From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 31 10:42:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA27254 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA27124 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:40:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA00777; Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:36:37 -0800 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:36:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Shishir Belbase cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with FreeBSD configuration !! In-Reply-To: <9601301630.AA14450@MAILSERV-H.FTP.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Shishir Belbase wrote: > 1. "sysinstall" doesn't let me add any more network > interfaces. When I hit enter, it just returns me to the same > menu option. It would be easier to just edit /etc/sysconfig and find the ifconfig_xxx lines, copy, and edit as appropriate. Don't forget to compile in the drivers. > 2. "xinit" fails to read the XF86Config file. Can't get X > to run at all. Did you run 'xf86config' to set it up? You should be able to run it as just ``X'' then. > 3. "init 0" says init is already running. Can't kill it > either. I have to do "shutdown now". Is this normal. Killing init is not a good idea. The system will come to a screeching, possibly destructive halt. use shutdown; it'll kill everything and properly bring down the system. To answer the question: yes, that is normal. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major