Re: How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

2008-05-30 Thread Eric Mesa
** > Wow, this example is getting old! 66Mhz CPU, 16 MB memory? I think I had a computer like this around 15 years ago. I cringe at the thought that anyone is using something like this as their main machine. And FreeBSD 2.1?!? -- Eric Mesa http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 212, Issue 5

2008-04-22 Thread Eric Mesa
fine with FreeBSD. I've run it on everything from ancient computers to newer (but not newest - because I don't have one) equipment and it works just fine. Of course, the ancient ones need to run without a GUI, but you can do lots without a GUI. For example, I use them as part of a Ble

Re: How do I get unicode support in python?

2008-02-09 Thread Eric Mesa
ver.ericsbinaryworld.com/viet_zodiac_intro.html (right now you have to switch to utf-8, I haven't set it to do that automatically yet) Thanks again! -- Eric Mesa http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com "Do not worry about those things that are outside of your circle of

How do I get unicode support in python?

2008-02-08 Thread Eric Mesa
ve unicode support? Is there a module/package I need to import in the 2.4 series? Or is there some package/port I need to install? Or do I just recompile python with some different flags? (And does that entail any uninstalling first?) Thanks, -- Eric Mesa http://www.ericsbinaryworl

re: problems building ftgl

2007-06-10 Thread Eric Mesa
blender - so I may > be missing something. The whole xorg 7.2 build process was clear > as mud for me. > > Thanks for any help you can provide. I'm trying installing graphics/libGL to see if this fixes the problem. I'll report back if it does or doesn't. - -- Eric M

problems building ftgl

2007-06-09 Thread Eric Mesa
7.2 build process was clear as mud for me. Thanks for any help you can provide. - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address should have a GPG signature. If you have the proper setup you can use this to confirm my identity and that the ema

Re: problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older comptuer

2007-05-18 Thread Eric Mesa
rustrating because I wonder if they figured it out and never told anyone or if they gave up. Of course, it's much worse for me to read, "Oh, I figured it out" and no explanation. I'd rather there be nothing than be left wondering what kind of magic the user conjured to sol

re: problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older comptuer

2007-05-17 Thread Eric Mesa
o its original case to make sure it all worked ok. I'm a bit frustrated, but what can you do? It would be impossible for the freeBSD team to cater to all the corner cases. - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address should have a GPG sign

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-17 Thread Eric Mesa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Slothouber wrote: > On 2007-05-17 16:50, Eric Mesa wrote: >> Chris Slothouber wrote: >>> On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: >>>> Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put >>>> fre

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-17 Thread Eric Mesa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Slothouber wrote: > On 2007-05-17 16:50, Eric Mesa wrote: >> Chris Slothouber wrote: >>> On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: >>>> Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put >>>> fre

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-17 Thread Eric Mesa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Slothouber wrote: > On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: >> Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put >> freeBSD on it. > (snip) >> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 5. >&

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-16 Thread Eric Mesa
-J > > > I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think it's the CD drive - I think it's related to the bios. Also, I can't get to the FTP part. It never even gets that far. - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this addre

Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-16 Thread Eric Mesa
eternally grateful. Everything I found on google either referenced burning a CD or disabling the Zip drive. Oh, I know these CDs are good media because I've used them to install freeBSD 3 times already. Also, I have a commercial BSD CD from 4.5 and one from 5.0pre and neither of them

GPG Signature on List-serve?

2007-04-20 Thread Eric Mesa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The list-serve appears to be signed via GPG (PGP). Sorry if I missed the info somewhere, but what server can I download the key from? Thanks! - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address

Re: Resolution on GNOME...

2006-12-12 Thread Eric Mesa
gt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > When you modified it, did you restart X? - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: A

fpconst...ports broken...other alternatives?

2006-09-27 Thread Eric Mesa
! - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address should have a GPG signature. If you have the proper setup you can use this to confirm my identity and that the email was not changed in transit. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5