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Hi There, I'm new to FreeBSD and I want to start GNOME automatically before login. Can I do that? In Redhat , it's the same as changing the run level in inittab, can I do that in FreeBSD?
i've tried to install the DesktopBSD but X server don't work,and this is the error : using config file : "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" nvrm : rminit adapter failed nvidia0 : nvrm : rm_init_adapter...
I am using putty to connect to a FreeBSD system. I would like the delete key to operate by deleting the character under the cursor and leaving the cursor in the same posiion. Instead, it ca...
Hi, I'm having a problem with postfix on my freebsd box. Hopefully someone can help, I'm at my wits end. Apr 27 23:08:14 cygnus postfix/virtual[21650]: warning: maildir access problem fo...
Everytime I try to mount a windows share on my FreeBSD 6.2 box with the following command: mount -t smbfs -o username=user@corporate,password=secret //fileserver/novellmain /mnt/test/ I ge...
Hey Experts, I have a development directory on my FreeBSD box. I use Samba to connect to this tree with my Windows XP Pro PC. I would like to setup and cron job rsync to backup any changed ...
i am working on a web project that runs on freebsd. currently all the file that created dynamically by the internet user (they upoad file through web browser) has a default file permission ...
Hello there, How can I add an extra ip address to my FreeBSD 6.2 machine, and let it work without rebooting the machine? Many thanks...
Hi  everybody, I would like to know if someone have already  succed on installing  the i810 driver  on FreeBSD 6.0 . Or  if we can use an other driver to  run Xorg with the  intel 945G interg...
What do I need to do to to get sendmail to receive internet mail? I think I am only configured for local listening... ie) ON a working site I see: %netstat -na |grep LIST tcp4       0 ...
my latest shot at this:  http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/fb7/kde/index.vhtml I tried pkg_add -r kde.  Something is seriously wrong with some VisualOS thing, but I WAS running gnome 2 o...
I hate to post this question because I'm sure it must be really easy, but I'm coming from an iptables/netfilter background and I've searched all over to no avail.  I've got a few FreeBSD 6.1 s...
Hi, new to unix, going through unix problems by the fistful. Samba is up and running and shows up on the network, but I can't seem to login. I get the following error when I try to login fr...
Hello, My slice partition is not "CLEAN" due to improper shudown, How can I repair it. Here is the output of "fsck" in my system. ================================= ** /dev/ad4s1d (NO W...
I just bought a new 160GB HD on sale for $65 and I am wondering if I should give a shot at running KDE instead of gnome.  I like to watch youtube.. but I am going to start using my server t...
I'm trying to upload files to a FreeBSD server using SFTP.  The directory I'm uploading to requires root access.  I don't have the root password but am able to use "sudo su".  It is looking li...
I'm wondering if anyone can give me a good source of rudimentary instructions on how to install Cpanel under FreeBSD?  I am configuring a new server and am considering using this product but a...
Hi, I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 release on a Dell PowerEdge 830 (2 HD SCSI in Raid 1), but it fail's. During install : Add of package linux_base-8-8.0_14 aborted; error code 1 - Pl...
I have been trying to configure and recomplie php --with-curl on a FreeBSD server with no luck. I'm not experienced with FreeBSD at all. Here is what I've been trying: pkg_add -r curl also...
I'm new to Free BSD but not to hardware. Sadly most of my experience has been with Windows and a little with Red Hat, so please be patient. We have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 with a Cd, dual 300MB...
Hi, i'm trying to setup an ftp server. So user can login to the ftp server from internet explorer. And drop files in the ftp connection screen. (for windows noobs) I want them to let them c...
I have installed freebsd for the first time so I'm an extreme newbie.  My problems are:  I have installed the kde gui and configured my video card with an 800 by 600 resolution during install...
Hi Guys, I run FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE on i386. I'm behind a firewall, which effectively blocks cvsup (port 5999). I've set HTTP_PROXY to my LAN's internet proxy IP. I do need to authe...
I did: pkg_add -r ZendOptimizer from: http://www.freshports.org/devel/ZendOptimizer/ But got this error: pkg_add -r ZendOptimizer Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/p...
Hi all,                                                                                                                                                             I'm having problems with u...