Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:40:02 -0700 From: Derrick MacPherson <dmacpherson@mainframe.ca> To: jean-paul natola <jnatola@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE INSALL Message-ID: <1116355202.5421.90.camel@Mandarin-04.mainframe.ca> In-Reply-To: <BAY102-F5030D3E317F256F2DD289BC160@phx.gbl> References: <BAY102-F5030D3E317F256F2DD289BC160@phx.gbl>
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On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 14:38 -0400, jean-paul natola wrote: > Well since i'm totally new to this, I wanted some type of gui, > > the machine specs are 450 mhz with 256 ram > > so I guess I should remove the kde install?? > > I have verified my reverse DNS and it all checks out, and when I > subscribed I did get the confirmation request from the list and activated > it, all I have been receiving delayed delivery messages,,, > > > > > >From: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> > >To: jean-paul natola <jnatola@hotmail.com> > >CC: questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: KDE INSALL > >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:23:34 +0300 > > > >jean-paul natola wrote: > > > >>I ran make install clean for kde and after 4 days i *think* I'm almost > >>done,, > >> > >>I am now at a promt for GNU ghostscript drivers and have NO CLUE as to > >>what to select , my purpose for the FREEBSD install is to run mailscanner > >>, what should I select , if any, for the GNU ghostscritp driver > >>selection. > > > >If all you're concerned with is the mailscanner, it doesn't matter at all > >what you select here. Just accept the defaults. > > > >However, if all you're concerned with is the mailscanner, why are you > >installing KDE at all? Typical mail scanning software doesn't need KDE, and > >it sounds like you have a machine that is too slow anyway to run KDE in any > >usable manner (if 'make install' is still not done after 4 days). > > > >>PS ; any reason I would be unable to post from legitimate work email? > > > >Do you get an error message back when you try to post? I understand that > >FreeBSD.org's mail server only accepts messages from hosts that have proper > >reverse DNS defined. This may be your problem, or it may be something else > >:) Pretty much everything you will need/want to do, will be done through a shell, so you needn't use a gui
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