From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Oct 18 22:55:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B1F37B401 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f5.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.241.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3843143E65 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:55:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmd526@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 22:55:39 -0700 Received: from 66.89.179.250 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 05:55:38 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.89.179.250] Reply-To: jmd17@columbia.edu From: "John Daniels" To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: install of 4.7-R Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 01:55:38 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Oct 2002 05:55:39.0186 (UTC) FILETIME=[26BF2120:01C27734] Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi: I just finished installing 4.7-RELEASE from USA/ftp2.freebsd.org I had two problems: 1) Linux 6.1 was installed instead of 7.1 2) The Xfree86 config was strange. It kept telling me that the config failed, but I seemed to go through all the screens OK (I tried graphical and ncurses) After the install, when I tried to 'startx' I got the message: (WW) VGA: Chipset "ati" in Device section "Card0" isn't valid for this driver" (EE) No devices installed. During the install, there was no choice for "ati," it just defaulted to that. And there was no choice for "Mach64" chipset (which is the chipset on my ATI XPERT98 card) -- the installation actually said that you should pick the default if the chipset wasn't there (default was "vga"). Further, I can see in the log messages that the system (and X) is recognizing the driver as ATI Mach64. I know that Xfree86 is not technically part of FreeBSD but I have a simple setup and it seems that it should just work. It also seems that Linux 7.1 should be installed, even at the mirrors, since the release notes explicitly say that Linux was upgraded for 4.7-RELEASE. Obviously, if installs from the mirrors do not work properly, then ppl will tend toward the main site. John (c) Copyright 2002 John Daniels. All rights reserved. _________________________________________________________________ Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message