In the past years, I could use a very simple PCI TV card
with FreeBSD. It's a Haupauge WinTV supported by the
bktr driver (BT878) that I've always included in my
system kernel.
I have copied this from my previous configuration:
# TV
device bktr
options BRO
I'm currently trying to get my printing subsystem working again.
Luckily I can use a networked office-class printer that does
understand PS; it's a HP Laserjet 4000 duplex (networked, has
parallel, no USB).
On installing Opera, I encountered the following dialog:
+
On 24/08/2011 07:34, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> I am from Linux (Debian & Ubuntu) and I will have to intensively use
> FreeBSD on servers (DNS, Database, Routing...)
>
> I would like to install a FreeBSD on my laptop (Dell Inspiron, or some
> Asus not defined yet) and then virtualize a lot (
On 08/24/2011 11:41 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
Probably start by installing PC-BSD -- that's based on FreeBSD but
tailored to providing the sort of desktop environment you'ld want on a
laptop.
I made search before posting and it also seems a good directoin to take.
Virtualization is actually a
2011-08-24 09:54, Polytropon skrev:
In the past years, I could use a very simple PCI TV card
with FreeBSD. It's a Haupauge WinTV supported by the
bktr driver (BT878) that I've always included in my
system kernel.
I have a winfast tv2000
I have copied this from my previous configuration:
On 24/08/2011 05:39, Pavel Timofeev wrote:
> Big thanks! I'll stop on carp and devd!
> I think such example (from your link) must be in handbook. Because it's good
> native solution from base system.
> Or at least link from carp section to devd section.
> Who do I need to write with this idea?
Too
Op 24-8-2011 10:41, Matthew Seaman schreef:
Virtualization is actually a bit of a tricky thing with FreeBSD.
There's Jail, which is excellent -- very light weight, but it only
works with FreeBSD guests. There's VirtualBox, but that runs the guest
OSes as a standard client application and it te
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:58:41 +0200
Polytropon wrote:
> My question to the list now:
>
> Did anybody get Opera working with CUPS or (better)
> without it? Maybe did I miss something important at
> installation time?
>
I've been printing from Opera using this method
http://www.opera.com/support/k
Hi,
Reference:
> From: Dick Hoogendijk
> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:24:37 +0200
> Message-id: <4e54d165.7090...@nagual.nl>
Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> Op 24-8-2011 10:41, Matthew Seaman schreef:
>
> > Virtualization is actually a bit of a tricky thing with FreeBSD.
> > There's
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:48:30 +0200
Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> I was reading I think it was nebsd-us...@betbsd.org a few days back,
> quite an interesting thread about para-virtualization support,
> it seems NetBSD may have more support support there &/or with Xen.
IIRC the Xen project itself pro
On 08/24/2011 03:33 PM, RW wrote:
> I was reading I think it wasnebsd-us...@betbsd.org a few days back,
> quite an interesting thread about para-virtualization support,
> it seems NetBSD may have more support support there&/or with Xen.
IIRC the Xen project itself provided host support for
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> In my particular case, I think if I must use NetBSD to virtualize a
> FreeBSD, it's cheaper (in time) to stick with Linux and launch a KVM with
> FreeBSD inside.
>
Virtualbox isn't slow when compared against XEN, it's rather the o
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:55:34 -0400, Rod Person wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:58:41 +0200
> Polytropon wrote:
> > My question to the list now:
> >
> > Did anybody get Opera working with CUPS or (better)
> > without it? Maybe did I miss something important at
> > installation time?
> >
>
> I've
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:09:40 +0200
Polytropon wrote:
>
> Which version of Opera are you using? I have 11.50/1047
> installed; the page you refered to states:
I have 10.x and Opera-Next installed.
> If you are having problems printing, try adding
> a custom printer under the "Options
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 09:41:13AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
> Probably start by installing PC-BSD -- that's based on FreeBSD but
> tailored to providing the sort of desktop environment you'ld want on a
> laptop.
That's a pretty broad statement. You might want to include another
"probably"
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:56:16AM +0300, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> On 08/24/2011 11:41 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >
> >Virtualization is actually a bit of a tricky thing with FreeBSD.
> >There's Jail, which is excellent -- very light weight, but it only works
> >with FreeBSD guests.
>
> T
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
I too am stuck in ruby-portupgrade swamp :-)
After a fresh install of FreeBSD 8.2 I built potupgrade, then did a
portsnap and a portupgrade -a, in preparation to install Gnome2. When it
stopped I followed the instructions in UPDATING, but when I try to
upgrade portupgrade it fails because it ca
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:54:01 -0400
Rod Person wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:09:40 +0200
> Polytropon wrote:
> >
> > Which version of Opera are you using? I have 11.50/1047
> > installed; the page you refered to states:
>
> I have 10.x and Opera-Next installed.
Out of curiosity, when I got ho
On Wednesday 24 August 2011 08:48:30 Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Reference:
> > From: Dick Hoogendijk
> > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:24:37 +0200
> > Message-id: <4e54d165.7090...@nagual.nl>
>
> Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> > Op 24-8-2011 10:41, Matthew Seaman schreef
Can add Dvorak spanish variant for syscons?
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Teclado_Dvorak_Español.png
Cheers!
--
netSys--
http://www.byteandbit.info
I didn't expect this much response. Some interesting stuff:
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Test Rat wrote:
>
> There is an ongoing discussion on arch@ about this.
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html
This is an excellent discussion. Thank you.
On Sat, A
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:02:18 -0500, Evan Busch wrote:
> I didn't expect this much response.
You always get what you deserve on this list. :-)
No, seriously: There are participants of this list who
understand complains and other statements in a critical
tone as inspiration for improvement. But all
Baloney.
Sure, nothing human is perfect, that includes the people behind FreeBSD and
also the OS.
But compared to (gasp!,) windoz and linux, (not too bad, but it's as
non-secure as windoz!,) FreeBSD and OpenBSD standout for one reason, their
better.
I would like to see negotiate a deal to give u
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:48:46 -0400, Henry Olyer wrote:
> Sure, nothing human is perfect, that includes the people behind FreeBSD and
> also the OS.
And even if the OS is perfect, its 3rd party applications may be not.
> But compared to (gasp!,) windoz and linux, (not too bad, but it's as
> non-
Hi Evan;
Please allow me some comments.
On Wednesday 24 August 2011 23:02:18 Evan Busch wrote:
> I didn't expect this much response.
That's a bit naive and shows how much you don't know this list.
> Some interesting stuff:
Here, this is mostly the case. Even the trolls are so.
> On Sat, Aug
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:24:51 -0300, Mario Lobo wrote:
> Well, I think the handbook has got its name wrong. To me, it should have been
> called handybook. What you're saying sounds more like you wanted the handbook
> to be a usage tutorial, which it's NOT what it is supposed to be.
That's a valid
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
Sorry, I forgot to include the list -
Am 24.08.2011 17:19, schrieb Polytropon:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:45 +0200, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote:
Opera really does work with Cups - you will see your printer's
network name in the printer dialog.
I've installed CUPS and actually _can_ see the prin
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:01:50 +0200, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote:
> Sorry, I forgot to include the list -
>
> Am 24.08.2011 17:19, schrieb Polytropon:
> > On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:45 +0200, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote:
> >> Opera really does work with Cups - you will see your printer's
> >> network
Am 25.08.2011 08:09, schrieb Polytropon:
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:01:50 +0200, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to include the list -
Am 24.08.2011 17:19, schrieb Polytropon:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:45 +0200, Kruppa, Peter Ulrich wrote:
Opera really does work with Cups - you will
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