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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.uni.net.za!ru.uni.net.za!und.uni.net.za!csir.uni.net.za!wits.uni.net.za!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ais.net!ameritech.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.245.3.50!news.primenet.com!bkogawa From: bkogawa@primenet.com (Bryan Ogawa) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux Date: 26 Mar 1997 12:26:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 79 Message-ID: <5hbt89$s3g@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <01bc39ca$4cb6d9c0$232c3d9b@muna019> <E7nt90.H5@sphynx.fdn.fr> X-Posted-By: bkogawa@206.165.5.107 (bkogawa) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37939 caussep@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe CAUSSE) writes: >Andreas Hinterleitner (ahinterleitn@bangate.eur.compaq.com) wrote: [...] >: - color X-terminals (e.g. rxvt) don't use color by default (still don't >: know how to change this) >You have to installe the proper entry in your termcap: > 1) edit /usr/share/misc/termcap > 2) Add the entry for rxvt > 3) cd to /usr/share/misc > 4) re-compile the termcap database with cap_mkdb > 5) run color-aware programs > 6) enjoy :-) I also suspect that Andreas is looking for a specific color program, namely colorls . If so, you can get colorls for FreeBSD off of your CD-ROM #1. Go into the packages directory (mount your cdrom, go into packages) and then in sysutils or one of the directories, there should be a file called "colorls-xxxxx.tgz". As root, type "pkg_add colorls-xxxx.tgz" and then try using the colorls command. >: - the APM on my Compaq LTE Elite doesn't work correctly, even with apm >: driver present (return from standby: screen is still black); >No info on this subject... You might want to ask on questions@freebsd.org for the questions you don't get answered sufficiently here. [...] >: - the FreeBSD "handbook" is only a poor basis for obtaining general >: information about FreeBSD as other documentation is also; I ordered some >: books to get in depth information; kernel parameters are sparsely commented >Have a look at the on-line handbook, it's far more advanced than the HTML >pages supplied with 2.1.5-R. Agreed. go to http://www.freebsd.org/ and poke around. There is a lot of FreeBSD-specific documentation there, and it's quite up-to-date. >Next, you should probably spend a couple of nights reading the 4.4BSD books >from O'Reilly & Associates. The most important ones are: > 4.4BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM) > 4.4BSD User's Reference Manual (URM) > 4.4BSD Programmers Reference Manual (PRM) Strongly disagree. These are mostly the manpages, and to be honest, the relevant ones come with your FreeBSD install. There are some execptions, but I think that recommending these is sometimes a disservice. >You can also read: > 4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents (USD) IMO, the most useful of the books. It contains information I haven't ever found elsewhere (e.g. the Bourne shell intro by Bourne himself, the troff manuals). I love it, but if you're not interested in using old-school Unix stuff like troff or sh, it may be somewhat less interesting. > 4.4BSD Programmer's Supplementary Documents (PSD) Dated, and you can get a lot of the information in more modern forms from elsewhere (although it does have a copy of the pre-Old-Testament C reference. However, it does offer excellent breadth for the user. >They are quite cheap and real value for money. >: I like FreeBSD and ordered version 2.1.7, and I also want to use this OS in >: the future (together with Linux). Can anyone give me some clues to help me >: with my problems? >Try to find a friend in your neighbourhood who's already keen on BSD, he'll >certainly be able to explain those things better than I am in Usenet! Also agreed. Another good resource (mentioned earlier) is questions@freebsd.org (a mailing list, mail majordomo@freebsd.org for subscription information). -- bryan k. ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> <bkogawa@netvoyage.net>