From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 17:59:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6749816A4CF for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:59:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6A843D2D for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:59:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) ESMTP id i88HxqrR018887; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:59:52 -0700 Received: from [192.168.1.101] (c-24-18-235-11.client.comcast.net [24.18.235.11]) (authenticated bits=0)i88Hxpvp007173 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:59:52 -0700 From: David Syphers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:59:52 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409081059.52366.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> cc: Gene Bomgardner Subject: Re: sysinstall problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:59:53 -0000 On Wednesday 08 September 2004 08:44 am, Gene Bomgardner wrote: > I've been trying to get the XFree86 distribution installed on my 5.2 box > using sysinstall over FTP from several sites. Each time I get the message Do you already have 5.2 installed and are going back into sysinstall, or are you installing 5.2 and trying to add the package at the same time? Also, is this really 5.2 or is it 5.2.1? In any case, it may be looking for a version of the package which no longer exists. You can add the latest packages (after installation) using pkg_add (and fetch them remotely using pkg_add -r. See 'man pkg_add'). > My questions are: > > 1) What is error code 1? It really means nothing by itself; we need the real error to see what the problem is. "error code 1" is just a generic fatal error message. > 2) What debug screen? Where is it? If you're installing, you can see more info by looking at the second virtual terminal (alt-F2). -David -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++