[oldunion]

It has been a few years but Id like to get back into trying out bsd. Im a long time windows/linux user...

So, I installed freebsd 6.2 and everything seemed to be ok, though admittedly I think I may have breezed over the bit about the internet thinking I could configure it later.

I got into some kind of gui via 'startx'. I quit out of that and went back to the prompt and continued reading the freebsd handbook. It was time for me to install kde. I read that I need x11 installed first, so I went to do that.

I typed this in:

# cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
# make install clean

A long list of text comes up, most of which I cannot see. (as a side note is there a way to scroll up?). Every line I can see says:

'attempting to fetch from http://insert_address_here: no address record'

the last two lines are:
Quote:
Originally Posted by .
couldnt fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
***error code 1

stop in /usr/ports/x11/xorg


so I tried:

# pkg_add -r xorg

I get a more succinct version this time:

'unable to get ftp://yada yada.tbz: no address record'


So this seems to me to be an internet problem, like my internet is not active. This seems logical because I did not manually set anything up.

Reading around I found some things and added a few things to /boot/loader.conf. It now reads:

if_ath_load="YES"
ath_hal_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"

Unplugging my wireless card brought up an alert that ath0 had been unplugged so i am assuming ath0 is referring to my wireless card. ifconfig says, among other things:

status: no carrier

Also, my card shows that power is on but there is no network activity.

I am using a proxim orinoco gold 802.11 b/g wireless card that has worked flawlessly on linux and windows.

Greatly appreciate any input.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi oldunion,

If you were able to issue the command, startx, that should have been enough to indicate that X11 was already installed.

You may have to start from scratch and reload the OS to put things back in order, this time though I'd cover the Internet and worry about downloading and installing KDE later or at installation if given the option.

-- Tom