Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:25:58 -0800 (PST) From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool Message-ID: <1325193958.31545.YahooMailClassic@web113520.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838QmnSz_oNis5zZiwqO7YLBAkYcEGQFsXN4J33jcdWv9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A=0A--- Gio 29/12/11, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> ha scritto:=0A=0A> >= FWIW;=0A> >=0A> > I have practically given up on installing FreeBSD=0A> la= tely=0A> > and I mostly use PC-BSD. I mainly see two big issues:=0A> >=0A> = > -X.Org has become very difficult to install. Setting=0A> up=0A> > hald an= d friends, not to mention that you have to=0A> > choose carefully your hard= ware previously. It's a=0A> > nightmare.=0A> =0A> I've not found that... in= stalling xorg-drivers with the=0A> correct options is hassle-free... have y= ou posted these=0A> problems to -x11@?=0A>=0A=0AHmm.. I think it was 8.2 an= d "X.org -configure" didn't=0Agive me a working screen, and then I discover= ed I had to=0Abe using hald, it was painful and I starting keeping a=0Acopy= of my working configuration in a USB mem. TBH the=0A-x11 guys were really = doing their own homework keeping up=0Awith linux and I was able to find out= the information on=0Athe net.=0A=0AI use the nvidia driver, no idea what p= eople with ATI=0Acards do.=0A=0A=0A> > - I am OK with sysinstall disappeari= ng: however it=0A> was=0A> > nice to have all the setup tools in one place.= How am=0A> > I supposed to install prebuilt packages (and the=0A> myriad= =0A> > of dependencies) from now on? Ports are cool but=0A> having=0A> > to= wait to rebuild gcc to be able to use scilab is a=0A> > nonsense.=0A> =0A>= Use packages, we do do them!=0A>=0A=0AOf course, but no idea how to use th= em without=0Asysinstall's post-install configuration screen: it=0Awas just = too easy.=0A=0AI hope I don't have to start downloading manually all=0Athe = prepackaged dependencies (I still do that with=0AJava and it's not nice).= =0A=0APedro.
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