Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:29:02 +0200 From: Riaan Annandale <riaana@mundane.co.za> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi All + Technical question Message-ID: <20050309062902.GD33484@za.tiscali.com> In-Reply-To: <20050309062507.GB33484@za.tiscali.com> References: <20050309062507.GB33484@za.tiscali.com>
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--7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whoops! Sorry everyone! Please ignore, i found this on the list description: FreeBSD-Newbies is different. We don't ask for FreeBSD help or answer how-= to questions. It is a discussion forum for newbies. On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:25:08AM +0200, Riaan Annandale wrote: > Hi Everyone, >=20 > I literraly juts signed on tho the list, and now it's time for some n00b = questions. >=20 > I didn't know if I whould ask on the technical list seeing as IMHO this i= s a pretty n00b question. >=20 > See I've got quite an extensive linux background so I figured it can't be= that difficult on freeBSD. I've played around with BSD once or twice (back= in version 3 and 4) but never for very long before giving up and moving ba= ck to SuSE. >=20 > However, this time I think i got the bull by the horns! I've migrated all= my stuff from linux to BSD (workstation wise) there's just a couple of out= standing issues. Ie. KDM/GDM needs to work properly, as other people use my= machine for an X server. >=20 > And i am currently still sorting out mailman with postfix. Which was my o= wn fault as to why it's not working. >=20 > However, there are two things that are bugging me. Whenever I leave X, th= e 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 disabl= ed the AGP, ACPI is also disabled otherwise X just hangs. >=20 > So I was wondering if anyone has any clue as to what this might be? >=20 > 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 thin= g on my part because i feel it must be something really simple. >=20 > Other than that however, everything is going great!=20 >=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. >=20 > Thanks in advance! > --=20 > Riaan Annandale > Engineering: Senior Systems Administrator > Tiscali (PTY) LTD. > INTERNET WITH A PASSION >=20 > 42 Wierda Road West, Wierda Valley, Sandton > Office : 0861 22 55 86 > E-Mail : Riaan.Annandale@za.tiscali.com > http://www.tiscali.co.za/ ---end quoted text--- --=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/ --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCLpeuJRggvz18KpsRAraGAKDacnSmscHl+AQ/SuNPUeSwBcd58ACfVtms mMj8H7BRCvNg31EyExR7bgY= =cKZ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o--
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