From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 6 02:38:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3EE21065679 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emlerne@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E758FC0C for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so3779309qwb.7 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:38:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=PsGCaT5oF9Az34NoFuxRLa1hu48W1q3ynnhdYCHQkT8=; b=TksGuEn4XFfv7eSi84wke28uccW8vj+k2vY/fmbRtOpSorovbO4c54ZEoGLYE9iXmH KqDNmToXhlcR0mAGuVqOx9g6GuNqTHsxKVtaogzYy8W07rsKsFmNbhOgNaxzQn4PJlW1 m0shPKq9KJSXuyHJ6XTK7wlbzC5U6qUHAtxAw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=RSnsmMhc2qGiPeZ1DRSi9ocEf6HlGOSo8i4gNDz+YWMMw6b3gazxduiDD/ESQQnBYG 1hB1WF43cUQoZLIyWP8/I/dLb+EJWeo/7J1NZKTrx+RpwZjY6NvKbB8yFnzNyRKt/9NW L8HMSuzfq9t7EbkbdO4loXqkyuCdhR4vGFgRs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.23.68 with SMTP id q4mr183137qcb.92.1262743782024; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:09:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:09:42 -0600 Message-ID: From: Ed Lerner To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Installing FreeBSD 8 on an HP Pavilion TX2510US X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:38:31 -0000 Hello, I have been wanting to put FreeBSD on my laptop for some time now. I backed up all of my files to a separate HD. I burned 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso to a DVD and installed it on my laptop, removing all partitions so FreeBSD is my sole OS. I also used the FreeBSD boot manager. I have attempted a number of different settings variations and installations. My problem is that FreeBSD seems to install properly, yet I cannot get to a GUI. I have added all ports and specifically checked the GNOME packages. When I attempt to run 'gdm', I get returned: ** (gdm-binary:878): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory I am also very limited at the prompt, unable to use 'su' or 'sudo'. Logging in as root does not fix the issue. My 'uname -a' results are as follows: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 root@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 SIDE NOTE: After trying for a few hours to get my FreeBSD install to work properly, I attempted a number of other OS installations; all of which failed. Windows XP -- Failed before attemting installation with a BSOD -- STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) -- This seems to be tied to the fact that the XP installation cannot recognize a SATA HD and therefore thinks it has nothing to install to. (Typical Microsoft) Ubuntu 7.04 -- After overcoming the ACPI heat issue, I was given a message stating that my "display" was incompatible. This laptop is a tablet PC, so maybe this is also the issue with the FreeBSD GUI? Backtrack 3 -- .Fatal error occured - Data for Live CD not found. Are you using unsupported SCSI? -- Again, possibly the same issue as XP? Knopppix 4 -- Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry. Both Backtrack and Knoppix threw errors while trying to use off CD, not install. I will deeply appreciate any help you can offer. I would very much like to use FreeBSD but any OS at this point is appreciated. I am hoping I did not brick my laptop in this process ... -- Edward Lerner Twitter : http://twitter.com/wkdown/ LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/in/edlerner