Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:03:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "N. Emile Akabi-Davis" <akabi@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reflections on FreeBSD 2.2.6 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980727075446.26937C-100000@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980725230202.11316@nothing-going-on.org>
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On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 11:54:49AM -0400, N. Emile Akabi-Davis wrote: > > The installation was nearly problem free, but I got thru it. I do have > > a couple of things I would like to get done like setting up my PnP > > modem and getting my cdrom to play music. But I have come reading to > > do. Major problem for me is getting used to using the ESC key for > > filename completion instead of the TAB key. > > That's a shell issue. For most Linux distributions, the default user > shell is bash. FreeBSD uses the two standard Unix shells, sh and csh. > > If you want to use bash, you'll need to install it. It's available as > both a port and a package. Section 4 of the Handbook goes through > how to install ports. Yep, you were right. I have installed bash and that is what I currently use. Now I have to set it up properly so that it sources the /etc/bashrc and ~/.bashrc. > > Well at least > > I do not know what to set as yet to allow this. Another quirk > > I noticed was that in X, my backspace key deletes forwards. > > Very odd. It might be something to do with your keymappings in your > XF86Config file, as I've never had that problem. Does the "Keyboard" > section of /etc/XF86Config look sensible to you? It did, but it was the wrong setting. I have changed it and now all is fine. > > I notice there is no support > > for parallel port Zip Drives as yet, so I'll have to copy/backup > > to a Linux partition and from there transfer to a Zip disk. > > Parellel port ZIP support is in -current, if you have the resources to > run that. Alternatively, try > > <URL:http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html>; > > which has a driver and instructions on how to use it on your system. Visited the site, got the tarbol and have installed it. Works fine except I do not have long file name support. Quick Q: Does msdos driver support long filenames and it yes how do I activate it? > > Oh yeah, I recompiled my kernel successfully. BTW, when booting > > up, why does it just sit there as if something is wrong when it > > is detecting my harddrive and cdrom. > > It's being careful about the delay, as some devices need a long time to > respond to probes. Hopefully you won't need to reboot too often :-) Noticed that. Well at least we both know a reboot won't be cause by a crash ;-). Ta very much for the advice. I should have a cablemodem installed this wknd, then I plan upgrading to 2.2.7 with KDE 1.0. Should be a good experience. -- Caio |Oliver's Law: Experience is something you N.Emile <DeR vInYl JuNkIe> | do not get until just after you need it. /*Standard disclaimer in place*/| Help Stamp out and Abolish #include <disclaimer.h> | Redundancy and Repitition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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