Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 05:10:02 -0700 From: James Leone <jleone@pacbell.net> To: Hendrik Hasenbein <hhasenbe@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible errors in FreeBSD 5.1 Message-ID: <3F59CE9A.1060907@pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <3F599952.5000403@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> References: <3F58FDF6.3030707@pacbell.net> <3F599952.5000403@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de>
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Hendrik Hasenbein wrote: > James Leone wrote: > >> 2. While I am in KDE in FreeBSD, but not in KDE in Linux, if I click >> on the Floppy Device icon before the floppy is inserted, I will not >> be able to access a subsequently inserted floppy disk. When I do, I >> get an error that says: "the device is not configured." > > > Why do you even want to access a floppy before you insert it into the > drive? No system should be able to do that. Kde tries to mount the > floppy on clicking on the item. That is going to fail, because without > a floppy in the drive there is no device in the device filesystem. > Can't think why that should work with linux. > >> 3. When I went to /boot/kernel and typed kldload pcm, it appeared to >> load up fine, no warning messages, etc. However, when I boot into >> KDE, KDE will not have any sound. However, if I compile PCM into the >> kernel and reboot, KDE's sound works just fine. > > > Should work both ways. Perhaps the kde sound deamon is run by an > script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d before your module is probed in. > >> 4. The Real Player port does not use FreeBSD's sound system, even >> though sound is working in KDE. I have found a few proposed >> solutions, including one from the Real One Player forum, but none >> work. The error message says device not found. > > > Realplayer is working fine. Perhaps your sound device is already taken > and blocked by kde. > >> 5. When configured with the tools available to sysinstall, and >> additionally when X -configure is run, the XF86Config file does not >> include the modes lines that I get in SuSE Linux 8.2. I ended up >> copying over and slightly modifying SuSE's XF86Config file for better >> screeen resolution. > > > Modelines aren't needed any more. Just insert the parameters of your > monitor and choose the desired resolution. Btw most screens show a > sharper display if they aren't running at their stated max. > > Hendrik > LIke I said, I am just providing information here. I really don't care if it gets resolved, but I did care enough to point out these REAL problems. James Leone
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