ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Bonobo-warning when exiting Gnome in freeBSD 5.3

2005-05-10 Thread modelt20
Hi! I have my X windows configured to launch Gnome by default (like page 150 of the handbook), and it seems to work fine. It looks great, functions well, and all seems good. When I exit Gnome, however (using the 'Action' 'Logout' menu item), I get several warnings: (nautilus : 1348) WARNING**:

GNOME on FreeBSD

2004-08-01 Thread Vlad Tudorache
I'm using kdm as Display Manager with FreeBSD. If I select a GNOME session as root and then try to restart/shutdown from GNOME the system hangs (until I press Ctrl-Alt-Del, when reboot sequence continues normally). How can I avoid this? ___ [EMAIL

Re: GNOME on FreeBSD

2004-08-01 Thread Simon Barner
Vlad Tudorache wrote: I'm using kdm as Display Manager with FreeBSD. If I select a GNOME session as root and then try to restart/shutdown from GNOME the system hangs (until I press Ctrl-Alt-Del, when reboot sequence continues normally). How can I avoid this? Can you switch to a text console