From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 30 21:08:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 726D9106566C for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8A58FC18 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5E97E818; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:08:02 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:08:00 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-BETA2; KDE/4.2.4; i386; ; ) References: <4A71F561.2050103@videotron.ca> <6201873e0907301306x4bc9a4c6n3e8ca0affc7d8fe5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200907301308.01035.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Adam Vande More , Andrew Gould , PJ Subject: Re: 7.2 RELEASE ? Buggy as hell X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:08:04 -0000 On Thursday 30 July 2009 12:50:11 Andrew Gould wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM, PJ wrote: > >> I have (supposedly, as I am told by my bootup) upgraded to 7.2 > >> Wonderful. But how do i make this thing work. I've managed to do it on > >> an amd64 on an ACER Travelmate 4400 running at 1600mhz. > >> This box runs on 3ghz; Xorg comes up and the mouse is dead. Flashplayer9 > >> with linux-emulator f8 and all the tweaks does not work, acroread9 does > >> not either, > >> hal is useless. I've tried turning off the option AllowEmptyInput to > >> off; i've tried starting hal - and when I run startx, the configuration > >> file is the default built-in... I don't understand what the hell is > >> going on... None of the solutions on google seem to work either... > >> oh, but there is some sunlight in neverneverland... I can boot and I can > >> install all kinds of files - funny, I don't want to play with this > >> crap... and I certainly am not going to reinstall after all I have gone > >> through... If I do reinstall, it will be another OS. > >> If it all works on amd64, what's wrong with i386? > >> I think it's time to switch to something more reliable. > >> > >> There's nothing wrong i386, at least in the regard you're suggesting. > >> Try > > > > searching deeper within yourself for the issue. > > > > -- > > Adam Vande More > > I don't think that answer was helpful. It's the right answer though. > PJ is not alone in frustration regarding 7.2. For many users, it's > hard to tell whether the balance of difficulties lies in bugs or new > manual configuration requirements of 7.2. > > I think much of the frustration lies in our perception of "STABLE". > When we upgraded from 7.1 (or 7.0), we expected a fairly smooth ride. > I had frustrations related to X (hal), mounting drives (hal), printing > (cups vs applications), and printing (gimp vs hpijs). Yes, I read the > (uncentralized) documentation. I think release CD's should not contain packages anymore, cause everything you describe here, has absolutely nothing to do with FreeBSD 7.2, but with 3rd party software that happened to be packaged at release time. You should really be using PCBSD if you want a packaged desktop system, for which the developers claim responsibility and for which much (if not all) of the configuration has been done for you. When using FreeBSD you are expected to understand the handbook, configure things on your own and be able to troubleshoot problems and/or provide the right information in case you need help. If you can't do this, then FreeBSD is not the right tool for you. No harm in that, nobody forces you to use FreeBSD nor will convict you for using an OS that suits you better. -- Mel