Re: FreeBSD & IBM Thinkpad - What Model to Choose?

[Martin Smith]

herbert langhans wrote:

Hi Daemons,
I bet there are FreeBSD-on-Thinkpad users out there. I need some help..

At the moment I search for a laptop, a used model from auction sites, 
preferably an IBM Thinkpad. There is a huge number of different models, even a 
Wiki with all the specs. But all the info doesn't help me to decide what model 
works best for me with FreeBSD. I also have no idea if the BSD drivers work out 
of the box. No dual boot required - I'll dump the Windows stuff.

The model I search for is a cheap low-end type. Small harddisk is fine too, it even can be slow - I use mostly vim, fluxbox, a few small gtk-ports and even get by with a text browser like lynx. 


Otherwise I would really reqire the Thinkpad to be slim and have some kind of 
low power consumption (this depends on the kind of processor I guess - I have 
no clue what processor is a good choice). And an opportunity to use a 
PCMCIA-Card for a Wifi connection (and drivers for them!).

Do you have any good/bad experiences with certain IBM Thinkpads?
Is there any special model (line) I should look for?
Are there any options I should look for or avoid (no BSD drivers available i.e)?


I run stable and current on an X23, which is abt 866Mhz P3 with 640Mb ram,
it is remarkably fast for it's spec, it will run gnome but is best with 
windowmaker.

Also very easy to swap the hd over, takes just over one minute.
It has one pcmcia slot in which I have a TP-LINK cheapo atheros based 
wireless card,
works very well on stable, not with current, but I still expect it to 
eventually.

Highly recommended.

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Re: Apache errors.

[Martin Smith]

Armin Pirkovitsch wrote:

Hi!

Have you tried to recompile the port from which that library came?
(pkg_info -W /usr/local/lib/libavahi-common.so.3 should help you finding
the correct port if you do not know which port that is)

Armin


On Sun 03 May 2009, Jeff Molofee wrote:


Just started getting this.. can anyone tell me how to fix it?

Performing sanity check on apache22 configuration:
httpd: Syntax error on line 104 of /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf: 
Cannot load /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dnssd.so into server: 
/usr/local/lib/libavahi-common.so.3: Undefined symbol 
"libintl_bindtextdomain"


Now I have the same problem so I went to recompile avahi-app, did rmconfig
and then make config, it said no user config options, or something very 
similar.

So where to now?

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Re: OSX mount UFS

[Martin Smith]

Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:

Hi,
I apologize for this diversion of topic. I format a external HD by
BSD and move files to it. When trying to read it on OSX, it wouldn't
recognize. Googling it didn't help much. I wonder if people here and
lend a hand. Thanks!!


Well, how is it formatted, ufs?, msdos?
When you attach it to your OSX machine, have a look at the console messages
and have a look at man mount on that machine too, that should sort it 
for you.




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