From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 09:45:01 2003 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 C45D416A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:45:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-89.apple.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3453343D31 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:45:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sektie@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hBCHixGJ000622; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:44:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-211-56-66.asm.bellsouth.net [68.211.56.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hBCHix7g009857; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:44:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <002301c3c0cc$ddbbce40$17809842@walt> References: <002301c3c0cc$ddbbce40$17809842@walt> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Randi Harper Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:44:58 -0500 To: "Walt Haynes" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Post-installation configuration problems with FreeBSD 4.4 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: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:45:01 -0000 On Dec 12, 2003, at 11:27 AM, Walt Haynes wrote: > I've installed FreeBSD 4.4 from the CD-ROM included in my FreeBSD > Unleashed book (I installed 4.4 instead of 5.0 because it's supposedly > more stable; 5.0 is a pre-release snapshot.). When I try to do the X > Server configuration stuff, the server won't start and, consequently, > X-Windows won't start. My video card is CinePak Codec by Radius, Inc. > and my monitor is a 15" ASTVision 4i (Intel (r) 82810 graphics > controller with 4MB memory, screen refresh rate of 60 hertz, > resolution is 800x600, and 24 bit color quality. For the card option, > CinePak doesn't show up in the list of potentials. Can you tell me > what I might be doing wrong in my attempt to configure X server ? By > the way, I have FreeBSD installed in a primary partition on a system > on which I also run Windows XP Professional with Boot US boot manager. > I'd appreciate any information that you can provide. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You're just a teensy bit outdated. FreeBSD 5.x is -RELEASE, just not -STABLE. and the latest version of FreeBSD 4.x is 4.9. This might be your problem. Check freebsd.org. Randi Harper sektie@freebsdgirl.com http://freebsdgirl.com