Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:00:02 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: k.makisupa@sbcglobal.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Message-ID: <43471A12.8080107@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <1128719106.827.5.camel@localhost> References: <1128719106.827.5.camel@localhost>
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makisupa wrote: >Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a >bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using >6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi >card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4. Running gnome >2.12. >My newbie questions: > >1. I am pretty sure that FAM is not running. The newest version of the >package is installed. I followed the directions from the gnome FAQ and >the pkg_message. 'killall -HUP inetd' gives me 'no matching processes >were found.' > > > What does `ps -aux | grep inetd` tell you? Inetd doesn't run unless enabled in /etc/rc.conf... and IIRC (I've switched to xfce4 from Gnome2), fam runs from inetd, so that could be a root (no pun intended) cause of these issues, perhaps? IANAE.... >When i launch something like gnome-menu-editor i get a >'failed to connect to the FAM server' message in the terminal. >Similiarly, whenever i gedit a file su'd as root i get a >'gnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to the session manage: >authentication rejected, reason: None of the authentication protocols >specified are supported and host based authentication failed.' Please >help...its very annoying as the gnome does not update worth a damn as >you move, add, and delete files. I realize the instructions were for >gnome 2.10 and i probably missed something obvious. > >2. Is there a way to turn DMA on for a certain device or devices and >not every ATAPI drive? I got permissions and whatnot straight to allow >a users to mount CD/DVD drives -- my CD drive does not work correctly in >DMA mode. BUT, i will need DMA in order to play DVDs correctly (see >below). I passed the hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" option in my /boot/loader.conf >file. is there a option i can pass that only enables DMA on my acd1 >(dvd) and ad0 (hd) but NOT acd0 (CD)? > > > Hrm, I'm not much good from here out. I note that there are two sysctl's "hw.ata.ata.dma" and "hw.ata.atapi.dma", dunno if that'd help. Maybe see ata(4) for a little more detail. Being as the DVD and CD are on the same bus, I'd say it's not too likely, but, again, IANAE.... >3. DVD playback. Just trying to use the totem default in my gnome >install. I get a 'failed to retrieve capabilities of device /dev/acd1: >inappropriate ioctl for device'. I've googled the hell out of this and >came up with little helpful info. Any ideas? > >Thanks for your help. I think i'm doing fairly well for only running >BSD for a couple of days...but if i could get these minor things >straightened out i'd be set (and have a rockin' little laptop). FreeBSD >definately seems more intuitive than most of the linux distros i've >used... > >Thanks, > >Mak. > > Best o' luck, Kevin Kinsey
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