Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:55:14 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204111350500.24094-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <000801c1e145$09be3d20$f2c16142@MADHATTER>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, ben koop wrote: > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 03:38:36 -0700 > From: ben koop <legacy@as.net> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: FreeBSD > > Ok, i think this is the right place to email, i am trying to setup FreeBSD on my laptop, and i get to the 'start XF86 full graphic' install thing, and it doesn't ever show up, i waited about 30 minutes on it. it says on you site it should be a X and ask some questions, well it never showed up. any help? > X support on a laptop shouldn't be expected out-of-the-box, although it does often work. X is your GUI. It sounds to me like your graphics adapter may require that you tweak your XFree86 setup once the system is installed. The XFree86 installer option which you mention (which I've never heard of ;-) may actually be started and running, but due to display misconfiguration may not be visible. Can you install it w/o XFree86? I don't even remember seeing the option you mention. What type of laptop? Or better yet - what type of video card? See if you can install it w/o XFree86. The installer I used (/stand/sysinstall) doesn't require X and was (is) really easy to use. HTH - JB |-John Bleichert----syborg@stny.rr.com----------------| |-------------------http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg--| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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