Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 00:02:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Saraswathi Mukherjee <essem36@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems- 2.2.7FBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906032359440.774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990601221914.16079.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Saraswathi Mukherjee wrote: > > Hi > > I have recently installed > 2.2.7 release on my machine which dual boots with Windows95. > However, I am facing some problems in almost every phase. > > 1. I have a 3com Fast Etherlink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC > (3C905B-TX) but while booting the O/S the system complains > that no driver is assigned. I have recompiled the kernel > after adding the line: device xl0 and also configured the > rc.conf file with the network options for ifconfig_xl0 > but still get the same message. It also complains that > ifconfig: interface xl0 does not exist. What is wrong? > Does this need driver files or > FBSD 2.2.7 does not support xl0? Bingo. Try 2.2.8. > 2. When I went thro the installation according to the instructions > for CD-ROM installation, when I came at the point of configuring > XFree86 > I got a box which said: Press ENTER to return to graphics > mode. This may take a while. <OK>. I waited for a while. Nothing > happened. so I pressed enter and it got back to the installation > screens again. XFree86 was not configured. What is wrong. Should > I have to wait too long? or anything wrong? Also how would I run > sysinstall from /stand/sysinstall? Try running XF86Setup after you've rebooted the system. It's having trouble with your video card. Also make sure you installed the XF86_VGA16 and XFree86/Basic/set distributions. > 3. I have a HP Laserjet 4ML which I connected to the parallel > printer > port. I have added the device lpt0 in the /dev directory also > the interrupt is configured in the kernel.Also I have configured > lpd-enable to "YES" in rc.conf. When I checked lpr -Pmyprintername > filename, where filename is one of the files I created, I just get empty > printer pages. The printer is not > even responding to simple check. I also checked in su mode. Also I have > added the corresponding printer directory in lpd directory and > configured the printcap file. But still no use. Read the handbook section on printing, you're being bit by the classic HP stairstep. Or you're out of toner. :) > 4. Also how can a newbie like me learn every detail about all > configuration files involved in the admin of the system? Is there > a site help available? There's man pages on most of them, or their associated commands. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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