On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 04:44:24PM +0200, Wouter Klouwen wrote:

> I have never had any of these problems. My $TERM is `xterm'.

xterm is for X11 - didn't you notice, that I was asked for console?

> This most likely depends upon badly created applications which assume one
> terminal type.

Possible - but still I'm reporting a problem.

> Wow. You use moused? Have you not heard of X?

Have you heard of people preferring console mode?

> > 7. Using my favourite text editor - joe 
> 
> Well, there's your problem.

Such answer can be given to ANY user of ANY broken package from NetBSD
packages collection.

Is such attitude normal among NetBSD users?

> No. NetBSD comes standard with sh and csh. More then you'll ever need to get
> pkgsrc and install your shell of choice. tcsh or bash by default would just
> be bloat.

Any more functionality, than obsolete c-shell gives - "would just be bloat"?

> mc is anything but essential. A lot of third party applications are
> available through pkgsrc, and there are prebuilt binairies which may be
> installed from ftp.netbsd.org, or a local mirror.

mc is VERY useful - and I didn't find prebuilt binary of mc. There were
compilation problems.

> > 12. xmradio utility seem to be broken
> Hardly NetBSD's fault.

I don't know, whether it's system fault, or maintainer's fault - just
reporting a problem, which needs to be fixed. Or perhaps it's "my problem"
too?

> Configuration error. I suggest you read the xawtv documentation.

Read it already.

> Fixtv error.

...which need to be fixed by NetBSD-package maintainer. And just because of
this I wrote that.

> Are you serious? pkgsrc may have it's difficulties, but to suggest such a
> replacement?!

Why not replace that (perhaps still not-so-very-bad) system by the better
one - when that better one is available?

> > 16. Does there exist any JRE for NetBSD (as plugin for Firefox) - but not
> > for using in "linux-emulation mode"?
> 
> No. Blame Sun.

I'm not looking for anybody to blame - I'm looking for JRE.

> > 17. Perhaps somebody can tell me the way to transfer entire installed NetBSD
> > from one hdd to another (it's installed together with FreeDOS and NetBSD
> > bootmanager)? Or even better: to make copy on the CD - and to install it back
> > from such backup-CD to other hdd?
> 
> dd.

dd? From - let's say - 6 GB hdd to 40 GB hdd, with quite different geometry?
Thanks a lot for such "tip".

Perhaps someone a little more experienced?

> This has been a flamish reply to flamish remarks.

You're only 50% right; yes, this was a flamish reply indeed
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				pozdrawiam / regards

						Zbigniew Baniewski