Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:42:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Joey Garcia <jbgarcia@inreach.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Unix Newbie Starter Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970911214005.16497O-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970908220407.00685c18@inreach.com>
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Joey Garcia wrote: > Okay I'm pretty new with Unix and FreeBSD. I've tried Linux for > a little while but wasn't able to successfully install a completely > working system. Always seemed like everytime I tried something, the > system was asking for something, something missing I guess. I read the > X Window documents and found it difficult to install a working X system. Looking at your manifest below, I can understand why X didn't work; I don't think the recent versions of X have anything for the 3D series as of yet. The SVGA server should work OK with it though. > Pentium 133 on a Triton motherboard > 16 Megs of RAM > IDE hardrive > IDE Hitachi CDROM > 1 3.5" floppy drive > Hewlet Packard 560C printer > Microsoft Compatible mouse wiht 3 buttons on com 1 > 28.8 modem on com 2 > Mustek scsi scannet (with proprietary scsi interface) > Unknown Monitor 1024 x 768 max resolution (uknown frequencies) > Diamond 3D 3000 video board > PnP Soundblaster 16 A couple of things -- 1. The IDE CDROM support isn't wonderful in FreeBSD, you might have some trouble getting it probed. Try moving it over to the slave position on your primary IDE controller then. 2. PnP devices aren't well supported, but work is in progress for getting the Plug&Pray SB16 working. I think it actually does work, but some fine tuning is going on. If you're interested in getting it up, contact multimedia@freebsd.org. > Okay, that's about all I have. Now what I wanted to know is how much > difficulty would it to be to add support to those devices that I have and > nothing more. I want a simple Workstation running X that is ppp capble for > internet use. Shouldn't be a problem if you use the SVGA X server. > Can anyone give me some ideas or advise. I'm wanting to learn > more about networking with BSD and also I want to do some novice > programming. A beginner has to start somewhere, right? Check out http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html to start, and look for the Bibliography for some fine books to read. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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