A reference list of all installed apps required for use on FreeBSD 8.0 or later
abiword - Word processing application
aterm - Better alternative to xterm
firefox - browser
fluxbox - window manager
filezilla - ftp client
gcolor2 - color picker utility
gkrellm - system monitoring util
linux-base-f10  - fedora linux compatibility base libraries
linux-f10-flashplugin - flash plugin for firefox and other browsers
mysql 5.x [...]

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Sometimes we may make a mistake in the rc.conf file - either a syntax error or loading something which causes the system to crash. In such a case we need to fix the rc.conf file so that the system can boot normally.
The steps to do this are given below:

Boot into single user mode
When prompted [...]

If after installing Apache and starting the server the following message shows in the error logs and the apache server does not start:
hostname nor servname provided, or not known: mod_unique_id: unable to find IPv4 address of xxxxxx
then in httpd.conf disable the line
LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache2/mod_unique_id.so
Restart again. This is usually the fix if changing hosts and [...]

The commands are given below. Though this was used to install mysql 5.5.4 , it is applicable to older versions also (and perhaps newer ones as well).

cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql55-server/
make install clean
/usr/local/bin/mysql_install_db
chown -R mysql /var/db/mysql/
chgrp -R mysql /var/db/mysql/
/usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe –user=mysql &
/usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root password newpassword
Edit /etc/rc.conf to start mysql server at startup by putting the line

mysql_enable=”YES”
After this, restart [...]