Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:49:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41175 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201303121349.r2CDnOKH097113@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gavin Date: Tue Mar 12 13:49:24 2013 New Revision: 41175 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41175 Log: This, mostly in order: - Adds a trademark attribution for NetBSD - Makes the spelling of DragonFly BSD consistent - Mention x86-64 as a common non-FreeBSD name for the amd64 platform - Fix several grammar and spelling issues - Mention that SMP support is enabled in the default kernel - Mention the sysv modules are default, but also available as modules - Default to "xterm" not "cons25", note that <9 uses "cons25" - Move one paragraph around so that "This" refers to the correct thing - Replace a reference that still existed to UserConfig (!) - Remove reference to the defunct "mbone" ports category - Remove derogatory comment about Windows, untrue for ~13 years Reviewed by: eadler Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Mar 12 13:30:14 2013 (r41174) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Mar 12 13:49:24 2013 (r41175) @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ &tm-attrib.linux; &tm-attrib.microsoft; &tm-attrib.mips; + &tm-attrib.netbsd; &tm-attrib.opengroup; &tm-attrib.oracle; &tm-attrib.sgi; @@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>DragonFlyBSD is a fork of &os; 4.8 that has + <para>DragonFly BSD is a fork of &os; 4.8 that has since developed many interesting features of its own, including the HAMMER file system and support for user-mode <quote>vkernels</quote>.</para> @@ -1126,7 +1127,9 @@ <answer> <para>&arch.amd64; is the term &os; uses for 64-bit - compatible x86 architectures. Most modern computers + compatible x86 architectures, sometimes referred to + as <quote>x86-64</quote> by other operating systems. + Most modern computers should use &arch.amd64;. Older hardware should use &arch.i386;. If you are installing on a non-x86-compatible architecture select the platform @@ -1695,7 +1698,7 @@ <answer> <para>Yes. &os; divides support into multiple tiers. Tier 1 architectures, such as i386 or amd64; are - fully supported. Tiers 2 and 3 are supported on a + fully supported. Tiers 2 and 3 are supported on an if-possible basis. A full explanation of the tier system is available in the <ulink @@ -1721,7 +1724,8 @@ <para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel - with the <literal>options SMP</literal> feature enabled + with the <literal>options SMP</literal> option, enabled + by default, will automatically detect the additional logical processors.</para> @@ -3861,10 +3865,6 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> <command>more</command> session, <command>du</command> and <command>df</command> will agree.</para> - <para>Note that Soft Updates can delay the freeing of disk - space; you might need to wait up to 30 seconds for the - change to be visible!</para> - <para>This situation is common on web servers. Many people set up a &os; web server and forget to rotate the log files. The access log fills up <filename class="directory">/var</filename>. The new @@ -3873,6 +3873,10 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> restarting the web server program would free the file, allowing the system to release the disk space. To prevent this from happening, set up &man.newsyslog.8;.</para> + + <para>Note that Soft Updates can delay the freeing of disk + space; you might need to wait up to 30 seconds for the + change to be visible!</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -4239,7 +4243,9 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> <para>If you intend to use a full screen editor such as &man.vi.1; or &man.emacs.1;, you may also need to run - <command>export TERM=cons25</command> so that these editors + <command>export TERM=xterm</command> on &os; 9.0+, or + <command>export TERM=cons25</command> on &os; 8.X + so that these editors can load the correct data from the &man.termcap.5; database.</para> @@ -4358,9 +4364,12 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting> <answer> <para>Yes, &os; supports System V-style IPC, including shared memory, messages and semaphores, in the - <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. In a custom kernel, - enable this support by adding the following lines to your - kernel config.</para> + <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel. With a custom kernel, + support may be loaded with the <filename>sysvshm.ko</filename>, + <filename>sysvsem.ko</filename> and <filename> + sysvmsg.ko</filename> kernel modules, or + enabled in the custom kernel by adding the following lines to your + kernel config:</para> <programlisting>options SYSVSHM # enable shared memory options SYSVSEM # enable for semaphores @@ -5160,10 +5169,10 @@ EndSection</programlisting> <programlisting># Edit the existing entry for ttyv8 in /etc/ttys and change # "off" to "on". -ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure -ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure -ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure -ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure</programlisting> +ttyv8 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure +ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure +ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure +ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure</programlisting> <para>Use as many or as few as you want. The more virtual terminals you have, the more resources that are used; this @@ -5171,6 +5180,14 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" also want to change the <literal>secure</literal> to <literal>insecure</literal>.</para> + <note> + <para>Versions of &os; prior to 9.0 used the <quote> + cons25</quote> terminal type, and not <quote> + xterm</quote>. Existing entries in + <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> can be used on which to + base new additions.</para> + </note> + <important> <para>If you want to run an X server you <emphasis>must</emphasis> leave at least one virtual @@ -5186,18 +5203,18 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" allocation mentioned above and you wanted to run X, you would change settings for virtual terminal 12 from:</para> - <programlisting>ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure</programlisting> + <programlisting>ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure</programlisting> <para>to:</para> - <programlisting>ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure</programlisting> + <programlisting>ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure</programlisting> <para>If your keyboard has only ten function keys, you would end up with:</para> - <programlisting>ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure -ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure -ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure</programlisting> + <programlisting>ttyv9 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure +ttyva "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure +ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure</programlisting> <para>(You could also just delete these lines.)</para> @@ -5349,17 +5366,9 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" <para>If this happens, disable the synchronization check code by setting the driver flags for the PS/2 mouse driver to - <literal>0x100</literal>. Enter - <emphasis>UserConfig</emphasis> by giving the - <option>-c</option> option at the boot prompt:</para> - - <screen>boot: <userinput>-c</userinput></screen> - - <para>Then, in the <emphasis>UserConfig</emphasis> command - line, type:</para> - - <screen>UserConfig> <userinput>flags psm0 0x100</userinput> -UserConfig> <userinput>quit</userinput></screen> + <literal>0x100</literal>. This can be easiest achieved + by adding <screen>hint.psm.0.flags="0x100"</screen> to + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> and rebooting.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -5718,13 +5727,6 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Wo programs are now available in the &os; Ports Collection as <filename role="package">net/mrouted</filename>.</para> </note> - - <para>MBONE tools are available in their own ports category, - <ulink - url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/mbone.html">mbone</ulink>. - If you are looking for the conference tools - <command>vic</command> and <command>vat</command>, look - there!</para> </answer> </qandaentry> @@ -6038,9 +6040,7 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Wo <para>Every &unix; process is completely firewalled off from every other &unix; process. One process cannot modify the - address space of another. This is unlike &windows; where a - process can easily overwrite the address space of any other, - leading to a crash.</para> + address space of another.</para> <para>A &unix; process is owned by a particular userid. If the user ID is not the <username>root</username> user, @@ -6134,7 +6134,7 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Wo search the archives <ulink url="&url.base;/search/index.html">here</ulink> for an extensive discussion. A more fine-grained mechanism - is preffered.</para> + is preferred.</para> </warning> </answer> </qandaentry>
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