From owner-freebsd-bugbusters@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 18:59:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3BD916A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:59:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cpinternet.com (mail.cpinternet.com [209.240.224.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836ED43D5C for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:59:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcmalc@cpinternet.com) X-Node: 4 Received: from cpinternet.com (modem0106-cp-tnt-mpls2.cpinternet.com [64.61.211.106]) by mail.cpinternet.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9RIxl6O022629 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:59:48 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <417FF04E.6050501@cpinternet.com> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:00:30 -0400 From: john User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bugbusters@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: XFree86 server crash. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Coordination of the Problem Report handling effort. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:59:50 -0000 ENVIRONMENT. Compaq Presario sr1053wm. I can't provide log files at this point because freebsd works badly on my machine. DESCRIPTION --------------- I have installed freebsd 5.2.1 about 20 times with various options on my machine. The result is always the same. The XFree 86 server always crashes. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT DUE TO BAD DISKS. I have tried disks from two different sources, including the boxed set. I have also tried version 5.0. XFREE86 DOES WORK ON MY HARDWARE - THE PROBLEM IS YOUR INSTALLER (probably). I also have Openbsd and Suse on the same machine. XFree86 works on both of these systems. (note I am using partition magic) I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS INSTALLING XFREE86. 1.. Xconfig reports and error and asks me if I want to try again. 2 ncursses doesn't work either. It didn't write a config file at all the last time I checked. 3. The script version wrote a config file but xfree86 still crashed. 4. Leaving x alone doesn't work either. 5. The computer hangs when I chose the "exit install" option. (unplugging first doesn't help). 6 I have tried several different configuration settings including all of the different ones suggested by the Compaq support staff.( they don't really know what is in their boxes ) All of the configuration setting that I have tried have been on the conservative side. I have reviewed a lot of posts on various forums concerning difficulties installing XFree86 with Freebsd on Compaq computers. I haven't seen very many posts about solutions. WHERE ARE THE LOG FILES? My installation of Freebsd doesn't work well enough for me to send them. Programs like Mozilla don;t work. (probably needs x).. I have not been able to get FreeBSD to mount a foreign file system so I can't use Windows or Linux to send the logs. HOW TO REPEAT THE PROBLEM Try to install FreeBSD on a Presario sr1053wm. Good luck! About ready to give up John .. ..