Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:08:17 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: sublist@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello Newbs Message-ID: <Sea1-F48VWDKpzxDPHp000010ce@hotmail.com>
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>Mike <sublist@comcast.net> wrote: > >I havn't seen any traffic on this list since I signed up for it so I >thought I >would send a message in a bottle and see what comes back.I have >been using >FreeBSD for a couple weeks and I really like it.I was using >Linux before so it >was not much of a shock making the switch.Actually I >still have linux on another >partition.I havn't booted it in a while >though.The only thing I havn't got >working yet is my usb quickcam >express.I am using cvsup to update my sources and >portupgrade to compile >the programs I am using.Last night I ran make world for >the first time.It >was pretty cool. > >Mike Hi mike, Welcome to the community. (Too many great things about FreeBSD to list here...) I mostly just wanted to add my own newbie experience from doing a make buildworld myself. While I thought everything had gone great throughout the process, I began to get some wierd errors from ipfw. (ipfw list caused a seg. fault, as did the security output for 'passwordless accounts'.) After learning far more than any newbie wants to about the files in /etc, I finally found the solution buried deep in the ipfw man page. (Most of the way towards the end, there's a little paragraph stating that you have to set IPFW2=TRUE in /etc/make.conf before running the buildworld.) It sounds like your right on track though. Good luck getting that quickcam up and running; and, good luck in all your endeavors. Happy Hacking, Clayton _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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