Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 20:05:07 +1100 From: "Geoff C. Marshall" <count@ozemail.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X, MAKEDEV Message-ID: <349F7EC3.A148337F@ozemail.com.au>
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I have recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 and then cvs'ed it
to 2.2-STABLE. I am quite impressed in a number of ways,
but of course, I have a few problems. If someone can help
I would appreciate it.
1. How do I force xdm to start in greater than 8-bit
colour ? Presumably I can edit out lower modes
in XF86Config, but that seems a little crude.
2. I have been trying to configure a sound device,
and I seem to have it right, but there is no
/dev/snd0 and "MAKEDEV snd0" produces nothing
but a small pause. What am I missing ?
What information can I supply ?
3. I like to use Netscape for mail and newsgroups,
but the version that comes with FreeBSD (the
latest according to Netscape) works only while
"online". I need to pick a utility to get my
newsgroups from an AT&T newserver. "slurp"
doesn't seem to work (for me), any particular
recommendatons ?
4. Never having uses Unix for WYSIWIG word
processing before, what is the best approach ?
Sorry about all this, really, but the wealth
provided with FreeBSD is a bit overwhelming.
Geoff....
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