DaemonForums  

Go Back   DaemonForums > FreeBSD > FreeBSD General

FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1   (View Single Post)  
Old 7th October 2008
zelut zelut is offline
Port Guard
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 11
Question A few FreeBSD n00b questions

I recently started using FreeBSD and I have some pending questions if anyone would like to tackle them.

1) I installed 64bit, but now I find that 64bit does not support framebuffer or higher resolution in the console using something like kldload vesa, etc. Are there really any benefits of running 64bit on a personal desktop?

2) I think I prefer to use ports after trying both ports and packages, even though it does take a hell of a long time to build xorg + gnome2 on a fresh install (just finished after ~12hrs!) Somewhere I saw mentioned 'portupgrade'. How safe is this to use regularly? Does it recompile the upgraded components as needed?

3) what other tools should I know about for keeping my machine up to date, both ports and the core OS?

thanks in advance
Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Newbies questions about FreeBSD + Music & e17 ! nico_h FreeBSD General 31 17th December 2008 09:33 PM
Tomcat n00b error disappearedng FreeBSD General 0 18th November 2008 05:14 AM
edonkey n00b question disappearedng FreeBSD General 5 17th November 2008 10:09 AM
n00b Eclipse question disappearedng FreeBSD General 3 3rd November 2008 05:29 PM
BSD n00b needs to block incoming SQL on 3306 renolinux FreeBSD Security 5 27th May 2008 02:26 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 05:04 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content copyright © 2007-2010, the authors
Daemon image copyright ©1988, Marshall Kirk McKusick