Subject: Re: nubie, hello and questions
To: Dale Einarson <einarson@cafe.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/27/1998 19:02:55
Dale Einarson wrote:
>
> Superfluous prenote:
> This is my 1st post. I have little UNIX experience. I have Linux,
> FreeBSD on I386. No prob.'s! I have failed to get things running on
> MacBSD. twm/X runs (lynx works.), but dt-1.1.4, AfterStep or avail'
> binaries no chance.
Really? What exactly do you mean when you say that the above failed to
run?
> Q: X front end; What is the name of the mac like front end? were
> do I get it?
mlvwm (mac-like virtual window manager). i don't know where to get it,
but if you do a websearch for it, you'll probably find the web page...ok,
i take that back, here it is:
http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/member/tak/mlvwm.html
> Q: Are there any URLs that might help bring me up to speed? ( I
> know of these)
> www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/meta-faq/
> www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/
> www.macbsd.com/macbsd/howto/
yes, all of them. especially the faq itself.
> Q: Netscape /motif ( on my PC )
> I have Netscape running on FreeBSD_i386/TWM/X does this say anything about
> the MOTIF problem?
not really. the "motif problem" will probably be worked around once the
source code to netscape has been released, but that's a few months away
at the moment
> Q: Does anyone have a mount_amiga2DD_floppy file?
what's that?
later.
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6 Intel Corporation
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