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  1. Dr_Phoenix

    alienware and FreeBSD

    You can manipulate with Alienware(m11x/m15x/m17x) colors (AlienFX) using simple Java application, look at this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1403399 I think it will work on FreeBSD with no problems, just install JVM and launch .jar application. May be helpful too...
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    alienware and FreeBSD

    Alienware laptops great! Good balance with quality, performance, portability and fun ) If you have money to buy it...DO IT! But be ready to use 64bit OS: Win7 x64 or FreeBSD(amd64), If you using 32bit OS you will not allow use more than 2,5-3GB of your computer RAM and performance falling down...
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    Dual boot freeBSD / Windows 7

    Heh...not so easy making friendly Win7 and BSD or Linux, now I'll tell you my method. The problem is in the Win7, this OS will not allow you to make changes in it's boot sector, so if FreeBSD or Linux replaces it's by self BootManager win7 will not run and showing you the critical error message...
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    FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE !

    FreeBSD 8 - cool!!! New KDE looks great, I like it! Have problems compiling Nvidia drivers, says that it not support 8-current. I make some changes in file and it works! Comment this section in nv-freebsd.h and you can compile and install driver: #if __FreeBSD_version >= 800000 #error This...
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    SCSI woks very slow

    Hi for all! I have a server: OS: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE CPU: 2x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) 3.06GHz Logical CPUs per core: 2 RAM : real memory = 4026466304 (3839 MB) SCSI: ahd0 <Adaptec AIC7901A Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port 0x2000-0x20ff,0x2400-0x24ff mem 0xfeaf0000-0xfeaf1fff irq 26 at device 3.0 on pci3...
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    Laptop recommendation

    1 year ago I purchased laptop Samsung Q35 it works wery well with Mandriva Linux and FreeBSD. I install linux only for test, now using PC-BSD and have no troubles with hardware, only need to install custom driver for CardReader 6 in 1. I think that the new Samsung Q45 will work fine too with...
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    New computer..

    A server is a concept very wide, please specify here what services must provide your server. All or most part drivers you need included into the system's kernel so you need to recompile kernel with devices and options for your hardware configuration. You may not have a problems with network...
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    NAT: no NAT for local traffic

    If you write firewall rules from scratch without using FreeBSD templates in rc.firewall may be you forgot some rules or have some errors in script... To pass local(localhost) traffic without diverting you must place this rule above diverting rule: ipfw add allow ip from any to any via lo0 Post...
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    NAT: no NAT for local traffic

    1) You have self white IP address or connecting to the internet through provider gateway? 2) What is the type of your Inet connection(adsl bridge, adsl router, direct link to provider)? If I right understand your situation, try this rules: Note: I use sample IP's, change it by yours...
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    What is your home server/workstation configuration

    > mato Thank you for good link ;)
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    Freebsd to dial phone number and

    To play music to the line you must plug soundcard output to the phone's microphone input through signal level converter, you can find many simple electrical schemes and circuits in the internet, good luck!
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    Freebsd to dial phone number and

    Install simple command line player like mpg123: #> cd /usr/ports/audio/mpg123 && make install clean && rehash Put the playmusic line into some script, like: mpg123 -q /home/alert.mp3 (-q option disables messages output to console) To stop playing it is simple to kill process: killall...
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    Which shell do you use?

    Using csh. When running and testing some scripts switching from csh to sh or bash if needed but more simple to add at the start of script file signature like #!/bin/sh #!/usr/bin/perl etc.
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    vBulletin ~What does FreeBSD have.

    It is easy to make skins and self themes for simplemachines, I have the experience to it but I do not try this Forum distribution at real work, I will install and test it at the next my project, thanks for recommendations ;)
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    Old machines

    To run X on old and slow machine better to use BlackBox window manager, it is little and easy configurable and I recommend you to increase the SWAP partition size or mount additional SWAP partition as a file in most quickly access slice of your hard disk drive. Few years ago I started X with...
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    What is your home server/workstation configuration

    I think that many of the people who using FreeBSD have one or more servers/workstations at home with FreeBSD, it is interesting to know the hardware and software on it! My home server services I use are: + Samba file storage with GM RAID-1 array disks + Remote network connection with OpenVpn +...
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    vBulletin ~What does FreeBSD have.

    vBulletin has many plugins and hacks which can add more possibilities to the it, but it costs some monney, tomh009 right 100%. phpBB has big plugins repository too, I prefer it becouse it is free and works pretty both on the platform of Windows and on the platform of FreeBSD and it is so quick...
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    Unable to transfer (Image) distribution from Acd0

    I think that the problem in CD-drive because when you check MD5 of the disc your drive reads it using linear physical method, but when you install OS from CD it is using arbitrary method of reading and your CD-drive cannot read correctly without delays and errors under large physical loading. I...
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    What about gaming on FreeBSD?

    Linx's Quake3 works very pretty on FreeBSD with linux_base enabled and Video Card OpenGL drivers installed, network playing supported great too...
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    What ICQ the client you use?

    SIM or licq
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