From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 27 7:58:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.xs4all.nl (smtp3.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9A137B403 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:58:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tendimus.meridien.nl (stat124-32.dial.xs4all.nl [194.109.124.32]) by smtp3.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA03446 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:58:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wijnand ([192.168.0.104]) by tendimus.meridien.nl (MERAK 2.10.282) with ESMTP id CRC36692 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:59:25 +0200 Message-ID: <023701c14765$0435fac0$6800a8c0@wijnand> From: "Wijnand Wiersma" To: References: <016301c14732$9b6c7dc0$6800a8c0@wijnand> <3BB2D854.FAF5D2C1@flash.net> <01b101c14749$b1b505e0$6800a8c0@wijnand> <3BB306AE.18B58C2B@flash.net> Subject: Re: X and windowmanager problems (and some more :( ) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:59:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry, but the second time I had the same problems after a clean install without having compiled a new kernel. And I really need my old home partition! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney Thomas" To: "Wijnand Wiersma" Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: X and windowmanager problems (and some more :( ) > If you chose linux compatibility when you originally installed FreeBSD, > ext2fs is going to mess a lot up. And might foul a number of things > anyway. This is mentioned somewhere in the docs [can't remember]. Anway > I once wasted a week because of this. > > I suggest removing this from your kernel and retrying everything else, > then go back to ext2fs. > > Kind regards, > > Courtney > > > > > Wijnand Wiersma wrote: > > > > well, I do need ext2fs. I kept my old home partition from my slackware > > installation. > > And what I want isn't very dangerous. I did everything the normal way, but I > > get so much errors and problems, this isn't normal I assume. > > > > So is there anybody who knows what to do? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Courtney Thomas" > > To: "Wijnand Wiersma" > > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 9:42 AM > > Subject: Re: X and windowmanager problems (and some more :( ) > > > > > You don't need that ext2fs option. It'll lead to panics, etc.. Just > > > choose linux compatibility, if desired, when installing. > > > > > > Twm is default. If you wish another install it after getting system > > > working. > > > > > > Regarding Xfree86, as with all else, I'd recommend getting defaults > > > working, then changing one at a time. > > > > > > Goodluck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wijnand Wiersma wrote: > > > > > > > > I will start with being honest: I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD, I'm > > > > used too the good old easy slackware linux. > > > > > > > > Yesterday I installed FreeBSD 4.4 and got my ADSL connection working > > > > in no-time. > > > > > > > > But then I installed XFree86 4 from the cdrom (not through the ports > > > > collection) > > > > I had several strange problems. Configuring X was easy, just like in > > > > slackware. > > > > But then I run startx and only X came up without a windowmanager. > > > > I already had installed KDE with /stand/sysinstall > > > > When other users started X they got twm (I guess), and that's not what > > > > I want because my whole family has to work on that pc :( > > > > I saw KDE only once and I don't know how I did that! > > > > > > > > In the meanwile I recompiled my kernel > > > > I used the GENERIC config file and only added > > > > device pcm > > > > options ext2fs > > > > > > > > After the reboot my mouse didn't even work anymore, only when I > > > > reenabled it in /stand/sysinstall > > > > My networkcards didn't come up anymore (realtek 8029's) and I had to > > > > do ifconfig manually and start my ADSL connection. > > > > > > > > What can I do to avoid all these problems? It isn't normal. I > > > > installed 4.3 several times without any problems. > > > > > > > > Is there somebody in this maillinglist with the answers? I do hope, I > > > > really want to run this beautifull os. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Wijnand Wiersma > > > > > > > > Ps, is it possible in FreeBSD to have a graphical login, like in linux > > > > starting in runlevel 5? > > > > > > -- > > > "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little mathematicians." > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little mathematicians." > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message