Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 16:54:29 -0700 From: "Luke Downey" <gnawing_beaver@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: New to *nix, having some hiccups :-) Message-ID: <F245Rl7wJI137XQgEHm0000ebaf@hotmail.com>
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Alright, I'm totally new to FreeBSD (pfft, to any *nix environment for that matter :-D), and I'm having a few problems that I'd like to work out. I'll appreciate any help anyone can give me, and I'm just glad that there's so many people here to help out. Anyway, down to the nit and grit... 1) I've got a Logitech USB iFeel mouse, and I'm not sure how to get it working. From the graphical XFree setup screen, none of the mouse protocols work (not even the Logitech one), I have no idea how to get it working. Basically a step-by-step is what I'm looking for on this one since I'm dumbfounded by the new OS structure and everything ;-). 2) I've also got a Logitech USB iTouch keyboard, which does not want to work in USB. It's got a PS/2 plug which is what I've been using, but if I use the USB plug it just won't work (I was just thinking of the USB Legacy support in BIOS, but I think I have that on already, anyway I'll go check, but even still I'd like to get it working natively). 3) FreeBSD does not support my NIC. However, there is a Linux driver for it, so I was wondering if it'd be possible (Linux binary compatibility help here?) to use that driver. It's the Linksys WMP11 wireless card. 4) I have a Radeon 8500 graphics card. X doesn't support this yet, but I was wondering if the Rage 128 driver (most current ATI driver listed) would work well enough that I could at least get higher resolution and/or color depth. 5) After I get X set up with a suitable video driver and get my mouse working, how can I configure it to start automatically with a given window manager after Logon? 6) a. How can I customize the boot manager (it's listing Windows 2000 just as "???" on the boot menu, just a little cosmetic thing here, not major :-D) b. Can FreeBSD mount NTFS partitions (the aforementioned Windows 2000 partition)? Again, thanks in advance, and if anything here is really obvious, just shoot me ;-). _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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