just finished install

2005-03-21 Thread Francis Whittington
Hi Paul, Just wanted to say that I am reading as much as I can. UNIX books, freeBSD handbook, websites, manpages, etc. I am 47, have 5 daughters, and work 2 jobs, none of which have anything to do with computers. I bought my first computer in 1998(they had no computer classes when i was in

Re: just finished install

2005-03-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Francis Whittington wrote: Hi Paul, Just wanted to say that I am reading as much as I can. UNIX books, freeBSD handbook, websites, manpages, etc. I am 47, have 5 daughters, and work 2 jobs, none of which have anything to do with computers. I bought my first computer in 1998(they had no

Re: more info (was Just finished Install)

2005-03-21 Thread Gary Smithe
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:05:05 -0500 (EST), Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Francis Whittington wrote: Sorry if I wasn't clear on my hookup to the internet. (WLAN |

just finished install

2005-03-19 Thread Francis Whittington
Hello All, I just finished installing fbsd for the 8th time. I just want to get it up and running so I can start learning to use it . I have not gotten X to work yet on the bsd box yetexcept when I used an old 4MB card. But X was too slow. Here is my setup now: My main computer is

Re: just finished install

2005-03-19 Thread Tom Vilot
Hello, Francis My main computer is WinXP (because the rest of the family uses it). It is connected to Adelphia cable modem via a D-Link, DI-524 wireless router. My Daughter is connected to internet via the WLAN. My freeBSD box is connected to modem via a crossover cable. bsd box has 96MB of

Re: just finished install

2005-03-19 Thread Chris Hill
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Francis Whittington wrote: My main computer is WinXP (because the rest of the family uses it). It is connected to Adelphia cable modem via a D-Link, DI-524 wireless router. My Daughter is connected to internet via the WLAN. My freeBSD box is connected to modem via a

Re: just finished install

2005-03-19 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Saturday, March 19, 2005 12:32 PM -0500 Francis Whittington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I just finished installing fbsd for the 8th time. I just want to get it up and running so I can start learning to use it . I have not gotten X to work yet on the bsd box yetexcept when I