Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 15:08:28 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrade 2.2-BETA -> GAMMA Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.95.970208142013.380C-100000@localhost>
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I did a PPP over modem upgrade last night and except for a few minor `annoyances' it was flawless. :) Kudos: While the 2.2-GAMMA Site wasn't found I was able to then select ftp.freebsd.org without having to reenter net info and reestablish the PPP link. Since I usually just start these and go to bed, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I did not have to start the day merging old and new /etc files. (With two exceptions.) So far, /etc seems just fine. Ooops: There still doesn't seem to be a way to tell sysinstall that the cmos clock is set to local time, and wall_cmos_clock was not brought back from the preserved /etc directory. I'd like to have my clock set to GMT but, to support the lusers, I have to have that collection of CPU instructions that wishes it was an OS on the machine. You know the ones that think the prime meridian and the center of the universe are in Redmond. My /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file was totally overwritten before a backup copy was made (by sysinstall, I had one :}). With XWindows 3.2 my mouse was set to /dev/mouse. Except for some weirdness with Netscape scroll bars the mouse was fine with moused running. Now, with X set for /dev/mouse or /dev/cuaa1 the pointer is frozen in the center of the screen, with that mouse set to /dev/sysmouse the pointer stays in the upper left corner. Moving the mouse pulls it away but it immediately returns, and motion is occasionally interpreted as a button click. moused and X seem to have become xor. :( Overall this was the most painless upgrade yet, and if a fresh install is similar it should make things much easier for new users. I'd like to thank the core team and all the contributors for their time and efforts in making FreeBSD the outstanding operating system it is, and for all of the knowledge that they have shared in the various mailing lists in newsgroups. Jack -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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