>
>> I am an absolute FreeBSD Newbie and I decided to give it a try over a
>> lazy weekend - mainly because I don't want to throw away my old PIII
>> box. I picked up FreeBSD 5.4 which was all I got and I am dual booting
>> it with RHEL4.3. My box is rather old ... P3 733 Mhz with 256 megs of
>> [
> Some updates:
>
> Following this I did a fresh install using the FreeBSD6.1 CD1. Xorg
> installed is 6.9.0.
> I did not run xorgconfig or anything. There was no /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> either. From the command-line I ran "xdm" and the GUI started ... I
> could login ... and then that's about it.
>
On 12/09/06, Jerold McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Arindam writes:
>
>> I am an absolute FreeBSD Newbie and I decided to give it a try over a
>> lazy weekend - mainly because I don't want to throw away my old PIII
>> box. I picked up FreeBSD 5.4 which was all I got and I am dual booting
Arindam writes:
I am an absolute FreeBSD Newbie and I decided to give it a try over a
lazy weekend - mainly because I don't want to throw away my old PIII
box. I picked up FreeBSD 5.4 which was all I got and I am dual booting
it with RHEL4.3. My box is rather old ... P3 733 Mhz with 256 megs o
> >
> > 1. The Mouse still does not work ... may be I should try MouseSystems
protocol.
> >
>
I've found I have to use /dev/sysmouse and Protocol "auto" instead of
"PS/2" despite my mouse most definitely being PS/2.
You already have moused_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf as well?
Unfortunately we
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 14:28 +0530, Subhro wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Arindam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 1. The Mouse still does not work ... may be I should try MouseSystems
> > protocol.
> >
>
I've found I have to use /dev/sysmouse and Protocol "auto" instead of
"PS/2" despite my mouse most de
On 9/12/06, Arindam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. The Mouse still does not work ... may be I should try MouseSystems protocol.
You need to put the proper protocol in xorg.conf
2. What should I do about GNOME / KDE etc. I am not aching to get a
jazzy a GUI on my FreeBSD installation. I can m
I am an absolute FreeBSD Newbie and I decided to give it a try over a
lazy weekend - mainly because I don't want to throw away my old PIII
box. I picked up FreeBSD 5.4 which was all I got and I am dual booting
it with RHEL4.3. My box is rather old ... P3 733 Mhz with 256 megs of
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
I am an absolute FreeBSD Newbie and I decided to give it a try over a
lazy weekend - mainly because I don't want to throw away my old PIII
box. I picked up FreeBSD 5.4 which was all I got and I am dual booting
it with RHEL4.3. My box is rather old ... P3 733 Mhz with 256 megs of
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
