From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 14:46:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C880216A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:46:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F9A43D3F for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:46:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from metaridley@mchsi.com) Received: from kaworu.dave.cedar-falls.ia.us (12-219-24-19.client.mchsi.com[12.219.24.19]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with SMTP id <20040622144527m9200jfvg8e>; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:45:27 +0000 Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:45:11 -0500 From: Dave Vollenweider To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040622094511.44cbae6f.metaridley@mchsi.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: New and Fearful X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:46:16 -0000 Hi, I'm new to this mailing list, but I've been using FreeBSD for over three months now, so I consider myself to be a newbie, but not a total newbie (I won't consider myself to be anything but until I've been told otherwise or I've been using FreeBSD for over a year, whichever comes last). I actually used Linux (first Red Hat, then Fedora, then Debian) before I switched. I've been having problems with kernel panics lately, but I'm not asking for technical support; I've already got a debugging kernel and some crash dumps ready to send to whomever would be willing to take a look at them. No, I'm asking for moral support, as I've had some bad experiences asking for help on mailing lists in the past (it was my own local LUG, although I do admit I made the mistake of doing so when I was frustrated). As such, I'm fearful of sending this to anyone for fear of being told that I either didn't supply enough information or that the problem's too insignificant for anyone to solve. Yes, I know that the FreeBSD handbook says that the developers are very interested in these problems, but I'm still fearful of what may happen. I guess what I want to know is this: first of all, who or what mailing list can I send these two, and second, how likely is it that I'll either be ignored or get chewed out for this?