From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 8 18:34:22 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 0AC2816A4CE for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:34:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from orion.kls2.com (orion.kls2.com [198.51.109.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBCC43D2F for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:34:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) Received: from orion.kls2.com (localhost.kls2.com [127.0.0.1]) by orion.kls2.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i88IYLgQ057512 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) Received: (from karl@localhost) by orion.kls2.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i88IYL8O057511 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from karl@kls2.com) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.kls2.com: karl set sender to karl@kls2.com using -f Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:34:21 -0700 From: Karl Swartz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040908183421.GA56729@orion.kls2.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200409081059.52366.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409081059.52366.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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 18:34:22 -0000 > 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? I've experienced this same thing with 4.10. > > 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). It works in that case, but if you're doing post-install additions that doesn't work. I've never figured out where the info goes in that case, though I usually use pkg_add or other non-user-"friendly" techniques to solve the problem. -- Karl Swartz |Home karl@kls2.com http://www.kls2.com/~karl/ "The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney