From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 16:05:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 381C816A44D for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:05:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1BDB43D54 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 16:05:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j4OG5vXm005388; Tue, 24 May 2005 11:05:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <4293506F.5040303@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:03:59 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: vdm.fbsd@virgilio.it References: <428BB4F80002D437@ims1d.cp.tin.it> In-Reply-To: <428BB4F80002D437@ims1d.cp.tin.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Articles, Tutorials & hardware setting in loader.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:05:59 -0000 vdm.fbsd@virgilio.it wrote: > As a newbye I just need a pointer, a hint to the following two subjects: > > 1) Where can I find a clear explanationt on how to use the many, multilingual > articles, books, tutorials and documentation coming with a standard 5.4 > version (in sgml format). In a nutshell, how can I obtain a "readable" article > or tutorial starting fron those files? Short answer: the handbooks, articles, and other things are generally found on http://www.freebsd.org/ (and its mirrors) in HTML for your ready access. The site search feature isn't ideal IMHO, but judicious use of it can turn up the article(s) you need in the language you prefer. Lots of pre-generated HTML is also in /usr/share/doc/en, though it may fall out of date compared to the web site. Long answer (if you really have your heart set on generating documents from the raw SGML): Read all about the Documentation Project and its Primer. http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/sgml.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/index.html (Also in /usr/share/doc/en/fdp-primer on your local system) Install ports/textproc/docproj > 2) Trying to solve a problem with my touchpad mouse I had to add hw.psm.flags="0x100" > into /boot/loader.conf. I tried hard googling to find a complete explanation > on those commands that I understand prevent from rebuilding kernels with > specific options, but I only met fragmentary stuff not a complete view on > the subject. Have you anything to suggest? Sorry, not my field. For best results, it is recommended that you not ask two unrelated questions in one post. If no one jumps on this one, try again. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348