Re: 7.2-RELEASE Xorg Problem

2009-05-09 Thread Old Crankbuster
* Fabian Krook nevadadir...@gmail.com [2009-05-09 20:35:43 +0200]: When i try to do ex X -configure it tell me that there are no Driver and then create xorg.conf.new which have the driver. But when i tries to use X -config xorg.conf.new it will just go into a blank screen and can only be

ATI woes

2009-05-05 Thread Old Crankbuster
Thought I'd throw this one out there: I installed release 7.1 while waiting for 7.2 to download, used the handbook to configure X, get Gnome up and running, and start learning the system. The graphics chip on this laptop is ati hd 3200, and the standard X radeon driver worked ok. Cleaned

Questions about groups.

2009-05-04 Thread Old Crankbuster
Coming from Gnu/Linux, I see differences in group generation on regular user generation, and there's a group I'm not familiar with - 'operator'. What does that one do? I'm familiar with 'staff' and I've added my normal user to that, and of course 'wheel'. I intend to use the system on a laptop

Re: Questions about groups.

2009-05-04 Thread Old Crankbuster
* ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com [2009-05-04 14:39:34 -0400]: Various methods apply (for instance /dev/dspN.n is world writable), man 5 devfs.conf is a good start for some of that. Ah. Thanks. -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Questions about groups.

2009-05-04 Thread Old Crankbuster
* Polytropon free...@edvax.de [2009-05-04 21:02:29 +0200]: [...] and of course 'wheel'. Why of course? :-) Umm, linuxism habit :-) There are several groups that you can add your user to, but because you're already in wheel, you don't have to (such as the dialer group for ppp).

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 released?

2009-05-03 Thread Old Crankbuster
* Frederique Rijsdijk frederi...@isafeelin.org [2009-05-03 13:13:23 +0200]: typicaly the images are uploaded first before the announcements are made. Hmm. I just installed 7.1 today. Should I download the new iso and install fresh, or upgrade? No real mods or extensive configuration has been

Re: Honey pot email address

2009-05-03 Thread Old Crankbuster
* Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [2009-05-03 13:48:13 +0200]: redirect to the president ? ;) Which one? -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 released?

2009-05-03 Thread Old Crankbuster
* Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu [2009-05-03 09:18:20 -0400]: If you have the time, wait for the announcement and then download the new one and burn it and do it again. Hmm. The new torrent is awfully slooow, and so are the main mirrors where I am. Need to get the thing off the ground,