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  1. spoon

    Any idea about "security/sudo" ?

    ee /usr/local/etc/sudoers look for: # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL below root line add: you ALL=(ALL) ALL Replace "you" with your username. You can find more info in man sudo, because i'm no expert...in anything.
  2. spoon

    how to start fvwm(or fluxbox)...

    don't forget to add: slim_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf to change slim settings (like theme, WMs, change shell cmds, etc...) edit /usr/local/etc/slim.conf
  3. spoon

    no su or usb mouse after upgrading to 8.0

    Hello all, I followed the directions sequentially on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html to update from 7.2-release to 8.0-release, and now i'm unable to su into root or even login to root directly, it's like the root user is completely inaccessible, but exists...
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    Screenshots

    He comes with wmdrawer, it's in the ports collection, but if you don't want to install that dock app, here is the beastie image that came with it: http://rapidshare.com/files/276510324/beastie.zip.html Just extract the image and then copy it to /usr/home/****/GNUstep/Library/Icons/ I used...
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    Screenshots

    Nothing special, think I went a little overboard with the dockapps though, oh well...
  6. spoon

    unable to connect to X server

    I remember updating hal then things started acting funny. I rebooted and was unable to get back into X...
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    unable to connect to X server

    I tried to booting into X via the startx command and received this error message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libdbus-1.so.3" not found, required by "X" giving up. xinit: Connection refused by (errno 61): unble to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error...
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    Sound card not detected... Help?

    Nevermind, I got it working.:stud Thank you for all your help as well as your patience, I wouldn't have been able to do it without you all.
  9. spoon

    Sound card not detected... Help?

    I ran ossmix and got this: # ossmix Selected mixer 0/Sound Blaster X-Fi (SB055x) Known controls are: play [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 14.4:14.4 dB) rec [<leftvol>:<rightvol>] (currently 14.4:14.4 dB) recsrc <mic|line|video|aux|none> (currently line) vmix0-enable ON|OFF (currently ON)...
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    Sound card not detected... Help?

    I got this error when I tried soundon: # soundon kldload: can't load /usr/local/lib/oss/modules/osscore.ko: File exists Loading the osscore module failed However, when I tried osstest I was able to hear a short piano song out of both my speakers. Does this mean the sound is working? Why did...
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    Sound card not detected... Help?

    I added the code to the rc.conf file using ee (pic below) and rebooted but still no sound.:( Below this sentence is the code from ossinfo; am I doing something wrong? # ossinfo Version info: OSS 4.1 (b 1052/200906060125) (0x00040100) BSD Platform: FreeBSD/amd64 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD...
  12. spoon

    Sound card not detected... Help?

    Oko, please calm down. Besides, there is no reason why you should be more upset than I am about my sound card not working.:\ I am in fact running FreeBSD and not PC-BSD. Below is a screen shot of FreeBSD detailing an error with the sound driver.
  13. spoon

    Sound card not detected... Help?

    Thanks for your help guys, but the OSS port doesn't work. I got this error: oss-4.1.b1052 is already installed You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. If you really wish to overwrite the old port of...
  14. spoon

    Sound card not detected... Help?

    Hello all, i'm very new(noob) to FreeBSD, an Ubuntu user, and former winblow$ user... Anyway who cares, on to my dilemma. I'm unable to get my SB X-fi sound card working. I tried setting up my sound card with "kldload snd_emu10k1" in the terminal, but then I get this error: "kldload: can't load...
  15. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    AH YES! it worked thanks guys :)
  16. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    I don't know as I can't get into the console. Also trying that keystroke didn't work. Any other suggestions?
  17. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    All that did was send me back to the same screen, after going blank for a few seconds :(
  18. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    Here is a video I also uploaded illustrating my problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jysQGLrvUYQ
  19. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    I tried "Ctrl+Alt+F1" no luck all it does is send me back to the same screen. :( Here are some screen shots of what it looks like: http://www.snapdrive.net/files/574231/vlcsnap-2507163.png http://www.snapdrive.net/files/574231/vlcsnap-2507836.png "are dbus and hald enabled in...
  20. spoon

    FreeBSD won't boot

    I was trying to get GDM to boot since I kept getting an error when executing "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure". So I edited the ttyv8 file manually with "ee", by replacing "off" with "on". After I did; I was unable to boot into KDE or even the prompt so I could correct my...
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