Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:17:58 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet connection and monitor resolution in DesktopBSD Message-ID: <20110331201758.653cc062.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110331121404.e703b65b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> References: <20110331121404.e703b65b.jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:14:04 -0500, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> wrote: > I'm trying out DesktopBSD in VirtualBox. I like it better > than PC-BSD and GhostBSD. > > However, the Internet connection isn't working out-of-the-box. > When I go to the network configuration utility, select the > auto DHCP, and click on Connect, nothing happens. I have an > Internet connection in my host OS, so no external factors > are stopping my Internet connection in DesktopBSD (guest OS). You can - for diagnostics - try to launch DHCP from command line. To do so, use # /etc/rc.d/dhclient restart or "start", if it's not started yet. You can also use the more "bare bones" method of the dhclient program. See "man dhclient" for details. > Also, my screen resolution is stuck at 800x600. How do I > change it to 1024x768? I'm not sure if DesktopBSD uses an xorg.conf configuration file or if the setting is done using a GUI tool (maybe a tool provided by KDE). Basically the handbook sections about how to configure X should apply. See Section 5.4 of the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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