From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 06:25:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914C616A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:25:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from osiris.mundane.co.za (sdtn-9.netactive.co.za [196.22.173.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1073F43D2D for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:25:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from riaana@osiris.mundane.co.za) Received: from osiris.mundane.co.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osiris.mundane.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF536102 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:25:08 +0200 (SAST) Received: (from riaana@localhost) by osiris.mundane.co.za (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id j296P86C065643 for freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:25:08 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from riaana) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:25:08 +0200 From: Riaan Annandale To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050309062507.GB33484@za.tiscali.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD osiris.mundane.co.za 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE X-Class: Fast Precedence: special-delivery Subject: Hi All + Technical question X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 06:25:13 -0000 --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Everyone, I literraly juts signed on tho the list, and now it's time for some n00b qu= estions. I didn't know if I whould ask on the technical list seeing as IMHO this is = a pretty n00b question. See I've got quite an extensive linux background so I figured it can't be t= hat difficult on freeBSD. I've played around with BSD once or twice (back i= n version 3 and 4) but never for very long before giving up and moving back= to SuSE. However, this time I think i got the bull by the horns! I've migrated all m= y stuff from linux to BSD (workstation wise) there's just a couple of outst= anding issues. Ie. KDM/GDM needs to work properly, as other people use my m= achine for an X server. And i am currently still sorting out mailman with postfix. Which was my own= fault as to why it's not working. However, there are two things that are bugging me. Whenever I leave X, the = console seems to get darker, eventually I can't see it anymore, and have to= reboot to sort the problem out. I feel this could be video card related - = I have a GeForce 4 MX 420 with the latest NVidia drive. And I have disabled= the AGP, ACPI is also disabled otherwise X just hangs. So I was wondering if anyone has any clue as to what this might be? And second I dunno how many of you use gkrellm in windowmaker but, i can't = get it to appear on every work space. This I am sure, is a real dumb thing = on my part because i feel it must be something really simple. Other than that however, everything is going great!=20 Let me know if this is too technical for a newbie list so that I can put it= on the tech list too if need be. Thanks in advance! --=20 Riaan Annandale Engineering: Senior Systems Administrator Tiscali (PTY) LTD. INTERNET WITH A PASSION 42 Wierda Road West, Wierda Valley, Sandton Office : 0861 22 55 86 E-Mail : Riaan.Annandale@za.tiscali.com http://www.tiscali.co.za/ --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCLpbDJRggvz18KpsRAsZUAJ9rfWNas+wBEZwrZb1EHlPHxYohtACgiHXk 6gNBRni2KBhG46lVHYwCiog= =YZLN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--