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2003-11-20 Thread Rahul Fernandez
Hi, I'm am running 4.9 release. A package called hpijs1.4.1 is installed. I now would like to upgrade to hpijs-1.5. However, this package is only available in 4.9-stable. Can I install the package from 4.9-stable or is it advisable to stick to the packages in my release? Thanks, Rahul

Can I install packages only for my release?

2003-11-20 Thread Rahul Fernandez
Hi, I'm am running 4.9 release. A package called hpijs1.4.1 is installed. I now would like to upgrade to hpijs-1.5. However, this package is only available in 4.9-stable. Can I install the package from 4.9-stable or is it advisable to stick to the packages in my release? Thanks, Rahul

Re: Can I install packages only for my release?

2003-11-21 Thread Rahul Fernandez
to reconfigure it so that it looks in the correct place? If the latter, does sysinstall or pkg_add know to deleter the old version before installing the new one. Thanks for the replies. -Rahul --- paul beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 20, 2003, at 5:06 PM, Rahul Fernandez wrote: Hi, I'm am running

No sound when playing a CD in FreeBSD 4.9

2003-11-21 Thread Rahul Fernandez
Hi, I have set up my sound card and am able to hear sound through it when playing mp3 files with xmms. I have the cd plugin for xmms and have, I believe, correctly configured it. The songs on the cd appear in the xmms playlist and a song appears to be playing but I hear nothing. I have checked the

Re: No sound when playing a CD in FreeBSD 4.9

2003-11-21 Thread Rahul Fernandez
Look at chapter 16 in the Handbook. There are some things that you have to do, such as add device pcm or others to your kernel before you can have sound. I have a black Lite-on in my test server and it worked just fine after I configured xmcd to use /dev/acd0c. Kent Hi, Thanks for the

Re: Can I install packages only for my release?

2003-11-23 Thread Rahul Fernandez
The secret is that once you've installed the system, put away sysinstall(1). Learn how to use the system level commands for installing packages -- particularly pkg_add(1). Even better, use the ports tree. This may sound terrifying to the uninitiated: what, you mean I should compile all