trying to set internet connection and run mplayer with FreeBSD/FreeSBIE

  
 Hi *,   I am more of a Linux dude who wants/needs to use FreeBSD for various servers and in a multiboot developer's box.   I use Linux/Debian/knoppix a whole lot, but I am having great difficulties trying to set up an internet connection using FreeSBIE:   I am trying to do it via "sysinstall" going though all the conf screens till I get to the "Network services Menu" and then select "Networking Configure additional network interfaces"   then I see my NIC displayed as: "x10 3COM 3c90x/3c90xB PCI ethernet card", click on OK and then get the following questions prompted:  "Do you want to try IPv6 configuration of the device?" [No]  "Do you want to try DHCP configuration of the interface?" [No]    then a windows comes on which I enter (or so I think) the basic internet settings:   after that my (not functioning) configuration is: // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  // __ ifconfig -a freesbie@freesbie:~# ifconfig -a xl0:
 flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500         options=8<VLAN_MTU>         inet6 fe80::260:8ff:fec9:b770%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1          inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255         ether 00:60:08:c9:b7:70         media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)         status: active fwe0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500         options=8<VLAN_MTU>         ether 02:00:4c:00:3d:1c         ch 1 dma -1 plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 pflog0: flags=0<> mtu 33208 pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 2020 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000          inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128          inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6   // __ netstat -rn freesbie@freesbie:~# netstat -rn Routing tables  Internet: Destination        Gateway            Flags    Refs      Use  Netif Expire 127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0       98    
 lo0 
 Internet6: Destination                       Gateway                       Flags      Netif Expire ::1                               ::1                           UH          lo0 fe80::%xl0/64                     link#1                        UC          xl0 fe80::260:8ff:fec9:b770%xl0       00:60:08:c9:b7:70             UHL         lo0 fe80::%lo0/64                     fe80::1%lo0                   U           lo0 fe80::1%lo0                       link#6                        UHL         lo0 ff01::/32                         ::1                           U           lo0 ff02::%xl0/32                     link#1                        UC          xl0 ff02::%lo0/32                     ::1                           UC          lo0 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -    I think there is something wrong somehow, because I have run tcpdump/ethereal and I can see the whole internet traffic reaching my NIC, however I can not get out there, not even pi
 ng my
 gateway. I have tried that both before and after running sysinstall and always as root.   Using Knoppix you could run "netcardconfig" to set up your internet connection access right away. I could imagine FreeSBIE uses something similar because the window used to actually enter the settings does not look like an ncurses-based one. What is the scrip used by FreeSBIE to just enter your internet connection setting at once (without going through all other settings)?  // __  also knoppix does not come with mplayer ready on the CD, so this was one of the first thing that I tried, but all I got was hassling while trying to run mplayer. I went: // __ 1. freesbie@freesbie:~# mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom; freesbie@freesbie:~# cd /cdrom freesbie@freesbie:/cdrom# ls video_ts  // __ 2.  Xfce Menu -> Multimedia -> Mplayer  clicked on the File search icon (underlined triangle last to the right)  and after it looked as if the movie was going to start playing I got:    Error! VobSub: Bad mag
 ic in
 IFO deader  // __ 3.  I tried then starting with another file and got:   Error! "Seek failed"   // __ then I tried different files (with extensions ".ifo") to have mplayer crash with all kinds of errors   This DVD I have payed with knoppix (after installing mplayer on an external drive) and with Windows without any problems. I have noticed lots of people complaining about mplayer+FreeBSD.   I would literally love for the liveDC community (largely Debian-based knoppix nuts) to have also FreeBSD alternatives. I could go ahead and start my wish list headed by a livecd-started/internet based installation of FreeBSD a la Debian/debootstrap.   My personal opinion is that FreeSBIE has someway to go. How fast they get "there" remains to be seen.   Thanks  otf


		
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