Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:04:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: George Sollish <gsollish@mail.gisco.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008101147260.266-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.10.10008090808380.304-100000@pequod.autogear.net>
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Hi George, On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, George Sollish wrote: > I've been running 3.2R on a compaq i586-84 for a year and felt it was time > to move on to 4.0R, so I followed the instructions for a binary upgrade > which worked reasonably well EXCEPT: > > (1) 'startx' (for root or user) fails with a series of messages: > Xwrapper: no modules loader for 'xserver' service > Authentication failed -- cannot start X server Perhaps with your upgrade you didn't update /etc/pam.conf? You might want to check if you have this in /etc/pam.conf: xserver auth required pam_permit.so If that doesn't do the trick, in /etc/fbtab try uncommenting the line: /dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console > (2) This is a dual boot box (Win95) using the FreeBSD bootloader. The > bootloader works fine on a cold boot, but locks solid on a warm boot. > Initiating a boot from the install floppy displays the same behavior: fine > on a cold boot, 'disc read error, no /kernel present' on a warm boot. Sounds like a problem with either BIOS/hardware. I'd be really grasping at straws if I were to guess that your drives needed to reset from some reason or something... ? -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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