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(bsd.makisupa@sbcglobal.net@68.251.101.164 with plain) by smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 2005 01:51:55 -0000 From: makisupa To: Kevin Kinsey In-Reply-To: <43471A12.8080107@daleco.biz> References: <1128719106.827.5.camel@localhost> <43471A12.8080107@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: maknet Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:51:28 -0500 Message-Id: <1128736288.1787.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: k.makisupa@sbcglobal.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:51:56 -0000 Added inetd_enable="YES" to rc.conf and made sure the rest of the steps from the pkg-message where followed. 'killall -HUP inetd' does not give an error. the output of 'ps -aux | grep inetd' (as user, no output as root): makisupa 3330 0.0 0.1 512 392 p0 R+ 8:45PM 0:00.00 grep inetd So i missed something real obvious, inetd not running, but its still not working...same behavior as before (after a reboot). Thanks for your help (it is truly appreciated), Mak On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:00 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > makisupa wrote: > > >Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a > >bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using > >6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi > >card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4. Running gnome > >2.12. > >My newbie questions: > > > >1. I am pretty sure that FAM is not running. The newest version of the > >package is installed. I followed the directions from the gnome FAQ and > >the pkg_message. 'killall -HUP inetd' gives me 'no matching processes > >were found.' > > > > > > > > What does `ps -aux | grep inetd` tell you? Inetd doesn't run > unless enabled in /etc/rc.conf... and IIRC (I've switched to > xfce4 from Gnome2), fam runs from inetd, so that could be > a root (no pun intended) cause of these issues, perhaps? > IANAE.... > > > >When i launch something like gnome-menu-editor i get a > >'failed to connect to the FAM server' message in the terminal. > >Similiarly, whenever i gedit a file su'd as root i get a > >'gnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to the session manage: > >authentication rejected, reason: None of the authentication protocols > >specified are supported and host based authentication failed.' Please > >help...its very annoying as the gnome does not update worth a damn as > >you move, add, and delete files. I realize the instructions were for > >gnome 2.10 and i probably missed something obvious. > > > >2. Is there a way to turn DMA on for a certain device or devices and > >not every ATAPI drive? I got permissions and whatnot straight to allow > >a users to mount CD/DVD drives -- my CD drive does not work correctly in > >DMA mode. BUT, i will need DMA in order to play DVDs correctly (see > >below). I passed the hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" option in my /boot/loader.conf > >file. is there a option i can pass that only enables DMA on my acd1 > >(dvd) and ad0 (hd) but NOT acd0 (CD)? > > > > > > > > Hrm, I'm not much good from here out. I note that there are two > sysctl's "hw.ata.ata.dma" and "hw.ata.atapi.dma", dunno if that'd > help. Maybe see ata(4) for a little more detail. Being as the DVD > and CD are on the same bus, I'd say it's not too likely, but, again, > IANAE.... > > >3. DVD playback. Just trying to use the totem default in my gnome > >install. I get a 'failed to retrieve capabilities of device /dev/acd1: > >inappropriate ioctl for device'. I've googled the hell out of this and > >came up with little helpful info. Any ideas? > > > >Thanks for your help. I think i'm doing fairly well for only running > >BSD for a couple of days...but if i could get these minor things > >straightened out i'd be set (and have a rockin' little laptop). FreeBSD > >definately seems more intuitive than most of the linux distros i've > >used... > > > >Thanks, > > > >Mak. > > > > > > > Best o' luck, > > Kevin Kinsey > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"