Wierd X crash

Hello all, I am fairly new to FreeBSD. I use linux a lot. Am running FreeBSD 7.2 i386 with the nvidia 173 driver with an AGP GeForce FX 5200. My X works, with xinerama and two screens, perfectly, but as soon as I hold down any key (like Backspace to remove a line of text) X crashes. This is in

Re: Wierd X crash

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 06:36 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 04:37:38 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > I am fairly new to FreeBSD. I use linux a lot. > > > > Am running FreeBSD 7.2 i386 with the nvidia 173 driver with an AGP > > GeForce FX 5200

eclipse install

Hello all, What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2? On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse. Regards, Coert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: eclipse install

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 23:33 +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2? > > > > On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest

Re: eclipse install (broken ports tree)

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up: > > Missing pkg-descr for patch-2.5.9. > > I believe you have a defective ports t

Re: eclipse install (SOLVED broken ports tree)

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote: > On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 14:50 -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:53:22 Coert Waagmeester wrote: > > > > > I tried it via the ports, but this error keeps popping up: > > >

local mirrors of ports and packages?

Hi all! I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and expensive. How many data would it be in total? Thanks in advance, Coert FreeB

Re: local mirrors of ports and packages?

On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 7/29/08, Coert Waagmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. > > > > What I would like to know is, how

freebsd-update-server

# Is ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/patches/ the right place to get them? And then just place them in patches/8.1-RELEASE/ ? Kind regards, Coert Waagmeester ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing