From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 15 14:10:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA07050 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:10:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA07045 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:10:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA23499; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:08:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd023496; Sat Nov 15 14:08:00 1997 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:06:01 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: "Eric C. S. Dynamic" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a number of random questions. In-Reply-To: <346D64ED.4860AF10@transbay.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Eric C. S. Dynamic wrote: > 1. I've heard there is support for Connectix QuickCam. Where do I find > out more, how do I distinguish color vs. b/w for the system or is > that automatic. yes but I only have a black&white.. I don't know about colour.. there are several utilities. qcamcontrol (/usr/sbin) know about the black and white ones you need toe driver in the kernel (qcam) some prgrams (xfqcam) access the ports directly. > > 2. I've heard that Alpha is now supported. Yes? Up to 600MHz? no you're thinking of NetBSD > > 3. I've been wanting to establish a mirror site for a while. When I ask > what I'll have to establish, I don't get workable answers. > I understand about being inserted in the DNS as some numbered host, > but I can't get any details as to what I'll have to do to support > sup, cvsup, which sets of collections it would be desired for me to > host, how my site will be kept in sync with momma, etc. If someone > would like to fill me in on this or assist me, I can maybe unload > a bit of ftp & c. bandwidth from walnut creek. I can't tell you exactly, but there are mentions somewhere in the web page about this. > > 4. Can I run routed and mrouted on the same machine without causing > headaches? yes > > 5. What sort of 'programme' is there for freebsd folks to go after > major vendors to offer to port popular commercial products to > freebsd? I hassle vendors now and then, symantec, netscape, adobe, > etc. but of course they never reply with anything useful. > no organised program. > 6. Does anyone know what I do to enable Apache to handle the "microsoft > front page extensions"? > > 7. Whatever happened to 'units'? eh? > > 8. Instead of being a ditz, I should (a) subscribe to which freebsd > mailing lists, (b) which pertinent newsgroups? questions and hackers and isp > > 9. We run a computer storefront, and would like to advocate FreeBSD > as a more-than-viable component of an office network. We have > sold a few "FreeBSD systems" to businesses and educational > institutions as servers. Toward this end we're going to try to > showcase FreeBSD in as much glory as we can shower on it, and > try to install as many applications on it as possible to show > that one can do most or even all of what one might like to do > with a machine without having to use a Microsoft product. > We'll also try to beef up to be a support center for installed > free-Unix systems (FreeBSD, then Linux if necessary.) > Therefore, I'd like to find where to intersect with the freebsd > 'organization' to keep current on events and to work with folks > who know of cool things that can be used on freebsd. Anyone > wishing to give me assistance can reach me at ecsd@transbay.net. good idea.. > > Thanks. >