From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 6 17:48:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29461 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from minotaur.labyrinth.net.au (minotaur.labyrinth.net.au [203.9.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29454 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:48:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ashley@labyrinth.net.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by minotaur.labyrinth.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.6) id MAA16590; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:50:35 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> Received: from minerva-as41.labyrinth.net.au(203.23.74.41), claiming to be "ashley" via SMTP by minotaur.labyrinth.net.au, id smtpdAAAa16563; Sat Mar 7 12:50:24 1998 X-Sender: pirovich@labyrinth.net.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 12:48:32 +1000 To: Greg Lehey , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ashley Subject: Re: X problem :( In-Reply-To: <19980306223337.39047@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 22:33 06/03/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Fri, 6 March 1998 at 22:13:35 +1000, Ashley wrote: >> last week i purged my computer of Linux and installed FreeBSD. i had the X >> Windows System up and running fine. a couple of days ago i upgraded to >> FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE. >> >> after i did a "make world" and recompiled the kernel X is now causing me >> problems. i can load X after i boot. however, if i then exit X, and try to >> run it again the system hangs, requiring a reboot. i have no idea why this >> is happening. >> >> any help or ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. > >One message is enough. > >What's your hardware configuration? sorry about the two messages. the first bounced back. anyway.... i reinstalled FreeBSD lastnight (not because of this) to increase my FreeBSD partition size. i decided to get X running before i upgraded to STABLE. the problem occured with the 2.2.5-RELEASE. when i tested FreeBSD for the first time before i switched from Linux, this problem did not occur with 2.2.5-RELEASE. i am using exactly the same hardware setup now as when it worked fine. my hardware is : STB Velocity video card (S3 VirgeVX) PPro200 128mb RAM IDE HD's Ciao. Ashley. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message