From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue May 28 13:28:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3ED37B403 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 13:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from attbi.com ([12.245.142.146]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020528202840.NDCG2751.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@attbi.com> for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 20:28:40 +0000 Message-ID: <3CF3E84A.834835F7@attbi.com> Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:27:54 -0400 From: Allen Thomas X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: XFree86 & Alpha Demi-Sable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi -- I have been as yet unsuccessful with installation and operation of any version of XFree86. Each time I type startx I get a crash and reboot. Current Config: Demi-Sable Alphaserver 2000 with SRM Console version 5.3-2, 128mb ram. Installation of NT4 sp6a on a separate drive which functions properly. Installed FreeBSD 4.5 alpha which runs fine. I upgraded to XFree86-4. PCI Diamond Stealth 2000 2mb Video. PCI SMC 10\100 nic. PCI Symbios SCSI controller card. Gateway Vivitron svga monitor 75hz at 1024 and max 120 vert. I have 2 2gig SCSI hard drives for FreeBSD with /usr on one and everything else on the other No ISA cards. Attempted solutions: I replaced the ISA Qvision card with a PCI Diamond stealth 2000 and replaced the DEC nic with a SMC. Both because I thought I may be having compatability problems. I upgraded to XFree86-4. I have run XFree86 config from sysinstall which does create a config file. I have edited the config to reflect the default color depth. XFree86 -configure crashes the computer as well I tried to install KDE3\QT but have had errors each time with the install All this with several software reloads along the way. Next approach: (Unless you have another suggestion) Install FreeBSD 4.6RC1 Alpha I would love to hear from someone with alpha experience. Your help would truly be appreciated. Thank You, Al Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message