From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 15:58:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16B416A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:58:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D9443D48 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:58:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004012123585501100f26uhe>; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:58:55 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 74B0711; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:58:55 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Victor L. Davis" References: <20040121233203.GA1489@Amnesiac.localdomain> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 21 Jan 2004 18:58:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20040121233203.GA1489@Amnesiac.localdomain> Message-ID: <44vfn4rgzk.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 45 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Switching from Linux & need setup advice 5.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:58:57 -0000 "Victor L. Davis" writes: > I decided to switch from Gentoo Linux to FreeBSD recently after > becoming disenchanted with stability problems in it and several other > Linux distributions. Unfortunately, the handbook with the 5.2 Current > release seems outdated for 5.2. There are still some places where that is true; by the time 5.x is recommended for production use, they should all be filled in. > I was accustomed to running Portage on Gentoo and having the apps > compile and the scripts configure and install software from source and > then just hitting the GUI tools in KDE to configure printers on CUPS > and compiling a modular kernel with emu10K1 support. It appears to be > a bit more complex on the setup for FreeBSD. Not much. I don't know much about CUPS, really, but FreeBSD's ports system will install it by: cd /usr/ports/print/cups && make install > I don't mind some RTFM's, but the instructions in the handbook do seem > to be more targeted to the stable branch. Of course. That's part of the downside of running a "technology preview" instead of a "production release". Please feel free to submit updates that may be needed. > What do I need to do or > where are the FAQ documents with more detailed instructions to get CUPS > with Gimp Print or the better FreeBSD solution working and more detail > on setting up sound? I find that apsfilter sets up my printer quite nicely; it's a bit different from CUPS, but it might fit your needs more simply. On the other hand, installing CUPS is fairly easy; configuring it might be another story, but apparently you've done that before. > I'm not getting /dev/sound/mixer created and need > this for Gnome audio to work. There's no sound support in the generic kernel. Does "kldload snd_pcm" create an audio device support for you?