Free BSD

[Bieb]

Well, I can't seem to get any Linux distro to install on my new machine, but FreeBSD will work.  A lot of you seem to be really big on it, so can anyone tell me how I'd go about getting KDE working and configured on it?

[Eóin]

Personally I perfeer Gnome so have never tried KDE, but I'd say you'll find all the necessary info at KDE on FreeBSD.

[Mark Jones]

"Free BSD? What, do you mean the poor fella is enslaved or something?"

:bg

[Bieb]

lol.  Yup, I'm setting him free.

Anyhow, I think I've gotten X and KDE running, but I can't tell yet, because when I start X, my monitor goes blank and tells me the VGA input is out of range, and I need to set it to 1024x768 at 60 HZ.  Does anyone know, would the 60 HZ mean the horizontal and vertical refresh rates or something different?

[MichaelW]

The 60 Hz should be the vertical refresh rate; the horizontal refresh rate will be much higher, something like 48.5 KHz. I don't know about FreeBSD, but under Windows an out of range message could indicate a mismatch between the display adapter and the drivers and/or the driver configuration.

[Bieb]

Note that the error is coming from the monitor's OSD, not the OS.

Anyhow, I'll mess with that when I get a chance, and hopefully it'll work.  Now for my next problem.  Oftentimes, I'll "ls" a directory, and I'll get a huge list of its contents, that don't fit on the screen, so I miss the first part.  Is there some way to scroll up on the screen?

[Citric]

Note that the error is coming from the monitor's OSD, not the OS.

Anyhow, I'll mess with that when I get a chance, and hopefully it'll work. Now for my next problem. Oftentimes, I'll "ls" a directory, and I'll get a huge list of its contents, that don't fit on the screen, so I miss the first part. Is there some way to scroll up on the screen?

try typing

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ls | more

[arafel]

Is there some way to scroll up on the screen?

Either press "ALT+Scroll Lock" to switch into 'scrolling' mode and use PageUp/PageDown/Up/Down to scroll the screen. Or press Pause and use Up/Down arrow keys to scroll.

[MichaelW]

Note that the error is coming from the monitor's OSD, not the OS.

If there is a mismatch between the display adapter and the drivers, or if there is a problem with the driver configuration, the display adapter could be sending the display (monitor) an out-of-range signal.