From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 30 02:51:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 873A516A4A7 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:51:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pinguelo@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [63.240.77.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980F643DC7 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:51:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pinguelo@comcast.net) Received: from new48wv7crnbbw (c-68-36-234-1.hsd1.nj.comcast.net[68.36.234.1]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2006063002510601200t2ec2e>; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:51:06 +0000 Message-ID: <000601c69bf0$060d9e90$01ea2444@new48wv7crnbbw> From: "Fernando Pinguelo" To: Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:51:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:53:04 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Frustration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:51:39 -0000 I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing = version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded = in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not = have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also = missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as = successful as I first thought. So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an = Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more = hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version = 6.1. And that was what I did; I tried. Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to = install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that = anything that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, = be it the software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work = and headache that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' = towards a working Unix environment has been enourmously frustating. The = worst part of it all is that I have not accomplished anything tangible = at all.=20 I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for = good and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate = on doing real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental = hardware and software every time I touch the PC. Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration = fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'.=20 Bye, Fernando