Re: PXE boot jumpstarting

2006-04-25 Thread Heliocentric
On 4/25/06, Vahan Yerkanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While we are on the subject, is it possible to setup a FreeBSD PXE > server that lets you netboot different OSes from iso images via a boot > menu? I know it's possible with linux [1] [2]. Could be useful in labs > where you use different OSe

Re: GNOME help PLEASE

2006-03-12 Thread Heliocentric
On 3/12/06, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As far as I know, this only works with a "normal" adduser.conf and > > using the adduser command or pw. > > > > Also, (with X11 programs especially) you'll have to edit all absolute > > paths in the config files to point to either relative,

Re: GNOME help PLEASE

2006-03-12 Thread Heliocentric
On 3/11/06, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > while i'm not regular user of gnome, i have to configure it for users. > > the problem is how to make configuration template default for every new > user. > > i tried to copy whole or partial user directory to other users+chown but > no succe

getting virtual consoles to work reliably with X

2006-02-27 Thread Heliocentric
I've admined a network of FreeBSD 5.4 desktops for a few months now, and I've noticed that when an X server crashes hard, it will no longer respond to the control-alt-fn sequences, and not pass them down to whatever handler is called to switch virtual consoles. When the crash isn't that bad, norma

Re: 6.0-release remote x application failure to open display

2006-02-22 Thread Heliocentric
> I recently have performed a clean install of 6.0-release on this > machine, on a new hard drive, and then copied over the data and some > configuration files (ssh keys, etc.) from the old hard drive (it is a > slow machine, so I didn't want to build current). Having done so, I > then tried to lo