Joel Perry Productions » Xorg http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress an IT professional just trying to fit in... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:53:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Computer upgrades http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2011/10/20/computer-upgrades/ http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2011/10/20/computer-upgrades/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:39:26 +0000 finndo http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/?p=1202


I started having an issue with my computer maybe back in May, where anytime I powered my machine off I had to reconfigure my Bios settings, as my primary Bios had failed, after several months of this I guess I just got tired of dealing with it, [...]]]> http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2011/10/20/computer-upgrades/feed/ 0 FreeBSD the next step update 1 http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-the-next-step-update-1/ http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-the-next-step-update-1/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:34:55 +0000 finndo http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/?p=254

Although I was away for a week, I managed to get a few things accomplished over the weekend.  I’ll go ahead and relist my list of things to do now and then add some comments about them below…

 

install VirtualBox (done but not running/needs configuration) install [...]]]> http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-the-next-step-update-1/feed/ 0 FreeBSD 8.0 and KDE, the next step http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-8-0-and-kde-the-next-step/ http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-8-0-and-kde-the-next-step/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:46:41 +0000 finndo http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/?p=251

Ok, so my FreeBSD box boots, I have the beastie to welcome me to my system, KDE launches when I type startx, my mouse and KB both work from the console [...]]]> http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/03/30/freebsd-8-0-and-kde-the-next-step/feed/ 1 just a couple of random thoughts… http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/02/02/just-a-couple-of-random-thoughts/ http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/2010/02/02/just-a-couple-of-random-thoughts/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:26:37 +0000 finndo http://www.joelperryproductions.com/wordpress/?p=143

First, I went with Occam’s razor on my ATI driver issue.  after reading close to 20 web pages (mostly forum posts, but some blogs too) and came up with