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Thanks for the quick respond, I cannot start gxine in order to change the video output device. Do you know any command line code that changes the video output before starting gxine? /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old output (EE) intel(0): Failed to pin xv buffer Fatal server error: Caught signal 11...

I successfully installed gxine 0.5.904_1 using the following codes: cd /usr/ports/multimedia/gxine make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey install clean The problem is whenever I start gxine, the Xorg panics, freezes and shuts down, then XDM login screen appears. Even when I try to run it through...

Hello everyone, I was trying to configure my wifi card, Belkin Wireless G Plus Notebook card Model No. F5D9010, but I failed to make it work. $ dmesg | grep ral0 ral0: <Ralink Technology RT2661> mem 0x90000000-0x90007fff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ral0: MAC/BBP RT2661D, RF RT2529...

Thanks DutchDaemon, I managed to edit the xfce menu by right-click on the application icon and open it with mousepad as root, then edited the code that defines Categories=Application; with the targeted sub-folder in the xfce menu :e.

Thanks Voltar, you're right the latest version is 2.6.1. I didn't realise that when I posted my reply. For now, I'm happy with version 2.5.8 :e.

I checked the given link and followed the instructions on the xfce wiki, however the folder /usr/share/applications/ doesn't exist on my bsd box! Thus the wiki was not usefull to me :(. Does anyone know a work around this issue?

Thanks RandomSF for the advice, the problem was resolved using the following codes as root portsnap fetch extract portsnap fetch update pkg_remove libpurple cd /usr/ports/net-im/libpurple/ && make install clean cd /usr/ports/net-im/pidgin/ && make install clean Now I have installed the...

Thanks Beastie, I'll try to follow the instructions given in the wiki.

As advised, I tried to port install pidgin but sysinstall started to download the source code of pidgin 2.5.5. Then I had to reboot my bsd box in order to abort the download and avoid the installation. What can I do now? :\

I installed it using the following code: pkg_add -r pidgin So, how can I upgrade pidgin if this package is the most recent version of pidgin in the freebsd repository? Do you recommend that I go to pidgin web page, download and install the latest source code?

I installed xpdf and xscreensaver on my Xfce 4.6 but the they didn't appear on my Xfce Menu. I searched for xfce4-menueditor but I didn't find it in the port folder nor the internet. How can I edit the xfce menu without this tool? I still can run xpdf and xscreensaver through terminal. Please...

Hi, I have installed pidgin 2.5.5 and it worked well with the MSN protocol.However, when I added my new yahoo account (@rocketmail.com), nothing happened; pidgin was trying to establish a connection with yahoo server but with no luck. It remained trying to connect for about 20 minutes before...

Thanks Aragon for your help, I solved the problem by using the following code: cd ~/.mplayer && ln -s /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf subfont.ttf No more errors with mplayer :e

hello everyone, I successfully installed mplayer on my freebsd 7.2 box. It works properly but it keeps throwing the following error whenever the player is restarted or a new track is played back;$ gmplayer MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU...

Thanks MG, your help was invaluable. It worked as charm :e. I installed mplayerplug-in using the following code: cd /usr/ports/www/mplayer-plugin && make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey install clean Now I have the plugin installed without firefox.:)

So this code make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | will prevent firefox from being installed with mplayerplug-in? I just want to double-check with you before I proceed with the installation; it's difficult to undo the installation if anything went wrong. Thanks MG

Thanks for the quick repond, do I need to type the code like this? make -n | grep -A 5 -B 5 firefox | what about "more:"? Also do I need to use this code? #make WITH_GECKO=seamonkey please clarify.

Hellow everyone, I'm currently using SeaMonkey Web Navigator and I want to install mplayerplug-in; the problem is when I installed it using the following code pkg_add -r mplayerplug-in, the installer installed firefox as a dependency! I know that mplayerplug-in works with any gecko browser...

Does anyone know how to close a thread or at least mark it as solved? I checked the FAQ but I didn't find any information related to "closing a thread".

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for the suggestions and the quick support. I managed to sort out the issue by upgrading my freeBSD box from version 6.4 to 7.3. Now I'm running Xfce desktop without any problem. Also, the new Xfce 4.6 comes with a new set of icons which remained the...