Re: RME audio card user new to FreeBSD

2012-11-24 Thread Juergen Lock
In article 1353768334.2641.21.camel@q you write: Thank you! You're welcome! On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 15:14 +0100, Juergen Lock wrote: Don't want to try 9.1RC3? I thought it would be better to start with something stable as a newbie and now burning already is in progress. Well I don't think

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-22 Thread Eitan Adler
On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos fred.mor...@gmail.com wrote:                     Introduction and background q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting to ports when really needed? To an

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. You can try sysctl -ad but most of the systls are either

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-22 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Jun 22, 2012 10:42 AM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos fred.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Introduction and background q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In other words, can I survive by depending on

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-22 Thread Eitan Adler
On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-22 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Eitan Adler li...@eitanadler.com wrote: On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It occurred to me when I was trying

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Fred Morcos
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most impressed with it so far. rather huge difference. Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I will go with a single thread. I will also try to keep it as short

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Robert Huff
Fred Morcos writes: q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting to ports when really needed? Mostly, yes. There are down-sides, but if you're building a client where specific

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 21/06/2012 12:24, Fred Morcos wrote: q) I am currently considering 3 disks for a home micro-server, with ZFS striping with the third disk being a parity disk. In case I decide to buy a fourth disk in the future and add it to the pool, is ZFS capable of re-structuring the data on-the-fly to

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
+---+ |Stripe | +---+---+ |Mirror1|Mirror2| +---+---+---+---+ | Disk1 | Disk2 | Disk3 | Disk4 | +---+---+---+---+ true. but there are mirror/stripe layout that is quite

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 18:24:26 Fred Morcos wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting to ports when really needed? you can run both

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Maybe a hint. I leave always one big release out. With other words. If you start now with 9, you do not have to move to 10 but you can stick with 9 until 11 comes out. You do not even have to upgrade at the spot. my as i do - i for now run FreeBSD 8, and will run 9 when it will be needed with

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most impressed with it so far. rather huge difference. If you use the right

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after that accident, it runs fine again. :-) And finally unless doing tests or using private not-really-important computer, don't just install newest FreeBSD because it's

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
on, xterms (also those containing SSH and screen sessions) can be configured any size under X. Not really. I never found out why PCBSD could use my 1366x768 screen under VESA but FreeBSD couldn't. The new KMS does it all. Erich ___ freebsd-questions

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-21 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:14:54 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after that accident, it runs fine again. :-) And finally unless doing tests or using private

New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Fred Morcos
Hello all, I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Wednesday 20 June 2012 19:32:24 Fred Morcos wrote: I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different emails

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Walter Hurry
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:32:24 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: Hello all, I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Adam Vande More
all, I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different emails

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most impressed with it so far. rather huge difference. Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ is the place I always look first. and third - manuals

New to FreeBsd

2011-01-03 Thread George George
I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right packet name.Thank you very much. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: New to FreeBsd

2011-01-03 Thread Julian Fagir
Hi, I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right packet name.Thank you very much. there are mainly two ways to install packages - via ports (i.e. you compile it yourself) or via pkg_add. The

Re: New to FreeBsd

2011-01-03 Thread Pete
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:16:13PM +0200, George George wrote: I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right packet name.Thank you very much. Hello George, If you mean 'packages' then start

Re: New to FreeBsd

2011-01-03 Thread Mike Jeays
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:16:13 +0200 George George strangegeor...@gmail.com wrote: I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right packet name.Thank you very much.

Re: New to FreeBsd

2011-01-03 Thread Nick Cooper
make sure your ports are up to date #portsnap fetch #portsnap extract change into the port directory #cd /usr/ports you can search through ports using these command in /usr/ports #make search name=python or #make search key=python On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM, George George

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread John Almberg
Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. Everyone else has tackled the book part of this question. I'll answer the second... I also switched from Linux to FreeBSD (Actually, the complete path was VAX Unix - MS-DOS - Windows - Linux -

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, John Almberg: Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. In short, FreeBSD is stable, it's under control, and you always know what to expect. It seems to me, that is the minimum requirement for an operating system. FreeBSD has given me

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I have installed FreeBSD on a server and on a laptop. The laptop is more important in indicating some of the changes in FreeBSD. After all, you need graphics, wireless, sound, etc. for a good experience. All of these currently are and have been issues for both Linux and FreeBSD. I

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
In short, FreeBSD is stable, it's under control, and you always know what to expect. It seems to me, that is the minimum requirement for an operating system. i FULLY agree with you. and it's incredible that vast majority of software on market fail this minimum requirement!!

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Modulok
John Almberg: Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. Documentation. FreeBSD is well documented. The Manual pages are complete and of high quality. The handbook is excellent. On too many linux distributions I have been reading through a manual page

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Documentation. FreeBSD is well documented. The Manual pages are complete and of high quality. The handbook is excellent. On too many linux distributions I have been reading through a manual page or hand book of sorts, when the book suddenly ends halfway through, with various snippets such as: I

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:56:23 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Documentation. FreeBSD is well documented. [...] most common linux manual page: This page is outdated and incomplete. look at info or even better - on www.something.org That's evil(TM), but it's also true

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:41:12 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:56:23 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Documentation. FreeBSD is well documented. [...] most common linux manual page: This page is outdated and incomplete. look at

New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread nerd fan
Hello Every body, I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. Started having fun with FreeBSD 7.. Thanks for your responses. ~ Sundar ~

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread dfeustel
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:35:26PM +0530, nerd fan wrote: Hello Every body, I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. Started having fun with

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Pietro Cerutti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:35:26PM +0530, nerd fan wrote: | Hello Every body, | | I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading | Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way so start unix it and you'll answer the questions yourself ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Chess Griffin
Pietro Cerutti wrote: I would like to add the invaluable Absolute BSD, by fellow Michael W. Lucas There is actually a new version of Michael's book with a slightly different title: Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition by No Starch Press released just a couple of months ago. It's a really great

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Pietro Cerutti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Chess Griffin wrote: | Pietro Cerutti wrote: | | I would like to add the invaluable | | Absolute BSD, by fellow Michael W. Lucas | | | There is actually a new version of Michael's book with a slightly | different title: Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd

RE: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Grammas, August
. Sam Clemens -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pietro Cerutti Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: nerd fan; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Mitja
On Friday 20 June 2008 08:05:26 nerd fan wrote: Hello Every body, I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better than Linux for servers. Started having fun with FreeBSD 7..

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:15:36PM -0500, Mitja wrote: On Friday 20 June 2008 08:05:26 nerd fan wrote: Hello Every body, I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading Complete FreeBSD book. Interested in who uses FreeBSD and in what way FreeBSD is better

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-20 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Friday 20 June 2008 10:05:26 nerd fan wrote: Hello Every body, I am a FreeBSD newbie, want to get started with BSD and have fun. Reading All you need to read: The Best of FreeBSD Basics by Dru Lavigne http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdbasics?id=akooQAWxmv_pc=38 ( while at it, don't

Re: New to FreeBSD issues with multicast DNS.

2008-04-18 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
Joe Dunn writes: Joe Hi All, Joe I'm new to FreeBSD, but I am running into an issue I can't seem to solve Joe after a few days. Joe I have a FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 set up. I installed mt-daapd/avahi from ports. Joe For some reason, I can see the share on the fileserver

Re: New to FreeBSD issues with multicast DNS.

2008-04-18 Thread Joe Dunn
Joe Dunn writes: Joe Hi All, Joe I'm new to FreeBSD, but I am running into an issue I can't seem to solve Joe after a few days. Joe I have a FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 set up. I installed mt-daapd/avahi from ports. Joe For some reason, I can see the share on the fileserver

New to FreeBSD issues with multicast DNS.

2008-04-17 Thread Joe Dunn
Hi All, I'm new to FreeBSD, but I am running into an issue I can't seem to solve after a few days. I have a FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 set up. I installed mt-daapd/avahi from ports. For some reason, I can see the share on the fileserver but not on the network. Its like everything just stops when it get

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-04 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
Hi, I just put instead of sk0 nve0 (wich is my ethernet card). But, on boot i see that it searches for ALTQ and I saw that it can be turned on only by configuring the kernel. Is there maybe any other way? Ivan On 4/2/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:11:01PM

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-04 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 4/4/2007 3:51 PM Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Hi, I just put instead of sk0 nve0 (wich is my ethernet card). But, on boot i see that it searches for ALTQ and I saw that it can be turned on only by configuring the kernel. Is there maybe any other way? Ivan FYI - Top posting is frowned upon here.

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-04 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
On 4/5/07, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/4/2007 3:51 PM Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Hi, I just put instead of sk0 nve0 (wich is my ethernet card). But, on boot i see that it searches for ALTQ and I saw that it can be turned on only by configuring the kernel. Is there maybe any

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-04 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:51:28AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Hi, I just put instead of sk0 nve0 (wich is my ethernet card). But, on boot i see that it searches for ALTQ and I saw that it can be turned on only by configuring the kernel. Is there maybe any other way? Like this?: No ALTQ

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-04 Thread Garrett Cooper
Roland Smith wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 12:51:28AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovic' wrote: Hi, I just put instead of sk0 nve0 (wich is my ethernet card). But, on boot i see that it searches for ALTQ and I saw that it can be turned on only by configuring the kernel. Is there maybe any other way?

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-02 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
I have a problem with my firewall. When booting freebsd i get the message that pf is enabling, but there are syntax errors in the /etc/pf.conf file and that no IP adresses were found for sk0 network. What should i change here? I took the conf file from

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-04-02 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:11:01PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerović wrote: I have a problem with my firewall. When booting freebsd i get the message that pf is enabling, but there are syntax errors in the /etc/pf.conf file and that no IP adresses were found for sk0 network. What should i change here? I

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-30 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:09:51AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hello, here I am again with another problem. Thanks for your answers, I managed to setup my system, and now almost everything works. Still, I must configure my printer (Hp LaserJet 6L), but this is not the issue now. I have

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:02:11PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:09:51AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hello, here I am again with another problem. Thanks for your answers, I managed to setup my system, and now almost everything works. Still, I must

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-30 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:09:51AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hello, here I am again with another problem. Thanks for your answers, I managed to setup my system, and now almost everything works. Still, I must configure my printer (Hp LaserJet 6L), but this is not the issue now. I have

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-30 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
On 3/30/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:02:11PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:09:51AM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hello, here I am again with another problem. Thanks for your answers, I managed to setup my system, and

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 07:21:32PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Try xvidtune. Thanks, I'll try. I knew of that program, but with time I forgot it's name. I must say that freebsd works very well as a workstation, there are no viruses (am I right?), As good as right. There have been

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-29 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
Hello, here I am again with another problem. Thanks for your answers, I managed to setup my system, and now almost everything works. Still, I must configure my printer (Hp LaserJet 6L), but this is not the issue now. I have troubles with my monitor picture: if I set up the monitor picture for

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-03-26 23:09, Ivan Zenzerovi? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered if it is ok

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
without manual intervention). Since you are new to the FreeBSD system, my suggestion would be to forget about rebuilding kernels, optimizing compiler flags, and tweaking knobs here and there. Now that you have a working FreeBSD installation you should *read* about the system you have just

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
are certainly *not* expected to rush into rebuilding a kernel, for any reason. In fact, this could be a dangerous exercise. It's far too easy to build a kernel which lacks critical components, and render your system unbootable (at least unbootable without manual intervention). Since you are new

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:08:30 am Ivan Zenzerović wrote: hello again. I made a mistake during post install config. I put a name that I don't want for my computer, and when I logon as root it's written in the comand line. How di I change it? Ivan Edit /etc/rc.conf .. find the line

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
unbootable without manual intervention). Since you are new to the FreeBSD system, my suggestion would be to forget about rebuilding kernels, optimizing compiler flags, and tweaking knobs here and there. Now that you have a working FreeBSD installation you should *read* about the system you have

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Lars Kristiansen
David J Brooks skrev: On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:08:30 am Ivan Zenzerović wrote: hello again. I made a mistake during post install config. I put a name that I don't want for my computer, and when I logon as root it's written in the comand line. How di I change it? Ivan Edit /etc/rc.conf

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
, and render your system unbootable (at least unbootable without manual intervention). Since you are new to the FreeBSD system, my suggestion would be to forget about rebuilding kernels, optimizing compiler flags, and tweaking knobs here and there. Now that you have a working FreeBSD

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Thanks, i managed to fix this by running the post install configuration with sysinstall. But I have another problem. Every time i start the system my soundcard won't work. I must tipe kldload snd_driver and then logoff and again logon in kde to get my soundcard working.

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-03-28 19:43, Ivan Zenzerovi? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, i managed to fix this by running the post install configuration with sysinstall. But I have another problem. Every time i start the system my soundcard won't work. I must tipe kldload snd_driver and then logoff and again

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-28 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Ivan Zenzerović [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks, i managed to fix this by running the post install configuration with sysinstall. But I have another problem. Every time i start the system my soundcard won't work. I must tipe kldload snd_driver and then logoff and again logon in kde to get my

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-27 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
] wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:09:52PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-27 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 2007/03/27 13:36, Ivan Zenzeroviæ seems to have typed: I don't like this xorg, and I have installed KDE but how do I run KDE? xorg is required to run KDE. Please read the handbook page on how to have xorg use KDE as the window manager:

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:09:52PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also

New to FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered if it is ok to start with this. And, also, I have an integrated GPU

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Ivan Zenzerović
wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. Better get 6.2. That is the latest production release. 5.5 is a legacy release. I downloaded also all availible

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Sean Bryant
Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered if it is ok to start with this. And, also, I have

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ivan Zenzerović wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered if it is ok to start with this. 6.2-RELEASE would

Re: New to FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:09:52PM +0200, Ivan Zenzerovi? wrote: Hi to all. My name is Ivan and I'm new to FreeBSD and Unix, I worked a little in Linux, but it was a long time ago. I downloaded the 5.5 release and I plan installing it. I downloaded also all availible docs. I wondered

New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question

2007-02-12 Thread Sean Murphy
I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2 Release then updating the source and finally doing a build/make world after installing 6.2? Thanks

Re: New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question

2007-02-12 Thread Vince
Sean Murphy wrote: I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2 Release then updating the source and finally doing a build/make world after installing

Re: New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question

2007-02-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2 Release then updating the source and finally doing a

Re: New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question

2007-02-12 Thread Sean Murphy
Bill Moran wrote the following on 2/12/2007 9:37 AM: In response to Sean Murphy [1][EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 05:41:08AM +0200, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-19 Thread George Allan
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 04:54:14PM -0400, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want

New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Edward and Nancy Powers
I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to replace Windows at this time. My PC has: Pentium III

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 18/09/06, Edward and Nancy Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Adam Martin
On 2006 Sep 18 , at 16:54, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to replace Windows at this time. My PC has: Pentium III

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 04:54:14PM -0400, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Chris Hill
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to replace Windows

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread Greg Groth
Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to replace Windows at this time.

Re: New to FreeBSD/UNIX

2006-09-18 Thread P.U.Kruppa
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Edward and Nancy Powers wrote: I am new to UNIX, and want to download a basic UNIX system, just to run commands and become familiar with the system. I wish to use this system as a companion piece to a UNIX tutorial which I have on DVD. I do not want to replace Windows

Re: Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-13 Thread Jim Stapleton
[resending to newsgroup, since I only replied to the OP] Well, if Crossover Office ran on FreeBSD, I would probably never boot my windows machine except as reference to help family with windows problems. Your hardware issues are quite good enough. Applications: Most non-windows operating

Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-12 Thread JASON HOWARD
Im very new to this and have some questions,Im looking for an operationg system to replace windows Xp on my computer.My computer has a celeron processor and 512 megabytes of memory.Is this enought to run freeBSD ?.And also,I have many applications,will they be compatible with freeBSD or will

Re: Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-12 Thread Eric
the Ports collection that can replace the programs you use now. OpenOffice, Firefox, etc. should work just fine for you. Good luck in your new OS search. FreeBSD is a great one! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

RE: Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-12 Thread Tamouh H.
Im very new to this and have some questions,Im looking for an operationg system to replace windows Xp on my computer.My computer has a celeron processor and 512 megabytes of memory.Is this enought to run freeBSD ?.And also,I have many applications,will they be compatible with freeBSD or will

Re: Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-12 Thread devilbabe5105
why do all of these e-mails show up in my inboxxx please lemme know -Original Message- From: JASON HOWARD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sent: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:10:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Im new to FreeBSD Im very new to this and have some

Re: Im new to FreeBSD

2006-06-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 12:52:48PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why do all of these e-mails show up in my inboxxx please lemme know Where should they show up? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

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