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    All desktop/X hangs - 100% disk usage

    Hi all, I often (particularly when compiling something in the background) have a situation that my KDE4 almost doesn't respond. With atop I can see that the disk is busy in 100%. Can this be a reason of this behaviour? Can I change some setting/priorities in a way that KDE4 will not have this...
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    keyboard and mouse does not work after x star

    Hi, For me it works but only with Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off" in the ServerLayout section, so if anyone has similar problems try different sections of xorg.conf.
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    keyboard and mouse does not work after x star

    Could you please give me working alternative? I tried various combinations and this one is the most working but slows down the computer. AllowEmptyInput options doesn't give solution. Adding or removing hald or dbus in rc.conf also. So what else remains?
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    keyboard and mouse does not work after x star

    Hi, I have very similar problem. I installed FreeBSD 9 and keyboard and mouse does not work when starting kde. I added hald_enable="YES" dbus_enable="YES" but this doesn't help. I added also Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" but still doesn't help. When I'm trying Option "AllowEmptyInput"...
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    Grub2 Configuration (Dual boot linux + FreeBSD is it possible?)

    OK. So on disk with linux swap and ext4 with gpt partition table I installed FreeBSD 9 with it's default 3 partitions. I tried to boot it with Grub2 and I tried many different options: menuentry "freebsd 9" { insmod part_gpt set root=(hd1,3) #I tried also (hd1,4), (hd1,5)...
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    Grub2 Configuration (Dual boot linux + FreeBSD is it possible?)

    Hi, I would like to have FreeBSD. But when I try to install 8.2 Grub2 stops working as I described here http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=26774. I know that there is a section for FreeBSD boot loader...
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    Problem with GRUB after installing FreeBSD 8.2

    Non of you use Grub2? All of you are using FreeBSD only?
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    Problem with GRUB after installing FreeBSD 8.2

    Thanks for your reply. You are asking about grub configuration. I have two disks /dev/sda and /dev/sdb (from linux point of view) and while installing I choose option to install grub on /dev/sdb (not on /dev/sdb2 or something). Rest is done automatically by grub. Grub installation files are on...
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    Problem with GRUB after installing FreeBSD 8.2

    Hi, I have weird problem with GRUB 1.99 after installing FreeBSD (8.2). I has disk with linux-swap partition and Ubuntu 11 on ext4 and everything was ok. Then I installed FreeBSD and I selected option with no installing boot manager. However I'm logged to grub rescue shell and I'm not able...
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    Advantages and disadvantages of using FreeBSD

    Yea, but what I'm asking it's not the matter of what software I'm using now. It's a matter of feeling free with using software, developing myself, learn new technologies, etc.
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    Advantages and disadvantages of using FreeBSD

    Not all things? Maybe I'll ask like this: Are all programs that are platform independent or based or Sun Java or just working both on Linux and Windows will be also working on FreeBSD?
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    Advantages and disadvantages of using FreeBSD

    Hi, I'm a programmer and a bit administrator. I use Linux for everything on my laptop (programing (Java, C++, Python) using MySQL, Postgresql, Tomcat, Glassfish, Graphics (Gimp, Blender). I wan to migrate to FreeBSD to learn something new but I need to know if everything works on this system...
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    Proper and working Unix OS for new laptop

    Are there any possibilities to buy new and good laptop with bsd or linux or just OSX is available? On http://www.linux-laptop.net/ there is only old stuff. With LiveCD i can check many thing but it's easy to miss something. For example sound in headphones which I really need for working - it...
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    Proper and working Unix OS for new laptop

    Eh... sound in phones doesn't work on Mint 9. :/ If I'm trying anything I just losing all sound like in Ubuntu. :/ Damn. There are no good systems for new laptops? Only Win and OSX are real systems?
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    Proper and working Unix OS for new laptop

    Now I'm loading bsd using chainloader option from grub but when freebsd partition was bootable it was the same. It just boots for hours and don't start the system. :/
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    Proper and working Unix OS for new laptop

    My freebsd 8.1 just don't to start just after installing it. :/ It's booting for no end. :/ I'll try mint 9 for now but if you got any ideas with booting I'll be thankful. How to fix FreeBSD from linux (maybe thats a problem and I don't have proper tools from Ubuntu)?
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    Proper and working Unix OS for new laptop

    Hi, I have new laptop Dell Studio 1747. I won't it working with any unix-like system. It can be everything but it must working properly or have good manuals how to making it properly. I installed ubuntu but I have no sound there and can't fix that. I installed freeBSD but can't boot it. Please help.
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    FreeBSD on Dell Studio 1747

    Hi, I have Dell Studio 1747 laptop. I found here thread saying that FreeBSD can work with it. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=14618&highlight=1747 I have installed stable release but I can't even boot it. It looks like boot manager is working but it's working for hours and not...
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