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by NeverSimple
Fri Sep 15, 2017 4:57 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: How/where to set global environment variables?
Replies: 17
Views: 19624

Re: How/where to set global environment variables?

ASX wrote:I'm starting to think you have come across that FreeBSD cap_mkdb(1) obscenity:
8-) Mhh, I used this when i tried this a few posts back (but forgot to mention it) and it did work for me. Not sure if the OP ommited this fine 'post processing utility'...
by NeverSimple
Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:06 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: Octopkg problems?
Replies: 15
Views: 13555

Octopkg problems?

It seems that others have succes with using OctoPkg, but for me it doesn't seem to work. See attached screenshot for the output errors. If I click on one of the URL's shown in the screenshot, Firefox opens with more or less the same error: "The requested URL /GhostBSD-11/amd64/test/meta.txz: wa...
by NeverSimple
Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:55 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: How/where to set global environment variables?
Replies: 17
Views: 19624

Re: How/where to set global environment variables?

Seems to work for me when I put them in /etc/profile: HTTP_PROXY=blabla; export HTTP_PROXY After I log out any existing user and log in again, the environment variables are accessible in a (fish) shell under Xfce as root or a user root@ghostbsd:~ # echo $HTTP_PROXY blabla root@ghostbsd:~ # su rherma...
by NeverSimple
Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Joining the forum
Replies: 1
Views: 3107

Joining the forum

Very small thing, but should be easy to fix:

When I joined the forum I got an activation mail with the title: Welcome to""

Richard
by NeverSimple
Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:28 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1 is ready!
Replies: 5
Views: 8821

Re: GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1 is ready!

No big deal, of course, but I found this post by NevilleGoddard on 'the GhostBSD 11.0 ALPHA1 is ready' thread: Re: GhostBSD 11.0 ALPHA1 is ready! Postby NevilleGoddard » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:29 am GhostBSD 11.0 ALPHA1 is working great but if I open the file manager and right click the message to open ...
by NeverSimple
Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:43 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1
Replies: 17
Views: 17502

Re: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1

Well, don't know what just happened :shock: repeated the same procedure I spent several hours on yesterday, without luck. Today it succeeded in one try. No problem at all.... That is: the installer is running, don't have a working system yet, but couldn't get to this point at all. Well, it is finish...
by NeverSimple
Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1
Replies: 17
Views: 17502

Re: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1

there should be an install log file available in /tmp (and moved to /root upon install completation). The system is now running GhostBSD 10.3. I will try again to install 11.1 and see if there is a log; post it here if there is. Depending on the failure phase, you sould find the install log in /tmp...
by NeverSimple
Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:23 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1
Replies: 17
Views: 17502

Re: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1

Hi and welcome to GhostBSD! How about trying - "UFS Full Disk" and then instead of grub use - "FreeBSD bootloader" does this work? . No, none of the options work. Did not try ZFS. When I installed GhostBSD 11.1 I used ZFS Full Disk and "Grub" and there was no problem.....
by NeverSimple
Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1
Replies: 17
Views: 17502

Trying to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1

I installed GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1 succesfully on one computer, now trying to install on a second one, but no luck. Using a USB stick to install GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1 Xfce. Booting from the stick works fine, I get to a working live desktop. When i use the installer I get to the point where it asks me t...
by NeverSimple
Sun Aug 20, 2017 2:19 pm
Forum: General support
Topic: locale in GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1
Replies: 1
Views: 2579

locale in GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1

Hello, Just installed GhostBSD 11.1 ALPHA1. Great job, happy with it, will post soon in general > feedback, after having a little more experience with it. Can't really see a forum for discussing issues with the alpha/beta versions, so posted here. Should this be in: 'Development Discussions'? I was ...