Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:23:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Carlos Smith <carloss2@ix.netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashes... Help? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960228101141.875A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199602281730.JAA26820@ix8.ix.netcom.com>
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On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Carlos Smith wrote: > >> I've installed it several times with the same result...it crashes > >> every time I run X WIndows and leave just a screensaver on. It > freezes > >> everytime and the only way to recover it is by turning it off and on > >> again. > >Which screensaver? > It was xsnow I think, but it happenned with other applications also. haveyou tried it NOT running xsnow? I've had problems with it in the past. > >Take a look at /var/log/messages and see if something happened to the > >program or the X server. > > I took a look at the messages, but it does not show anything abnormal, > I'm lost, besides today I'm trying to login, I put my name and > password and I get a message saying "login: /usr/local/bin/bash: Not a > directory" > What's going on??? Can you help? The system does not let me in unless I > login as root... What do I do to get it back??? What did you do? Looks likeyou lost your shel. Login as root and do "vipw", and edit your user entry to piont to a different shell, like /bin/csh. Then find out where bash went. Looks like some disk damage... > >> Also after installing, the machine does not "see" the cdrom. What is > >> the right way to make the system "find" the cdrom again? > > > >That depends on what kind of CDROM you have. > > I have a Mitsumi CDROM IDE. I installed FreeBSD from it, but after > installation ... nothing...!! You need to recompile the kernel with the ATAPI options. Look in LINT for the proper lines to add to your kernel config. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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