From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 14 00:15:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A6B16A4CE for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:15:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6D343D5A for ; Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:15:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net (unverified [24.119.71.12]) by smail2.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.9b) with ESMTP id 17354032 for multiple; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:59:47 -0700 Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:14:58 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "A W" Message-ID: <20040913191458.1ad922ab@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:15:44 -0000 On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:11:29 +0000 "A W" wrote: > hello i was wondering if u could answer the following questions > > 1) is it possible to have both freebsd 5.2.1 with KDE 3.1 and > Windows 98 on the same Hard Disk. If yes how can i do this? This is dual booting. You need two partitions. One for windows the other for freebsd. > 2) can i run .exe files with KDE 3.1 because when i launch a .exe > file it asks me what to program to use to it open with. You will need either DOSbox, doscmb, qemu, bochs, vmware, or wine to run either DOS or Windows programs. With all of those you have either speed or compatibility to choose from. Qemu, bochs, DOSbox, and vmware will allow for good compatibility, afaik, but will run slowly. Wine will run fast, but is no where near as compatibly. Not sure about doscmd, because I have never messed with it. > 3) im trying to run 256 color and 800x600 reolution hopefully > 1024x780 as well. But everytime i configure th Xserver it always > launch in 256 color 300x200. How can i fix this so that it will run > the right resolution i want and the right color as well. And i have > asked this question before but i just didn't quite understand the > answers that came back. > > 4) Is it possible to run KDE in 16 bit color???? Because everytime i > run it in 16 bit color it says there are no screens found. Check out xf86cfg -testmode( iirc XFree86 is the default in 5.2.1). This will allow you to edit your resolutions, monitor, and depths in the config after autodetecting it using X -configure. You may need to edit it to change the default depth it uses. The X -configure will drop a file into /root and you will then need to move it /etc/X11/XF86Config. Xf86cfg -textmode will then take care of it nicely. I would really suggest man X/Xorg/XFree86 for help. And possibly xf86cfg too... and what ever else looks nice to read up on.