Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:28:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ashley <ashley@labyrinth.net.au>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problem :( Message-ID: <19980307122826.31096@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au>; from Ashley on Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 12:48:32PM %2B1000 References: <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <19980306223337.39047@freebie.lemis.com> <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au>
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On Sat, 7 March 1998 at 12:48:32 +1000, Ashley wrote: > At 22:33 06/03/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Fri, 6 March 1998 at 22:13:35 +1000, Ashley wrote: >>> last week i purged my computer of Linux and installed FreeBSD. i had the X >>> Windows System up and running fine. a couple of days ago i upgraded to >>> FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE. >>> >>> after i did a "make world" and recompiled the kernel X is now causing me >>> problems. i can load X after i boot. however, if i then exit X, and try to >>> run it again the system hangs, requiring a reboot. i have no idea why this >>> is happening. >>> >>> any help or ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. >> >> One message is enough. >> >> What's your hardware configuration? > > sorry about the two messages. the first bounced back. > > anyway.... > > i reinstalled FreeBSD lastnight (not because of this) to increase my > FreeBSD partition > size. i decided to get X running before i upgraded to STABLE. the problem > occured with the 2.2.5-RELEASE. > > when i tested FreeBSD for the first time before i switched from Linux, this > problem did not occur with 2.2.5-RELEASE. i am using exactly the same > hardware setup now as when it worked fine. Hmmm. Can you try it again with the GENERIC kernel? > my hardware is : > STB Velocity video card (S3 VirgeVX) > PPro200 > 128mb RAM > IDE HD's Nothing obvious there. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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