Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:58:10 -0700 From: "Todd" <todd@counterman.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Fw: installation trouble Message-ID: <000c01c1267d$036988e0$0400005a@dsl.gtei.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C12642.568D91A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Todd=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:54 AM Subject: installation trouble Hello, Last night I installed FreeBSD 4.2 onto my computer. The installation = seemed to go well until after the first boot. When prompted to login we = entered the user name and then the password and got the prompt. We can't = seem to "startx". I tried all the different commands and the reply is = "bad or missing command". The only command I could get to work was the = "add user". I went back to the packages and selected the ones to do with = x systems. Still no go. Motherboard =3D Soyo duel processor ( running 1 P3 1ghz processor) 2 Maxtor harddrives (master 60gb and slave 40gb) 3Comm ethernet card all in wonder 32mb video card 256 RAM What do I need to do to fix this? marianne Sorry for the repost... forgot to add the version I was trying to = install Sales & Marketing todd@counterman.net www.counterman.net Phone: 800-937-6590 Fax: 805-928-3567 ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C12642.568D91A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#c0c0c0> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dtodd@counterman.net href=3D"mailto:todd@counterman.net">Todd</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.o= rg</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:54 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> installation trouble</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Last night I installed FreeBSD = 4.2 onto my=20 computer. The installation seemed to go well until after the first boot. = When=20 prompted to login we entered the user name and then the password and got = the=20 prompt. We can't seem to "startx". I tried all the different commands = and the=20 reply is "bad or missing command". The only command I could get to work = was the=20 "add user". I went back to the packages and selected the ones to do with = x=20 systems. Still no go.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Motherboard =3D Soyo duel processor ( = running 1 P3=20 1ghz processor)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 Maxtor harddrives (master = 60gb and slave=20 40gb)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3Comm ethernet card</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>all in wonder 32mb video = card</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>256 RAM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What do I need to do to fix = this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>marianne</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sorry for the repost... forgot to add = the version I=20 was trying to install</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sales & Marketing<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:todd@counterman.net">todd@counterman.net</A><BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.counterman.net">www.counterman.net</A><BR>Phone:=20 800-937-6590<BR>Fax: 805-928-3567</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C12642.568D91A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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