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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!Symiserver2.symantec.com!news From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to run the X-Server & FREEBSD as an Internet Server. Date: 12 Oct 1996 07:02:05 GMT Organization: Symantec Corp. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <53nfpd$kaa@Symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <477uvBAPw7WyEw1k@adickins.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: tedm@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: shiva2.central.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 In <477uvBAPw7WyEw1k@adickins.demon.co.uk>, Andrew G Dickinson <andrew@adickins.demon.co.uk> writes: >Dear All, > Hello there, I am new to this forumn and would like to post a >question in regard to FREEBSD. In the past I have tried installing the >AUGUST 1996 "CDROM.COM" CDROM which I have subscribed to. The >installation goes okay, until I try to start the X-server which then >causes no end of problems. Is there any files any where which explain >what I should do? > > I am also interested in using FREEBSD as a frontage to an >Internet scheme with the Company which I work for. Does anyone have >experience of setting up and using FREEBSD as a Mail Server, and WEB >Server. > The book "Installing and Running FreeBSD" has instructions for setting up X that are fairly good. My only complaint is I want to run my system in 1024x768, not 640x480 with a so-called "virtual screen of 1024x768" that scrolls around like a drunken sailor when you move the rodent, and I havent figured out how to do this yet. (of course I haven't spent any time trying to fix it but hey :-)) I am currently doing a series on using FreeBSD as a mail server, look on http://www.computerbits.com the first article is in the January issue, and there has been one a month since then.