Re: 7.2-RELEASE Xorg Problem
* 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 terminated through kill command. (Have installed the ATI radeon Driver) Any clue? Nothing but problem here with Radeon. Move the xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf then run startx. Will start, but on my machine had tearing, and the laptop started running VERY hot. I dropped back to 7.1-RELEASE, That system won't fry my machine. -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
ATI woes
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 everything off and installed 7.2, and the driver is borked using the same method (enable dbus and hald in /etc/rc.conf, then run Xorg -config): The screen is black with some tearing, and the machine accepts no keyboard input to exit X, requiring a dirty reboot. So cleaned everything off again, reinstalled 7.1 and will play there until I can figure out how to upgrade the system without borking X. Little alarm bells were going off in my head when I bought this thing (I've had severe problems with ati chips under windows and linux in the past), but it was cheap, and I needed a slab right away. Sorry 'bout the rant, but ati sucks. -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Questions about groups.
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 in this case, and need to enable regular user access to audio, cdrom/dvd read and write, usb access, and network reconfiguration/dialout, games and so forth. I am not seeing such things as plugdev,audio,cdrom in etc/group after initial install. Do I need to manually add such groups and then point relevant packages to them? Thanks, -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Questions about groups.
* 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.
* 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). I am not seeing such things as plugdev,audio,cdrom in etc/group after initial install. No, they seem to be Linuxisms. :-) :-) FreeBSD manages the things you're requiring through two important files: /etc/devfs.conf (and /etc/devfs.rules) and /etc/devd.conf. The devfs files control the virtual device file system. It allows you to have permissions on a per-device file basis. These files are those that are present from system startup on. The devd file controls how the system should react if it detects new devices while it's already running. See the manpages for these files. Yes, they do exist. :-) Excellent. Many thanks. :-) -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: FreeBSD 7.2 released?
* 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 done yet... Wait for the announcement? -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Honey pot email address
* 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?
* 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, though, so I'll take a risk and start the download now. Been hosed before, but if it works out, great! Thanks.. -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signature
