how to install the xfce4 desktop ?

2008-11-03 Thread elflord woods
hi all which package shall i install to automatically install all the dependencies ? thanks

4.4 sshd didn't start

2008-11-03 Thread elflord woods
hello i've just installed 4.4 and answered yes during installation for the default start of sshd yet the sshd didn't start after reboot and then i add enable_sshd=YES in /etc/rc.local but then it complains that it could not load host key i couldn't find documents on how to start the sshd service

Re: pkg_add interrupted by network dis connection, how to resume installation ?

2008-10-05 Thread elflord woods
thanks everyone i deleted the partial file in /var/db/pkg manually and it works fine On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:07 AM, elflord woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > hello all > > i was installing a package through pkg_add > during the installing of one of the depencies > the netwo

how to bring up wifi card automatically when boot

2008-10-04 Thread elflord woods
hi all for the moment i use sudo dhclient ipw0 to manually bring the wifi card how can i do this automatically each time i boot the machine ? i have no idea how to edit the start-up scripts thanks

pkg_add interrupted by network dis connection, how to resume installation ?

2008-10-04 Thread elflord woods
hello all i was installing a package through pkg_add during the installing of one of the depencies the network conection got lost so i cancled the installation when the connection comes back again i re pkg_add package but get an error conflict with partial pacakage i used pkg_info to see if the

Re: [OT] Can i connect two box directly using wireless cards ?

2008-05-25 Thread elflord woods
Thanks everyone i noticed on this page (http://openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless) that my card(ipw) can not be used as AP(access point) Does this matter ?

[OT] Can i connect two box directly using wireless cards ?

2008-05-25 Thread elflord woods
hi all I have two laptops running linux and openbsd, both with a working wireless card. I am wondering if i can connect these two computers directly and communicate between each other wirelessly I'm a network nut and have no idea if this is possible. Thanks

how to fire up an intel wireless card ipw0 on lenovo thinkpad x31?

2008-05-24 Thread elflord woods
hi all my tp x31 is well supported by the beloved openbsd according to http://www.openbsd.org/i386-laptop.html and in my dmesg i see that my card is recognized but the light indicator for wireless connection can not be turned on I've tried dhclient ipw0 no luck neither do i need some kind of firmw

is it possible to install matlab2008 on openbsd ?

2008-05-24 Thread elflord woods
hi all: i've installed the fedora_base and turned on linux emulation in the sysclt.conf and i've mounted my matlab disk but when i run install i get: Sorry ! We could not determine the machine architecture for your host You may be attempting to install on an unsupported OS Is there anythi