Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:21:20 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Desmond Lee <jenson@attcanada.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x-windows not working Message-ID: <3AADAE50.214FB2B9@urx.com> References: <4.3.0.20010312211844.00ab3f00@inbox.attcanada.ca>
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Desmond Lee wrote: > > Hey dude,.. thanks for all your help : ) > > At 09:43 PM 12/03/2001 -0700, z thompson wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, you wrote: > > > Hi Guys > > > > > > Thanks a lot for your help. Unfortunately I'm still not able to get the > > > x-server going and it still stalls. > > > > > > what i did was the follwoing: > > > I reinstalled free bsd and got a bunch of messages saying that the > > > pc98-servers/x9480, pc98-servers/x9EGC, pc98-servers/X9GA9,.... etc > > > couldn't get transfered. If you don't have a PC-98 computer, which is pretty much restricted to Japan, why are you worrying about it. You install it and immediately upgrade it from the ports to get the latest version. Kent > > > > > > Also, i got a message saying " unable to transfer the x1k98 distribution > > > from acdoc" and " unable to transfer the X9set distribution from acdoc". > > > > > > I then took Zach Thompson's advice and didn't configure the x-server and > > > continued w/ the rest of the installation config. set up stuff. I then > > > rebooted and logged in as root and tried to configure the xfree86 after > > > running "/stand/sysinstall". Unfortunately, upon finishing the > > > configuration, the > > > x-server still hangs when it tries to start. > > > > > > I then had to press control-alt-del to reboot. I then tried to take Lane's > > > advice and look in the "/var/log/XFree86.0.log but there was no files with > > > names similar to this in the var/log directory. > > > >Sorry to hear that didn't work for you. > > Are you getting these error messages when the installation is copying > >files? Obviously you'll have problems if all of the necessary files aren't > >copied. Are you installing from a release CD? Are you sure you specified > >enough space for your slices? > > This is the 2nd cd that was burned for me by my friend. It's straight off > the free bsd ftp site and it's an iso -image which is translated (using the > cd burner s/w,... pretty standard stuff i thing) and burned on to the cd. I > then use the cd to boot off of as specified in the bios. > > I specified 4G's of space for free bsd as follows: > size name > 80Mb / > 1450Mb /usr > 800Mb /usr/local > 200Mb /var > 1000Mb /home > 400Mb swap > > I think that's quite a bit so it shouldn't give me any insufficient memory > errors,..... (i've had throes before when my partitions were too small > during red hat installations).a > > >You're not getting any panics during installation are you? The files just keep > >copying even though some of them failed? > The messages say that the files couldn't be copied, I'm not sure if this is > the root of the problem or not since this is the 2nd cd that was given to > me from my friend and he made sure that this one was okay 'cause i told him > that before some of the files didn't get copied over. > > The messages just say something along the lines of "unable to transfer the > x1k98 distribution from ad0c" or cannot transfer pc98-servers/x9480. After > getting these messages i just continue on w/ the installation and the > installation completes. Everything works except the graphical component, > and i think all the files get copied except the "x" stuff (which i think > has to do w/ the graphical component of free bsd). > > Is there any way i can get my hands on a rock solid cd that will not have > any problems w/ transferring files? This is weird 'cause this is like the > 2nd cd that was burned for me and the third cd that my other friend burned > for me won't even boot from the cd (even when he did a proper job of > getting the distribution put on the cd). > > So,... if you have anymore insights I'd really appreciate that. > > Thanks > > Regards > > Desmond Lee > > >Zach > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: PGP 6.5.8 > > > >iQA/AwUBOq2osZCjAI4/vZatEQJKNQCdHHeLsyFXYX+CbZE61X47ANKAF4QAoI1s > >agg6eG2taC3pFjc+yBT1eHnv > >=hXBJ > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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