Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 01:40:50 -0700 From: "ijfp@mac.com" <ijfp@mac.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation of 4.7 on Sony NoteBooks Message-ID: <69628FE2-1264-11D7-995B-000393671BF0@mac.com>
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Hello, I have been fighting with this for about about 2 weeks now. So any help is appreciated. The long and short of it is that I am not happy with windows XP. I am a MAC OS X user for the most part and I am enjoy it. So you would think that if someone hands you a windows box, FreeBSD would be the best bet... I have attempted to install it on 2 notebooks. 1st was a Sony 505 and the 4.7 install couldn't see the CD-ROM drive, but it could boot.. Strange, 2nd ~ PCG-NVR23 And a heavy notebook, but the install goes just great. The problem is the Video. If I set up the XWindows server the video gets all messed up and all I can do is restart. When I test my xf86handleConfigFile I get an error and it states something to the extent that I should d/l 5.0 or a later version of FreeBSD (doh! just picked up some Oct 2002 hard copies) Fatal Server Error : no screens found Is this the best/only way to do it? Is there a place that I can change the video settings? Has anyone got FreeBSD up and running on this laptop? Will 5.x fix my problem? I am a bit of a neb to FreeBSD, but I don't mind reading... TIA -Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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