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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD woes. Help needed here! ;( Date: 3 Jun 1996 21:29:35 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 75 Message-ID: <4ovlfv$ak@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <31b1c4d4.2162750@news.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <31b1c4d4.2162750@news.panix.com>, SeVeN <push@panix.com> wrote: >SYSCONS: >I finally figured out that the different fonts needed to run in 80x60 80x50 were >not loaded at default and now can run my consoles at 80x60. However I was >wondering if there is anyway to make 80x60 the default right after boot up? I >tried to run it with rc.local but vidcontrol keeps telling me that only able to >work on virtual consoles. So what files do I need to put the vidcontrol >variables in to let all my consoles boot up with 80x60??? Sorry, I can't help you here - I use pcvt in 80x25, myself. >Mount FS: >I have been successful in mount the DOS primary partition and the CD-ROM drive. >However I cannot figure out how to mount the logical partitions inside the DOS >extended partitions. Is it possible?? Also FreeBSD still doesn't support >MultiFat or FAT16 a.k.a win95 FAT yet right or does it? They're available as the 5th partitions and upward (1-4 being the primary partitions). I don't think the device files for them are set up by the install program, so you may need to do something like (as root):- cd /dev ./MAKEDEV wd0s5 wd0s6 ... (assuming you've got them on the first disk and it's IDE). >FVWM: >Really nice looking X manager but there is some problems. I cannot get Xconsole >to run. It keeps telling me cannot start console. This is because the permissions on the console are wrong. You need to put an entry in /etc/fbtab for it (see fbtab(5)). >also why does it keep starting >with 1 login term and 2 extra Xterms?? I edited the .xinitrc in my home dir to >just start up with 1 login term and 1 Xterm. I would have expected that to work. Maybe you need to edit the system-wide one (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc). >Also how do I make X startup with 16bpp by default?? Change the "serverargs" entry in /usr/X11R6/bin/startx to '-bpp 16'. >Using X: >how do ppl usually start programs in X with?? I've been starting them inside the >Xterms or with the login term. however for many programs I keep having to do ^Z >and then bg just to get my xterm control back and have the program not >terminate. I usually have a root xterm and a couple of "normal" xterms open. I do a lot of work in Emacs, though, which is almost a windowing operating system in its own right! Another approach is to add programs you use a lot to the menu. On my menu, I have xterm top ghostview emacs lynx xperfmon++ xv By editing your .fvwmrc file, you can get fvwm to look like almost anything you want it to. I think there are a few examples in the fvwm distribution, which are a good place to start. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ james@jraynard.demon.co.uk | jraynard@freebsd.org