Best older model laptop for FreeBSD 5.x

2004-06-23 Thread 3BSD
again. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a P2/P3 laptop from a company like IBM, or even Dell, that has almost no problems running FreeBSD. I don't really care too much about good sound, but I do care about stable X drivers and all the res

Hardware Setup

2004-06-26 Thread 3BSD
, I don't know if the situation is the same or not. Looking to purge windows from my network once and for all. -3BSD ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to &q

Forgot to add...

2004-06-26 Thread 3BSD
One thing I forgot to add to be previous e-mail about hardware compatibility was that I'm using the DVI port of my graphics card, connected to an LCD display, will that pose any problems? MTIA -3BSD ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

X.Org port broken?

2004-07-03 Thread 3BSD
I just installed FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a computer and after failing to get XFree86 4.3.1,1 going on my DVI LCD monitor and nVidia FX5200 card, I wanted to try my luck with X.Org's server, but the port simply refuses to install. I tried to install it a couple of weeks ago and it gave me tons of e

FreeBSD and DVI LCD monitors

2004-07-04 Thread 3BSD
I have been trying for several days to get XFree86 going with my LCD monitor, but to no luck. Hardware: GeForce FX 5200 BenQ FP991 19" LCD monitor with DVI-S and HD-15 connectors. I shelled out a little extra for this monitor *specifically* for its DVI port, but it just simply won't work with Free

Re: How do I mount a USB hard drive?

2004-07-18 Thread 3BSD
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:29:03 -0400, Michael E. Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I had a hard drive (8 Gig) sitting around and thought I would try the > new USB 2.0 hard drive kits. It works just fine in Winblows but I am > unable to get it to show up under FreeBSD. > > 4.10-Stable >

Re: ports-collection borked?

2004-07-21 Thread 3BSD
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:57:25 +0200 (CEST), Svein Halvor Halvorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When rebuilding the index after cvsup-ing the ports collection I get lots > and lots of these lines: > > /usr/ports/INDEX-5:11379:Port info line must consist of 10 fields. > > This from a 15 min old

RE: Claiming that the list's e-mail showed up on her TV

2004-08-01 Thread 3BSD
I think anyone who replies to that address is getting subscribed to a spam list. Please don't reply. -3BSD ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

State of 5.3 on Sun Blade 100

2004-09-13 Thread 3BSD
Hi, I have a couple of Sun Blade 100 workstations, and I would like to install FreeBSD on one or both of them. The last time I tried (5.1-R, and I read that the situation has not improved much with either 5.2 or 5.2.1), there was no keyboard/mouse/floppy support and you had to install FreeBSD usin