kilowatt
mach-o mach-o man
Just installed (last week) FreeBSD 4.4 on my intel box... I was tired of linux, and heard many good things about bsd.
I love it, but I have a few questions, and I'm not sure where to ask them. I'd like a board like macosx.com / press3.com, but I've never found a board quite this nice.
These questions of mine have nothing to do with mac os x... I'm mainly having trouble configuring the kernel.
Here's a few of my BSD questions, just incase someone here knows the answers:
1) Sound. I can get my sound blaster to work using kldload /modules/snd_sb16.ko, and then using MAKEDEV to configure the /dev/dsp (and mixer, midi, etc). And the sound will work fine untill I reboot. Upon reboot, I have to run kldload again. Looks like it doesn't remember to load those modules every time, which is something I would like it to do.
2) If I want to play avi, divix, dvd, qt, and a host of other formats on bsd, I need to compile/install mplayer. I've done this, but it looks like I have to recompile my kernel with a few options in it. I've read the kernel handbook chapters, and I think I know how to do it, but I would like a place to go incase (or more like it, WHEN) I mess up.
3) Ports. I have questions on the ports system - like how it determines which version to download and install...
so many questions....
Well, any suggestions on forums (or 'Fora') to ask about BSD, or thoughts on my bsd newbie questions?
I love it, but I have a few questions, and I'm not sure where to ask them. I'd like a board like macosx.com / press3.com, but I've never found a board quite this nice.
These questions of mine have nothing to do with mac os x... I'm mainly having trouble configuring the kernel.
Here's a few of my BSD questions, just incase someone here knows the answers:
1) Sound. I can get my sound blaster to work using kldload /modules/snd_sb16.ko, and then using MAKEDEV to configure the /dev/dsp (and mixer, midi, etc). And the sound will work fine untill I reboot. Upon reboot, I have to run kldload again. Looks like it doesn't remember to load those modules every time, which is something I would like it to do.
2) If I want to play avi, divix, dvd, qt, and a host of other formats on bsd, I need to compile/install mplayer. I've done this, but it looks like I have to recompile my kernel with a few options in it. I've read the kernel handbook chapters, and I think I know how to do it, but I would like a place to go incase (or more like it, WHEN) I mess up.
3) Ports. I have questions on the ports system - like how it determines which version to download and install...
so many questions....
Well, any suggestions on forums (or 'Fora') to ask about BSD, or thoughts on my bsd newbie questions?