Re: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?]

2009-06-21 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:16:40PM +0100, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:42:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > >>On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > > > There's a wiki devoted to FreeBSD on Asus eee > http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee >

Re: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?]

2009-06-21 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 04:53:37PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > 2009/6/21 Gary Kline : > > >        anyway, i see only wireless, and i'm cat5 only.  i've got a > >        13-yr-old people here who would love for me to go wireless so > >        said people could take her apple macbook into her

Re: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?]

2009-06-21 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Gary Kline wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:42:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: i have another issue that has more to do with freebsd on the new and lost cost notebook computers i had heard of. how many and which ones work best with ou

Re: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?]

2009-06-21 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/6/21 Gary Kline : >        anyway, i see only wireless, and i'm cat5 only.  i've got a >        13-yr-old people here who would love for me to go wireless so >        said people could take her apple macbook into her bedroom and so >        on.  well, said people need to be not hiding-in-room

Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?]

2009-06-21 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:42:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > > >i have another issue that has more to do with freebsd on the new and > > >lost cost notebook computers i had heard of. how many and which ones > > >work best with our flav

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-02 Thread Mario Lobo
On Thursday 01 May 2008 20:41:49 alexus wrote: > sorry, this is amd64 > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mario Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 01 May 2008 18:43:17 alexus wrote: > > >> why are you compiling under i386 when your system is > > >> detected as amd64 or ia64 ? > > > > Y

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread alexus
sorry, this is amd64 On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Mario Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 01 May 2008 18:43:17 alexus wrote: > >> why are you compiling under i386 when your system is > >> detected as amd64 or ia64 ? > > You didn't answer this one. > > uname -a can help. > -- > Mar

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread Mario Lobo
On Thursday 01 May 2008 18:43:17 alexus wrote: >> why are you compiling under i386 when your system is >> detected as amd64 or ia64 ? You didn't answer this one. uname -a can help. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio YET!!] (99,7% winedows F

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread Mel
On Thursday 01 May 2008 23:43:17 alexus wrote: > like i said i copy GENERIC > > dd# pwd > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > dd# grep -i acpi GENERIC > dd# > > my GENERIC doesn't have acpi either... > > as far as "weird" part goes, this is a plain vanila > FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE, I'm not sure what you mean by "

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread alexus
md64 > > rm -f .depend GPATH GRTAGS GSYMS GTAGS > > ===> acpi (cleandepend) > > ===> acpi/acpi (cleandepend) > > "Makefile", line 4: "ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the > > amd64 and ia64 platforms" > > *** Error code 1 &

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread Mel
leandepend) > rm -f @ machine amd64 > rm -f .depend GPATH GRTAGS GSYMS GTAGS > ===> acpi (cleandepend) > ===> acpi/acpi (cleandepend) > "Makefile", line 4: "ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the > amd64 and ia64 platforms" > *** Error code 1

Re: ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-05-01 Thread alexus
GTAGS > ===> accf_http (cleandepend) > rm -f @ machine amd64 > rm -f .depend GPATH GRTAGS GSYMS GTAGS > ===> acpi (cleandepend) > ===> acpi/acpi (cleandepend) > "Makefile", line 4: "ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the > amd64 and ia64

ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms

2008-04-30 Thread alexus
(cleandepend) "Makefile", line 4: "ACPI can only be compiled into the kernel on the amd64 and ia64 platforms" *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/acpi. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/dd. dd# I

Re: FreeBSD make on other platforms [was: Re: Building FreeBSD onLinux]

2007-12-04 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-12-04 11:33, "Philip M. Gollucci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > __dead2 is a custom gcc modification. It just means the function > doesn't return IIRC. There's still a fair amount of work to make the source tree buildable on non-FreeBSD platforms. One o

Re: FreeBSD make on other platforms [was: Re: Building FreeBSD onLinux]

2007-12-04 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
Saravanan Shanmugham (sarvi) wrote: > Hi Giorgos, > The build failed for me 'with a syntax error before "__dead2" '. > Are there any special include files I am supposed to have? > I had trouble with the autoconf version I had installed and had to > upgrade to the latest. > Then I was able

RE: FreeBSD make on other platforms [was: Re: Building FreeBSD onLinux]

2007-12-04 Thread Saravanan Shanmugham (sarvi)
pe-reqs before I can build it. Thanks, Sarvi -Original Message- From: Giorgos Keramidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 3:02 AM To: Micha?l Gr?newald Cc: Saravanan Shanmugham (sarvi); freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD mak

FreeBSD make on other platforms [was: Re: Building FreeBSD on Linux]

2007-12-03 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
a script that downloads pmake source from > your favorite FreeBSD's mirror and builds a binary that worked on (at > least one workstation running) Linux. Since there seems to be so much interest in running FreeBSD make(1) on other platforms, I've committed what I have done so f

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread David Gerard
Bill Moran wrote: Windows users love Windows at first, then grow to hate it. BSD users hate FreeBSD at first, but grow to love it. Windows is a luxury car with all the electric devices and trim. And it's all shoddy and breaks in a few months. Unix is a Land Rover with NOTHING fitted. But everythin

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread Bill Moran
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks guys. And I most certainly will enjoy FreeBSD as Microsoft windows > is really starting to get to me >:| Acutally, you probably won't enjoy it at first. My experience: Windows users love Windows at first, then grow to hate it. BSD users hate FreeBSD at first,

RE: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread kaelthun
Thanks guys. And I most certainly will enjoy FreeBSD as Microsoft windows is really starting to get to me >:| Regards, Jimmy ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

RE: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread JohnsoBS
An athlon XP is i386. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Platforms Dear FreeBSD staff member, I have no idea what all these platforms mean, I am especially confused by the following

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi Jimmy, Dear FreeBSD staff member, This is a public mailing list. :-) I am currently employing an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ as a processor so I have no idea how to proceed. What platform should I use for the processor I am using? Get the i386 version. Your closest ftp-mirror is probably: ftp://ftp.nl

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread Brent Archer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no idea what all these platforms mean, I am especially confused by the following statement: "operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon 64" And when I look to the left in the menu, I

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread Bill Moran
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear FreeBSD staff member, > > I have no idea what all these platforms mean, I am especially confused by > the following > statement: > > "operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium and Athlon), > amd64 compatible > (inc

Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread kaelthun
Dear FreeBSD staff member, I have no idea what all these platforms mean, I am especially confused by the following statement: "operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon 64" And when I look to the left in the men

Re: Platforms, OSes,etc.

2004-06-12 Thread Cordula's Web
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would > like to migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making > music and data cd's as well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and > photo) to cd/dvd. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that >

Re: Platforms, OSes,etc.

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
"reddevil69" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would like to > migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making music and data cd's as > well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and photo) to cd/dvd. As far as > I'm concerned, the

Platforms, OSes,etc.

2004-06-11 Thread reddevil69
Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would like to migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making music and data cd's as well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and photo) to cd/dvd. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that Windows is good for is my game