From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 10:27:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BAF37B404 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:27:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (sea1-dav50.sea1.hotmail.com [207.68.162.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3EE743F3F for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:27:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kenzo_chin@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:27:29 -0700 Received: from 209.187.233.158 by sea1-dav50.sea1.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:27:29 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [209.187.233.158] X-Originating-Email: [kenzo_chin@hotmail.com] From: "Kenzo" To: "FreeBSD-questions" References: Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:27:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2003 17:27:29.0582 (UTC) FILETIME=[2D7DE4E0:01C35D09] Subject: Re: How can I modify net, X configurations in 4.8-Release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:27:31 -0000 You don't have to run /stand/sysinstall/. you can edit the /etc/rc.conf file as follow. you need to remove or comment out the dhcp part. #ifconfig_xl0="DHCP" then, add your network config defaultrouter="x.x.x.x" ifconfig_xl0="inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.0.0" reboot and you should be set. As far as X, I never install it during the setup. Why waste time to set it up, when it's most likely out of date. always update your ports after the setup. go to the /usr/ports/x11 and pick a window manager. after installing it, go to the usr's dir and create a .xinitrc file. add the running command to start x. If it's KDE use "exec startkde" or "wmaker" for windowmaker. then you need to run "XFree86 configure". It will probe your hardware and setup some default settings. if it works, then you can copy it to your /etc/X11 dir and tweak it as you want. Then type startx and it should load. remember not to run X as root. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mills" To: "FreeBSD-questions" Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: Q: How can I modify net, X configurations in 4.8-Release? > Freebies - > > I just installed a 'standard' 4.8-Release setup from CD. It seems to have > gone fine, but I want to change two features: > > 1) I set up DHCP networking. Now I want to go back and explicitly set up > static IP, GW, NS. > > 2) I did not set up X11, and I would like to have another run at that. > (This means I'm running console tools.) > > Can I use /stand/sysinstall to re-do these parts of my installation (and > if so, how?), or are there other simple tools? Menu-driven or mouse-driven > would be nice. Naturally I can always attack the configuration files, but > I don't know how to turn DHCP off. > > TIA. > John Mills > john.m.mills@alum.mit.edu > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >