Forum: Everything BSD

ok can some1 explain to me why is RULE_NUMBER in ipfw importante. tanx

Also isn't there a program to port Linux programs to Mac BSD and use it on the mac.

I'm about to do an install of FreeBSD 5.4 this coming weekend on a system with Fedora2/winXP already installed. I plan to put the new install on the...

ok i have natd problems. i have read handbook and did as it said and its not working... amm i dont have a clue what went wrong so if somebady can...

At the login prompt, the characterset and customized keys works perfectly. But just when logged in, it is messed up. I can't find the cause of this....

-su-2.05b# cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-gtk -su-2.05b# make install clean ===> Installing for linux-gtk-1.2_5 ===> linux-gtk-1.2_5 depends...

i have problem with ipfw. i set ipfw to allow all form any to any but still i can't play age of empires 2 on the internet (with internet tcp/ip for...

Hello ! I need Help .. How To Install FreeBSD with Linux ? Thanks

got my hands on an old laptop and i've put freesbie on it just because it was quick and simple (i'm new to Unix and haven't had much experience with...

Hey everyone, What do I put in my fstab (or BSD equivalent...sorry, I am a BSD newb) to mount at boot a fat32 partition with read/write access for...

I gave NetBSD 2.0 another try last night and now it seems as though my ethernet card is unsupported. I uninstalled it just a bit ago and now FreeBSD...

Hello, I was trying to tune up my system, but I did a mistake on XF86Config file so X server is not working, it starts, but I have just a grey...

Anyone got links to some <beginner> source code examples using curses lib? (The reason I'm posting to this forum is my FreeBSD machine is the only...

Hi, i just installed 5.4 and the commands for configuring X on previous versions don't seem to work anymore. All i can get is a logon screen, when i...

Hello, I am trying to install Firefox from ports but I have an error from console that tellin that perl5.X is missing and the /var/db/pkg must...

How do I configure Gnome to start automatically with FreeBSD 4.11? If it can't start automatically then how can I start it manually? Do I have to...

w00t! I synced my sources and rebuilt the world, thanks to this great forum. Anyhoo I am running Beta 3 right now and I can't seem to grasp...

Hi folks, I have an old machine and always try to install OSS which can squeeze the most out of that machine, so I gave a try to Freesbie, lured by...

Even on the first install disk, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE won't get passed booting the kernel. It stops at: acd0&#58;CDRW <NEC CD-RW NR-9200A/1.01> at...

Would it be safe for FreeBSD and GNU/Linux to share /home and /usr/local?