Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:50:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert J Lynn Jr (TeChYMaN)" <root@techyman.ml.org> To: MALCOLM BOFF <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.2.2-RELEASE to 2.2.6-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980611124948.1121E-100000@techyman.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199806110851_MC2-3FE3-198D@compuserve.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 F00F bug is a minor Pentium bug that ppl can crash yer puter with that insrtuction. it isnt used in regular programming tho, inly malicious users. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Lynn Jr. (TeChYMaN, TechyMan, rjlynn, TeChY) "What does rm -rf * do?" Owner/Operator Williamsport Computer Owner/Operator TeChYMaN's BSD Shells KidsWorld Sr. Helper On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, MALCOLM BOFF wrote: > Due to a problem that I was experiencing I felt obliged to do an UPGRADE > install from 2.2.2-RELEASE to 2.2.6-RELEASE and I have a couple of > problems. > > 1) The 'dmesg' output from the GENERIC kernel is below and you will notice > that it reports a Pentium F00F error - I was not aware that this was > possible > on a 233Mhz Pentium and it did not report this at 2.2.2 whats happening > here. > > 2) Issuing a 'startx' command with my existing /etc/X86Config now gives me > an error 'failed to set default font path '.....' followed by 'could not > open default > font 'fixed''. "The Complete FreeBSD" says that for the second of these > errors you should run 'mkfontdir' on all the font directories, however the > first > message implies that it cannot find the font path so the second error is > probably a follow on from the first. Why can't it set the default font path > ? All > the paths are present ! > > 'dmesg output from GENERIC kernel attached' > > Malcolm G. Boff > Sylmex Ltd. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNYAK2g2MC48AN/7zEQJjYwCg11zfOvgO8F7AgbrpBCccHr7yN/QAoKrt Oz7reQpg3wEIy8g7tauQezRy =ZiIF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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