Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread RW
On Sunday 09 April 2006 20:38, infernus - Bluelight wrote: > I was thinking about setting up a FTP and Apache server +mail maybe.. > But now when I see this black screen and don't have a clue on what to > do, or how to do enything.. > I feel the hope is dripping into the sink! Several people have

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
rehash? Cool, thanks, that'll be useful if I have to reinstall in the future. At some point does this automatically get run after ports are built? I knotice things get rehashed automatically after my first few port builds, it's only the first few that cause the problem. (I usually do bash, links/ly

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
I appologize is this stuff is too basic for you, but it sounds as if you need a crash course in Unix basics, not just FreeBSD. This will tell you how to do the basics. My suggestion is to go to the library and pick up some books on Unix use/administration and/or FreeBSD. O'Reily makes some nice st

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread offbyone
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $| What you are looking

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Duane Whitty
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $| -

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread David Stanford
Ivan, Yes, you are a newbie as many of us are (including myself ;). You have already gotten some pretty good responses pointing you in the right direction to correctly set up a graphical desktop, such as the ones you saw in the screenshots. However, what the responses have not mentioned, and I thi

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Dennis Olvany
infernus - Bluelight wrote: How do I enter some kind of interface, or desktop, like on the screenshots? Is there a web-site or enything with tutorials explaining how to do all this.. 1) Install xorg. If you chose an x installation, such as x-user, then you can skip this step. To see what's alre

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Demian
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $| -

Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread infernus - Bluelight
Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $| - I just tested some commands

Re:I am Newbie HELP

2005-07-18 Thread Victor Watkins
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 12:00 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been trying to install freeBSD on a my system .I do not >understand the installation Process , If someone can make a easy to >follow setup ,I would be very HAPPY .I want a kde desktop .it will > be >on a 6 gig partitio

Re: I am Newbie HELP

2005-07-17 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 7/17/05, SHAUN PASAY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have been trying to install freeBSD on a my system .I do not >understand the installation Process , If someone can make a easy to >follow setup ,I would be very HAPPY .I want a kde desktop .it will be >on a 6 gig partition sha

I am Newbie HELP

2005-07-17 Thread SHAUN PASAY
I have been trying to install freeBSD on a my system .I do not understand the installation Process , If someone can make a easy to follow setup ,I would be very HAPPY .I want a kde desktop .it will be on a 6 gig partition sharing the hard drive with xp pro and i would prefer a boot mana

Re: Newbie Help: IP firewall configuration

2005-02-04 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:32:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > # Allow out access to my ISP's DHCP server for cable or DSL > > networks. > > # This rule is not needed for 'user ppp' type connection to the > > # public Internet, so you can delete this whole group. > > # Use the following ru

Newbie Help: IP firewall configuration

2005-02-04 Thread crzdgns1
Hello, I am a UNIX/FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE newbie. I have posted several times to freebsd-newbies, but I think this question will get better reception here. I have installed Free-BSD-5.3-RELEASE full base installation with X. I am currently trying to configure my firewall. I have followed the

RESOLVED: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking.

2004-04-12 Thread Lisa
This has been resolved. Thank you to everyone for your amazing patience and assistance. I really appreciate it. =) -Lisa www.lisa-jill.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, s

Re: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking.

2004-04-12 Thread albi
On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:38:03 -0400 "Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not currently have a /etc/resolve.conf - is it safe for me to > just create that? without a valid /etc/resolv.conf no internet (surfing) is possible (unless you use ip-addresses by heart e.g.) if you want to surf the int

RE: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking.

2004-04-12 Thread Lisa
D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:29 PM To: Lisa Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking. Lisa wrote: >Greetings all, > >It has been a long time since I worked with any unix, and I had a spare

Re: Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking.

2004-04-12 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Lisa wrote: Greetings all, It has been a long time since I worked with any unix, and I had a spare pc laying around that hadn't been on in months, so I decided to toss freebsd onto it. The installation went smoothly and I've got it up and running. My next goal is to get it's internet access work

Newbie help: domain name servers and (inter)networking.

2004-04-12 Thread Lisa
Greetings all, It has been a long time since I worked with any unix, and I had a spare pc laying around that hadn't been on in months, so I decided to toss freebsd onto it. The installation went smoothly and I've got it up and running. My next goal is to get it's internet access working flawless

Re: newbie help, bad kernel?

2002-10-17 Thread mprime
> >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel boot: OR every other time it says something to the effect of "cant load kernel" and "cant load kernel.old" type help for a list of commands. I told the BIOS to look at the CD drive first hoping it would boot from the CD but that doesnt work

Re: newbie help, bad kernel?

2002-10-17 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-15 17:18:51 -0400: > Help I was installing from a cd and the system locked up I rebooted > and the screen says: > > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel > boot: > > OR every other time it says something to the effect of "cant load > kernel" and "cant

newbie help, bad kernel?

2002-10-17 Thread mprime
Help I was installing from a cd and the system locked up I rebooted and the screen says: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel boot: OR every other time it says something to the effect of "cant load kernel" and "cant load kernel.old" type help for a list of commands. I told the BIOS to