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From: Derrick MacPherson <dmacpherson@mainframe.ca>
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On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 14:38 -0400, jean-paul natola wrote:
> Well  since i'm totally new to this, I wanted some type of gui,
> 
> the machine specs are 450 mhz with 256 ram
> 
> so I guess I should remove the kde install??
> 
> I have verified  my reverse DNS  and it all checks out, and when I 
> subscribed I did get the  confirmation request from the list and activated 
> it,  all I have been receiving  delayed delivery messages,,,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>
> >To: jean-paul natola <jnatola@hotmail.com>
> >CC: questions@freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: KDE INSALL
> >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:23:34 +0300
> >
> >jean-paul natola wrote:
> >
> >>I ran  make install clean for  kde  and after 4 days i *think* I'm almost 
> >>done,,
> >>
> >>I am now at a promt for GNU ghostscript drivers and have NO CLUE as to 
> >>what to select , my purpose for the FREEBSD install is to run mailscanner  
> >>,  what should I select , if any, for the GNU ghostscritp driver 
> >>selection.
> >
> >If all you're concerned with is the mailscanner, it doesn't matter at all 
> >what you select here. Just accept the defaults.
> >
> >However, if all you're concerned with is the mailscanner, why are you 
> >installing KDE at all? Typical mail scanning software doesn't need KDE, and 
> >it sounds like you have a machine that is too slow anyway to run KDE in any 
> >usable manner (if 'make install' is still not done after 4 days).
> >
> >>PS ;  any reason I would be unable to post from legitimate work email?
> >
> >Do you get an error message back when you try to post? I understand that 
> >FreeBSD.org's mail server only accepts messages from hosts that have proper 
> >reverse DNS defined. This may be your problem, or it may be something else 
> >:)

Pretty much everything you will need/want to do, will be done through a
shell, so you needn't use a gui