From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 11 23:24:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA25562 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 23:24:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA25556 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 23:24:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (cadezia-54.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.82.54]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id GAA17606; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:24:41 GMT Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22565; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:24:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804120624.BAA22565@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:24:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: installation 2.2.5 To: ebs@wwa.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 12 Apr, Ed wrote: > 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 Have you tried creating the link using ln -s XF86_s3 X in /usr/X11R6/bin? Try that and see if it works. If the display does anything flakey or the monitor startx to make noise kill the xserver or shut off the monitor. This is a sigh of misconfiguration and could damage the tube. Create the link and start the server with startx. BTW, when you ran XF86Setup did you get a server and did xvidtune run? > > > 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? I have never experienced this problem, it could well be that you CD is bad. > > 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 -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message