From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 22:57:55 2004 Return-Path: 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 2854616A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:57:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD4AA43D54 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:57:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:00:28 -0500 Message-ID: <414625EF.2070407@daleco.biz> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:57:51 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040712 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: A W References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Sep 2004 23:00:29.0368 (UTC) FILETIME=[76D88B80:01C499E5] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:57:55 -0000 A W wrote: > hello i was wondering if u could answer the following questions > > 1) is it possible to have both freebsd 5.2.1 with KDE 3.1 and Windows > 98 on > the same Hard Disk. If yes how can i do this? > Yes, it's called "dual booting" by many people. I can't tell you how. AFAIK, it is not covered by the official documentation, either; I would imagine you could find some information by searching the web. > 2) can i run .exe files with KDE 3.1 because when i launch a .exe file > it asks > me what to program to use to it open with. I don't think this would be possible unless you use an emulator. The FreeBSD kernel and the windows kernel are not at all alike. VMWare is a noted emulator, and it is available [if you have the ports tree installed] at /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2. I know nothing about it, myself... > 3) im trying to run 256 color and 800x600 reolution hopefully 1024x780 > as well. But everytime > i configure th Xserver it always launch in 256 color 300x200. How can > i fix this so that it will > run the right resolution i want and the right color as well. And i > have asked this question > before but i just didn't quite understand the answers that came back. > > 4) Is it possible to run KDE in 16 bit color???? Because everytime i > run it in 16 bit color > it says there are no screens found. > You will need to give information on your video hardware and a "paste" of your XFree86 (or Xorg) config file. "No screens found" means that the X server cannot find a valid configuration to run with using the information in your configuration file (which, in XFree86, is generall /etc/X11/XF86config). You need the right values in several places in this file. IIRC, the handbook has a good description of what you need to do to configure XFree86, and a sample config file... > if you answer these questions can u please answer them clearly and > explain the way i > have to do the things thoroughly. Because i don't really like the fact > that i get answer > and i have no i idea how to do it or have no idea where to find it or > what command i > have to type, and have to reply just to ask how to. > > thank u and please don't find the last paragraph offensive Well, I don't guess that I do; you need to realize that there is a "learning curve" here, and you're going to have to spend a lot of time and do a good bit of reading to master the OS. FreeBSD is extremely powerful and flexible --- as a counterpart to this flexibility and power you get a system that isn't configured (perhaps) the way that you think it should be right "out of the box"... RTFM/STFW/ask good questions; pay Wisdom's price and you'll receive her rewards in due time... Kevin Kinsey