+ Life With FreeBSD +

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Last Update: Sat Jan 10 08:26:20 2009

+ Firefox 3 - Problems with background images + This problem was hanging around since the first time I compiled Firefox 3 for FreeBSD. The images for a background were [...] /etc/X11/xorg.conf Look for this section: Section "Device" Add this line: Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "On"

+ Pesky Mac file names in WebDav + A WebDav user sent email telling me he loaded a file on the server, but it did not transfer correctly. What he was [...] the ._ files I added this to the httpd.conf Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All

+ gmirror setup + Here are some notes on gmirror. I used the information from this excellent FreeBSD book. Absolute FreeBSD 2nd edition by ...

+ Back online + Have not posted much in a year. Well the server is upgraded. I guess I need to do more than sit around reading books like "How ...

+ test entry 1 + this is a test ...

+ OS/X Safe Mode + Failure to boot after some OS updates. Seems like this is becoming a frequent problem. ...

+ Thinkpad 600x - cardbus problem + Unable to make any cardbus or pccards work with FreeBSD 6.1 - release. The fix was simple. Edit --> /boot/loader.conf Add ...

+ Upgrade tp perl breaks MT + Upgraded to Perl 5.8.4 Went to login to MT for an entry,,, Got an error: Unsupported driver MT::ObjectDriver::DBI::mysql: ...

+ OS/X + Installed OS/X panther on a G3 B&W. The DVD Player app was not installed. Had to go back to the install disk 1 ...

+ libxml2 problem + /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5: undefined reference to `pthread_equal' /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.5: undefined reference to ...

+ wireless notes + some sample commands ...

+ Nautilus problem + problem: gnome desktop had no desktop icons starting nautilus manually failed: bash-2.05b$ nautilus ...

+ Dance fandango on keyboard to unblock + I cvsup'd the 5.2 current this morning. When I rebooted and went to --> make installworld I got a strange error message: ...

+ watching a dvd + FreeBSD 5.2 -current How to set up to watch a DVD ...

+ spin lock called when not threaded + After cvsup about 4 days ago, gnome would not longer start. The message was "spin lock called when not threaded" [...] libc_r.so.5 libpthread.so.1 libc_r.so libpthread.so ----8 After that fix Gnome is functioning again.