RE: question

# mount /cdrom # umount /cdrom to unmount Cheers, Mazen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of faina bogdan Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: question how can I mount the cd-rom under freebsd 4.9 as

nOOb: FreeBSD connectivity with Windows 2000

can I setup FreeBSD to do that? Thanks Mazen S. Alzogbi www.MazenAlzogbi.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Accessing Windows files from FreeBSD

Hi, I would like to access files that exist in a Windows partition on the same machine from FreeBSD 4.9. I appreciate your help in showing me the way to do that. Cheers, Mazen S. Alzogbi www.MazenAlzogbi.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

How can I know if modem is detected?

Hi, I just purchased a serial Dlink modem and I would like to know if my FreeBSD 4.9 is detecting it. How can I be sure? Thanks ... Cheers, Mazen S. Alzogbi www.MazenAlzogbi.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Using the newer version of Perl!

Hi, Perl version 5.005_03 was installed with FreeBSD 4.9 by default. I installed Perl 5.8.x_x from ports (via FTP). Executing perl -v on the console still showing the older version! How can I start using the newer version? Can't FreeBSD start using the newer version too? Cheers, Mazen S

Re: Using the newer version of Perl!

. Regards, Jason Wilson Director of Technology Nobilis Software Babbling Blatherscythe! Mazen S. Alzogbi mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] had this to say: Hi, Perl version 5.005_03 was installed with FreeBSD 4.9 by default. I installed Perl 5.8.x_x from ports (via FTP). Executing perl -v on the console

MySQL installation troubles ...

-client-4.1.0.tgz package was installed. All in all the server installation failed. What should I do to fix this? TIA Cheers, -- Mazen S. Alzogbi http://alzogbi.com/mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

LAN connection speed ..

Hi, How can I figure out what's the speed (10Mpbs or 100Mbps) of the LAN connection point which my FreeBSD laptop is connected to? Thanks, -- Mazen S. Alzogbi http://alzogbi.com/mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

How can a user mount a CDROM?

Hi, How can I grant myself (as a user and not root) the permission to mount/umount a cdrom? Thanks, -- Mazen S. Alzogbi http://alzogbi.com/mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Detecting a USB mouse without a restart

Hi, I want to be able to issue commands so my FreeBSD 4.9 can detect my just-attached-it USB mouse without restarting the system. The mouse is detected and operational if I've attached it before switching on the machine. How can this be done? Thanks everyone. Cheers, -- Mazen S. Alzogbi

Calling the pros .. sound troubleshooting

please guide me through the process of troubleshooting in a step-by-step fashion? Thanks, -- Mazen S. Alzogbi http://alzogbi.com/mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Calling the pros .. sound troubleshooting

Kent Stewart wrote: On Monday 12 April 2004 01:46 pm, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: Hi, I already posted this question in this list and got some answers that was half-solutions to my case. I read a lot about this issue in every resource I could get my hands on. I am very keen to make my sound system

Where is my KDE?

Hi, I installed kdebase along with other packages using pkg_add but I cannot run start-kde. Why? Where is my KDE files that I installed are located? TIA. Mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: Where is my KDE?

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 07 January 2004 09:44 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: I installed kdebase along with other packages using pkg_add but I cannot run start-kde. Why? Where is my KDE files that I installed are located? TIA. Mazen There is a meta-port kde3 that will install

Disk defragmentation

Hi, How can I defragment my HDD partitions in FreeBSD? Cheers, Mazen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Disk defragmentation

Yeah, I just landed from MS Planet to FreeBSD and I am NOT leaving :) Thanks for the explanation. Cheers, Mazen -Original Message- From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:27 PM To: Mazen S. Alzogbi Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Disk

KDE damaged ...

nothing but the gray background and no components on the desktop. To be precise, it's showing the panel toolbar at the buttom on the screen and when I try to click on it, it disappear!!! I cannot do anything after that but to reboot the system back to the console prompt! Please help. Thanks Mazen S

Sound not working on laptop

Hi, Sound is not working on my laptop that has FreeBSD 4.9 installed on. I want to check the detected driver (if any) by the system and configure it to use the right one. How can this be done whether by using KDE or on the command line? Thanks in advance. Mazen S. Alzogbi www.MazenAlzogbi.com

RE: Sound not working on laptop

Great! But what does recompile the kernel with device pcm mean? :( Cheers, Mazen -Original Message- From: Subhro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:42 PM To: 'Mazen S. Alzogbi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Sound not working on laptop It would be great

Re: Sound not working on laptop

Hi, Thanks for everyone who helped (and is helping me) to find my way in the great world of FreeBSD. I learned how to recompile the kernel and I did compile it with device pcm and device pcm0 at but it didn't work. I tried and tried and tried and spent almost 3 hours with no luck. Finally,

RE: Sound not working on laptop

Hi, Thanks for all the help. I tried to locate a 'Non Plug-and-Play OS' option in the BIOS setup with no success. I think there aren't anything like this in my BIOS. Can someone on this list shed some light how to detect (track) IRQs and conflicts? Thanks, Mazen Yes, it is solvable. In your