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Forum Rules and Guidelines (REQUIRED READING)
This forum contains the Rules and Guidelines governing the FreeBSD Forums.
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Latest: Do not post METIN / METIN2 topics on these forums! SirDice, Dec 27, 2016 -
News and Announcements
Important information related to FreeBSD Forums and the FreeBSD project.
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Blogs and Newsfeeds
External blogs and news articles regarding FreeBSD in general; imported 'as is'
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Latest: FreeBSD.org's "New to FreeBSD?" button hides production 10.3's link Snurg, Jan 9, 2018 at 9:11 AM
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General
General questions about the FreeBSD operating system. Do not post questions that belong in a more specific category.
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Latest: What to backup? Sensucht94, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:31 PM -
Installing and Upgrading FreeBSD
Installing and upgrading the FreeBSD base system. Do not post questions about ports or packages here.
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Latest: Install different FreeBSD versions on separate partitions (GPT/EFI)? JAW, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:42 AM -
System Hardware
Internal storage, motherboards, PCI cards, stuff inside the case.
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Latest: Savecore rebooting issue. manilaboy1vic, Jan 13, 2018 at 6:20 PM -
Peripheral Hardware
Stuff that plugs in via USB, FireWire, eSATA, PS/2, etc.
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Storage
Place to ask questions about partitioning, labelling, filesystems, encryption or anything else related to storage area.
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Latest: ctl fibre channel LUNs not seen by qlogic bios fraveydank, Jan 12, 2018 at 10:39 PM
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Installation and Maintenance of Ports or Packages
Installing and maintaining the FreeBSD Ports Collection or FreeBSD Packages (i.e. third party software).
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Latest: Virtualbox-OSE 5.2.4 build fails talsamon, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:45 AM -
Porting New Software
Having trouble or general questions about porting software to FreeBSD? Ask here.
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Latest: Asterisk 15.1.2 & pjproject-2.6 SirDice, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:36 AM
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Latest: KDE not starting Paul Floyd, Jan 13, 2018 at 1:38 PM
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Latest: Xorg on FreeBSD 11.1 with ZFS tankist02, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:12 PM
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Mobile Computing
This forum discusses issues related to running FreeBSD on notebooks, laptops, and other mobile equipment.
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Latest: How to make the laptop sleep when lid is closed Sensucht94, Jan 11, 2018 at 7:51 PM -
Multimedia/Gaming
Having problems with gaming or with running your new shiny and blinking gadget or watching DVDs, listening to CDs etc.?
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Latest: TVheadend 4.2.5 balanga, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:05 AM
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Web and Network Services
Discussion related to network/web services such as Apache, BIND Sendmail, etc.
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Latest: website no longer logging errors dpalme, Jan 13, 2018 at 9:01 PM -
Networking
Network related discussions (including general TCP/IP stuff, routing, etc).
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Latest: l2tpd troubleshooting on FreeBSD 11.1 mzs47, Jan 13, 2018 at 12:11 PM -
Latest: pf ignoring rules - unable to do zone transfers Eric A. Borisch, Jan 13, 2018 at 6:03 AM
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Embedded
Having questions related to ARM/MIPS and other embedded devices which are not desktops and which usually serve a single purpose such as routers, switches, PDAs, etc?
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Latest: No packages available for armv7? 32 and 64-bit modes? Phishfry, Jan 13, 2018 at 6:13 AM -
Other Architectures
FreeBSD on Alpha, PC98, PowerPC or Sparc64. This forum is also for questions related to porting FreeBSD to new architectures.
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Latest: raspbsd on pi3 with a 1024x768 8" monitor spilling over screen. Sensucht94, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:57 PM
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FreeBSD Development
Kernel development, writing drivers, coding, and questions regarding FreeBSD internals.
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Userland Programming and Scripting
C, C++, Python, Perl, Shell, etc.
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Latest: linux includes doughy, Jan 13, 2018 at 11:01 PM
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Off-Topic
Have some non-FreeBSD related questions, or want just to chit-chat about anything that is not related to FreeBSD? This is the forum for you. Note: this is NOT a forum for technical questions about non-FreeBSD operating systems!
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Latest: How to create fixed size image From a tex file sw2wolf, Jan 14, 2018 at 12:57 AM -
Howtos and FAQs (Moderated)
Would you like to share some of your solutions for certain problems? Tips or tricks? Post here. All new topics are automatically moderated. This forum is not for asking questions!
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Latest: installDesktop script (pkg, x, de, basic applications) broozar, Jan 11, 2018 at 11:25 PM
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