From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 08:38:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA18279 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 08:38:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from indigo.ie (nsmart@ts01-62.waterford.indigo.ie [194.125.139.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA18269 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 08:38:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) Received: (from nsmart@localhost) by indigo.ie (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA01243; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:38:33 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from rotel@indigo.ie) From: Niall Smart Message-Id: <199804121538.QAA01243@indigo.ie> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 16:38:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: Ed "installation 2.2.5" (Apr 12, 12:32am) Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(3) 11/17/96) To: Ed , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation 2.2.5 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Apr 12, 12:32am, Ed wrote: } Subject: installation 2.2.5 > Xfree86 FAQ mentioned that I should mail questions to this email address, > I hope it has been directed to the right place. Yep. > 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've never used the FreeBSD install program to install X so I can't comment on this, I usually install it manually. As you are having problems this is the approach I would recommend, it is not tough, basically you just have to extract some tar files, read the RELNOTES and README files in XF86331. > 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. What is the error message? > 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 This is a known problem with the XF86Setup program, a workaround is documented in the RELNOTES.TXT for 2.2.5. > I have tried to upgrade the XF86332 server, but this did not help the > above situation. I'd go back to the 331 server. > Is it possible that I have a bad install CD since it is refusing to load > the X1R6 at all? Unlikely, but possible. -- Niall Smart. Microsoft Suck. See www.freebsd.org for details. echo "#define if(x) if(!(x))" >> /usr/include/stdio.h To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message