Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:35:29 +0800 From: Yuan Jue <yuanjue122@163.com> To: lars.lindblad@bostreammail.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Four (even five) problems/queries on my FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <200509021635.30157.yuanjue122@163.com> In-Reply-To: <43180315.25e54.16838@bostreammail.net> References: <43180315.25e54.16838@bostreammail.net>
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On Friday 02 September 2005 15:45, lars.lindblad wrote: > Hi. I have installed 5.4/KDE on my Thinkpad 600E, and it > mostly works but there are a few things I need help with. > > (Please note that I still consider myself being a newbie on > FreeBSD!) ;) > > 1. I installed KDM to make the computer a little more > userfriendly, but now I can't run things as su. Emacs > refuses to start for instance, and when I am trying to > adjust things in Login Manager (in KControl) it asks me for > the root password, I enter it, and then I bounce back. What > is the problem? I still can run emacs as lars, but not as > superuser. (I can su in a terminal window of course) > maybe "kcheckpass" don't have the right permission for users, if so, you can "chmod u+s kcheckpass" to get the "su" run again. Note, the stuff needs to be done as root; maybe you need to login as root to do it. ^_^ > 2. During my window years (those are goodbye now! ;) I > bought a TwinMos 256Mb USB-memory, and FreeBSD finds an > umass device when I put it in my Thinkpad, but how will I > mount it? Can it be done? > if you never configured the kernel, the USB device should work in FB5.4 directly. cd /dev and find how it is recognized by FB, say as da0 or da0s1 or something like this. Then you can mount it like this: mount_msdosfs /dev/da0(s1) /mnt/usb gook luck! > 3. Since I installed KDM I got the "Turn off > computer"-option in KDE, but it only runs FreeBSD to a halt, > not to a complete power down - how will I chance that? > anyone else know about this issue? maybe ACPI problem? > 4. As su I can use tab to complete filenames, but not as > user lars. I guess it has to to with which shell I use, how > do I change shell? Or is it another way I can get the > possibility to use tab to complete filenames? > In default setting, root use csh, while general users use sh which doesn't support many useful features. But you can always change your shell using chsh. > 5. My girlfriend found the Klickety-game in KDE - anyone > else here having the same problem? Your computer being taken > by someone who wants to play the games so you cannot sit for > hours and hours and have fun tweaking the system? ;) > > Hope someone can help me! Thanks in advance! > Sorry, never have that problem ^_^ Yuan Jue
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