Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 12:48:32 +1000 From: Ashley <ashley@labyrinth.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problem :( Message-ID: <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> In-Reply-To: <19980306223337.39047@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au>
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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. my hardware is : STB Velocity video card (S3 VirgeVX) PPro200 128mb RAM IDE HD's Ciao. Ashley. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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