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by macondo
Mon Aug 14, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: My Post-installation Configuration
Replies: 12
Views: 20449

Re: My Post-installation Configuration

Thanks, Neville, but still is the fact that it uses ~90 MB RAM, while my wm uses about 3, is a matter of getting used to it. ;) Besides, I am too old to learn new tricks.
by macondo
Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:58 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: My Post-installation Configuration
Replies: 12
Views: 20449

Re: My Post-installation Configuration

I neglected to explain how I got rid of XFCE4: $ sudo pkg delete xfconf xfce4-utils xfwm4 xfce4-session xfdesktop4 exo-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-terminal thunar $ sudo pkg autoremove Yeah, I know... I'm an ungrateful punk, after all that work the devs did, tsk, tsk, tsk...but I need my beloved keybind...
by macondo
Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: HOWTO: IceWM Configuration
Replies: 2
Views: 21309

Re: HOWTO: IceWM Configuration

Update: My new sound keybindings: #Sound key "Ctrl+Down" aumix -v -9 # lower volume key "Ctrl+Up" aumix -v +9 # raise volume IOW, Control key and the Down arrow will lower the sound. Contrl key and the Up arrow will raise the volume. Restart IceWm (Ctrl+Alt+Delete + r) OR Windows...
by macondo
Sun Aug 13, 2017 8:37 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: My Post-installation Configuration
Replies: 12
Views: 20449

Re: My Post-installation Configuration

Maybe It could be useful a section dedicated to share our pf.conf (explaining it).
Vale!
I agree with you. Unfortunately, I am a newbie, and so far I am happy with just something that works (according to grc.com)
My answer every time I screw up, is to reinstall gbsd, what can I tell you, pal?
by macondo
Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:36 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: My Post-installation Configuration
Replies: 12
Views: 20449

My Post-installation Configuration

I am a minimalist, eye-candy means nothing to me, speed is where is at, IMHO. I own an old 'coffee pot' with a Celeron and 4 gigs of ram that I added after getting my box. This is a very SUBJECTIVE matter, take it with "grain of salt". After the installation, and playing around with XFCE, ...
by macondo
Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:26 am
Forum: General support
Topic: i386 / 32 bit GhostBSD
Replies: 32
Views: 40632

Re: i386 / 32 bit GhostBSD

You're correct.

i386, IIRC, can only utilize 3 MB of ram maximum, while the 64 bit will use the whole amount.
by macondo
Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: i386 / 32 bit GhostBSD
Replies: 32
Views: 40632

Re: i386 / 32 bit GhostBSD

I can go either way, I got a dual celeron w/4 gigs of ram
by macondo
Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: General Questions
Topic: Upgrade to 11 or even -current...
Replies: 5
Views: 8538

Re: Upgrade to 11 or even -current...

Thanks kraileth, it worked flawlesly from FreeBSD 11.0 to 11.1
by macondo
Sat Jul 22, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: How to fix the Xorg resolution?
Replies: 14
Views: 16287

Re: How to fix the Xorg resolution?

I found this in the forums:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/61702/

Comented the xrandr codes in my .xinitrc, and rebooted and bob's your uncle!

No more problems.

Thanks to ASX and everybody else...

PD: you were right on the money, ASX :)