From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 13:26:48 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 13:26:44 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtppop2pub.verizon.net (smtppop2pub.gte.net [206.46.170.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3BC37B404 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:26:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from gtei2.bellatlantic.net (gtei2.bellatlantic.net [199.45.39.161]) by smtppop2pub.verizon.net with ESMTP for ; id PAA66099477 Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:25:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from bolverk.net (adsl-141-151-24-127.bellatlantic.net [141.151.24.127]) by gtei2.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA09104 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:26:35 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3A33F667.2098654F@bolverk.net> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:32:23 -0500 From: timo X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation hangs upon completion Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I must start by saying that I'm newer than new to FreeBSD. My only experience with it is two failed installations. My installations goes well, I get a message saying that the installation is done, and asks if I would like to go to graphical mode. When I select yes, my screen goes a funny combination of white and black dots/lines reminiscent of what I see during XF86 startup on my linux machine. My screen stays that way, and nothing else happens. I can't get out of that screen shot except by cycling power to the machine. My instincts told me on the first hang that it was a fluke. The second time I thought video card incompatibility. I tried to find info on video card compatibility for BSD itself. The compatibility list I found didn't include any information on video. I then looked for compatibility with XF86. The compatibility list there was pretty short, and did not contain my particular device. FTR, I am using an Amptron PM-598 mb, with an onboard SiS530 Built-in 64-bit 3D v1.0 AGP Graphics accelerator (read: P.O.S.). Am I on the right track looking at video card compatibility? Are there resources other than 'BSD's website, manuals, etc. that I may be overlooking? Ideas? Thanks! timo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message