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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:47:20 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: More Qs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960211224343.215M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199602120224.SAA29171@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Benjamin Tomhave wrote:

> Well, I have my networkability operational.  I guess it pays to disable the
> plug-n-play feature with the 3COM 3c509 cards.

If you're not in Win95, turn that damn thing off!  :-)

I know nothing about PCVT so we'll skip down...
 
> Second, I got X-Windows up and running (*big sigh of relief*).  However, 
> I would like to a) save my settings when I end an Xsession and 

Define "Xsession settings".  (window positions?)

> b) would 
> like to be able to switch out of X-Windows to the command-line mode.  Is 
> this possible?  

Hold down Ctrl and Alt and press F1 - F4.  Your virtual consoles are 
still there; you have to hold Ctrl in X and not anywhere else.

> I currently have my kernel compiled for Xserver and I 
> have the xdm -nodaemon line in my /etc/ttys file for ttyv4.  Also, do I 
> have to customize the X environment manually, or is there a pop-up 
> program for doing that?  

You still have xterms :)

> Also, what other features are handy?  Again, 
> even if someone could point me to soe good documentation (and I apologize 
> for not reading the online docs, but I'm to that frustrated, burn-out 
> point right now).

Individual program manpages would be a good place to start.

> Finally, I would like to use the sysinstall package in order to read the 
> online help, etc.  However, when I cd to the /stand directory and try to 
> execute the sysinstall program, I end up with an error saying that there 
> is a '(' missing somewhere.  Any ideas on what this error is referring to?

I don't think you need to run sysinstall after the system is installed; 
you can do them without it.  The Online Help are just some documents 
laying around on the floppy.  Just mount it and read away. :)  They are 
also on the FTP site and possibly in /usr/share.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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