Diskless boot troubles

2006-02-27 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
The harddisk of mdesktop machine is no longer detected by my beastie server (both are FreeBSD RELEASE 6.0 GENERIC). So I want to perform a diskless boot. I've come to the point where I am successfully booting by means of pxeboot and the isc-dhcp3-server: it loads the kernel, shows the menu,

building for diskless support: unknown option mfs

2006-02-26 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
Hi, I try to build a kernel that supports dsikless booting (on a FreeBSD-RELEASE-6.0). I have copied the GENERIC config file as DISKLESS and added following lines (as described in /usr/share/examples/diskless/clone_root: options MFS options BOOTP options BOOTP_NFSRO

Re: Default browser

2006-02-08 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:21:41 +0100, Tom Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Guido Van Hoecke wrote: Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. Did you get java working with opera? Yep, I am using linux-opera 8.51 and both linux-sun-jdk1.4.2 and linux-blackdown-jd

Default browser

2006-02-08 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
Beto, I took your advice and solved the mess as you suggested. I just deinstalled both mozilla and firefox and symlinked /usr/X11R6/bin/linux-opera to /usr/X11R6/bin/mozilla and to /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox. Thanks, Guido ___ freebsd-questions@freeb

Re: Default browser

2006-02-07 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
>What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. >opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? > >The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to >find a section about changing the default browser. It guess I should

Default browser

2006-02-06 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___

Re: dvdwriter - icybox - usb problem

2006-01-16 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
Fabian Keil wrote: Guido Van Hoecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have to connect my Plextor PX-716A dvd-writer via an external IDE-to-USB/1394 Icybox (IB-550UE-B-BL) to my freebsd-6.0-RELEASE pc. This pc is an IBuddy Desknote A928 without room for internal extra devices. So I bou

dvdwriter - icybox - usb problem

2006-01-14 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
I have to connect my Plextor PX-716A dvd-writer via an external IDE-to-USB/1394 Icybox (IB-550UE-B-BL) to my freebsd-6.0-RELEASE pc. This pc is an IBuddy Desknote A928 without room for internal extra devices. So I bought an Icybox enclosure, put the plextor in it and connected the icybox throug

kdm setup for remote login

2005-12-05 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
Hi, I have been reading man pages, the freebsd manual, kde.org (now offline?) pages, I've been experimenting with different setups, but I do not manage to setup X as I wish. I have a server called beastie, and a desktop called wodan. Both machines start kdm on ttyv8 and allow for local login. W

Re: Page fault in kernel mode, 6.0-RELEASE

2005-11-15 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:48:15PM +0100, Guido Van Hoecke wrote: >> I am fairly new at FreeBSD. I installed a 'beastie' server with >> >> FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 >> [EM

Page fault in kernel mode, 6.0-RELEASE

2005-11-15 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
I am fairly new at FreeBSD. I installed a 'beastie' server with FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC but it traps immediately after the boot menu with following output immediately after the boot menu: /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0

Re: i-buddie

2002-10-09 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
led mandrake 8.2 without a single hickup: all hardware recognized and configured properly in a very neat and smooth installation. Other distros which I've tried with less success are Red Hat 7.3, and Debian 3.0 I do like the iBuddy though! -- Guido Van Hoecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsub

sis900 : sis0 attach returned 6

2002-09-30 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
t the sis900 working? -- Guido Van Hoecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: need help with pkg_add

2002-09-27 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
he 'tbz' format is the culprit. AFAIK, switchover to this format is being rolled back. -- Guido Van Hoecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: i-Buddie 4: Synaptics touch pad FreeBSD support?

2002-09-26 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
> I specifically would like support for the Synaptics touch pad, but did > not find much in the FreeBSD documentation, nor in the ports collection. > > So I went to see at http://www.synaptics.com/support/downloads.cfm and > found a pointer to a linux 'tpconfig' touch pad driver available at >

i-Buddie 4: Synaptics touch pad FreeBSD support?

2002-09-26 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
I am experimenting with FreeBSD to be prepared when my new i-Buddie 4 arrives. (Specs at http://desknote.biz/sub/spec-i-buddie4.htm). I wonder whether anybody has any experience with this new 'desknote' computer. I specifically would like support for the Synaptics touch pad, but did not find m

hostname for a dhcpclient

2002-09-23 Thread Guido Van Hoecke
My cable operator provides me with a dhcp service. I successfully configured my interface and got a valid IP address. However, do I really have to specify the cable operator's domain or can I put my own vanhoecke.org domain and a fixed node name, e.g, freebilly? My ISP provides me with a kabel