Janos Dohanics , 2012-02-08 19:42 (+0100):
> 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize
> disks - correct?
I think the guide you linked to:
http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/1071
meant that you have to be in single user mode until you have edited
/etc/fstab to
"C. P. Ghost" , 2012-01-01 20:30 (+0100):
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:41 PM, doug wrote:
>> That said, FreeBSD has a giant disadvantage in the desktop world. In trying
>> to find if there will be any sort for my current laptop I came across a
>> comment from Robert Noland saying that Xorg is becom
Chuck Swiger , 2011-11-10 20:12 (+0100):
> Different keycaps means a different product SKU, at least. If they use
> the same USB product ID
Yes. I think this is a quite common scenario.
> FreeBSD's users generally are more technically inclined and might be
> willing to deal with this, but even s
Polytropon , 2011-11-10 01:30 (+0100):
> Now as it (almost?) works on FreeBSD, it's already deprecated by new
> Linux concepts such as udev, upower and other us. Maybe
> they become available as interfaces on FreeBSD too, but my fear is...
> as soon as they are usable, there's already something el
Samuel Magnusson , 2011-11-10 00:49 (+0100):
> Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote 2011-11-09 21:02:
>> What new style XML method?
> I'm referring to what Polytropon said about all the "new" stuff
> required by X. As I understood him he was talking about the XML-fil
Samuel Magnusson , 2011-11-09 21:52 (+0100):
> Because with HAL and DBUS enabled this InputDevice section is bypassed
> unless I also specify Option "AutoAddDevices" "false". Which I
> understand gives the same result as not enabling HAL and DBUS in the
> first place.
If you don't enable HAL and
Chuck Swiger , 2011-11-09 22:10 (+0100):
>> How would HAL know that the keyboard had a Swedish layout? No such
>> information is sent through USB or PS/2 when you attach a keyboard.
>
> True for PS/2, but not true for USB-- the USB Vendor & Product ID can
> identify different keyboard types and le
Samuel Magnusson , 2011-11-09 12:06 (+0100):
> Which made me remember that I had the exact same
> problem with my swedish keyboardmappings the very first time I started
> X. I just couldn't get it to work and nearly gave up before I tried
> the setxkbmap method and put them into .xinitrc, which sa
Volodymyr Kostyrko , 2011-09-17 14:33 (+0200):
> You really like to wait for hours before fsck will finish checking for
> your volume?
While it's true that fsck on large filesystems takes ages soft updates
and background fsck makes it a lot less bothersome than it used to be.
--
http://hack.org
Victor Sudakov , 2011-09-09 08:21 (+0200):
> I need a solution to read sound from a soundcard (/dev/dsp) and
> multicast it into the network, for the multicast audio stream to be
> played on FreeBSD, Linux and Windows workstations.
Does the old LBL vat tool still work on modern system?
http:/
Alvaro Castillo , 2011-08-25 02:25 (+0200):
> Can add Dvorak spanish variant for syscons?
>
> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Teclado_Dvorak_Español.png
Copy
/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/us.dvorak.kbd
to your home directory.
Start the editor of your choice and edit the file to add the ke
Christian Barthel , 2011-08-05 21:12 (+0200):
> What is your window manager?
Obviously, I use x11-wm/mcwm. More about it here, including a
screenshot:
http://hack.org/mc/hacks/mcwm/
Be sure to update your ports tree before installing so you get the
latest version. Or download the latest tarb
Chad Perrin , 2011-07-21 18:58 (+0200):
> Unless and until I get a full-power OS (preferably a real BSD Unix) on
> a tablet, no amount of peripherals, ubiquitous network connection, and
> internal power will make up for the simple fact it's just a damned
> toy.
Same here. Not a tablet, but I've b
"Mike." , 2011-07-19 20:52 (+0200):
> Perhaps the real question should be - how much longer will the desktop
> be relevant?
I think it depends on what you mean by desktop. Traditional heavy PCs
might begin to disappear but people using mobile devices such as
smartphones might want to connect thei
Gary Gatten , 2011-07-18 21:44 (+0200):
> I've always been curious why "Linux" seemed to take off so fast when
> other FOSS / non Winblow$ OS's were available for some time with not
> much traction; OS/2, BeOS, *nix with X11, etc.
I'm not sure what you mean by "fast" here. It took a few years, at
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