From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 26 15:36:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 326BE16A41F for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:36:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars.lindblad@bostreammail.net) Received: from mailhost.bostream.com (mailhost.bostream.com [81.26.227.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D5E043D4C for ; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:36:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars.lindblad@bostreammail.net) Received: from bostreammail.net (mailhost.bostream.com [81.26.227.69]) by mailhost.bostream.com (8.12.4/8.12.1) with SMTP id j6QFat9P016283; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:36:55 +0200 (MEST) Sender: lars.lindblad@bostreammail.net From: "lars.lindblad" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: "webmail.bostream.com" Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:36:55 +0100 Message-id: <42e65897.3f99.16838@bostreammail.net> Subject: FreeBSD-newbie! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lars.lindblad@bostreammail.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:36:55 -0000 Hi. My name is Lars and lives in Sweden. I have finally bought FreeBSD 5.2 and the handbook from the FreeBSD-mall. That's great! I've wanted to leave the Windows-world and I have been testing Linux for a few years. But I have some problems with my FreeBSD-installation, and I hope someone here can help me! Facts: FreeBSD5.2 (feb 2004 version), IBM Thinkpad (laptop with 300Mhz Intel II, 96Mb RAM and 20Gb HDD. 1. Since I have been used to KDE over the years, I have decided to continue with that, but it locks up the entire computer - sometimes when I start KDE, and mostly when I shut it down. 2. In frustration over KDE-issues I tested Gnome. Quite pretty Window Manager, but I never got any working keyboard there. Ideas? And can I run KDE-applications in Gnome? I use Kstars a lot. 3. In Sweden we have some exciting extra wovels... but the keymaps never seem to find them. What do I do wrong? What kind of a keyboard do I have on a Thinkpad anyway?! At some configurations I've got the > and <, but no ~, and of course the opposite has also happened. Um... I think that's all for now. Hope someone can help! Thanks in advance! / Lars