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  1. macunkie

    Adding wireless to PPC 9.0 STABLE

    I did goto the port and did a "make install clean". It seemed to build fine. Just don't know if there is any other configuration that needs to be done besides adding to the loader.conf ? I'll do some more reading of the man pages for bwi, but so far I'm still in the dark looking for...
  2. macunkie

    Adding wireless to PPC 9.0 STABLE

    Still trying wireless on my powerbook Hope your still out there wblock in FreeBSD forum land somewhere. I finally got around to installing the "bwi" port and then adding to my /boot/loader.conf if_ath_load="YES" if_wi_load="YES" if_urtw_load="YES" if_bwi_load="YES" When I run the command I...
  3. macunkie

    Correct syntax for set PACKAGESITE

    Thank you again for all your great support !! The " " was what I was missing. Samuel.
  4. macunkie

    Correct syntax for set PACKAGESITE

    I've read over the handbook and have used different combinations of In my case I need to get to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/powerpc/packages-9-stable/Latest/ No matter how I attempt to input the set PACKAGESITE i get a syntax error ? Is there a way to set this auto in my...
  5. macunkie

    Software Update

    Still Trying to understand the 9.0 Stable Update options on a powerpc option Sir Dice was nice to offer the guide http://forums.FreeBSD.org/showthread.php?p=182681#post182681 There is so much material and trying to understand cvcup etc.... not sure what I need for 9.0 stable version ? All...
  6. macunkie

    Adding wireless to PPC 9.0 STABLE

    So at term # man bwi ? So are you running a ppc version of FreeBSD ? What port ?
  7. macunkie

    Adding wireless to PPC 9.0 STABLE

    Don't see an Aheros Card: Here is my output: localhost# pciconf -lv | grep -B3 network none0@pci1:0:18:0: class=0x028000 card=0x004e106b chip=0x432014e4 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller' class = network...
  8. macunkie

    Software Update

    I'm running 9.0 STABLE PPC and have issued portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap update When logged in as root in my Gnome 2 environment when attempting to "Software Update" it shows 353 updates available. When I try to "apply", it gathers information for a while then comes up with...
  9. macunkie

    Adding wireless to PPC 9.0 STABLE

    I've successfully installed 9-STABLE on my 15" Powerbook PPC. I successfully got Xorg up and running and after a week of a make install clean in the x11/gnome2 port I now have Gnome up and running. I'm able to connect to the web via ethernet and load a browser. Still need to install firefox...
  10. macunkie

    Need correct PACKAGESITE for pkg_add -r xorg

    Awesome! Thanks for the reply Dutch. The make rmconfig-recursive is a huge help for me. Thank you again, Samuel.
  11. macunkie

    Need correct PACKAGESITE for pkg_add -r xorg

    Thank you for the great resource. As a FreeBSD Newbie it helps HUGE. The nice thing is that my Install of 9.0 FreeBSD Stable on my old 15" PowerBook is a side project of "trial and error." Not being my main machine, I have no problem starting from a fresh install from disk and taking it one...
  12. macunkie

    Need correct PACKAGESITE for pkg_add -r xorg

    I have a prompt that ends with # i.e., localhost# An NO, I did not get any errors when I utilized the setenv PACKAGESITE environment variable. I did randomly successfully pgk_add -r xorg-cf-files.tbz It transferred, but as a "Newbie" I have no idea where it ended up? I have no idea what the...
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    Need correct PACKAGESITE for pkg_add -r xorg

    Yes I'm using setenv as root. I'm not sure about csh or tcsh? During my install I choose sh as my shell. I changed my setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/powerpc/package-9-stable/Latest/ where I can successfully connect with my MacBook Pro, but in the Latest directory...
  14. macunkie

    Need correct PACKAGESITE for pkg_add -r xorg

    I'm currently running 9.0-STABLE on a G4 PowerPC PowerBook. I was having a buggar of a time with my xorg 7.5.2 make and had errors. Newbie, so I tried searching how to clean the port with various options and decided to rm /usr/ports/xorg Now I'm attempting to setenv PACKAGESITE to the correct...
  15. macunkie

    Installing for xorg-driver-7.5.1 error

    Updating ports and attempting to utilize xorg-drivers-7.5.2.
  16. macunkie

    Installing for xorg-driver-7.5.1 error

    So I've discovered that the pipe has been broken for over a "year". So when compiling for xorg-drivers-7.5.1, is there a way to bypass the dependency of the /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/iput/citro_so? Is this a function of modifying the Makefile?
  17. macunkie

    Installing for xorg-driver-7.5.1 error

    I'm in the middle of installing xorg on a 9.0-STABLE PowerPC. I get the following error during my make install: Verifying install for /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/citron_drv.so in /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-citron xf86-input-citron-2.2.2_3 is marked as broken: does not compile. I'm...
  18. macunkie

    Unable to update system via Gnome Update

    OK to delete this post I'm doing a reinstall of gnome2 and reconfiguring. Live and learn ! x(
  19. macunkie

    Unable to update system via Gnome Update

    I'm assuming so because I'm logged in as "root" during Gnome "sign-in".
  20. macunkie

    Unable to update system via Gnome Update

    Well I finally got gnome2 up and running with my fresh (newbie) install of 9.0 for PowerPC. I'm attempting to do a software update and get the following error: The backend exited unexpectedly. This is a serious error as the spawned backend did not complete the pending transaction. I All...
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