From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 6:10:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C57B837B422 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 06:10:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13XkOe-0001cw-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:10:16 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA40575 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:10:15 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA40546 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:08:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from eseed1st@hotmail.com) Received: from [64.4.15.19] (helo=hotmail.com) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13XkNC-0000XC-00 for jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:08:46 +0100 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 06:07:51 -0700 Received: from 209.215.10.76 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 09 Sep 2000 13:07:51 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.215.10.76] From: "stan deese" To: jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: install & xwindows Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 09:07:51 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2000 13:07:51.0522 (UTC) FILETIME=[F58C1420:01C01A5E] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG OK guys I have dl'd the entire 4.1 release, made the image disks, and installed the system in every way I can figure out. I have read until my eyes bleed. These are my problems. First, after the install, (std,compact,custom) I get hda1 write timeout 5 times, until the sys defaults to pio mode. I assigned a dedicated 8 gig disk. My conflicts in install are all in the network area, which I do not need. So I remove them before install. But that ain't the main problem. I have yet to get ANY gui to start. not with startx or xconsole. All I have attained so far is a grey screen with a vertical black bar to the left side. Mouse movement tracks another vertical black line across the screen. That is with the std install. IF I do anything in the custom install or configuration, when I issue startx I get x11 unix console(or something like that) can't connect error=2. My question is, is there something I'm missing? Or does my own stupidididty preclude my ability to use unix? I worked with a dec pdp11 back in the 80's, and I seemed able then! But now, at 52 I wonder if the brain is able to understand ls & grp. Any help appreciated. Tks, Stan _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message