Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:50:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: frustrating laptop issues Message-ID: <19990927095031.U46202@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9909261532550.5265-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from J McKitrick on Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 03:38:00PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9909261532550.5265-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Sunday, 26 September 1999 at 15:38:00 +0100, J McKitrick wrote: > Hi everyone, > let me start off by saying i'm a newbie to FreeBSD but not linux. And i > did RTFM. > I compiled a new kernel with APM support and enabled it through the > sysinstall menu. I also enable pcmcia cards. Neither works properly. > This is a Toshiba Satellite 4010. > APM says it is running, but it won't shutdown after HALTing. Sorry, I can't help you on this one. > KPPP cannot find the PCMCIA modem. Is this the KDE tool? That's a port, not part of FreeBSD. I'd recommend you install the supported versions, which work well and are easier to use. > Other issues: i'm having trouble getting ports to install. I type make > install for midnight commander, it says all went well, but mc doesn't > work. A 'find' comes up dry as well. Do you have /usr/local/bin in your PATH? > I want bash to be my default shell, and after setting this is > master.passwd, it still comes up with the default. This looks like pilot error. Try changing it with chsh instead. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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