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    FreeBSD exasperation

    Believe me, the system is quite stable. I have been able to install and update just about everything. But I have now learned that there is nothing sacred about all the instructions in the handbook or in the advice on the forums. From years of trying to figure out what is wrong with the...
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    png blocks wm installs

    Wow, thanks for that. I am so used to just building ports and hitting myself over the head with a baseball bat. png installed fine and so did jwm. Now to see if all continues well.
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    png blocks wm installs

    I have been struggling to install a number of programs for several days and I keep getting stonewalled by png. Although I like and use png images, I have no need for the animated png or for png in this installation of FreeBSD 9.0. It has blocked a number of programs that I cannot begin to list...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    I am reinstalling all the ports on the earlier FreeBSD 9 machine. I followed the instructions in man portmaster and removed all and started to install what I really needed. All went well with samba36, apache22, phpMyAdmin, Xorg-drivers, Xorg minimal and nvidia-driver; then I try to install...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    I don't know what to say. I managed to install FreeBSD 9.0 without too much trouble. Still some minor glitches, but not insurmountable. Installed apache22, php5, Xorg, fluxbox, and finally firefox 10. I have not found the source of the problem on the first installation, but I have the...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    First, I want to express my gratitude for your (plural) patience in helping me. I seem to have opened a Pandora's box here; things are beginning to get interesting. I am no longer certain about the motherboard being the problem. I finally managed to install FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE (GENERIC) #0...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    Sorry, wblock, I am not that stupid. I actually tried changing cables and connections to the LANs without any improvement or change. Oh, yes, I believe that em0 and/or em1 should show up in the /dev directory as do the HDDs; I can't find them in /dev. I only connect one at a time, generally the...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    I have never, ever had a DNS problem before. I have always used manual addresses and never had a problem. Weird. I'll try another address as it may be related to using DHCP on some other computers on the local network; I'm using 192.168.0.77 and, if I recall correctly, the router may be...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    I gave up on KDE and Gnome years ago. Too bloated. I like the "KISS" principle. Doesn't always work, though. Well, I started out just great on my new installation. Looks like I can't get off home plate and first base looks light years away. I downloaded the FreeBSD 9.0 RELEASE boot disk. Burned...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    Dear friends, I have tried all I could to fix the problem; I know about packages and ports; I usually compile them unless they were huge and took an enormous time to compile on slower Pentium IV systems (like OpenOffice). I would then install the compiled version from their site. Always worked...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    Unixgod, thanks for the observations. The OC seems to be quite stable... I was running at 4.6gh before the board was replaced and it was not stable above that. After the board was replaced, I was surprised to see it go up to 4.7ghz. I do not do any fancy or complicated OC'ing... just the...
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    Thanks gkontos, I'll check that out. But I thought the ports were from STABLE repositories. I thought that all ports for version 9.0 release came from there.
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    anomie, these programs all wipe out during installation with errors that I have tried to follow up without success. The build times are ridiculously fast on all programs including php55, samba36 etc. Really, something like 3-4 minutes; I just watch the screen and get hypnotized. ;)
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    FreeBSD exasperation

    I am beginning to wonder if FreeBSD is not self-destructing. I used to be able to work with a number or previous releases, but as time wears on I am finding it more and more difficult to anything more than try to fix installations, ports, updates and weird unexplained or inexplicable messages...
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    g-vfs-done():ada2p2[READ...error=5

    I'm having some problems updating programs and am getting these error messages: g-vfs-done():ada2p2[READ .... ERROR=5 when trying to install or update graphics/png (for example) and on # shutdown -h now Repeated messages (ad nauseam): xhci=do_command: Command timeout I have run fsck -y in...
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    Can't install Firefox 10 from ports

    I too am having a problem with installing firefox 10. Installation halts when installing "gobject-introspection" and "cairo"; neither are installed. I would assume that any dependencies would be automatically installed as seems to be the usual procedure. I just use the Dutchman's "portupdater"...
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    samba or permissions problem

    That's what I would expect. But, I think I have circumvented this mystery: I think there may have been some kind of conflict between routers I was using. I normally use a D-Link DIR655 wireless; it is limited to 4 wired connections and I am now in need of a fifth (non-liquid), so I tried using...
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    non flash working on FreeBSD 9?

    Ooops! Those labels never did stick in my mind. Thanks both of you for responding. BTW, the file associations are under the Applications tab. On the FreeBSD 9 machine there are no installed plugins and the associations are minimal to say the least: just a couple of irrelevant entries. I...
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    samba or permissions problem

    I just changed the permissions on apache22/data to 0777 and now I can access. But this doesn't make sense: the FreeBSD 8.0 server is 0755 on the data directory and it works just fine. I am really puzzled why I have to run to the other machine and keep changing permissions.
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    samba or permissions problem

    Using samba 3.6.1 and freeBSD FreeBSD 9 CURRENT. I'm getting some weird access denials between win7 and FreeBSD 9 smb shares. On LAN, I have win7, FreeBSD 9 and FreeBSD 8.0. I am developing on win7 as I can't install eclipse or netbeans (don't have the time to play games chasing all the compile...
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