Category Archives: NetBSD

I find very difficult to deal with wifi connections when you are in mobility and use more than one connection. You can use wpa_gui to scan your networks but probably you then need to launch ‘dhclient’ to adquire the ip … Continue reading →

NetBSD 5.99 out of the box don’t detect the closed/open lid in my Thinkpad R61. I  found the solution in this article: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=85344 I must say this solution is for T60 and T61, but R61 architecture is pretty similar to … Continue reading →

One thing annoying in latest compiz version (including Linux) is you can not change your mouse appearance since gnome environment. But you can do it easy editing your ~/.Xdefaults: Xcursor*theme: DMZ-WhiteXcursor*size: 48 In this case DMZ-White is the name of … Continue reading →

This post does not intend to be a well implemented firewall for you. Only reflects my tests and my preliminary configuration for IpFilter. I don’t know much about firewalls or ipfilter in particular, so… use this at your own risk. … Continue reading →

It’s not difficult to install modular Xorg in a NetBSD. In my case I was working with the standard Xorg and XFCE4 when I moved to modular. In fact, XFCE4 and GNOME are able to run when compiled against standard … Continue reading →

Reference: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/getting.html First time I installed “pkgsrc” after install NetBSD from boot-only disc I grab “pkgsrc” with: ftp ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc.tar.gz Just decompress it and you can start to use it. By default “pkgsrc”, as “ports” in FreeBSD, will store sources in … Continue reading →

The aim was to install NetBSD with support for “suspend to ram”. This feature only works in CURRENT 5.99.x (afaik). After testing 5.0.2 and 5.1RC I’ve decide give a chance to current, learn in the process and see … It … Continue reading →