From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 11 22:32:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19332 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:32:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hirame.wwa.com (hirame.wwa.com [198.49.174.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA19323 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 22:32:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ebs@wwa.com) Received: from tekka.wwa.com(really [198.49.174.44]) by hirame.wwa.com via sendmail with smtp id for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:32:35 -0500 (CDT) (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #91 built 1997-Dec-8) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:32:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Ed To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: installation 2.2.5 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi- Xfree86 FAQ mentioned that I should mail questions to this email address, I hope it has been directed to the right place. I am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a clean ide hard drive, and have noticed that I cannot get any X server installed! During the installation, either full install or X-User distribution, the directory /usr/X11R6 does not get created at all, which is concerning. I have repartitioned and reloaded ALL distributions, and X refuses to load. I have tried to manually install XF86332 (from the CD installation disk), and the postinst.sh script fails to run completely, failing at ldconfig line. I have also tried to copy all the *tgz's locally, and run gzip -dc * | tar -xvf - and this unpacks all the files. When running XF86Setup, it will complete the configuration (of an S3 86C775 card), but it fails to run xinit and create a link to the server, x --> XF86_S3 I have tried to upgrade the XF86332 server, but this did not help the above situation. Is it possible that I have a bad install CD since it is refusing to load the X1R6 at all? The system is a home built Intel P200Mhz 64MB RAM, S3 Trio 64V2 PCI, Fujitsu 4.3GB ide cdrom, with a generic Shamrock 15" monitor. The FreeBSD was purchased from Walnut Creek mail order. It is 2.2.5 November 1997 release. Thank you for your help. This is the first time I am trying to get support for FreeBSD, and I am not sure where to direct this question. Thank you! Sincerely Yours, Ed Sexton ebs@wwa.com Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet for Intel x86 based computers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message