NDIS/KLDload
Dear List, I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install. I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install. This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message. I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step kldload if_ndis I get cannot load if_ndis: file exists What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work? Thank you very much, Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie Experience (As promised)
Dear Very Helpful and Informative FreeBSD List, I installed FreeBSD on Friday Night and tried very hard to get it all working. My initial X problem actually fixed itself (you can imagine my surprise), however, even with that, our computer is useless as a desktop (or anything else) without an internet connection. My hardware is unsupported and despite my best efforts, I decided it would be better to expedite the process and I installed Mepis Linux. I would hardly describe it the way another newbie did one week ago. It was a good challenge. I'll wait until I'm a better administrator and there's more support for hardware I might have. The only really annoying thing was that I perpetually had trouble mounting my usb flash drive. I think this was a filesystem problem. Thanks for any help you've offered, Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Video Device problems in new install by Newbie -- FreeBSD 6.1
Hello List, I took the plunge last night and installed FreeBSD6.1-STABLE. I found the experience rather exciting and I'm happy with the results, excep for one major challenge to overcome: no video support. I'm trying to set up X and it's failing. Prerequisites: FreeBSD6.1-STABLE (from the i386 CD iso's from freebsd.org) Dell Dimension 5100C Desktop WD SATA HD Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family on IRQ 16 My friend the computer professional tells me the video and a bunch of other devices are integrated into the motherboard to save space (the system unit is smaller than the printer, if that tells you anything). when I do: root-promptXorg -configure I get a quick list of all video devices and No Device Present The Xorg-configure-log is just a more verbose statement of the same list At boot, I get the following messages: ... acpi0:Dell 5100C on motherboard ... pci0:display at device 2.1 (no driver attached) pci0:multimedia at device 27.0 (no driver attached) ... the boot process then proceeds to recognize all my other devices and I get to my login prompt. I've tried booting with ACPI disabled (I'll admit I'm ignorant as to what that would do) and the boot process hangs up before grabbing my keyboard. The Handbook mentions when the visual kernel configuration option comes up choose it. Where and when does that happen? Is that still around in FreeBSD6.1? I've tried boot menu option 6 (the loader prompt) and I'll admit that totally confuses me. Supposing I have the driver, how do I attach it to resolve the no driver attached problem? Is that really the root of the problem? I know the VESA drivers are there... I'll add that Freesbie 1.1 and many Linux livecds boot just fine into X on this machine. I even got an Xf86config file from Freesbie with the monitor settings it uses. I'm writing this from a PCLinuxOS Livecd. Right now I've got a console, and that's cool in the words of Jeffrey Lebowski; however, for my wife to use this thing, and for me to use most of what I wanted (a desktop system), running X is essential ;) I appreciate any help. Thanks! I already love FreeBSD! Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Experience -- Linux/BSD Differences
If I may comment as someone who knows only that BSD looks better to a newbie, it looks better because I only have to go to one place to read the FreeBSD manual. For Linux, there's documentation for all the little parts, and a community/wiki for any particular distribution, except that's a lot different from having a single document that covers almost everything. And for everything else, there's this list, which has a minimum of *attitude*, which is a contrast to many linux boards I've read. Joel On Tuesday 12 September 2006 06:16, Jeff Rollin wrote: I let a lot of BSD comments about Linux go unpunished, but this Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Flatscreen Monitor Specifications
Howdy Y'all, I am planning to install FreeBSD this weekend and I am doing a hardware inventory. I have a fairly new computer (bought brand new a year ago: Dell something-or-other 5100C), with a flatscreen monitor and USB everything. I looked for my monitor specifications last night and have found nothing resembling the 35Hz, 800x600 stuff that is discussed in the handbook. this would make sense, of course,... All I've found in Windows Device Manager is something like Intel 42985G Chipset. Whenever I've tried liveCDs (FreesBie, various linuces), they have all picked out the monitor just fine (and most everything else). I just want to cover my bases, in case I end up with a flickering screen, I want to be able to do something about it. Do you have any suggestions for where I should look for any monitor specifications? What do I enter when I do my X configuration? Thanks, Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA - Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Window Manager Recommendations
Gerard, Thanks for the recommendations. I'm still using Windows at work, so I'll keep your recommendations in mind. Let me explain the situation, just for your peace of mind: Let's say I'm writing something in a word processor; I want to check something on the internet, or I want to initiate a download. I open my browser and click on a few things and then go back to my word processor while I'm waiting for a webpage to load. The annoying behavior is that Ill be typing, and I type darn fast, and then when the webpage is done loading, the focus will shift and I'll still be typing. I'll type half a word before I realize that I'm now looking at a webpage. Sometimes I even use the alt key or the control key and that's when it can really skrew me up. Come to think of it, it's only Internet explorer that does this. Thanks, Joel Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joel Adamson wrote: I am switching over my desktop system to FreeBSD soon and want to choose a nice window manager. One of the more annoying things I want to get away from in Microsoft Windows is focus-shifting: I'll be typing along in one place, then a webpage will finish loading, the window focus shifts, I keep typing and execute a bunch of commands in the new window (chosen by Windows, rather than by me, who would be content to keep typing and go to the webpage when I'm good and ready). I prefer KDE myself, but there are many options out there to choose from. BTW, the Window's scenario you describe is totally configurable. You could start by downloading 'Power Tools': http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx That should take care of most of your easily corrected problems until you settle on a new GUI. I am slightly perplexed by the webpage will finish loading ... passage however. Are you inferring that a page just mysteriously loaded on its own? More than likely you initialed the operation. The majority of people I believe would want the page that they are opening to become the primary focus point. You can change the configuration to have pages open in the background however, although I fail to see why. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Window Manager Recommendations
Hello List, I am switching over my desktop system to FreeBSD soon and want to choose a nice window manager. One of the more annoying things I want to get away from in Microsoft Windows is focus-shifting: I'll be typing along in one place, then a webpage will finish loading, the window focus shifts, I keep typing and execute a bunch of commands in the new window (chosen by Windows, rather than by me, who would be content to keep typing and go to the webpage when I'm good and ready). In general I'd prefer a window manager that avoids these sorts of things (i.e., only does what I ask it to). Recommendations welcome. thanks, Joel Joel J. Adamson 154 Madison Ave Arlington, MA 02474 617-643-1432 (work) 303-880-3109 (cell) - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
