Date: Sun, 11 Feb 96 20:22:45 -0600 From: Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: More Qs Message-ID: <199602120224.SAA29171@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Well, I have my networkability operational. I guess it pays to disable the
plug-n-play feature with the 3COM 3c509 cards.
I now have some more questions...
I recompiled my kernel...well, ok, I tried to recompile my kernel...I'm using
an IBM Personal Computer 350-P75 w/ 16MB RAM. Anyway, I thought that, since
I will be working with several machines locally, I would try and use the
PCVT console instead of the SCO console. So, I did, and the result was that
I couldn't get anything to work much at all. So, I guess I'm wondering if
the PCVT console works anything like the SCO console? Does it support the
ALT-F? multi-terminals? My big problem right now is that I need to have
my TERM set to vt??? in order to connect nicely with other machines. This
does not work, however, as the console is set to cons25. Now, I know I can
change this in the /etc/ttys files, but when I just do a TERM=vt220 from
the command line, I get garbage and have troubles doing much of anything.
In any case, if anybody could give me a couple pointers on this, or point
me towards the right documentation area, I'd be grateful.
Second, I got X-Windows up and running (*big sigh of relief*). However,
I would like to a) save my settings when I end an Xsession and b) would
like to be able to switch out of X-Windows to the command-line mode. Is
this possible? I currently have my kernel compiled for Xserver and I
have the xdm -nodaemon line in my /etc/ttys file for ttyv4. Also, do I
have to customize the X environment manually, or is there a pop-up
program for doing that? Also, what other features are handy? Again,
even if someone could point me to soe good documentation (and I apologize
for not reading the online docs, but I'm to that frustrated, burn-out
point right now).
Finally, I would like to use the sysinstall package in order to read the
online help, etc. However, when I cd to the /stand directory and try to
execute the sysinstall program, I end up with an error saying that there
is a '(' missing somewhere. Any ideas on what this error is referring to?
Thank you for your sufferance and help!
Sincerely,
Benjamin Tomhave
Luther College
Decorah, IA 52101
tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu
(and, as soon as I can get an mx record setup, falcon@defiant.luther.edu)
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