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author | Peter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-20 11:53:53 +0000 |
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committer | Peter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-20 11:53:53 +0000 |
commit | 8ac8d7f6d189580be3178fd5b72976ea1a71ac7d (patch) | |
tree | 2d934143f900cbe8ab1ecbecfa4e14958db98097 | |
parent | 8bd28861d8506e3f92e97ac9a5511f057f555aa5 (diff) | |
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Updating FAQ entry for X Inside.
Added FAQ entries for tape changers and login names.
Fixed <code> tags.
PR: docs/3324
PR: docs/3326
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diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 43979d3853a0..a4a34e4ab982 100644 --- a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN"> -<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.43 1997/04/10 10:20:46 brian Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.44 1997/04/10 12:06:53 asami Exp $ --> <article> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997/04/10 10:20:46 $</date> +Last updated: <date>$Date: 1997/04/10 12:06:53 $</date> <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are @@ -1306,6 +1306,21 @@ options PSM_CHECKSYNC #checks the header byte for sync. Some of the early 8-mm drives are not quite compatible with SCSI-2, and may not work well with FreeBSD. + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <heading>How about tape changers?</heading> + + FreeBSD 2.2 supports SCSI changers using the <tt/ch/ device and the + <tt/chio/ command. The details of how you actually control the + changer can be found in the <tt/chio(1)/ man page. + + If you're not using <tt/AMANDA/ or some other product that already + understands changers, remember that they're only know how to move a + tape from one point to another, so you need to keep track of which + slot a tape is in, and which slot the tape currently in the drive + needs to go back to. + </sect1> <sect1> <heading>What sound cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading> @@ -1566,9 +1581,8 @@ options "CMD640" <sect1> <heading>Where can I get Motif for FreeBSD?</heading> - <p>Contact <url url="http://www.xig.com" name="Xi Graphics"> - for a Motif v2.0 distribution for FreeBSD 2.1 (tested also with - 2.2-current as of May 10, 1996). + <p>Contact <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for a Motif 2.0 + distribution for FreeBSD. This distribution includes: <itemize> @@ -1581,12 +1595,22 @@ options "CMD640" <p>Be sure to specify that you want the FreeBSD version of Motif when ordering! Versions for BSDI and Linux are also sold by - <em>X Inside.</em></p> + <em>Xi Graphics</em>.</p> + + <sect1> + <heading>Where can I get CDE for FreeBSD?</heading> + <p>Contact <ref id="xig" name="Xi Graphics"> for a CDE 1.0.10 + distribution for FreeBSD. This includes Motif 1.2.5, and can + be used with Motif 2.0. + + <p>Be sure to specify that you want the FreeBSD version of CDE + when ordering! Versions for BSDI and Linux are also sold by + <em>Xi Graphics</em>.</p> <sect1> - <heading>Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?<label id="xinside"></heading> + <heading>Are there any commercial high-performance X servers?<label id="xig"></heading> <p> - Yes, <url url="http://www.xinside.com" name="X Inside, Inc."> + Yes, <url url="http://www.xig.com" name="Xi Graphics"> sells their Accelerated-X product for FreeBSD and other Intel based systems. @@ -1594,22 +1618,19 @@ options "CMD640" for multiple concurrent video boards and is distributed in binary form only. - Price is $99.50 (promotional price for Linux/FreeBSD - version) for the 1.1 version, which is available now. - - This product is for FreeBSD 1.1 and runs under 2.0 with the - FreeBSD 1.1 compatibility libs (``<tt/compat1xdist/''). + There is a free "compatibility demo" of version 3.1 available. + Xi Graphics also sells Motif and CDE for FreeBSD (see above). + <descrip> <tag/More info/ - <url url="http://www.xinside.com/" name="X inside WWW page"> - <tag/or/ - <url url="ftp://ftp.xinside.com/accelx/1.1/prodinfo.txt" - name="Products information"> + <url url="http://www.xig.com/" name="Xi Graphics WWW page"> <tag/or/ - <url url="mailto:info@xinside.com" name="Info E-mail address"> + <url url="mailto:sales@xig.com" name="Sales"> or + <url url="mailto:support@xig.com" name="Support"> + email addresses. <tag/or/ - phone +1 (303) 298-7478. + phone (800) 946 7433 or +1 303 298-7478. </descrip> <sect1> @@ -1668,7 +1689,7 @@ options "CMD640" You may also wish to investigate the Xaccel server, which is available at a very reasonable price. See section - <ref id="xinside" name="on Xaccel"> for more details. + <ref id="xig" name="on Xi Graphics"> for more details. <sect1> <heading>Why doesn't my mouse work with X</heading> @@ -1777,21 +1798,21 @@ options "CMD640" <p> You first need to edit the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> in the last section to change the following variable to <tt/YES/: - <code> + <verb> # Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup ibcs2=NO - </code> + </verb> It will load the <tt/ibcs2/ kernel module at startup. You'll then need to set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like: - <code> + <verb> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 X0R@ -> /dev/null lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Oct 15 22:20 nfsd@ -> socksys -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 28 12:02 null lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 socksys@ -> /dev/null crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx - </code> + </verb> You just need socksys to go to <tt>/dev/null</tt> to fake the open & close. The code in -current will handle the rest. This is much cleaner than the way it was done before. If you @@ -1886,6 +1907,19 @@ pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device) With the trailing slash, <tt/chmod/ will follow the symlink, ``<tt/foo/'', to change the permissions of the directory, ``<tt/bar/''. + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <heading>Why are login names <bf/still/ resticted to 8 characters</heading> + + You'd think it'd be easy enough to change <bf/UT_NAMESIZE/ and rebuild + the whole world, and everything would just work. Unfortunately there's + scads of applications and utilities (including system tools) that have + hard-coded small numbers (not always "8" or "9", but oddball ones + like "15" and "20") in structures and buffers... and it would break + Sun's NIS clients and no doubt cause other problems in interacting + with other UNIX systems. + </sect1> <sect1> <heading>When I mount a CDROM, I get ``Incorrect super block''.</heading> @@ -2711,9 +2745,10 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 memory information...but for now we're stuck with the kernel option. - <code> + <tt> options "MAXMEM=<n>" - </code> + </tt> + Where <tt/n/ is your memory in Kilobytes. For a 128 MB machine, you'd want to use <tt/131072/ @@ -2727,9 +2762,9 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 network buffers (specifically, mbuf clusters). You can increase the amount of VM available for mbuf clusters by adding: - <code> + <tt> options "NMBCLUSTERS=<n>" - </code> + </tt> to your kernel config file, where <n> is a number in the range 512-4096, depending on the number of concurrent TCP @@ -3175,7 +3210,7 @@ vat_nv_record Recording tools for vat ftp.sics.se:archive/vat_nv_record.tar.Z <p> Here is a list compiled by Glen Foster <tt/<gfoster@driver.nsta.org>/: -<code> +<verb> Vendor Model - -------------------------------------------------------- ASUS PCI-L101-TB @@ -3192,7 +3227,7 @@ SMC EtherPower 10/100 (Model 9332) SMC EtherPower (Model 8432) TopWare TE-3500P Zynx ZX342 -</code> +</verb> </sect1> <sect1> <heading>Why do I have to use the FQDN for hosts on my site?</heading> @@ -3875,14 +3910,14 @@ domain foo.bar.edu <heading>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</heading> <p> - <code> + <verb> If you see a problem with this FAQ, or wish to submit an entry, please mail us at <FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG>. We appreciate your feedback, and cannot make this a better FAQ without your help! FreeBSD Core Team - </code> + </verb> <descrip> <tag/Gary Clark II/ |