If you read no other documentation before installing this version of FreeBSD, you should at least by all means *READ THE ERRATA* for this release so that you don't stumble over problems which have already been found and fixed. This ERRATA.TXT file is obviously already out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the net and should be consulted as the "current errata" for your release. These other copies of the errata are located at: 1. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ 2. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases//ERRATA.TXT (and any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location). Any changes to this file are also automatically emailed to: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org For all CERT security advisories, see: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/ For the latest security incident information. ---- Security Advisories: Current active security advisories for 3.3: None. ---- System Update Information: o The fvwm desktop choice in the X Desktops menu doesn't work. Fix: Install fvwm from /usr/ports/x11-wm/fvwm2 instead of using the desktop menu item and put "fvwm" in your $HOME/.xinitrc and $HOME/.xsession files for use by startx/xdm. You can also build and reinstall /usr/src/release/sysinstall from 3.3-STABLE sources to fix the X Desktop menu item in question. o The lo0 (loop-back) device is not configured on startup, causing utilities like mountd to fail. Fix: Assuming that you experience this problem at all, edit /etc/rc.conf and search for where the network_interfaces variable is set. In its value, change the word "auto" to "lo0" since the auto keyword doesn't bring the loop-back device up properly, for reasons yet to be adequately determined. Since your other interface(s) will already be set in the network_interfaces variable after initial installation, it's reasonable to simply s/auto/lo0/ in rc.conf and move on.