Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:50:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Paul Floyd -NETMANSYS- <Paul.Floyd@netmansys.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuration questions. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971102234541.25042O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <345D0921.A9F2C92E@netmansys.fr>
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul Floyd -NETMANSYS- wrote: > Here are my questions: > I have a UK keyboard (most of the time). I see I should use the > kdbcontrol command to change the keyboard mapping. How do I > make this automatic on boot up? Check out /etc/sysconfig, there should be hooks in there to set up your keyboard. At worst you can stick them in /etc/rc.local. > Is there a keyboard mapping for Quebecois keyboards? (Cos I > f*!&ing can't stand French AZERTY kbds). Dunno, I'm not a pro at international configurations. > My /usr partition is almost full, yet my swap is usually almost > empty. Is there any painless way to extend the /usr partition? > I have Partition Magic, so I can shrink my adjacent DOS partition > at will, but PM won't handle FreeBSD sub partitions. You'll have to create a new slice, disklabel, and newfs it. I suppose you could try to use sysinstall to get at the new slice. See http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/ for some examples of what you'll need to do. It's not explicitly documented so you're on your own. > How can I get the window manager to use something other than > 640x480, 16 colours, 60Hz, as the default config for XFree86? > This is an S3 805 with 1M VRAM. Edit /etc/XF86Config and make sure the Depth settings are right, then edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers to start the local console with the -bpp ## flag, where ## is the desired bit depth. > The default window manager is not a pretty sight. I use CDE at > work, and am most familiar with the OS/2 WPS UI. Any suggestions > for a wm I might be more able to live with? The closest thing I can think of to WPS is a Winblows95 emulator. MS lifted most of the WPS interface bits for the new Windows. WPS does have some nice features that would be hard to implement in a window manager, though. If I ever get the time and the will again I might program one up. > What are the issues involved with upgrading to the latest FreeBED? > Remember, I'm likely to have to take any downloads home by the > caseload of floppies. (I'm more keen to upgrade gcc from 2.6.3 I > have to 2.7.x). Going from 2.1.0 -> 2.2.1 is a pretty major change. I'd backup everything important and try it by booting the new boot floppy and selecting `upgrade.' The biggest change is the move from sysconfig to /etc/rc.conf. > Does anyone know of any distributors for the Walnut Creek CDS > and books in France? I don't think there are any at the moment. Check http://www.cdrom.com. > At work I use ksh. I've seen on the web page that there is a pdksh, > I've also used bash. Anyone care to comment on the merits of pdksh > and bash? I could learn to live with sh or csh. Scripting and stylistic differences, mainly. Use what you're used to. :) > How do I go about changing the "network" name of the machine (even > though it is isolated, the default myname@myhost, if I remember > correctly wouldn't be my first choice. /etc/sysconfig and look for the `hostname' keyword. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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