Linux->FreeBSD

On 2008-04-23, Patrick Lamaizière wrote:
> greymaus écrivait
>
>> Looking to educate myself, I have installed FreeBSD as a dual-boot on
>> this Linux machine, and have overcome some basic problems. Now I have
>> a couple of questions.
>>
>> How do I get FreeBSD to use a "better" console, like the one one gets
>> by specifying
>> vga=791
>> in lilo.conf.? (stll using the lilo installed through linux)
>
> See vidcontrol(1)
>
>> How do I change the default shell from csh to bash?.
>
> chsh(1), install bash from the ports tree.

Thanks. Should learn chsh, of course .

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On 23 Apr 2008 09:45:49 GMT, greymaus wrote:
> Looking to educate myself, I have installed FreeBSD as a dual-boot on
> this Linux machine, and have overcome some basic problems. Now I have
> a couple of questions.
>
> How do I get FreeBSD to use a "better" console, like the one one gets
> by specifying vga=791 in lilo.conf.? (stll using the lilo installed
> through linux)

FreeBSD doesn't really have *all* the fancy VESA and framebuffer console
support Linux has. Recent FreeBSD releases have improved vastly since
the time we had only `vidcontrol 80x30', but I usually find that it is
easier and far far more stable to just install an X11 where I need good
graphical UI support

> How do I change the default shell from csh to bash?.

The same way it's done on all UNIX systems which have a chsh(1) utility:

(1) Install the new shell somewhere, i.e. /usr/local/bin/newshell

(2) Make sure it's listed in /etc/shells

(3) Run the `chsh' utility to change the default user shell.

If you mean you want to change the shell of the *root* user to bash,
then it's probably a good idea to read the FreeBSD FAQ:

http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:04:37 UTC, greymaus wrote:

> On 2008-04-23, Patrick Lamaizière wrote:
> > greymaus écrivait
> >
> >> Looking to educate myself, I have installed FreeBSD as a dual-boot on
> >> this Linux machine, and have overcome some basic problems. Now I have
> >> a couple of questions.
> >>
> >> How do I get FreeBSD to use a "better" console, like the one one gets
> >> by specifying
> >> vga=791
> >> in lilo.conf.? (stll using the lilo installed through linux)
> >
> > See vidcontrol(1)
> >
> >> How do I change the default shell from csh to bash?.
> >
> > chsh(1), install bash from the ports tree.
>
> Thanks. Should learn chsh, of course .

Or just:

pw usermod user -s /pathtoshell

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On 2008-04-23, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2008 09:45:49 GMT, greymaus wrote:
>> Looking to educate myself, I have installed FreeBSD as a dual-boot on
>> this Linux machine, and have overcome some basic problems. Now I have
>> a couple of questions.
>>
>> How do I get FreeBSD to use a "better" console, like the one one gets
>> by specifying vga=791 in lilo.conf.? (stll using the lilo installed
>> through linux)
>
> FreeBSD doesn't really have *all* the fancy VESA and framebuffer console
> support Linux has. Recent FreeBSD releases have improved vastly since
> the time we had only `vidcontrol 80x30', but I usually find that it is
> easier and far far more stable to just install an X11 where I need good
> graphical UI support

I discovered that `vidcontrol 80x30` is REALLY ugly. Better with the
ooriginal settings.
>
>> How do I change the default shell from csh to bash?.
>
> The same way it's done on all UNIX systems which have a chsh(1) utility:
>
> (1) Install the new shell somewhere, i.e. /usr/local/bin/newshell
>
> (2) Make sure it's listed in /etc/shells
>
> (3) Run the `chsh' utility to change the default user shell.
>
> If you mean you want to change the shell of the *root* user to bash,
> then it's probably a good idea to read the FreeBSD FAQ:
>
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/
>
Again thanks for the info. BTW, is it supposed to be that slow,
against Linux on the same hardware?

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On 23 Apr 2008 14:04:37 GMT, greymaus wrote:
>>> How do I change the default shell from csh to bash?.
>>
>> chsh(1), install bash from the ports tree.
>
> Thanks. Should learn chsh, of course .

Alternatively, once you get familiar with the format of the password
file, you can just use:

# vipw

and manually edit the password entry of the user.

HTH,
Giorgos
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On 23 Apr 2008 18:45:45 GMT, greymaus wrote:
>
>I discovered that `vidcontrol 80x30` is REALLY ugly. Better with the
>ooriginal settings.

On this subject, has anyone managed to get other console setiings
other than 80x34 on a Sun Ultra5? "Vidcontrol -i mode" only gives
me the one option, so I'm stuck with a few lines of text in the
middle of a 19-inch screen

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On 23 Apr 2008 18:45:45 GMT
greymaus wrote:

> Again thanks for the info. BTW, is it supposed to be that slow,
> against Linux on the same hardware?

Simple stuff at the command line should be virtually instantaneous,
what's going slow enough to notice it as slow ?

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On 2008-04-28, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2008 18:45:45 GMT
> greymaus wrote:
>
>> Again thanks for the info. BTW, is it supposed to be that slow,
>> against Linux on the same hardware?
>
> Simple stuff at the command line should be virtually instantaneous,
> what's going slow enough to notice it as slow ?
>

Fancy meeting you. I hit `A` when setting up the slices and that seems to
be the problem, reinstalled and put everything under '/'. Great now.


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On 29 Apr 2008 09:21:37 GMT
greymaus wrote:

> On 2008-04-28, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > On 23 Apr 2008 18:45:45 GMT
> > greymaus wrote:
> >
> >> Again thanks for the info. BTW, is it supposed to be that slow,
> >> against Linux on the same hardware?
> >
> > Simple stuff at the command line should be virtually
> > instantaneous, what's going slow enough to notice it as slow ?
> >
>
> Fancy meeting you. I hit `A` when setting up the slices and that seems to

Been using FreeBSD and hanging out here since '93.

Anyway you know there are only 200 real people in the world

> be the problem, reinstalled and put everything under '/'. Great now.

Hmm that shouldn't have caused any problems, unless one of the
slices was getting close to full (>90%) and being written to. Ah well
problem now gone and thus impossible to diagnose.

Enjoy FreeBSD.

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On 2008-04-29, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On 29 Apr 2008 09:21:37 GMT
> greymaus wrote:
>
>> On 2008-04-28, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>> > On 23 Apr 2008 18:45:45 GMT
>> > greymaus wrote:
>> >
>> >> Again thanks for the info. BTW, is it supposed to be that slow,
>> >> against Linux on the same hardware?
>> >
>> > Simple stuff at the command line should be virtually
>> > instantaneous, what's going slow enough to notice it as slow ?
>> >
>>
>> Fancy meeting you. I hit `A` when setting up the slices and that seems to
>
> Been using FreeBSD and hanging out here since '93.
>
> Anyway you know there are only 200 real people in the world

'Twas said that if you loitered in Picadilly, everyone of importance would
pass by sometime. Probably a policeman wondering what you were doing.

>
>> be the problem, reinstalled and put everything under '/'. Great now.
>
> Hmm that shouldn't have caused any problems, unless one of the
> slices was getting close to full (>90%) and being written to. Ah well
> problem now gone and thus impossible to diagnose.

/devs was 99%.

>
> Enjoy FreeBSD.
New view on things. No Barb.

>


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