Forum: FreeBSD

Who creates the /tmp/.X11-unix directory, and why? I'm not running x-anything on my system, but there's a directory out there that was touched a...

Hi, I am using a very vanilla XFree86 installation on fbsd 5.3. I am using ratpoison as my window manager. If I highlight text in an xterm,...

I'm trying to watch some movies from archive.org, but I'm not familiar with the correct process. I installed xine and avifiles, but they can't...

I've tried installing Matlab 13 on FBSD5.3 according to the handbook but I can't get it to work. This is pretty annoying since it cost a lot of...

Hello list, I am getting a warning message during configuration of X.Org under FreeBSD 5.3: XKB rules file '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/' not...

I'm running both 4.8 and 5.3 on two different boxes in my office. Both have specified in rc.conf their hostname and default router (a win xp box...

I get an e-mail like the following every eleven minutes on my test system: ================================================================= ...

I have a few threads that might need as long as a minute or more to complete and terminate. If they exceed an arbitrary time, they can be...

Ok, I have FreeBSD 5.3 with PF. How to share connection from a routeur with only one network card ? My network is like that: Internet...

I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to an AMD 64, and replacing the graphics card, without buying a new hard disk. Has anyone...

Hi, I'm running 5.3 STABLE. I need to change the MAC address of my PC. I know it can be done like this: ifconfig rl0 ether...

Hi, Sorry if this is dumb question. I have a new install of FreeBSD on a single IDE drive. I have backed this up so I am not too concerned...

Hello guys ! I'm on a LAN which has the ftp port blocked. Is there any chance for me to install aplications from ports ? Thank you ! ...

I'm currently struggling with the Xfce environment and I'd like to install Firefox, but neither the Firefox site nor anywhere else I've looked thus...

Hi folks, I would test openvpn with bridging options, then I need a tap interface. I've compiled my kernel with device tap then 'kldload...

I've looked everywhere and i can't seem to find anything. If I build software from source, when i do make install, I would like to be able to set...

I've gotten two messages like the ones below today on my production server (5.3-RELEASE): messages:Feb 27 14:48:17 freebie kernel: ad10: TIMEOUT...

This is the rule i presently have in my ppp.conf file nat port tcp 10.100.6.10:6881-6999 6881-6999 What im wanting to change without the need...

hi all... i've been waiting for long time to start using open office.... tested it a long time ago on linux but didn't have enough patience to...

Hi folks, I've a mobo GA-7VT880 (Gigabyte with VIA KT880 chipset), and for monitoring the temperatures I've to use healthd or lmmon with SMB...