Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:26:31 -0800 From: David Herman <ob1@yifan.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'm kinda happy (wasI bought your system and am not so happy!) Message-ID: <20020306192824.068DD37B405@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <15493.57962.747011.357711@guru.mired.org> References: <15493.57962.747011.357711@guru.mired.org>
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On Wednesday 06 March 2002 01:33 am, Mike Meyer wrote: > David Herman <ob1@yifan.net> types: ------------snip---------------------------- > > I know, read the handbook... but it sure would be nice to have some basic > > functions set up when the install is done. > > Actually, you want the ports tree. Try installing the port > misc/instant-workstation. Of course, that's only *one* persons view of > what a workstaton should be. Since I'm one of those rare few who hate > the rodent, mine is probably somewhat different. > > > For example - I'm still searching the documentation for information which > > will help me to get my internal ISA modem (hardware based "NOT" win > > modem) working. > > So far the best I've found is "recompile your kernel". I find it hard to > > believe that I need to recompile my kernel as the first thing I do after > > installing the OS. > > If you want the kernel to do something that it isn't designed to do, > yup, you have to do that. The one time I tried it, the Generic kernel > found the thing and I could use it immediately. Have you tried > configuring the modem to use irq 5 or 9? Or disabling COM2 and having > the modemuse 3? Can these be set at runtime or do I need to do it in bios? (that would be a PITA as I've already got 4 other OS' on the machine that recognize the settings as they are. Thanks for the tips! I'll check them out when I get the chance. dh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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