Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:12:03 -0900 (AKST) From: pstern <pstern@ptialaska.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: 4.2 problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0101222102480.1252-100000@jago.65north.com>
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I have been a subscriber to FreeBSD since the 2.X versions. I have recently run into problems with trying to do a fresh install of 4.2. Begining with 4.1 the preconfigured window managers (I prefer fvwm2) have been very poor. Now with 4.2 and XFree86 4.01 I cannot even get a working installation of X. There are no obvious errors during the install but the XF86Setup doesn't work. I cannot configure my mouse the A command does nothing. The resulting xf86config aborts because of font problems. I just low level formatted my drive and did a fresh install of 4.1 with XFree86 3.36 and it installed without a problem. motherboard Intel VX440 ppro 200 with over drive to 333. Matrox Millenium I 8mb Adaptec 2940AU Intel Pro100b Creative Lsbs sound blaster. Toshiba Atapi cdrom 101 keyboard Logitech 3 button ps2 I am concerned that not enough time is being spent on the Xfree86 software install or the supplied window manager configurations. I did try, under the 4.2 install, the port for Xfree86-4.0.1 and although the make and install seemed okay, Xfree would not run. It complained about multiple configuration files missing. So while 4.2 installs as text based, I am unable to get X running. Any suggestions would be appreciated Thank you, peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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