The FreeBSD Forums

  1. The FreeBSD Forums

    1. 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
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    2. News and Announcements

      Important information related to FreeBSD Forums and the FreeBSD project.
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      Latest: New Administrator DutchDaemon, May 5, 2017
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    3. Blogs and Newsfeeds

      External blogs and news articles regarding FreeBSD in general; imported 'as is'
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      Latest: July-September 2017 Status Report admin, Jan 13, 2018 at 4:02 AM
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    4. Feedback

      Share your ideas, questions or suggestions with us here.
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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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  2. Base System

    1. 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
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    2. 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
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    3. 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
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    4. Peripheral Hardware

      Stuff that plugs in via USB, FireWire, eSATA, PS/2, etc.
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      Latest: USB Keyboard not working properly (11.1) chrbr, Jan 13, 2018 at 7:27 PM
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    5. 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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  3. Ports and Packages

    1. 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
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    2. 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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  4. Desktop Usage

    1. Window Managers

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      Window Managers

      Sub-Forums

      1. GNOME

      2. KDE

      3. Other Window Managers

      Latest: KDE not starting Paul Floyd, Jan 13, 2018 at 1:38 PM

    2. X.Org

      X.Org on FreeBSD installation & configuration.
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      Latest: Xorg on FreeBSD 11.1 with ZFS tankist02, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:12 PM
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    3. 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
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    4. 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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  5. Server and Networking

    1. 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
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    2. 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
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    3. Firewalls

      IPFW, PF, IPF (but not limited) related discussion
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      Latest: pf ignoring rules - unable to do zone transfers Eric A. Borisch, Jan 13, 2018 at 6:03 AM
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  6. Non-i386/amd64 and embedded

    1. 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
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    2. 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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  7. Development

    1. FreeBSD Development

      Kernel development, writing drivers, coding, and questions regarding FreeBSD internals.
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      Latest: Development environment kpedersen, Dec 25, 2017
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    2. 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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  8. Miscellaneous

    1. 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
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    2. 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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