Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-09 Thread Da Rock
On 01/08/12 09:05, leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: Greetings, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am tearing my hair out trying to get FreeBSD 8.2 operating on my Hewlett-Packard xw4400 workstation. I am a newcomer to FreeBSD. This workstation is used by several different people. Normally,

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-08 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 12:32:25AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:05:55 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net > wrote: > > (1) Does anyone know how to get FreeBSD to read the > > motherboard name? This name, on an xw4400, starts with > > "HP" followed by a eleven dig

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-08 Thread andrew clarke
On Sat 2012-01-07 15:05:55 UTC-0800, leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net (leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net) wrote: > (5) What device driver must be installed for the sound board to be > able to receive a m.i.d.i. over u.s.b. signal? This signal would be > generated by a musician's keyboard, and wou

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-07 Thread Carl Johnson
Polytropon writes: > On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:05:55 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net > wrote: >> (1) Does anyone know how to get FreeBSD to read the >> motherboard name? This name, on an xw4400, starts with >> "HP" followed by a eleven digits, and is given in Windows >> XP as "Full

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 15:05:55 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: > (1) Does anyone know how to get FreeBSD to read the > motherboard name? This name, on an xw4400, starts with > "HP" followed by a eleven digits, and is given in Windows > XP as "Full Computer Name" on the "Comput

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-07 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 01/08/2012 01:05 AM, leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: Greetings, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am tearing my hair out trying to get FreeBSD 8.2 operating on my Hewlett-Packard xw4400 workstation. I am a newcomer to FreeBSD. This workstation is used by several different people. Norma

Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2012-01-07 Thread leeoliveshackelford
Greetings, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am tearing my hair out trying to get FreeBSD 8.2 operating on my Hewlett-Packard xw4400 workstation. I am a newcomer to FreeBSD. This workstation is used by several different people. Normally, only one of them is logged in at any given time. I have seve

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2011-12-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:45:37 -0800 (PST), leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: > Good evening, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am a newcomer, > and have installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a Hewlett-Packard xw4400. Excellent choice of OS. > After many hours of frustration, I am tearing my hair out. > I

Re: Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2011-12-30 Thread Da Rock
On 12/31/11 14:45, leeoliveshackelf...@surewest.net wrote: Good evening, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am a newcomer, and have installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a Hewlett-Packard xw4400. After many hours of frustration, I am tearing my hair out. I want my system to include an M-Audio Delta 1010LT sound c

Installing FreeBSD ver. 8.2

2011-12-30 Thread leeoliveshackelford
Good evening, dear FreeBSD enthusiast. I am a newcomer, and have installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a Hewlett-Packard xw4400. After many hours of frustration, I am tearing my hair out. I want my system to include an M-Audio Delta 1010LT sound card, MIDI over USB driver, X-windows, and Gnome. The instr