Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:14:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Joey Garcia <bear@buug.homeip.net> To: anthony ornelas <uncant@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: True Desperation Message-ID: <20010824140413.S27435-100000@we-66-27-250-19.we.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <F195R881Np7vXee4fDG00011527@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, anthony ornelas wrote: > I have been trying to install the FreeBSD OS. I read the manual. It loads but you cannot logout or seem > to do much of anything with it. It does not react the way the manual describes at all. The consequence > is that it is totally useless to me...and I have wasted hours and hours trying to get up and running. > There is something I didn't consider, I have an extra IDE card which comes with drivers (for windows > naturally). Could this be the problem or is freeBSD equiped to handle that. Also my video card isn't > listed so I have to choose a default for that model (6800 ASUS). Could this be the problem. I expected > problems but I am getting no where and just burning time. Your manual really needs a writers touch...its > fine if you are only interested in computer programers using this program. I am ambitious but there are > limits. > Help! Help! Help! > Sincerely, > Anthony Ornelas > uncant@hotmail.com So it loads? Does that mean that FreeBSD *is* installed and booting up normally? When I mean normally, I mean it boots and loads the kernel and you eventually end up with a login: prompt. When you see the login prompt, you just login as root using the password you supplied when you installed the system (i.e. when you were asked to supply a root password). After you login, you should get a command prompt where you enter commands such as ls, ps, w, who, and more. As far as your X configuration and you video card goes, that depends on your video chipset and the configuration of the /etc/XF86Config file which can be done with the XF86Setup program. If your video card isn't listed, then go by what chipset it uses (i.e. Rage, Rage IIc, Rage Pro for ATI video cards). As far as the extra IDE card issue, I'm not really sure what you mean. If you can login into the system as root type dmesg > dmesg.txt and send us that file so we can see if it was supported or not. Anyways, I'm not a computer programmer (I can't program myself out of a paper bag) and I love FreeBSD. It's a very stable and fun system to use once you learn how to use it. Sure, you'll just have to live witih not having some of the luxuries you might find on Windows (or maybe even Linux), but the stability and power make up for it. Let us know exactly what's going on and hopefully we can help. Joey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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