installing the mozilla port

I am right now in the process of installing the mozilla port on my freeBSD box, and it has alredy taken an hour!
what in the world is going on?

There is not way that should take that long right?

Actually, YES it does take that long. Since you are installing a port, it downloads the source and compiles it for you. I think it took 3-4 hrs on my system (300mhz, 320mb RAM). You could also install Mozilla via a package if you like, that way its precompiled and you don't have to wait. Be patient, it'll finish soon.

Oh, and just a side note, its good your installing from the ports/package and not straight from mozilla source. The ports tree adds a few patches that optimizes it for FreeBSD. If you compile the source straight, mozilla will be REALLY slow and unusable. It works MUCH nicer from the packages/ports. :)

Well you are right, it did finally finish.

I have a 450Mhz k6-2 with 192 mb ram, so I guess I have to remember what waiting is like ;)

Anyway, when I start mozilla the rest of my colors in X are distorted (almost like a negative image thing) is that a function of me running out of colors? (I think I am in 8bit)

Glad it finally finished. I know how the waiting game goes, I am probably the most impatient person on the earth ;)

I haven't encountered your exact problem, but it sounds likely mozilla just doesn't have enough colors to display semi-decently. You should be able to run at least 16bit color on that machine. I have another machine with 4mb video and I run it 24bit color at 1280x1024 (though thats pushing the poor little card).

Let me know if you need help changing the color depth.