Category Archives: OpenBSD
OpenBSD smtpd & Mailman configuration?
Anybody has a hint where to look for configuration help for the new smtpd standard SMTP daemon together with the Mailman. There is lots of stuff out there for Postfix etc. but I would love to use OpenBSDs own SMTPD … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, OpenBSD, Technology
VMware server 2 and OpenBSD guest running.
I can report that running VMware server 2 on a Debian system and a OpenBSD guest system does work. I had not updated for VMware 2 although its out for a while. I now did it by deinstalling the old … Continue reading
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In need of a major new GNOME panel
I suggest that people start working on an alternative GNOME panel now. I have seen some suggestions on a GNOME wiki page, but I think most directions are very wrong. Like what you see here: Essentially these are imitations of … Continue reading
Filed under Browser, Free Software, GNOME, Linux, OpenBSD, Programming, Technology
And X11/Xorg with OpenBSD
On my last post about installing OpenBSD on my R52 notebook I forgot to say that the X11 really ran out of the box without any configuration at all.
Filed under Free Software, OpenBSD
Using WPA on OpenBSD
The missing WPA support was something many users where missing on OpenBSD. I now tell some practical steps on how to connect to a WPA encrypted wireless network with OpenBSD. Again – and as often OpenBSD makes it simpler than … Continue reading
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OpenBSD also on Notebook as Dual Boot
I had left some part of the hard disk free to try installing OpenBSD on my IBM Thinkpad R52 later. The later is now. I had some respect for trying the dual boot as last time I tried it was … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, OpenBSD, Technology
Remove files with “-” (options)
I realized that I never read the man page till the end. Thanks to the guys of bytemine at Kieler Linuxtage for answering the question on how to remove files like “-a” which could be interpreted as an option. You … Continue reading
Filed under Free Software, Linux, OpenBSD, Technology
SFD and 25 years GNU @ KDE & GNOME
GNU software exists since 25 years. Also there was the 4th Software Freedom Day at Sept. 20th. And what did we see at www.gnome.org and www.kde.org ? Not a word! This is very unfortunate. Its not that there aren’t people … Continue reading
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Fixing Thunderbird after updating
Today I has some XUL related problems with Thunderbird on OpenBSD. It would not let me write new mails and said OpenPGP would not work. The solution was to remove the file “XUL.mfasl” from the Thunderbird user directory. Just thought … Continue reading
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Flashcard reader on OpenBSD
I had bought a flashcard reader from HAMA USB 2.0 Card Reader 1000 & 1, where I did not find a good hint how to use in OpenBSD. Because GNOME on OpenBSD is not mounting automatically on insertion. But then … Continue reading
Filed under OpenBSD, Technology
