Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:21:23 +0000 From: Marty C <lalala@globalserve.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Many stupid Questions about UNIX and FreeBSD Message-ID: <3770D143.41C67EA6@globalserve.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If any of these questions are stupid or redundant, please ignore them and accept my apologies; After using FreeBSD for just under a week, I have the following questions: 1) Who uses FreeBSD? Students, proffessionals, etc? -- At whom is it targetted? Do the developers want the whole world to use some day or is it more of a "best OS possible for task X" (I really like FreeBSD and I'm not trying to dis' it, but I don't see my mom configuring her own kernel)? 2) When I install and try to run the Netscape 4.51 on my CD's (FreeBSD3.2) I get an error about "ld.so"... Is this because A) I need to go to university for two years, B) I am missing some package that needs to be installed (I installed the linux libs already), or C) there is something I must configure? 3)NetScape 3.04 doesn't seem to run java applets, though it seems to try... I recall this happening with Linux and being able to fix it by setting $MOZILLA_HOME to netscape's base... I tried /usr/local as $MOZILLA_HOME and that didn't help... Any ideas? 4)word perfect and klyx (the BSD ports from freebsd.org) have fuzzy buttons that I believe stem from their not being able to find their own graphics... Is this a common error everyone knows how to fix, or is something messed on my system or what? 5)When configuring one's KERNEL file, is the GENERIC file the one that is used to build the start kernel I am booting with now (having not yet found the courage to try and compile my own)? (as in if I do nothing but add the "sb" driver line, will I have exactly the same kernel but with sound?) -- on lines with device controllers, such as the following: controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq14 can I assume the irq values are good? failing that, are the ones spewed out by the booting process necessarily right/complete? shift+PgUP in a console doesn't seem to work from outside X... Anyone know how to get to the messages that have already scrolled by? -- if, while I am looking inside of KERNEL (the kernel compilation directives file), I don't know what something is, don't think I have it and certainly have never actually used it, but have NO clue what it is, is it better to leave it or remove it? -- assuming I go as far as "make" but not "make install", can compiling a new kernel mangle mr. computer? If it compiles OK, is that good proof that will boot OK? -- I've attached where I am right now with the kernel cfg file... If anyone wants to look at that and tell me what it might do to my computer, I'd be much obliged... I realize no one will wirte it for me though, don't get me wrong... FreeBSD3.2... AMD k6-2/266 cpu (pMMX with 3d now...) (wants : CPU_WT_ALLOC and NO_MEMORY_HOLE and i586 (?) ) boot from wd0 to / on wd0s1a, mounts msdos fs's on wd0s4 and wd0s5 and fd0 CDROM 32x CREATIVE on wcd0c, ACER 2x/6x CD-Rw on wcd1c sound blaster 16, modem on cuaa1, HP deskjet printer on the port formerly known as "LPT1" 6) At seemingly random moments I get a message (similar to) "/kernel: acd1 read_toc failure"; should I be worried? -- ======================================= | from Martin, lalala@globalserve.net | | -Destroyer of Hard Drives | | -Mangler of partition tables | | -Data's worst nightmare | ======================================= --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="MartYcKERNEL" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="MartYcKERNEL" # # GENERIC -- Generic machine with WD/AHx/NCR/BTx family disks # # For more information read the handbook part System Administration -> # Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel -> The Configuration File. # The handbook is available in /usr/share/doc/handbook or online as # latest version from the FreeBSD World Wide Web server # <URL:http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/>; # # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the # device lines is present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are # in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT. # # $Id: GENERIC,v 1.143.2.12 1999/05/14 15:12:26 jkh Exp $ machine "i386" #cpu "I386_CPU" #cpu "I486_CPU" cpu "I586_CPU" #cpu "I686_CPU" ident MartYcKERNEL maxusers 10 options "CPU_WT_ALLOC" options "NO_MEMORY_HOLE" #options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation options INET #InterNETworking options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options FFS_ROOT #FFS usable as root device [keep this!] #options MFS #Memory Filesystem #options MFS_ROOT #MFS usable as root device, "MFS" req'ed #options NFS #Network Filesystem #options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device, "NFS" req'ed options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options "CD9660" #ISO 9660 Filesystem options "CD9660_ROOT" #CD-ROM usable as root. "CD9660" req'ed options PROCFS #Process filesystem options "COMPAT_43" #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] #options SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console options FAILSAFE #Be conservative options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor ##################################################################### # NETWORKING OPTIONS # # Protocol families: # Only the INET (Internet) family is officially supported in FreeBSD. # Source code for the NS (Xerox Network Service) is provided for amusement # value. # options INET #Internet communications protocols options IPX #IPX/SPX communications protocols pseudo-device ether #Generic Ethernet pseudo-device fddi #Generic FDDI pseudo-device sppp #Generic Synchronous PPP pseudo-device loop #Network loopback device pseudo-device bpfilter 4 #Berkeley packet filter pseudo-device disc #Discard device pseudo-device tun 1 #Tunnel driver (user process ppp(8)) pseudo-device sl 2 #Serial Line IP pseudo-device ppp 2 #Point-to-point protocol options PPP_BSDCOMP #PPP BSD-compress support options PPP_DEFLATE #PPP zlib/deflate/gzip support options PPP_FILTER #enable bpf filtering (needs bpfilter) options "ICMP_BANDLIM" config kernel root on wd0s1a # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed #options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel #options APIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O # Optionally these may need tweaked, (defaults shown): #options NCPU=2 # number of CPUs #options NBUS=4 # number of busses #options NAPIC=1 # number of IO APICs #options NINTR=24 # number of INTs controller isa0 controller pnp0 controller eisa0 controller pci0 controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 #disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 options "CMD640" # work around CMD640 chip deficiency controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 0 disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 options ATAPI #Enable ATAPI support for IDE bus options ATAPI_STATIC #Don't do it as an LKM device acd0 #IDE CD-ROM #device wfd0 #IDE Floppy (e.g. LS-120) # A single entry for any of these controllers (ncr, ahb, ahc) is # sufficient for any number of installed devices. #controller ncr0 #controller ahb0 #controller ahc0 #controller isp0 # This controller offers a number of configuration options, too many to # document here - see the LINT file in this directory and look up the # dpt0 entry there for much fuller documentation on this. controller dpt0 controller adv0 at isa? port ? cam irq ? controller adw0 controller bt0 at isa? port ? cam irq ? controller aha0 at isa? port ? cam irq ? #controller scbus0 #device da0 #device sa0 #device pass0 #device cd0 #Only need one of these, the code dynamically grows device wt0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 5 drq 1 device mcd0 at isa? port 0x300 bio irq 10 controller matcd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio device scd0 at isa? port 0x230 bio # atkbdc0 controlls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse controller atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD tty device atkbd0 at isa? tty irq 1 device psm0 at isa? tty irq 12 device vga0 at isa? port ? conflicts # splash screen/screen saver pseudo-device splash # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console device sc0 at isa? tty # Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console driver #device vt0 at isa? tty options XSERVER # support for X server #options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor # If you have a ThinkPAD, uncomment this along with the rest of the PCVT lines #options PCVT_SCANSET=2 # IBM keyboards are non-std options MAXCONS=8 # number of virtual consoles device npx0 at isa? port IO_NPX irq 13 # # Laptop support (see LINT for more options) # #device apm0 at isa? disable flags 0x31 # Advanced Power Management # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support #controller card0 #device pcic0 at card? #device pcic1 at card? device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" flags 0x10 tty irq 4 device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 #device sio2 at isa? disable port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 #device sio3 at isa? disable port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 # Parallel port device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 net irq 7 controller ppbus0 device lpt0 at ppbus? device plip0 at ppbus? device ppi0 at ppbus? #controller vpo0 at ppbus? ##################################### # Sound # device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 # # The following Ethernet NICs are all PCI devices. # #device ax0 # ASIX AX88140A #device de0 # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'') #device fxp0 # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558) #device mx0 # Macronix 98713/98715/98725 (``PMAC'') #device pn0 # Lite-On 82c168/82c169 (``PNIC'') #device rl0 # RealTek 8129/8139 #device tl0 # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN #device tx0 # SMC 9432TX (83c170 ``EPIC'') #device vr0 # VIA Rhine, Rhine II #device vx0 # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'') #device wb0 # Winbond W89C840F #device xl0 # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'') # Order is important here due to intrusive probes, do *not* alphabetize # this list of network interfaces until the probes have been fixed. # Right now it appears that the ie0 must be probed before ep0. See # revision 1.20 of this file. device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 device ex0 at isa? port? net irq? device fe0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq ? device le0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd0000 device lnc0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10 drq 0 device ze0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 device cs0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq ? pseudo-device loop pseudo-device ether pseudo-device sl 1 pseudo-device ppp 1 pseudo-device tun 1 pseudo-device pty 16 pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's options "MAXMEM=(64*1024)" # KTRACE enables the system-call tracing facility ktrace(2). # This adds 4 KB bloat to your kernel, and slightly increases # the costs of each syscall. options KTRACE #kernel tracing # This provides support for System V shared memory and message queues. # options SYSVSHM options SYSVMSG options SYSVSEM # The `bpfilter' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. Be # aware of the legal and administrative consequences of enabling this # option. The number of devices determines the maximum number of # simultaneous BPF clients programs runnable. #pseudo-device bpfilter 4 #Berkeley packet filter --------------446B9B3D2781E494167EB0E7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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