Does USB cable modem SB4200 or compatible work under FreeBSD?

2003-10-30 Thread Dorin H.
Hi everybpdy, Has anybody succeeded to configure a cable modem SB4200 (4100) using the USB connection? Is there any chance that this USB modem will get support under FreeBSD? It is supported by Debian, and I it is the only annoying thing that keeps me from switching completely to FreeBSD...:(

Re: /dev/dsp: Device busy

2004-01-24 Thread Dorin H.
--- Geert Hendrickx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have a problem playing sounds in FreeBSD. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and then I get the following error message: /dev/dsp: Device busy but lsof | grep dsp yields nothing. Can anyone help me with this

Why there is not freebsd-kde list?

2003-11-24 Thread Dorin H
Hi there, There is a gnome mailing list, but not kde list. Is the free Qt the cause of lack of interest? Thank you, /Dorin. PS. Questions related to kde errors/build problems and so on, should be directed to ports or stable or current? Suggestions? __ Do

Re: Why there is not freebsd-kde list?

2003-11-24 Thread Dorin H
:15, Dorin H wrote: Hi there, There is a gnome mailing list, but not kde list. Is the free Qt the cause of lack of interest? https://lists.csociety.org/listinfo/kde-freebsd drc -- Dave Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lincoln, Nebraska, USA __ Do

Solved [Re: delete first partition XP and reformat as ufs - kernel not found]

2003-11-30 Thread Dorin H
Hi there, Hoping that this will help somebody else: Deleting the XP boot partition that came first on disk (the FreeBSD was the last) and changing its type to FreeBSD FS render my laptop unbootable. I got the prompt when trying to boot FreeBSD: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel

Re: Solved [Re: delete first partition XP and reformat as ufs - kernel not found]

2003-12-01 Thread Dorin H
snip The problem was that the new XP partition, not ^^^ Oops, mistype: I was talking about the new FreeBSD partition. The second stage FreeBSD boostrap program, boot2, assumes that the the slice being booted is the FreeBSD slice with the active

Re: Solved [Re: delete first partition XP and reformat as ufs - kernel not found]

2003-12-01 Thread Dorin H
Sorry for replying again, but I succeed to press send while editing the previous reply :((( (press tab + space - send, ooops) I hope I included all the relevant information in my previous reply. To finish, I was wondering if I can specify in boot2 prompt which is the correct slicepartition to use

Re: Solved [Re: delete first partition XP and reformat as ufs - kernel not found]

2003-12-16 Thread Dorin H
--- Dan Strick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If no RTFM is available, point me to the source files. I am not familiar with the FreeBSD kernel sources, but I'll have no problem reading some code. snip This may not be exactly

Re: Load new drivers during install

2003-12-16 Thread Dorin H
--- Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:44:26 -0600 michael Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to load updated or additional drivers during initial install? (like redhats 'expert' install option) Not tested, but you can load a kld from floppy

Re: sharity-light/winxp issues

2003-12-16 Thread Dorin H
--- Redmond Militante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all i almost have sharity-light working well enough to be able to map a windows share to my freebsd5.1 box. the two machines are: 1. Freebsd 5.1-RELEASE, DHCP but i'm using dyndns.org to map the address of 'machine1.gotdns.org' to this

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem

2003-12-18 Thread Dorin H
I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am unable to copy on to the floppy disc. When I try to mount the floppy with mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, it gives me error message: Device is not configured. Try: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt with any DOS formated disc. If you want to mount a UFS

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 Installation problem

2003-12-18 Thread Dorin H
--- Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sir/ Madam, After installing the FreeBSD minimum installation, I, installed the ports using the sysinstall. But, when I tried to install XFree86 package, it failed to complete the installation. Now, it has corrupted the root (/) and /tmp partition.

Re: [Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via live filesystem CD]

2003-12-18 Thread Dorin H
--- Peter Leftwich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RE2: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html The page above always makes a skirting blow or furtive glance at what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that /stand and /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but without

Re: How to find package name

2003-12-26 Thread Dorin H
--- fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the sure fired way to get the correct spelling of the package name to use with pkg_add -r command? If you have installed ports, and you know the port name (which you can find easily), you can go to /usr/ports/portpath and cat/sed distinfo

Re: Invalid Partition - help on setting up loader

2003-12-27 Thread Dorin H
--- Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list. Merry Christmas!! This is my first post on a Freebsd Mailing List, so don't be too harsh on me if my ettiquette isn't acceptable. Ok, I guess I'll get to the heart of this post: I'm trying to figure out how to boot 5-releng-1 alongside my

Re: netgear nic

2004-01-02 Thread Dorin H
--- Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: David Bear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:36 PM Subject: netgear nic the NIC selection at the local store was terrible. I ended up buying a netgear FA311. I