Re: FreeBSD on a Mac

Hi, Has anybody had success using Parallels on the Mac? I have been using it to support windows but had GUI problems with FreeBSD (with X and xfce4). They do not support FreeBSD 6.2 (according to their documentation). Thanks, Arend Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 12:03:30AM +

FreeBSD Port: mozilla-1.6_4,2

Hi, I have a general question about how to configure mozilla. I personally like to use a window manager like "ion". GNOME is very beautiful but I usually do not need all of the additional applications and overhead. I usually install X, ion and Mozilla. The big problem that I am having (an

Packages

Hi, I have a question about ports. I have a port installed. I want to make package for it also. I find that I must delete the package from my system first and then go "make package". This is because make package must install the package first. Is there a better way to make a package that do

GNOME 2.6 and R 1.8.1

Hi, I use R 1.8.1 (R PROJECT) on FreeBSD 4.9 P5 with GNOME 2.6.0. When I install R it cannot find GNOME. It does successfully find X11 and tcltk. It complains that it can not find: gnome-config gnomeConf.sh When I run R from GNOME the graphic windows do not have any title bars and R termina

FreeBSD 5.2.1 on IBM T30

Hi, I have just tried to install a fresh distribution of FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a IBM T30. The system locks up with just after: pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0 cbb0: [MPSAFE] I have been using this same laptop with FreeBSD 4.9 and 4.10 without any problems. Does anybody have FreeBSD 5.2.1 runn

Re: FreeBSD 5.2.1 on IBM T30

PROTECTED], http://weblogs.asp.net/chuckop/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arend P. van der Veen Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FreeBSD 5.2.1 on IBM T30 Hi, I have just tried to install a fresh distribution of

Ports Collection and FreeBSD 5.2.1

Hi, I have been recently testing FreeBSD 5.2.1. I load the initial system from CD, install and configure cvsup and then download all of the src and port changes. My supfile is: *default host=cvsup2.us.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_2 *defa

Re: Ports Collection and FreeBSD 5.2.1

help, Arend Lowell Gilbert wrote: "Arend P. van der Veen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have been recently testing FreeBSD 5.2.1. I load the initial system from CD, install and configure cvsup and then download all of the src and port changes. My supfile is: *default host=cvsup

Bash Startup Files

Hi, I have been trying to clarify what bash startup files are sourced and when. I am using bash-2.05b.007. I have been hunting around on the web and I have found the following summary: For Login shells: On logging in: If `|/etc/profile|' exists, then source it. If `|~/.bash_prof

Re: emacs22 and portsdb

Hi, I have been having trouble with emacs22 also. I am using FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p7. I did the upgrade as described in the updating notes. I use emacs plus auctex slime quack emacs-w3m Everything was upgraded properly. However, no portsdb -Uu generates errors. Therefore, I have remove

portsdb and cvsup

Hi, I have recently been having trouble with running portsdb after cvsup. I am running 6.2-RELEASE-p7. The approach that I had been using was: /usr/local/bin/cvsup -L 0 /usr/sup/supfile /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu This had worked great until the emacs22 update. Now portsdb crashes due to

Re: portsdb and cvsup

. Thanks again, Arend Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Arend P. van der Veen wrote: The approach that I had been using was: /usr/local/bin/cvsup -L 0 /usr/sup/supfile /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu This had worked great until the emacs22 update. Now portsdb crashes due to the

Re: Sudo clears the environment variable

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/08/07, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: env_reset now seems to be on by default. you could turn it off if you need to or fiddle with the env_keep and env_check lists. That's what I mean, how to turn it off. I added the line Defaults !env_reset to sud

Re: www.freebsd.org down?

Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: Is anybody else experiencing www.freebsd.org to be down? I just wanted to have a look at the online handbook, but couldn't get at it... I have not been able to access www.freebsd.org all morning also. ___ freebsd-questio

Re: Convince me, please!

Latitude wrote: I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argum

Tomcat 5.5 installation

Hi, I have installed Tomcat 5.5.23_1 on FreeBSD 6.2. I have used Servlets a lot in the past but have not used ant. I am now trying to get this development environment to work. Following the basic portinstall of Tomcat on FreeBSD I did the following: 1. sudo cp /usr/local/tomcat5.5/server

ath -- Atheros IEEE 802.11 wireless network driver

Hi, I have been having some interupt issues with this driver. If I hook to a wireless access point that is week, I get tons of interrupts and kills the performance of my laptop. However, when I us it at home with the access point in the same room as my laptop everything works great. I a co

AMD64 vs i386

Hi All, I have a general question. We have access to some new AMD64 based Dell Servers with 2 Core Duo Xeons. We are currently using i386 Dell Servers with a core duo processor. I recall from my MS Windows days that when there was the shift from 16-bit to 32-bit processors it did take a whi

Re: anyone have a favorite laptop?

We have used Thinkpads for a long time. I am currently using a T60. Never had any problems. Predrag Punosevac wrote: Steve Franks wrote: The freebsd laptop page is a nice resource, but it's a bit heavy on specifics (i.e. I have a laptop I want to install on), not so good generally (want to bu