From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 09:14:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FAF37B41C for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:14:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net (smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net [203.16.214.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC40243FCB for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:14:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp2159.sa.padsl.internode.on.net [150.101.28.110]) h5EGEhCT093271; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:44:43 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: elarsen2@cox.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:44:43 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200306132153.22503.elarsen2@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200306132153.22503.elarsen2@cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200306150144.43266.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: Help with some problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:14:49 -0000 One e-mail per question! When you ask a number of questions people tend not to reply unless they h= ave a=20 response to all. On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:23, Earl Larsen wrote: > Problem #1 > I have a KVM switch. And sometimes when I use the switch. I get a "no > monater deteceted" error. > > Problem #2 > The only account that can mount my floppy and cd roms is the root. I pu= t > the other accounts in the "wheel" group. And I am unabel to mount. > % /sbin/sysctl vfs.usermount=3D1 Should allow user mounts when permissions are OK on device special and=20 mount point. Most of us seldom mount floppies but use instead mtools. Get the package or install from ports. > Problem #3 > When I put % echo "exec startkde"> ~... in .xinitrc. I get a "mode 8 n= ot > supported" error. I have an ATI Radeon 7000 card. And I went to their w= eb > site and could not find any drivers. > I don't know much about kde and I'm not sure what is meant by mode 8, but= I suspect it refers to depth 8 configuration of X. Try configuring 15, 16 o= r 24. > Problem #4 > I am using Kmail for my email and when I go to check my spelling. I get= the > following error "ISpell/Aspell could not be started. Please make sure = you > have ISpell or Aspell properly configured and in your PATH." > Don't know Aspell but ispell is a spelling package available with america= n, english and dictionaries for many other languages. You need to install th= is separately. > Suggestion #1 > Does anyone know of a good and easy configurable FTP Server software. > Good ftp server software is installed by default. To activate you normall= y run=20 inetd (already started by default in standard installation) and ftp enabl= ed=20 in inetd.conf:- remove the '#' at the beginning of the line: #ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l in /etc/inetd.conf You'll need to have inetd reread this by sending it a SIGHUP % kill -HUP inetd_pid (or simply reboot) You can get inetd_pid from /var/run/inetd.pid > Question#1 > I am running wine. And when I start my GUI. I would like to have my > Anti-virus software running in the background automaticly. How would I= do > that. Whould I put the executable path in the .xinitrc file? > Malcolm