From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 6 17:58:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02184 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:58:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02179 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:58:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA16515; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:28:27 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA18595; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:28:26 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980307122826.31096@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:28:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Ashley , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problem :( References: <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <199803061115.WAA14498@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> <19980306223337.39047@freebie.lemis.com> <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803070150.MAA16590@minotaur.labyrinth.net.au>; from Ashley on Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 12:48:32PM +1000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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