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: About the Meltdown and Spectre attacks admin, Jan 4, 2018 at 6:22 PM
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    4. Feedback

      Share your ideas, questions or suggestions with us here.
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      Latest: Mobile version of the forums looks great in my smartphone :) SirDice, Dec 28, 2017
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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: keep config changes I saw on some threads or erase? rufwoof, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:42 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: KLD if_en.ko depends on atm - not avail or version mismatch gessel, Jan 6, 2018 at 9:57 PM
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    3. System Hardware

      Internal storage, motherboards, PCI cards, stuff inside the case.
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      Latest: boot stopped by non-existent drive dbsd2, Jan 6, 2018 at 9:36 PM
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    4. Peripheral Hardware

      Stuff that plugs in via USB, FireWire, eSATA, PS/2, etc.
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      Latest: Fastest USB stick balanga, Jan 6, 2018 at 4:30 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: ZFS-GELI backup array offline- not sure how to proceed pkc, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:51 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: Changes to Firefox michael_hackson, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:19 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: Polybar: I want to give it a try. lebarondemerde, Jan 2, 2018 at 11:59 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: Cannot Manage Display & Mouse from Xfce4 settings menus Sensucht94, Jan 5, 2018 at 2:56 PM

    2. X.Org

      X.Org on FreeBSD installation & configuration.
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      Latest: rxvt-unicode-9.22 not working anymore after the big upgrade Adrien2002, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:11 AM
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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: TrueOS: anyone using it on a laptop? ILUXA, Jan 6, 2018 at 9:31 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: Streaming from TVheadend to VLC balanga, Jan 5, 2018 at 7:15 PM
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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: mod_php56(71) don't install or delete normaly verbkinm, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:16 PM
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    2. Networking

      Network related discussions (including general TCP/IP stuff, routing, etc).
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      Latest: One Web server got two different IP in two different subnet ShelLuser, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:39 AM
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    3. Firewalls

      IPFW, PF, IPF (but not limited) related discussion
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      Latest: Limit connections per ip per port udp/tcp. bryn1u, Dec 29, 2017
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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: Time and disk space required to compile XFCE4 for Raspberry Pi 2? Jason_25, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:40 PM
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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: Amlogic S912 balanga, Jan 6, 2018 at 4:47 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: Restart FreeBSD via php code birender, Jan 5, 2018 at 2:15 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: Intel bug incoming. Snurg, Jan 6, 2018 at 8:55 PM
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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: Howto: quick setup of jail on ZFS using ezjail with PF NAT/ _martin, Jan 1, 2018 at 6:16 PM
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