,
something similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop?
On Debian Lenny, let me know how the install of kde4 goes. Not attempting
to disregard your view, just saying there are roadblocks to every approach.
IMO, the FreeBSD method allows for greatest flexibility.
For those
who need it, it'd
similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop? For those
who need it, it'd be great.
Really, all the desktop options you get on Linux are available
for FreeBSD.KDE and Gnome are the main things and many people
install one of them to make a desktop environment. The main difference
Andrew Gould wrote:
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baigsba...@jhu.edu wrote:
So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose
operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on
servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop
and that there must be a certain demand for it. So why don't
you let the user decide if he wants a bloated desktop or a lean mean server ?
Now I don't have that option... That is why I run pc-bsd now. They are able
to do a GUI install of a desktop on top of a solid OS, something that the
hardcore server
a GUI install of a desktop on top of a solid OS, something that the
hardcore server/headless/serial/admins/whatever users here don't seem to care
about.
And yes, I know this discussion has been done already several times here :-)
FreeBSD is the one that does let users have an option. One
-- a FreeBSD desktop. I hear they install
real easily and work well.It is not what I need so I haven't
tried them, but rather than raile at those who are building a good
platform, just go and get one of those bundles. Seems you actually
have already - a pretty close to FreeBSD based bundle
similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop? For those
who need it, it'd be great.
Just install any of the destkop environment ports like Gnome, KDE or XFCE,
whichever takes your fancy. That will give you the basics. Other apps are just
a port away. :-)
My workstation has been running
Sabeeh Baig wrote:
So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose
operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on
servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation,
something similar to say Debian's option of Standard
,
better than nothing.
After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on
FreeBSD amd64...
Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not
having any 32-bit libraries installed.
So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image?
You
OSE, but still,
better than nothing.
After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on
FreeBSD amd64...
Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not
having any 32-bit libraries installed.
So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install
on
FreeBSD amd64...
Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not
having any 32-bit libraries installed.
My questions are two fold:
1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8
amd64?
2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64?
Thanks,
Mark
.
After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on
FreeBSD amd64...
Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not
having any 32-bit libraries installed.
So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image?
You should have a /usr/lib32 by default
decided to give it a go on
FreeBSD amd64...
Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not
having any 32-bit libraries installed.
My questions are two fold:
1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8
amd64?
2. How do I install virtualbox
Hi,
I got a new machine, a linux ubuntu-running AMD64 based one, and thought
I'd try out FreeBSD here at home. But when I begin the VirtualBox
installation I get dumped into a shell-looking terminal with an OK
prompt. I can't read all the instructions and frankly cannot do anything
with it.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:59:43PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
There is a test man page I am trying to install and the system
is not finding it. I put it in /usr/local/man/man1 and think
I should at least get complaints about the page as it is the
start of a man page, not the whole thing. I
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 03:59:43PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
There is a test man page I am trying to install and the system is not
finding it. I put it in /usr/local/man/man1 and think I should at
least get complaints about the page as it is the start of a man page,
not the whole thing. I
Randall Wood writes:
Yes, the program is mandb I think.
That's exactly what I also thought but there is no such program.
I think this may be one of those deprecation cases where the
function is now done some other way. I'll keep digging. Thanks.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems
George Davidovich writes:
If your testpage manpage is located in a man1 directory, it has to be
named testpage.1 (or gzipped as testpage.1.gz). For a man2 directory,
the suffix is .2, and so on. Rename the file and I'm sure things will
work fine.
That was it! Thank you.
Martin
There is a test man page I am trying to install and the system
is not finding it. I put it in /usr/local/man/man1 and think
I should at least get complaints about the page as it is the
start of a man page, not the whole thing. I named it testpage,
compressed it with gzip and when I type
man
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote:
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote:
I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up:
Missing pkg-descr for patch-2.5.9.
I believe you have a defective ports tree. You should have the following file:
Coert Waagmeester skrev:
Hello all,
What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.
Regards,
Coert
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On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote:
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote:
I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up:
Missing pkg-descr for patch-2.5.9.
I believe
On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:07:33 Coert Waagmeester wrote:
I have PKGDIR variable exported.
Ack, yeah. Should've thought of that. It's a badly chosen variable name for
pkg_add. You could make an alias though:
alias pkg_keep='env PKGDIR=/path/to/whatever pkg_add -K'
--
Mel
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:53:23 +0200, Peter Boosten pe...@boosten.org wrote:
Polytropon wrote:
On FreeBSD, you don't need to download things manually via a web
browser in this old fashioned way. :-)
Unfortunately this is not true for the jdk. But it's only a minor
disadvantage ;-)
Sadly,
hi there,
I am trying to get some basic ports tools installed on a new machine. I
downloaded the entire ports.tar.gz and then placed all those contents in
/usr/ports
What are the best next steps to follow to get things up an running? I
was hoping to install portsnap but here the error I
an running? I was
hoping to install portsnap but here the error I am receiving. What is
wrong?
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/portsnap.html
su-3.2# pkg_add -r portsnap
Error: FTP Unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-6-stable/Latest/portsnap.tbz
Hello all,
What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.
Regards,
Coert
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On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester
lgro...@waagmeester.co.za wrote:
Hello all,
What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.
On FreeBSD, you don't need to download things manually via a web
browser
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 23:33 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester
lgro...@waagmeester.co.za wrote:
Hello all,
What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.
On FreeBSD
of building the (g)patch utility,
you could surely use pkg_add -r (g)patch to install it.
I tried make in devel/patch and it seems to run well. Maybe you try
to install (even build) patch prior to a new make attempt for eclipse.
And I do not know if it is important enough, but I want to use Eclipse
I wish there was a FreeBSD package of the newest version of Eclipse
CDT (or at least ganymede version). I do my research in Eclipse-CDT
Galileo on multiple Linux systems, and it would be nice to be able to
mess with things occasionally on my FreeBSD box. Although I can't
recall specifics, I know
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote:
I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up:
Missing pkg-descr for patch-2.5.9.
I believe you have a defective ports tree. You should have the following file:
SHA256 (/usr/ports/devel/patch/pkg-descr) =
Polytropon wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester
lgro...@waagmeester.co.za wrote:
Hello all,
What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.
On FreeBSD, you don't need to download things
Hi I have installed FBSD 7.2 and when i try to set up xorg using xorgconfig
or xorg -configure it doesnt work any more, any changes on the command?
thanks
Regards,
GrimJow
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GrimJow Espada wrote:
Hi I have installed FBSD 7.2 and when i try to set up xorg using
xorgconfig or xorg -configure it doesnt work any more, any changes on the
command? thanks
Try Xorg -configure instead. May want to read too:
Hi
I am trying to install xfce4. I have updated ports , following
UPDATING I uninstalled xfce4.4 and attempted to install xfce4.6.
I have googled this and not found anything other than a gentoo bug
that didn't have a solution.
The box is as follows
FreeBSD cobra.homeunix.com 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD
From what I gathered on the net, the problem seems to be coming from
Firewire, or more specifically, the sdp module, They suggested disabling
Firewire from BIOS setup, install then build a custom kernel with sdp
commented, the problem is, There's no option to disable Firewire in my BIOS
setup so
Hello. Sorry for ny bad english. :)
My trouble - I install BSD on first computer, after than plug hard drive into
other computer, but it doesn`t work! Can you help? After booting BIOS FreeBSD
print Can`t load kernel. What did I must do?
Thanks %)
Если кто-то что-то понял, опишите на русском
2009/7/22 asdasd asdasd androni...@yahoo.com:
Hello. Sorry for ny bad english. :)
My trouble - I install BSD on first computer, after than plug hard drive into
other computer, but it doesn`t work! Can you help? After booting BIOS FreeBSD
print Can`t load kernel. What did I must do?
Thanks
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/7/22 asdasd asdasd androni...@yahoo.com:
Hello. Sorry for ny bad english. :)
My trouble - I install BSD on first computer, after than plug hard drive
into other computer, but it doesn`t work! Can you help? After
except for the documentation packages. That's my best guess on the
trade-off of size versus functionality that would benefit the most
end-users.
Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times
longer
than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
This shouldn't come as too
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote:
Just curious, but is there an easy way to get all of this onto the pen in
the first place? I missed the origin of the thread.
dd if=image file of=usb drive bs=10240 conv=sync
-- randi
memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer
than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
Might have something to do with the amount of data being written. Again,
just a guess. Are you sure it wasn't 3 times longer?
Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution
Hello,
I recently bought an HP Pavilion DV7-1299EF, it's 2.4Ghz Core 2 DUO, 4G RAM,
2x250 Gb Hard Disk
--- lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory
Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express
Graphics
I have a problem booting the DVD on this laptop, with ACPI enabled, it
crashes after the usb part, check the screenshot
http://omploader.org/vMjBqbA
I tried with ACPI disabled, the whole system stops responding even
before the USB part.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Wael Nasreddine (a.k.a
on the
trade-off of size versus functionality that would benefit the most
end-users.
Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer
than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
This shouldn't come as too big a surprise, for *typical* machines things
slow down a bit
as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer
than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
Might have something to do with the amount of data being written. Again,
just a guess. Are you sure it wasn't 3 times longer?
Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution, It completed
, proflibs, dict, info,
sbace, ssys and srce are not on the media.
I take this to mean that they are missing from the
8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img.
So I tried to install again this time doing a minimal selection. This
when through to completion but the resulting memstick was not bootable.
I'll try
Jason Garrett wrote:
snip everything that don't matter
8. Install ZFS boot:
# gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0
# gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0
9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot.
IT WORKS!!!
Step 8 was CRUCIAL to the setup. All along
as the message I detailed before using parts from another
guide. I am hoping for both of us, that someone here knows even a little
bit.
I installed 8.0-BETA1 on ZFS 2 days ago. It works. I did following steps:
1. Boot from bootable USB-flash (Minimal FreeBSD installation with
copy of install CD).
I
as the message I detailed before using parts from another
guide. I am hoping for both of us, that someone here knows even a little
bit.
I installed 8.0-BETA1 on ZFS 2 days ago. It works. I did following steps:
1. Boot from bootable USB-flash (Minimal FreeBSD installation with
copy of install
2009/7/17 Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net:
4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall with
custom
options (Install Root and Media Type)
I am stuck at this point. I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt
environment. Then I exit FixIt and choose
Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net:
4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall with
custom
options (Install Root and Media Type)
I am stuck at this point. I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt
environment. Then I exit FixIt and choose Custom from sysinstall. I
Scot Hetzel wrote:
2009/7/17 Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net:
4. Install FreeBSD from copy of install CD to ZFS. I used sysinstall with
custom
options (Install Root and Media Type)
I am stuck at this point. I have my zpool mounted at /zpool in the FixIt
environment. Then I
that they are missing from the
8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img.
So I tried to install again this time doing a minimal selection. This
when through to completion but the resulting memstick was not bootable.
I'll try this test again when BETA2 is released.
OK used the 8.0-BETA2-i386-memstick.img.
Took 3
using parts from another
guide. I am hoping for both of us, that someone here knows even a little
bit.
I installed 8.0-BETA1 on ZFS 2 days ago. It works. I did following steps:
1. Boot from bootable USB-flash (Minimal FreeBSD installation with copy of
install CD).
2. Create partitions
# gpart
the partition as active which I couldn't do with gpart. IIRC, I
used fdisk to change the active partition after setting up everything
with gpart.
Now, for installation... My solution here was that I took a scratch disk
and did a minimal install, then pulled the tree and did buildworld /
buildkernel
and on. :)
Cheers,
Drew
Ok, now a few days later and still frustrated. Basically I narrowed my
install down to one drive, divided up with gpt. I used a few sections
from http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot - specifially the
section on installing the sources from /dist/8.0-BETA1
you're doing better than me. I've been at this for about 10
days off and on. :)
Cheers,
Drew
Ok, now a few days later and still frustrated. Basically I narrowed my
install down to one drive, divided up with gpt. I used a few sections from
http://wiki.freebsd.org
snip everything that don't matter
8. Install ZFS boot:
# gpart bootcode -b /zroot/boot/pmbr ad0
# gpart bootcode -p /zroot/boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 ad0
9. Change mount points for zroot pool and reboot.
IT WORKS!!!
Step 8 was CRUCIAL to the setup. All along, following the guides, I was
doing
On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 17:01 -0500, Jason Garrett wrote:
LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=YES, as It wouldn't even boot the kernel before I
did
JG:
Why don't we setup a public autobuild farm (amd64 only) and build with
that flag set? The other option is to modify a LiveCD framework with
it. ~BAS
This
On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img?
What raw size memstick is needed?
Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk?
Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending.
It's all in the email about the 8.0 BETA(s). Use dd, a
install down to one drive, divided up with gpt. I used a few sections from
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot - specifially the section on
installing the sources from /dist/8.0-BETA1 as well as rebuilding the loader
as this guide says.
I actually got it to load the kernel, goes through that ok
doing better than me. I've been at this for about 10 days off
and on. :)
Cheers,
Drew
Ok, now a few days later and still frustrated. Basically I narrowed my
install down to one drive, divided up with gpt. I used a few sections from
http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRootWithZFSboot - specifially
Randi Harper wrote:
On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img?
What raw size memstick is needed?
Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk?
Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending.
It's all in the email about the 8.0
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
Randi Harper wrote:
On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img?
What raw size memstick is needed?
Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk?
Thanks for all the help, much appreciated; didn't think the Linux
tricks would work from my experience with OBSD. But knew it had to be
possible
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to
create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut
it does seem to be a bit over the top. Does any body know of an easy
way to create a bootable USB install media for 7.2 using either linux
or vista (or using an option from the install dvd). I have tried some
of the tricks from
doesn't get attention, it's just annoying and it makes trying
to improve sysinstall that much more difficult because I'll have to
spend more time closing these duplicates and less time fixing problems.
There has been an email that stated there is USB install support in
sysinstall as of 8.0 BETA1
OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep
hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on
google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to
create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut
it does seem to be a bit
the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut
it does seem to be a bit over the top. Does any body know of an easy
way to create a bootable USB install media for 7.2 using either linux
or vista (or using an option from the install dvd). I have tried some
of the tricks from openBSD
) install from another NIX serverbut
it does seem to be a bit over the top. Does any body know of an easy
way to create a bootable USB install media for 7.2 using either linux
or vista (or using an option from the install dvd). I have tried some
of the tricks from openBSD and linux to no avail
Mark Wallbank wrote:
OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep
hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on
google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to
create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut
Jason Garrett wrote:
snip
I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform
`mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import
tank` ?
I just have to ask because I did not see that specified, and you
mention not being able to find zpool.cache. /boot/zfs is
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.netwrote:
Jason Garrett wrote:
snip
I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir
/boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import tank` ?
I just have to ask because I did not see that
Jason Garrett wrote:
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 13:30, Drew Tomlinson d...@mykitchentable.net
mailto:d...@mykitchentable.net wrote:
Jason Garrett wrote:
snip
I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you
perform `mkdir /boot/zfs` directly before `zpool
Mark Wallbank wrote:
OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep
hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on
google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to
create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut
snip
I see you tried the zpool import and export, but did you perform `mkdir
/boot/zfs` directly before `zpool export tank zpool import tank` ?
I just have to ask because I did not see that specified, and you mention not
being able to find zpool.cache. /boot/zfs is where zpool.cache hides out.
I'm following guides at:
http://lulf.geeknest.org/blog/freebsd/Setting_up_a_zfs-only_system/
http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppleMacbook
http://menelkir.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/howto-install-freebsd-under-zfs-including-root-part-2/
If I understand correctly, only the first link is about setting up
On Wednesday 08 July 2009 19:45:05 Manish Jain wrote:
==
Part-1)Immediately after a fresh FreeBSD-7.2#RELEASE install :
I assume you will at some stage or the other install a linux port, eg
acroread8 or acroread9, linux-ymessenger, etc
i am not able to install gnome on freeBSD7.2
i try
pkg_add -r gnome-desktop
and
cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome-desktop/
make install clean
and i also change the /etc/rc.conf gnome_enable=YES.
ERROR MESSAGE:
ftp: unable to get
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/freeBsd/ports/i386/packages7.2-release/Latest
Hi,
it seems that there is no Internet connection for the machine.
Gnome should be on the installation CD. Mount the CD and install
it from there.
Check the handbook for information of how to configure the
network.
Erich
On 08 July 2009 pm 14:46:42 malathi selvaraj wrote:
i am not able
Al Plant wrote:
Aloha,
I read that the kernel module ndis0 work with wireless devices.
Where do I get the original W32 driver.inf for the Broadcom 4310 wireless?
Either on a CD/DVD that came with the machine or the Broadcom Wireless
LAN Driver here if yours is HP 2133 Mini-Notebook
Al Plant wrote:
Chris Whitehouse wrote:
Al Plant wrote:
Aloha,
I read that the kernel module ndis0 work with wireless devices.
Where do I get the original W32 driver.inf for the Broadcom 4310
wireless?
Either on a CD/DVD that came with the machine or the Broadcom Wireless
LAN Driver
Al Plant wrote:
Al Plant wrote:
Aloha,
Thanks for the help from the list on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a
Sandisk USB Flash drive. I was able to install the basic FreeBSD files
and it rebooted. I used the 7.2 that Manolis created. However there
were errors with trying to load the install
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:46:15 -1000, Al Plant n...@hdk5.net wrote:
I discovered that in the HP Mini netbook FreeBSD 7.2 unfortunately does
not recognize the Nic's either hard wired or Wlan. Anone know how to
find what nics are in this HP MIni? There are no instructions about this
with the
Polytropon wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:46:15 -1000, Al Plant n...@hdk5.net wrote:
I discovered that in the HP Mini netbook FreeBSD 7.2 unfortunately does
not recognize the Nic's either hard wired or Wlan. Anone know how to
find what nics are in this HP MIni? There are no instructions about
Al Plant wrote:
Polytropon wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:46:15 -1000, Al Plant n...@hdk5.net wrote:
I discovered that in the HP Mini netbook FreeBSD 7.2 unfortunately
does not recognize the Nic's either hard wired or Wlan. Anone know
how to find what nics are in this HP MIni? There are no
Aloha,
Thanks for the help from the list on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a Sandisk
USB Flash drive. I was able to install the basic FreeBSD files and it
rebooted. I used the 7.2 that Manolis created. However there were errors
with trying to load the install for xorg. This new xorg is the same
Al Plant wrote:
Aloha,
Thanks for the help from the list on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a Sandisk
USB Flash drive. I was able to install the basic FreeBSD files and it
rebooted. I used the 7.2 that Manolis created. However there were errors
with trying to load the install for xorg. This new
I just built a new computer with an ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45
ATX Intel Motherboard and the install isn't seeing the IDE devices. I'm
using the AMD64 DVD to install the OS. The computer sees both the 120GB
IDE drive and the DVD drive, but FreeBSD only sees the six SATA drives
once
On Jun 26, 2009 7:32am, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote:
Hopefully Polytropon will chime in on this, but I had to install
TeXLive for everything to work.
Suggestion: try teTeX. If you encounter problems, then install TeXLive.
Daniel,
I wanted to ask, but neglected
I wanted to ask, but neglected to until now, did you install from the DVD or
the network? Also, did you install for FreeBSD (pre-compiled binaries), or
I initially tried the network installation, but there are so many
packages/files to retrieve that I quit and went for the DVD install.
I
2009/6/26 Kent Stewart kstew...@owt.com:
make buildkernel KERNCONF=FREEBSD1 21 |
tee /var/log/build/bkernel-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.log
It leaves a complete log everytime I build a kernel. Your options would be
different and I also use csh.
[ch...@amnesiac]~% make buildkernel
Chris Rees wrote:
2009/6/26 Kent Stewart kstew...@owt.com:
make buildkernel KERNCONF=FREEBSD1 21 |
tee /var/log/build/bkernel-`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.log
It leaves a complete log everytime I build a kernel. Your options would be
different and I also use csh.
[ch...@amnesiac]~% make buildkernel
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 01:14:55AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:32:31 -0400, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hopefully Polytropon will chime in on this, but I had to install
TeXLive for everything to work.
Ere I am, J. H., the ghost in the machine
On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 20:26 +, freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org
wrote:
Message: 12
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:40:44 +0200
From: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: Re: Which latex should I install
To: af300...@gmail.com
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Message-ID
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 01:00:21AM -0500, Patrick Reich wrote:
One thing to add here is that the ports tree remains tied to
teTeX. If you install TexLive (either from DVD or Romain's)
and then install a port like texmacs, lyx, texmaker, or auctex
to edit your files, you'll pull in teTeX
Patrick Reich rei...@austin.rr.com writes:
One thing to add here is that the ports tree remains tied to
teTeX. If you install TexLive (either from DVD or Romain's)
and then install a port like texmacs, lyx, texmaker, or auctex
to edit your files, you'll pull in teTeX as a dependency. You
I recently went through the ropes of installing latex on my FreeBSD
machine. You may the discussion I had helpful.
See # 256 and below, from here:
http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/2009/freebsd-questions/20090607.freebsd-questions.html
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