Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:51:16 -0400 From: bsdfsse <bsdfsse@optonline.net> To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you know how to install ports? (like vmware3) Message-ID: <415C63B4.2000307@optonline.net> In-Reply-To: <200409302140.53339.4711@chello.at> References: <415BA1A3.3010608@optonline.net> <200409302140.53339.4711@chello.at>
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>>I'm new to FreeBSD, maybe I am missing something obvious? > > You probably missed the pkg-message display. In your terminal session, simply > scroll back a view lines after the install target has been completed or type > 'cat /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message' to view it again. Indeed, I was missing those messages, and was able to incorporate that information once I was aware of it. If you're not running X, is there a way to get the screen to scroll upwards? When I was running XFCE4, the terminal also did not have scroll bars. I will be doing a fresh install after I get something to eat. I will start over from scratch. Currently I have a lot more info, but now my FBSD machine simply reboots when I run VMWARE. thx!
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