'kldload snd' is not responding

2003-08-22 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I am trying to get the sound on my freebsd 4.4 install to work. I am logged in as root and am trying to execute the command 'kldload snd' as part of the process to get sound working. However, this command does not respond and even pressing ctrl-c won't stop it. Once it rebooted the machine

make depend

2003-08-23 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I'm trying to upgrade from freebsd 4.4 to 4.8. I just finished doing the 'make -j 4 buildworld' command and am now going to compile the kernel as part of the process to upgrade. The next thing I do is a 'make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERN' and then I want to do a 'make installkernel KERNCO

allowing non root users to mount

2003-08-29 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I'm trying to set up my system so that it can automatically mount some file systems on boot. However, can you do this on freeBSD? I mean, with RedHat it does it for you so that you have a floppy and cdrom icon on your desktop. But can you do that w/ freeBSD? I don't think so cause if there

RE: allowing non root users to mount

2003-08-29 Thread Desmond Lee
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: allowing non root users to mount Desmond Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, can you do this on freeBSD? I mean, with RedHat it does it for > you so that you have a floppy and cdrom icon on your desktop. But can > you do that w/ freeBSD?

some problems with automount

2003-08-29 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I'm trying to use amd or the automount so that removable media such as floppies, zip disks and cdroms will be mounted when needed. My goal is to put 'amd_enable="YES"' in the /etc/rc.conf file so that mounting is taken care of when the OS is booted. I've read the man pages for amd, amd.conf

RE: allowing non root users to mount

2003-08-29 Thread Desmond Lee
/floppy to be accessible to anyone? Thanks Desmond -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:01 PM To: Desmond Lee Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: allowing non root users to mount Desmond L

sudoer file

2003-08-30 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I'm having problems setting up sudo. I want to let a user 'dlee' be able to mount and umount the cdrom. All I add in the /user/local/etc/sudoers file is the following: dleelocalhost = NOPASSWD: mount /cdrom, umount /cdrom But when I do a 'sudo -v' (logged in as dlee) it says that dle

adding freebsd boot to grub

2003-09-03 Thread Desmond Lee
Hello I was originally running win98 and freebsd4.8 on a box with 2 hard drives. 1 disk had win98 and the other had freebsd. Everything worked fine. But I then installed redhat 9.0 on the first disk with win 98. Now the Grub only knows how to boot dos and linux, but no freebsd. There is a article

RE: adding freebsd boot to grub

2003-09-03 Thread Desmond Lee
: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:47 PM To: Desmond Lee Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: adding freebsd boot to grub On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:16:39PM -0700 or thereabouts, Desmond Lee wrote: > Hello > > I was originally running win98 and freebsd4.8 on a box with 2 hard > drives.