Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:31:03 -0800 (PST) From: K.Greenwood <k_greenwood1@sluggy.net> To: Desmond Lee <jenson@attcanada.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x-windows not working Message-ID: <20010313053103.7675936F9@sitemail.everyone.net>
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Just out of curiousity, have you checked your horizontal and vertical refresh? I know with a compaq presario 425 it kept bombing out until I specified a refresh rate... you may want to crack open the users manual and have a look see. Also, you may want to open the system to verify that it is indeed a ATI Rage Fury Pro... (would that be Mach 64?) Hope it helps and good luck. --- Desmond Lee <jenson@attcanada.ca> > 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. > >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. > >So, now i'm back to square one. I have free bsd installed, but no pretty >graphical component. IF anyone could please help that would be great. > >Thanks in advance > >regards >desmond lee > > > >At 06:16 AM 12/03/2001 -0700, you wrote: >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, you wrote: >> > Hi there >> > >> > I'm a newbie and have successfully installed freed bsd 4.2, but am having >> > problems with getting the graphical component running >> > >> > I'm pretty sure that my video card (ati rage fury pro with tv out) is >> > compatible since the configuration tool used in the free bsd installation >> > worked perfect. >> > >> > The only problem is that when it tries to start the x-server ( i think >> > that's the graphical component part of bsd, like x-window right? ), it >> > stalls and doesn't t go anywhere. To stop this i have to reboot and the >> > configuration is left undone. >> > >> > >> > I have no idea why this is. I think it may have to do with some of the >> > files that couldn't get copied over during installation. In particular, >> > the x1k98, x9set and a bunch of the pc98-servers/ files couldn't get >> > transferred over during installation. >> > >> > If anyone could help me with this problem that would be great, 'cause I've >> > wanted to get up and running w/ free bsd for sooooooo long, but am having >> > so much difficulty. >> >> >>I had similar problems when I first tried installing FreeBSD a while back. >>Couldn't get the xserver to start. I followed the steps in the book >>exactly and >>it still wouldn't work. A friend of mine who's really good at Unix in general >>had to show me a few tricks. >> >>First, don't configure X when you install the base system. Instead, skip >>the configuration. Do the other stuff like set the root password, etc., and >>reboot. Make sure you leave leave the default svga and vga16 servers >>checked even though you may also select a server for MachX. Doesn't hurt to >>have extras. >> >>When you get to the prompt, login as root and type "/stand/sysinstall". >>Choose configure and then choose XFree86 configuration. Use the graphical >>configuration tool. Go through each of menus and set your hardware. Choose >>something fairly conservative for your video like 16 bits and 1024x768. As >>with the command line utility choose your card and memory. The menu all the >>way to the right usually doesn't have anything you need to set. When you >>hit Ok >>the xserver should start. When the menu comes up hit Ok, don't >>run xvidtune or >>anything. When it asks to create the link hit yes. >> >>I've used these steps probably 50 times since without a problem even though, >>like you, I couldn't get the xserver to start at first. The main thing >>was not >>configuring X in the initial install of the system for some reason. >> >>Hope this helps. If you've already tried this, sorry. >> >>Zach Thompson >> >> >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: PGP 6.5.8 >> >>iQA/AwUBOqzRj5CjAI4/vZatEQIkhQCdEBVKK3lFQBDNwYbKys4Qx1/ocGoAn2UL >>g/ghtX+7w98QAt2qxheY5Jsl >>=3Ais >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Sluggy.Net: The Sluggy Freelance Community! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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