FreeBSD 6.0 is here!

[berVi]

Hey everybody, check out this link!;)

ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.0/

[lxuser]

Just installed the new 1.0rc on a spare laptop I had.
# model: hp pavilion ze4427sm. (AMD Athlon)
I got so sick of XP. It's was to slow on it, big memory hog.
I'm really happy with the new PCBSD 1.0rc. Just adding the finishing touches to it.

#update: Reformed the 30gb drive.
XP on C:\ (?aprox.20,000gb)
PCBSD on free space.
Used PCBD boot loader. Default login (F1) Windows XP.
(F2) PCBSD (?aprox.10,000gb)
2/3rd for windows & 1/3rd for PCBSD.

Still works great! Having fun...

[berVi]

Just installed the new 1.0rc on a spare laptop I had.
# model: hp pavilion ze4427sm. (AMD Athlon)
I got so sick of XP. It's was to slow on it, big memory hog.
I'm really happy with the new PCBSD 1.0rc. Just adding the finishing touches to it.

#update: Reformed the 30gb drive.
XP on C:\ (?aprox.20,000gb)
PCBSD on free space.
Used PCBD boot loader. Default login (F1) Windows XP.
(F2) PCBSD (?aprox.10,000gb)
2/3rd for windows & 1/3rd for PCBSD.

Still works great! Having fun...
i'm glad u like it. accidentally i dont have so much luck with rc1. i installed it on my notebook, setted up network and some misc options (no numlock, alt+f2 key command, thats all), rebooted, and now it doesnt want to run. arghh!

[berVi]

i've realised whats the matter.

something's wrong with the network manager. i donno what. i'vre reinstalled pcbsd several times, after setting up network with network manager, it doesnt boot up anymore. so i setted it up with sysctl...
now pcbsd works nicely. some interesting issues:

- altering the fstab is useless; after reboot, the original version comes back
- i edited xf86config, but no joy, still 1024x768... (i have a 1280x800 display)
- ports doesnt seem to function. i tried to install the anjuta package, but it hung up, so i had to interrupt it. after re-running pkg_add, it seemed to do nothing.

apart from these, the system works well. i installed qt designer on it; the install was successful, which i didnt expect coz as far as i can remember i haven't installed any other package succesfully beside this one. an interesting thing is that the packed installer is only 11 mb - after configure, make, make install the directory is about 670mb!

if i can learn more about c programming and qt, im gonna develop a frontend for yasuc - and create a pbi, too, if possible. the basic ui is already done.

finally, the unavoidable thing: keep up the good work, kris! :-)

[Solarin]

- altering the fstab is useless; after reboot, the original version comes back

You need to edit the fstab.orig file in /PCBSD/conf to make your changes permament.

- i edited xf86config, but no joy, still 1024x768... (i have a 1280x800 display)

Are you sure you've added the correct modelines? No problems running any resolutions here on my multiple monitor setup.

- ports doesnt seem to function. i tried to install the anjuta package, but it hung up, so i had to interrupt it. after re-running pkg_add, it seemed to do nothing.

Ports is working great here. How did you install the ports tree?

apart from these, the system works well. i installed qt designer on it; the install was successful, which i didnt expect coz as far as i can remember i haven't installed any other package succesfully beside this one. an interesting thing is that the packed installer is only 11 mb - after configure, make, make install the directory is about 670mb!

Just a note, qt designer is standard on all installations, you don't need to install it.

What did you do using the network manager that made your system unbootable? Do you have any dmesg or log files which could help in finding the problem? If we can't reproduce a problem, it's very hard to fix it.

[berVi]

You need to edit the fstab.orig file in /PCBSD/conf to make your changes permament.
hmm.... sounds a bit non-standard... thanks for the info anyway...


Are you sure you've added the correct modelines? No problems running any resolutions here on my multiple monitor setup.
yea, first i deleted all other modes and entered "1280x800" only. reboot, and 1024x768 again. then i added other modes too, both in 24 bit and 16 bit color depth. i have an ati vga, couldnt this be the problem?

Ports is working great here. How did you install the ports tree?
su
cvsup /root/ports-supfile
then setenv pkgurl ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages
pkg_add $pkgurl/devel/anjutaxx.tbz

Just a note, qt designer is standard on all installations, you don't need to install it.
im so silly...........

What did you do using the network manager that made your system unbootable? Do you have any dmesg or log files which could help in finding the problem? If we can't reproduce a problem, it's very hard to fix it.
i setted up ip address, gateway and nameserver.
the boot process stops at "starting sshd". and thats pointless, i thought theres sg wrong with sshd, but if i run the network manager only after disabling it, then it stops with something else. no, i dont have dmesg, coz i cant do anything at that point. only restart helps.
by the way, the ip address field works a bit confusing. the characters move, and if i enter only 1 number between two ., i dont know which place to use.

[sblevin]

yea, first i deleted all other modes and entered "1280x800" only. reboot, and 1024x768 again. then i added other modes too, both in 24 bit and 16 bit color depth. i have an ati vga, couldnt this be the problem?

If there is a file called /etc/X11/xorg.conf on your system it will over ride anything in /etc/X11/XF86Config - worth checking that and try renaming xorg.conf to something else. If your XF86Config is dodgy though X will not restart..

[berVi]

If there is a file called /etc/X11/xorg.conf on your system it will over ride anything in /etc/X11/XF86Config - worth checking that and try renaming xorg.conf to something else. If your XF86Config is dodgy though X will not restart..
no, theres only one file in /etc/X11, XF86Config.