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Date:      Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:27:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>
To:        Dubbs <BSD-Dubbs@cfl.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Some very newbie questions...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002021411450.289-100000@pogo.caustic.org>
In-Reply-To: <013401bf6dde$c6847500$87db1b18@cfl.rr.com>

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dubbs wrote:

> 1.) Is there a X-Server for the Diamond Viper V770 Ultra TNT2 Card? If so
> where and how do I install it?

the best place to check for it would be either http://www.xfree86.org or
http://www.xi.com as either of them will have the latest information on
the supported cards.

> 2.) What is the most recent version of X available and where can I get it
> and a description of how to install it?

the most recent versions are the pre-4.0 snapshots. the most recent (from
the ports directory) version is 3.3.6. if you install it from the ports
collection, you should be fine.

> 3.) What is the most recent version of afterstep available and where can I
> get it and a description of how to install it?

again, check the ports directory. afterstep should be in x11-wm/afterstep.

> 4.) Is there a good all-in-one site for FreeBSD Newbies?

the handbook, mostly. also check out the search pages at
http://www.freebsd.org/search.html

there are numerous other places, aswell, but the best, hands down (in my
opinion) is http://www.freebsddiary.com.

> 5.) How can I keep my ports collection up to date?

cvsup. or, more exactly, edit the supfile called "ports-supfile" so that
it will point at one of the cvs servers, and update it from there. 

the commands and files can be found in /usr/share/examples/cvsup.

also, make sure you have cvsup built, or installed from the cdrom.

it'll be under the net section of the packages, or in /usr/ports/net/cvsup
(make install that one).

> That's all...I know these are dumb questions but they're the only things I
> haven't been able to sufficiently figure out...

hope this helps you some.

 +-----/  f. johan beisser  /------------------------------+
  email: jan[at]caustic.org   web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan 
   "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil."



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