Is there a command for Unix which can detach process from consoleand wait until its finish?

Hi I have one problem with '.xinitrc' file. I need to run IceWM, detach it from console and wait until IceWM exits. I know about 'detach' utility for Unix which runs process, detaches it but doesn't wait. So when I place "exec detach icewm" in the end of my '.xinitrc' X server shuts down immediate

ALT (or META) key doesn't work in syscons.

Hi I have a problem with FreeBSD console (not X11's console). ALT (or META) key doesn't works. Pressing ALT with any character key results in printing that character. It's very annoying sometimes because I work mostly in midnight commander. Is there a solution? I'm using FreeBSD 4.7. Under X it wo

sysinstall doesn't draw line characters in gnome-terminal

Hi On my FreeBSD 4.7 sysinstall prints 'h' and 'g' characters instead of pseudo-graphic lines under gnome-terminal but under rxvt there is no such problem. Why? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://t

How to tell FreeBSD to immediately break network connection instead of those stupid "ed0: device timeout" repeated 10-20 times if other computer (the one FreeBSD was connected to) was shut down?

Hi I have one problem with my home network. I'm using FreeBSD to mount shares on my computer under Windows. When I turn off the computer with Windows I begin to receive this message in FreeBSD (and it repeats from 10 to 20 times with 10 seconds interval): ed0: device timeout How to get rid of t

Why "blinking cursor" and "paren highlighting" are grayed in xemacs-devel-2.4.8.?

Hi Recently I installed xemacs-devel-2.4.8 from binary package(STABLE) in my FreeBSD 4.7. But after starting it I discovered that some very important display options such as "Blinking cursor" and "paren hightlighting" are grayed and aren't accessible. What's going on?

How can I completely replace gcc installed by default with new gcc-3.2?

Hi As I know, FreeBSD 4.7 installed gcc-29.5 on my system by default (not as package but as part of base system). When I installed gcc-3.2.1 from binary package I noticed that it didn't overwrote lib and include files in /usr but instead put the in /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386/3.2.1". Why? How

Have a LOT of problems with xemacs-devel-2.4.8

Hi Recently I installed xemacs-devel-2.4.8 from binary package. When I tried to run it I got this error message: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libc.so.5" not found So I copied the only found libc.so.4 to libc.so.5 and ran xemacs again. This time it started properly but during first 15

How to pass password to mount_smbfs

Hi On my Windows 95 machine I have one share with full access (without passwords). When I try to mount this share the mounter asks for password although the password is empty. Pressing ENTER each time works but it's really annoying to press enter each time I mount this share. In addition I think i

How to install my PnP ISA sound-card (ES688 AudioDrive)?

Hi I have ES688 AudioDrive PnP ISA card. Windows 95 recognizes it without any problem but FreeBSD doesn't show anything about it on boot process. Can I install this card without recompiling the kernel? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, c

Can't read russian filenames in smbfs

Hi How can I set FreeBSD to read russian filenames in smbfs mounts. mount_msdos has both -L option for setting locale and -W option for setting conversion table. I usually pass "-W koi2dos" and "-L u_RU.KOI8-R" and it works. However mount_smbfs has only -L and when I pass "-L ru_RU.KOI8-R" I still

shift with keypad arrow keys

Hi How can I make shift to work with keypad arrow keys exactly as with "simple" arrow keys. In my configuration when I press shift with keypad arrow key it displays corresponded digit. How can I make my Win and Menu keys on win95 keyboard work in XFree86? ___

shift-tab doesn't work in MC

Currently I'm using Midnight Commander with IceWM. The problem is that I switch between windows with M-Tab which is bound to completion function in MC. How can I set Shift-Tab to complete command line in MC? When I press Shift-Tab in "Options/Learn keys" nothing happens (I think that for my xterm T

keyboard doesn't works

Hi I'm not sure I'm writing on the appropriate mailing list but I don't know what's the source of my problem. I'm using an old computer with AT (pin-5) keyboard. When I'm using normal AT keyboard everything works fine. But when I connect modern PS/2 keyboard (SGI 101-key model) using PS/2->AT con

adittional source of packages

Hi I've downloaded some packages from ftp.freebsd.org and put them in my local directory together with INDEX file (also downloaded from there). Besides, I have CD-1 from CD set from which I'd installed base system. When tried to install these downloaded packages using 'pkg_add package-name' I was