Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 08:23:26 -0600 (CST) From: ptroot@uswest.com To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Three problems with FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <9601031423.AA01369@kermit.acs.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <199601022216.XAA17231@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jan 2, 96 11:16:50 pm
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In a previous message, J Wunsch said: > > As ptroot@uswest.com wrote: > > > > 1) When I halt/reboot/shutdown the machine, it tries to > > sync but after a line full of 1 1 1 1 1 it says > > giving up. then on reboot it says / was not properly unmounted. > > > > Could it be that the partition goes past 1024 cylinders? > > No idea for this. The 1024 cylinders are not a problem for FreeBSD > (except for the boot process, where the BIOS is involved). Can you expand on this? > > 2) X won't work. > > I can only start it as root, though the device is 666. I > > tried this with both the sco and the vt console. (I built both) > > Which device? I found this one. It was operator error. I upgraded from Solaris 2.5 x86 and had some full paths to non-existant places in my .xinitrc. The devices were: /dev/ttyv4 and whatever the vt console device was. > > There is a 1 inch border on all sides. I don't have enough > > screen to let that happen. > > I thought it doesn't work? > > In case it works, but you aren't satisfied with the results, have you > considered xvidtune? Hadn't heard of xvidtune. I'll look for it. Any pointers/gotchas on this program? > > The mouse runs to 0 0 and then won't move from it, the > > first time you touch the mouse. This is the mse0 driver. > > Perhaps you've configured the wrong mouse protocol in the XF86Config > file? At Pedro A M Vazquez's prompting, I tried using the Mouse Systems driver (inside XFree86) and that worked. Who would have thought that you can't use the Logitec Bus mouse driver on a Logitec Bus mouse. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com Would dogs play fetch if they knew how to throw the stick themselves?
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