From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 25 7:23:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freeside.fc.net (freeside.fc.net [207.170.70.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1A737B60C for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:23:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sescobar@hbcengineering.com) Received: from ausmail1.hbcengineering.com (130.adsl.fc.net [207.170.78.130] (may be forged)) by freeside.fc.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA57086 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:23:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: by 130.adsl.fc.net with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:24:35 -0500 Message-ID: <5F80BB2BE62AD211958000A0C9CFDCBD1836C7@130.adsl.fc.net> From: "Escobar, Sam" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: frustration Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:24:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="---- =_NextPart_001_01BFF644.0DE1E8C2" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_001_01BFF644.0DE1E8C2 Content-Type: text/plain I purchased the Walnut Creek CD-ROM set of four CDs and 1,000+ page book of 3.3 FreeBSD with much optimism last January or so. It is my hope to become a FreeBSD user and leave MS in the dust, but I am trying, with much, much frustration, to learn UNIX on my own, from scratch. A daunting task, I know. I have installed and uninstalled the system on my old HP computer (Pentium 75 with 32M ram) countless times because it seems the OS doesn't install properly. And, it always seems to install a little different from the last time. Applications that are supposed to be there are not sometimes, and are other times. But never the same thing twice. Very frustrating is an apparent inability on my part, or the installation's, to load KDE. When I review the contents of the 1st CD in MS Windows, KDE is plainly visible in the index, and contents, of the CD. However, KDE is nowhere in sight during installation, or post installation configuration of the system. My machine tells me that there is no such thing as KDE in the CD. All that is available to me is GNOME, but half of the time the files needed for the GNOME installation are not there, either. I have tried everything my lack of knowledge can muster, but to no avail. Also, I have been unable to set up PPD. I have read, reread, and done everything the book tells me to do, but NOTHING happens. Is it my machine. or the CDs? I have sent questions in, but never get an answer. It is my hope that I get one this time. HELP! Should I get another set of CDs, try it on another machine (which I don't have)? Sam Escobar ------ =_NextPart_001_01BFF644.0DE1E8C2 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable frustration

I purchased the Walnut Creek CD-ROM = set of four CDs and 1,000+ page book of 3.3 FreeBSD with much optimism = last January or so.  It is my hope to become a FreeBSD user and = leave MS in the dust, but I am trying, with much, much frustration, = to  learn UNIX on my own, from scratch.  A daunting task, I = know.  I have installed and uninstalled the system on my old HP = computer (Pentium 75 with 32M ram) countless times because it seems the = OS doesn't install properly.  And, it always seems to install a = little different from the last time.  Applications that are = supposed to be there are not sometimes, and are other times.  But = never the same thing twice.  Very frustrating is an apparent = inability on my part, or the installation's, to load KDE.

When I review the contents of the 1st = CD in MS Windows, KDE is plainly visible in the index, and contents, of = the CD.  However, KDE is nowhere in sight during installation, or = post installation configuration of the system.  My machine tells = me that there is no such thing as KDE in the CD.  All that is = available to me is GNOME, but half of the time the files needed for the = GNOME installation are not there, either.  I have tried everything = my lack of knowledge can muster, but to no avail.  Also, I have = been unable to set up PPD.  I have read, reread, and done = everything the book tells me to do, but NOTHING happens.

Is it my machine. or the CDs?  I = have sent questions in, but never get an answer.  It is my hope = that I get one this time.  HELP!  Should I get another set of = CDs, try it on another machine (which I don't have)?

Sam Escobar

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