From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 6 19:38:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.rdc-kc.rr.com (mkc-162-200.kc.rr.com [24.94.162.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2383337B400 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 19:38:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from foobar (mke-65-31-92-20.wi.rr.com [65.31.92.20]) by smtp1.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g472caw8028788; Mon, 6 May 2002 21:38:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Nick Lozinsky" To: "'Luke Downey'" , Subject: RE: New to *nix, having some hiccups :-) Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 21:38:41 -0500 Message-ID: <000701c1f570$4ed88700$145c1f41@wi.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Alright, I'm totally new to FreeBSD (pfft, to any *nix environment for > > > that > matter :-D), and I'm having a few problems that I'd like to work out. > > > I'll > appreciate any help anyone can give me, and I'm just glad that there's so > many people here to help out. > > Anyway, down to the nit and grit... > > 1) I've got a Logitech USB iFeel mouse, and I'm not sure how to get it > working. From the graphical XFree setup screen, none of the mouse > > > > > protocols > work (not even the Logitech one), I have no idea how to get it working. > Basically a step-by-step is what I'm looking for on this one since I'm > dumbfounded by the new OS structure and everything ;-). Read the Handbook and use google.com to look for USB config. help. It's a matter of including a few things in the kernel and rebooting. > 2) I've also got a Logitech USB iTouch keyboard, which does not want to > > work > in USB. It's got a PS/2 plug which is what I've been using, but if I use > the USB plug it just won't work (I was just thinking of the USB Legacy > support in BIOS, but I think I have that on already, anyway I'll go check, > but even still I'd like to get it working natively). Same thing. > 3) FreeBSD does not support my NIC. However, there is a Linux driver for > it, so I was wondering if it'd be possible (Linux binary compatibility > > > help > here?) to use that driver. It's the Linksys WMP11 wireless card. Check the LINT file. > 4) I have a Radeon 8500 graphics card. X doesn't support this yet, but I > was wondering if the Rage 128 driver (most current ATI driver listed) > > > would > work well enough that I could at least get higher resolution and/or color > depth. I think the new XFree86 4.2 supports this card. > 6) > > a. How can I customize the boot manager (it's listing Windows 2000 just as > "???" on the boot menu, just a little cosmetic thing here, not major :-D) > b. Can FreeBSD mount NTFS partitions (the aforementioned Windows 2000 > partition)? You can use Windowz's boot loader to do that. And yes, FreeBSD does support NTFS partitions. > Again, thanks in advance, and if anything here is really obvious, just > > > shoot > me ;-). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message