From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 01:30:33 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 665A016A4EF for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cpinternet.com (mail.cpinternet.com [209.240.224.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035B043D55 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:30:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcmalc@cpinternet.com) X-Node: 2 Received: from cpinternet.com (modem0099-cp-tnt-mpls2.cpinternet.com [64.61.211.99]) by mail.cpinternet.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iB51USI3006728 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:30:31 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41B26474.1090904@cpinternet.com> Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:29:24 -0600 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: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <417FF04E.6050501@cpinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <417FF04E.6050501@cpinternet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: XFree86 server crash. 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: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 01:30:33 -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 > > 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 . 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 settings that I have tried have been on > the conservative side. > > > 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! > > > DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO PROCEED? > John > > .. .. >