From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 22 16:53:53 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 578C016A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:53:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1D843D39 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:53:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.strauser.com (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2N0roG5006307 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 18:53:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Kirk Strauser Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:29:24 -0600 In-Reply-To: (hueygeorge@comcast.net's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2004 16:01:30 -0700") Message-ID: <871xnk1mwb.fsf@strauser.com> Lines: 32 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' Subject: Re: MAKEDEV - where is it? 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, 23 Mar 2004 00:53:53 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2004-03-22T23:01:30Z, "GP" writes: Several things: > I am very sorry Jerry but I bought the software as a package!!! That was pretty stupid since it's a free download. I'd cheerfully buy a FreeBSD box set *after* I've confirmed that it would work on my system, but not before. > I would expect to be working!!! I cannot imagine that I would by > Microsoft product to find out that the manuals do not match the enclosed > software. On the package it said "SOLID OPERATING SYSTEM BY FREEBSD!!!" > Also, it "Runs on every PC!!!" What "fell off the back of the truck" vendor did you buy it from? No official documentation would ever make that claim. > but it does not, so far I was not able to configure the monitor, I get > something like: "cannot find X server"! I guess FreeBSD is not that solid > after all!!! Well, I returned the software and got my money back, at > least that was a solid return. Don't let the door hit you in the butt. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser "94 outdated ports on the box, 94 outdated ports. Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done, 82 outdated ports on the box." --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAX4qS5sRg+Y0CpvERApgTAJsGJhN+NsOwRhHKGIvQ/Hdo8XIetwCeKGZu y+qkFdSA8eJA8xQW8o5Int0= =jeqA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--