From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 22:03:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA09777 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 22:03:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA09770 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 22:03:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA11490; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 16:29:38 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602210559.QAA11490@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Can't make FreeBSD 2.1 work To: Carloss2@ix.netcom.com (Carlos) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 16:29:38 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199602210210.SAA07417@ix2.ix.netcom.com> from "Carlos" at Jan 2, 96 06:10:59 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Carlos stands accused of saying: > I did the installation about 15 or 20 times, from minimum to ALL, and it > starts out fine (except for messages saying "my name does not seem to > exist) and so forth and so on. This is because you didn't set the hostname when configuring the system. > X under windows is the one that crashes the most. For example while > running a screensaver, the machine woiuld freeze and not respond to any > commands; as a consequence of that the only way to get my machine back is This is almost certainly a hardware problem of some sort. Without intimate knowledge of your hardware, it's impossible to suggest what might be wrong. It sounds like you're basically just working on the learning cycle, but being hampered by a hardware problem; I'd persevere and keep working on finding what's wrong with your hardware. (A good start is winding all the BIOS settings back to the most conservative values) > Carlos Smith -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[