Network adapter

2003-03-12 Thread R S
Does it matter that my network adapter is ed1? Should it be ed0? During boot, I keep getting the "ed0 device not configured".why? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com To Unsubscrib

post install issues (Network card)

2003-03-10 Thread R S
I've recently installed FBSD on a Sony VAIO laptop. I have a Kingston Network pc card installed. The install goes fine, but can someone tell me why: 1. during the network interfaces configuration the pc card is noticed as ed1 instead of ed0? Shouldnt it be ed0. or does it matter? 2. af

test

2003-03-10 Thread R S
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logitech usb mouse and thumb button

2003-02-21 Thread c a r s t e n
is there any way to get the thumb button on certain logitech mouseman products enabled, and made to be the back button in mozilla? i have this setup in win2k and am finding it hard to live without in freebsd 4.7. i did manage to get the wheel middle button working as the scroll button, but then

Verizon DSL & FreeBSD?

2003-02-21 Thread R S
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Re: Help! Installation Question

2003-02-14 Thread c a r s t e n
| > I am having trouble installing the 5.0 release FreeBSD. I am | > installing it to its own machine and I have completed the | > following steps. I do not have a bootable CD Rom drive (though | > I do have a CD Rom burner), so I have been planning to install | > from discs. So far I have: |

Re: Mozilla focus problems (was Re: The ongoing saga of getting DSL up and running... ping: sendto: Permission denied)

2003-02-13 Thread c a r s t e n
| > now i just have to figure out why mozilla 1.3a (sometimes?) won't | > take keystrokes in the url entryfield, and in forms as well. | | I've been having the same problem. What WM do you use? I use | enlightenment. I haven't made a big stink about it because I | discovered that if I min

Re: The ongoing saga of getting DSL up and running... ping: sendto: Permission denied

2003-02-13 Thread c a r s t e n
| As root, type "ipfw show" | If this lists rules, you may have inadvertently set yourself up | with a "deny all" firewall. [...] | If this is the case, I'd put in rc.conf: | firewall_enable="YES" | firewall_type="OPEN" | which is a quick fix for the issue. ah! i had no idea that the firewa

The ongoing saga of getting DSL up and running... ping: sendto: Permission denied

2003-02-13 Thread c a r s t e n
i seem to have managed to get my DSL connection established with ppp, finally. the german T-Online how-to page got me up and running with that. when i dial in with ppp, i get a PPP prompt, ie. all caps, which i presume means that i have a functioning connection. now i just have to figure out wh

getting DSL working

2003-02-10 Thread c a r s t e n
okay, retrying with no mime attachments. blew a synapse. i have installed FreeBSD 4.7, customised X a bit, installed xmms from a port to start getting used to the system, and now i am ready for a bigger challenge: an internet connection. i have the handbook, and have read and executed the secti

why do port installation attempts ignore my cd? (freebsd 4.7)

2003-02-09 Thread c a r s t e n
disclaimer: i am a freebsd newbie. although i have installed and used linux in the past, and work daily on unix at work, i have little sysadmin experience. although in the manual it mentions that ports such as kermit cannot be included on the cd, it seems that ports which i think should be on t